Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
400 RELAY TEAMS
NPENN GAMES
Largest Entry List Ever
Received for Annual
Penn Meet
KANSAS STARS TO COMPET

, PCnnsy yNauiu's relay carnival uu Aprl
2G ana - will bring Into competition THE
largest number Of athletes that have over
/ iuttCudcd any annual set Of games. Iu"
! list comprise more than loo teams
drawn from colleges. schools and uili-
/ tary and naval camps all owe" iuiS cuun-
try, More than two thousand athletes
will compete during the tWo-days mr,l.
In spite of WAY conditions IN, stand
ard Of performance promises go hu Nc'r
high Yale. Princeton, Cornell, chicago,
| WISCONSIN, Dartmouth, state, syracuse,
Pittsburgh Michigan and scores Of other
colleges are sending their best men for
either the championship relay races the
class relays or the special events Viz
tually all the ii'st-class athletes i'm the
colleges are cnlcrcd III the meet rhe
! schools are also better represented than
/ ever before.
The big feature Of the carnival, how
/ ever, will be the military and naval
. events which take place on Friday,
April 2G, with the exception Of the ono.
mile relay, which Is run off on Saturday
Camp Dis, both the marines and The
sailors of the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
the Pelham Bay naval training station,
the Charleston naval training station,
! Camp Funston, OF Kansas, aud other
camps are sending ON tho'r best men lOi
the service relays and Otucr ,Ncuis.
Berry to Compete
Some Of the greatest athletes ia
America are in these camps aud they
I will be found on these teams such
men us Howard Berry formerly OK
! Pennsylvania, the all-arouuJ college
champion Of America William Kcl,
formerly of Holy Cross the only eastern
sprintcr now competing with "A record
! Of A. seconds and the present hoder
Of the 30O-yard indoor record William
! Anderson, Of the y. Y. y. e, one Of
Americas best middle distance runners ,
Willie Gordon, also Of the y. /. 4. c.,
another great distance runner; rrank
Mt. Pleasant, the old Carlisle Indian,
famous all over america q dozen wears
ago az . football player and track ath-
lete. and a host Of others equally Vel
known. Wall scaling, a buglc Competi-
tion, squad drill a rescue race a
hayOnet charge race, Il hdlf-mIc light
marching order relay race. "A medley re-
lay race. and one-mile relay race are
on the program for the army and navy
athletes.
Tho largest crowd that has ever
turned out ON Friday is sure to attend
as in addition 70 these service events the
pentathlon college championship of
medley relay championships of America
and "A large number Of scholastic relay
races will also be given.
The Saturday program will comprise
the various standard scholastic and in.
tercOllegiatc relay championships Of
America and the special events. The
relay championships have never had bet
ter entries, and fine competition is as
sured. In addition to the above, there
IuuFf1 Los lA.ar- ,F .T,.
races for high schools, preparatory
schools aud colleges. Seventy-three
events arc listed for the two days, of
which nineteen are divisional or national
relay championships.
New Records Expected
II viii be a surprise to learn that in
spite Of the very large number of stan
college athletes that have enlisted, there
is a probability that new records may
be made I'm some Of the special events
Myers OF Dartmouth, who has cleared
twelve feet eight inches indoors this
winter, will try to make, "a new worlds
record In the pole vault Those WhC
have seen Johnson, of Michigan, hurdl,
state that he is quite likely 20 make q
new grass record In the high hurdles
Simpson two years ago covered the
hurdles In fifteen seconds flat, a wonder
ful performance on the grass. johnson
has eqpaled the seveuty-fye yards higt
hurdle record this winter and is certainl!
u real flyer. Erdman, Of Princeton, Il
considered by his supporters quite equa
TO taking JOhnsoE'S measure, 80 arc
markable race seems assured. Snclaire
Of Princeton, IN the shot: Butler o
Dubuque. IN the broad jump: Gilhllan
o. Notre Dame, and Leadbetter. Of John
Hopkins. in the weight events and man.
other star athletes are sure 70 make per
forinances that viii compare fayQrabl,
with the present records.
From the above. IL can be seen tina
this years relay carnival promises TO b
one OF the greatest ever held. The entrie
guarantee great sport and large crowd
are assured both days Of the meet IN
mana&epeut desires 70 apnoancf tha
fht nafIIoa o. the runners for the. rela.
lettna must " stnt IA By Tuefda, 4, pI'
~ al I''t latest for M pto9ra1a