New-York tribune., 1919-05-25
By A. c. Cavagnaro

The increased interest in track and
field athletics throughout the country
is responsible for the enormous entry
OF twenty-five colleges in the forty
third renewal of the Intercollegiate As
sociation of Amateur Athletes of
America. which will be held in the
Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, next Fri
day and Saturday afternons. Only six
members of the association will be
absent.
Cornell University will defend its
team title, which it has won for the
last four years. The Ithaca represen-
tatives, however. will have to put up a
stiff fight to retain their laurels
Pennsylvania is to be represented by
its strongest and best balanced team
in years. and many Red and Blue stu
dents are hopeful of their squad du-
picating the success of 1918. Large
teams have also been entered by Dart
mouth. Yale, Harvard and Princeton.
The other institutions represented are
Amherst, Bowdoin, Fordham, George
town, Johns Hopkins, Haverford, La
fayette, Maine, Michigan. Massa-
chusetts Tech, New York University.
Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Swarthmore and
Syracuse.
Penn's chances of capturing the team
prize lie in the success of its exce,,-
tlonally strong track team, composed
Of Greed Raymond Marvin Gustafson.
Fred Davis, G. Frazier, Everett Smalley
and Elmer Smith. among other stars.
In the track events the Quaker adhe-
rents LOOK forward to capturing suf-
hclent po4nts overcome whatever
weakness the Quakers may show in the
field contests.
Cornell Ozark Horse"
CornelI's real strength is unknown
although it vanquished the NAVY re-
Gently IN meet that failed to bring
out any startling performances on the
part OF the upper New York State men.
Dartmouth, Princeton, Harvard and
Yale also promise to be in the fight for
point honors.
Tradition is likely to be followed
with the establishing of new records
out these are expected to be few. The
marks most likely to go are the time
OF II Us seconds for the 22o-yard run.
10 seconds for the 120-yard high hur-
dies, and % S-5 seconds for the 22o-
YARD low hurdle race. In the "220."
raymond, OF Penn; Johnson, of Mich
lgan; Moore, of Harvard, and Shackle-
ton, of Cornell, promise to engage in
stirring fight that should come close
to erasing the old figures. All four
men have run close to the record in
dual meets this season.
Carl Erdman, the Princeton hurdler.
VIII defend both mis- titles, and q splen-
old opportunity is afforded him to
make new figures. The Tiger has been
showing better form than last year. and
IN MS record breaking efforts will be
pushed by Walker Smith and j. Watt.
ooth OF Cornell; George Trowbridge,
OF prlnceton; Everett Smalley and
FRAZER, Of Penn; Krogness, of Har-
Vard and Johnson, of Michigan.
ihe l0o-yard dash appears to be an
open race, with the advantage going to
.ne athlete getting off the quickest
from the mark Penn will relv on
DAVIS and Raymond in this e~ent.
while Cornell will bank its hopes on
snackieton. Yale will start Jones:
Princeton, Clark; Harvard. Moore. and
Michigan, johnson, as their big aces.
frank Shea, of Pittsburgh, who ran
the quarter-mile last year in 473-5
seconds. only one-ffth of second be-
hind Ted Meredith's world record, will
nave to display better speed than he
showed this spring if he hopes to retain
ms title. His most dangerous oppo-
hent appears to be Gustafson, of Penn.
VINO has often been referred to as a
second Ted Meredith" Gustafson has
SHOWN spectacular performances at
shis distance and appears the most for
mldahle man Shea will have to oppose.
other contenders are Coltman and
Mayer, Of Cornell; Finley, of New York
University; Bawden, Of Mass. Tech,
and ferrell, of Princeton.
Gustafson is also entered in the half
miie, IN which he will oppose Charles
onaw, of Columbia, the present cham
pion, whom Gustafson defeated in
triangular meet in this city last week.
ohaw lacked condition in this contest.
Frlzer, Of Yale, has shown several good
faces at this distance, as has O'Lcary,
Of Cornell.