Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-01
IMERCERSBURG
OUTFOR RELAYS
Candidates Are Preparing
for Annual Meadowbrook
Games in This City
JIMMY CURRAN COACHES
By PAUL PREP

Coach Jimmy Curran is WORKING over
time with the candidates for the oie-
mile and two-mile relay teams 10 repre-
sent Mercersburg Academy In IRE a .,,,
nual Meadowbrook games. when WI,
he held March SO in one OF the loca'
armories.
The two-mile team will run IN
special race with the University OF rean
sylyania freshmen, while the quartet
Of 440-yard men will compete In the
one-mile preparatory and high scnoo'
relay race. i.
Mercersburg will he well represented
in the mile relay, as they have IN Aiisn
woodring and Lloyd Tillman two Oh ti'e
fastest sprint men in preparatory scrooi
circles. woodring is the fastest man
at the upstate institution since .no
days of Ted Meredith and Robinson.
He has Travelled the quarter Close W
80 seconds. several times, whiie l",
man has covered the century dash III
1915 and the furong In "a secohus'
Tebo, Darling and Campbell are nsh'-
ing II out for the other two positiohs
/ The two-mile team will be composed
mostly of new men. as three OF ns'
years uuartet-NIike sullivan, Heiiirlch
and IIill--have finished tEetr track ca.
reers at Mercersburg. thus leaving oIuy
Allan Swede, the American schoias,lc
cross-country champion, around "no"'
to build a first-class team
Beattie, Stevenson and Brightbill are
the cross-country men who are Curreh
most promising material Beatt'e Is
running especially WELL and, aions WIN
swede, Is virtually assured OF his var
sity berth. Darling and Fillman are
also trying for the two-mile team.
The two-mile team will close its sea-
son with the Nesdowbrook meet, wntie
tte one-n,ile team will have races up
until the outdoor season is ofnciahy
opened.
Although the plans for the national Jnnicr ,cr
indoor track and field championshps o, onS end
ihst the cSampionship committes would gsII. gsI.
come an invitation 70 hold the me-; I, woiid
sEs tss ssDeefS'isx DeSienso fSr loe and ,Ss no
| both OF which have large number OF 'unTtSs TSs
nsn numssr Of ,rssf%sn Ssng: 70 al sfs
| is relatively smaller In the M,doie so Ssntrai
| Association.
IL Is Of interest TO followers Of the GINGER
fSe Pssn RodmaS @ NV wansmsksr trophy last week II
the Mllrose meet. was trine more nt tnSn ;n ~
qn. np AH s.n turned Ss .rSs s
about seven feet and six inches; For ~. N.
| frat mile and a quarter tne ienstu u "r
| stride never varied. Ray Will compete IN
special one-mile race in the MeadoworooS
| games.
Speaking Of Joie Ray brings To mind II,
fact that he believes that the mus,sche q, ns
carried around year ago was, a. nrst-cIhes
| mascot and brought him all kinds OF Eooe
luck, Besides being star on the cinders
| ,Joie is a "nifty kid with his mitts. Sev
eral years ago he won 125-pourd amateur
boxing tournament In Chicago.
Harry FryckberE. the former Phialdelphla
| poiiceman who devoted his spare time 4
winning medals in the various track meet
| in this section. Ia now an instructor u
| hayonet work at Camp Hancock Augus'a
Ga. He was recently promoted for gco'
work.
The Allentown Ambulance Uhit has enter.s
a team Of Ave In the military events OF III
patriotic meet Of Boston a. 4 saturds ia,
was enrolled at La Sale College, Of thi
city, last spring. and Waid Burke. the sen
sationaI hurdler of University Of wisconsin
are the best known of the tve entered. An
other feature OF this meet will be tho one
mile relay race between the freshman team
OF Yale and Harvard.