Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
ATHLETES RUN
TRUE TO FORM
AT CAMBRIDGE
Cornell Leads Teams for
Intercollegiate Title, Quail
flying 18 Men
RECORDS NOT ALLOWED
BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL


grandoldope is kicked full of holes there
will be some regular stuff pulled in tho hnals
OF the Intercollegiate this afternoon on
Soldiers Field. Many records are slated to
go and new flock of champions Will be
with us ere the shades of night envclop the
classic elms-or whatever they are--on the
Harvard campus.
The performances of yesterday presage
some exciting finishes today. In all of the
events, with the exception of the high jump,
excellent times and distances were made.
Two records were demolished. but as they
were not according to Hoyle, the excited, but
Woodworking officials threw them into the
discard. There will be a new ideal today
Boston is very much aroused over this
wonderful meet. The good citizens of the
cultured city just stayed away in droves
yesterday, but a couple of hundred voters
occupied space in the stadium. Evidently
by mistake the huge stands. which should
have been comfortably filed, looked like a
dog that had lost most of its hair in spots.
II the stands can accommodate a crowd of
10000, as we are led to believe then there
were only $4,000 missing yesterday.
Little Enthusiasm
AS for cheering and other things that
usually accompany a big college event they
were conspicuous by their absence. A couple
of kids uttered feeble cheer when Har-
ward man missed in the pole vault, and
aTter tnat the silence was so tnCk InaI you
could cut it with knife.
The hammer throwers enjoyed themselves
more than any one else They were not
playing to the grandstand. Instead, they
were playing Behind The Grandstand, and
devoted the entire afternoon to tossing the
16-pound ball, attached to a slender wire.
and visiting among themselves.
They were formally introduced to each
other at 3 p. m. and had such a good time
that they were still visiting and throwing
at G 80 p M A pleasant time was had by
all.
Alma Richards the Invalid from Cornell,
proved that he was very sick person when
he only pushed the shot out A feet and
cleared 8 feet IL u inches in the high jump
without removing his sweater. If he re-
covers, he will do better today.
Wind Helped
Another invalid. who was supposed to be
suffering from change in climatic condi-
tlons, atmospheric pressure and other
things, was Mr. Murray. the -190-pound
hurdler from the Golden West, This young
gentleman barey was able to win his heat
in the high hurdles In 15s. and the low
sticks in "a 4-5s.. OF course, he was aided
by the wind but the others received the
same assistance, so why worry about it?
Ted Meredith. the well-known worlds
champion and author forgot to be annoyed
by an anonymous kick registered by an
anonymous New York newspaper, which
insisted that the champion-author be de-
eIared ineligible because he is an author
and won his heats In the 440 and $50 yard
run with lots to spare. Ted was accused
of selling his stuff for large wads of real
money and this was alleged to be against
the rules of the union.
Mr.. Meredith was supposed to HE him
self to his hotel and spend the night in
fretting over the terrible thing that was
about to happen to him; instead, however,
he was so nervous that he forgot to wind
the alarm clock and slumbersd peacefully
until he was awakened by pangs of hun
ger
AS for the protest It was knocked out
In the first minute of fighting. never to be
used again until next year, when some
other athlete with ability to do other
things than being an athlete pulls the
same versatile stun for some other paper.
0yerton Prepared
But to return TO the wonderful track meet
and the records and such. Something should
happen In the mile run, with that gang OF
stars on the entry list Johnny OYerton,
9f Yale, Is out to destroy the record, not
the fact that Mr. Wilson. who
stepped on a train at Ann Arbor last Sat
lTday and ran the mile in 4 minutes and
10 seconds, will oppose him. Then there
are Wlhdnagle, OF Cornell, who can step
some, and Carroll. Of Michigan. both OF
whom are regarded as class in the big league
and will have something 70 say about it. At
my rate, there win be some very fast
'unning and somebody will come through
With new mark.