Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-29
Bv PAUL PREP


WHILE many of the track and ae!d
w critics Of the country have declared
that prophesy!ng a winner Of the forty
second meeting Ct the ]. c. A. A. A. A..
which will be staged this Friday and sat-
urday afternoons at Franklin Field,
would be foolhardy. owing to the alb
sence Of SO many OF the stars who are
In the service. thus leaving the honor Of
representing the institutions on the
shoulders Of inexperienced and unknown
athletes. I have selected hat con-
slider the most probable point winners In
the coming, titular games.
II Is true that the present !nte-na-
t!onal struggle greatly has depleted the
student body Of all the colleges and
universities entered in this meet. thus
making It impossible for any of the en-
trants to put forth a truly representa-
tive team But, on the other hand, the
presence OF war conditions has brought
the larger institutions which have had
monopoly on the championship banner
for some time back to the remainder Of
The field and many of so-called smaller
colleges have sure first and second place
winners and therefore will figure more
prominently in the scoring than ever be-
fore.
Returning to the dope sheets" I have
selected Cornell to win the champion
ship banner once more with a total of
~ points. Princeton, second with 2s;
Pittsburgh. third. with %; Michigan,
ourth, with 10; Pennsylvania State to
land hfth honcrs with IS; Dartmouth
sixth, with IL; Penn, Lafayette and
NJ / r to tie for seventh honors with
9 credits each, while the other counters
will be divided IN the following man
ner: Yale, s; New York University, 5;
Columbia, &, Harvard. 3; Rutgers. 8.
Amherst, 2. and Swarthmore. 2.
To Overlook Late Entries
IN selecting the probable winners
took into consideration that Pittsburgh.
Brown, Rutgers and Harvard would be
permitted to compete. have been told
from an authorit!ve source that the
| members Of the association would over
! look the late arriva! OF the above
named institutions. entries when the or
ganization holds a special meeting Fri
! day morning.
The above standing may be changed
by the appearance Of severa! Of the sure
| point winners who at present are IN the
training camps It Is rumored that SIM
claire, the best shot-putter In collegiate
ranks, and Ramona, sure place man
| IN the mile, who are at an officers train
ing camp, both Of Princeton. and Irwin.
Of Penn, dark horse In the spr!nts. who
| Is stationed at Cape May, have been
granted furloughs and will compete this
week. II the two Tiger stars are on
hand then Princeton will score Ave more
| points. This, however, won't anect the
anal standing Of the teams.
.
Johnson May Cause Upsets
Carl Johnson. Of Michigan, also may
cause a change in the scoring. Coach
Farrell has entered his star In Ave or six
events, but 1t Is safe to state that john
son won't compete in more than three
events. Which events he will start in.
however, is the mystery. He has done
the hundred In s4-5 seconds, the high
hurdles in IS 2-5 seconds. the low OBJ
stacles in 25 LIS seconds. has cleared re.
peatedly 22 feet I inches in the broad
believe that Farrell will start him In the
two hurdles and broad jump, as the two
dash events would wear him down and
handicap his work in the broad jump.
Cornell is given but three first places,
two Of which 60 to Ivan Dresser, the
distance runner extraordinary, who IL
out to accomplish an hitherto impos.
sible feat OF winning the mile and two
mile runs. Moakley may come through
with another Of his annual unexpected
jolts to the knowing ones and not start
Dresser in these two events. This re.
mains to be seen. The majority Of the
Ithacan points will come from the abil.
ity of the well-balanced squad to land
second. thirds and fourths.
Csnssnmueller Best in Sprint
Bill Gsnsenmusllsr. Of Penn State
who finished second to Schols. Of Mis-.
souri,. in the century at Penn relays
should break the tape in both sprints
with Brown, of Princeton. runner up II
the hundred. Bosssrt. OF NJ ]. r. Bechtel
Of Lafayette. and Davis. Of Penn. are
the other point winners in the shorter
dash. Many favor Frank Shea. Of Pitts
burgh. 70, defeat Coach Martins pupl
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