Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-12
SCHOLASTIC STAR
WILL ENTER PENN
Bob Crawford, Of Flush
ing High School, to Ma
triculate Next Fall
PRINCETON TO GET SWEDE
Nv PAUL PREF


NIo, Svedc. the sensational midd!e
distance runner of Mercersburg Acau-
emv. and Bob Crawford, the midu!e u,o
tauce runner extraordinary Oh 'e
Flushing High school, New hork, WnJ wa
have becn the keenest or rlNalo "u w
vornest OF friends for several Se"s,
viii continue their athletic rivalr! ~.
four more years at least That lS' I.soot
the Hun refuses to Acknowledge
within q short time. 80,
Those two speed kings who are WI
ont a doubt the best hat-m',ei' Iii
milcry in scholastic circles touaS' 80,
graduate from their respective pp
schools i'm June aud enter college III w
fan. Strange as 1t may be' t'' lille
yorl, star is coming to PENN VIZ,
Swcdo. whose home Is III No'i
will matriculate at Princeton
Swcde and Crawford have met ,'n,rv sore
times I'm the scholastic cross.Souni -
rn,..s with crawford returning Lhe g.,
ner the majority of times ,,.ti,
inuortant meeting was in the co,,,'try
University intcrsCholastlc c,,, Cahool
,,,nrcr finished first, with Sweue
Crawford Defeats Swede for li''e
co,, yccls later they were startei
T., bo american interscholasic croSS.
country championship, helu u',u.'
ausnirc. Of tho University on fei.nsy ~
nj, In Paramount Park. CraWioiu
neated his previous performance w"
Ming in exceptionally fast time
Crawford tried to enter Penn last IaIl,
but as he had completed otlig -.
wears of high school work MS nu.i'Do ~
of credits was not SUFFICIENT so he
turned TO New York. \ few Gays 80 Mat'eI
returning home he became Ill, anu "nei'
he recovered fully 1t was too iate ~
enter Flushing. which mace Nun . lile.l'
uiblo to comprtr i0 the annual cros'-
country championship.
with crawford miles away Swede hdu
an easy time in winning the natioi'a'
scholastic title for 1915 When the sec,
oud semester started Crawford ehIol'eu
in Flushing again and looked 1or"d,u
to meeting Swede on the clhuer p"'"
Both were entered in the INDOOR sa''ie
~ tbc central High School in NewarR
several weeks ago, but the New norF
0lcr was unable to compete, due 10
severe cold. In this meet Jimmy Cur
rams prorege startled the country pS
running "A record breaking mile III
i:334-5 and half mile in 2:Oi To-
Ran Fast Half Mile
Both took part in the ninth annua
/ Meadowbrook games in this city las
/ Friday and Saturday nights. lt was
/ through the wonderful running OF Swede
that Mercersburg defeated Penn tresh
/ men in a special two-mile relay race or
| Friday night and on Saturday won th'
/ one-mile relay championship, deteatlnt
/ the best prep school quartets in the
/ East Crawford ran on the one-mll'
! relay team of the Millrose a. a. on th'
/ opening night Of the meet
Crawford returned to New York earl!
! Saturday morning and in the evening
connected in the annual Princeton inter-
! scholastic track meet. With no com
petition after the first half mile he tor
around the boards at a rapid pace ant
! finished the mile in the time of 4:3S
This is considered by many an equal o.
| Swede's record breaking performance
for with any kind Of competition in thu
final half he would have clipped sevcra
seconds off his time.
Half an hour previous to his display
in the mile event Crawford won tn,
$50 yards in rather easy fashion II
2:1l lbs.
The first outdoor meeting betweeI
Swcde and Crawford will take place thi!
spring in the annual interscholasti
meet of the New York University, whei
| both will enter the mile event. Thi,
should be one of the best scholasti,
mile races of the year, and the outdoo
mile record of 4 23 3-5s,, made by Eddi,
Shields, Is in danger.