The sun., 1919-10-26
PENN HAS EYES ON
HILL AND DALE TITLE
Coach Robertson Has Strong
Team of Harriers for Race
on November %.

PHILADELPHIA, oct. 25.-Cross country
prospects were never brighter at the
University of Pennsylvania than this
year and Coach Lawson Robertson has
virtually picked his varsity squad, which
Will be called upon TO go through a
strenuous schedule next month. The
team started in the Syracuse University
four and a half mile run to-day. but
Robbie" did not especially point his
stars for that event. He has his eye
on the intercollegiate championship in
New York November 20.
Three of the men who ran on Penn's
championship team in 1917. the last in
tercollegiate cross country held, are still
in college. They are w. N. Cummings,
>who won the Middle Atlantic A. A. u.
Junior and senior cross country titles on
consecutive Saturdays last fall; Mike
McHale, former Central High star, and
p. o. Hall. The material is so good this
year that It Is doubtful II Hall Will be
able TO make the team. Among the
leaders are Eddie Shields, who as
r"hoolboy broke middle distance records
a Merc"rsburg Academy Larry Brown.
the y @iiic coast star, whose speciality at
IT, University has been the half mile .
: ,my Kiviat, brother of the famous
Abe Kiviat of New York; w. f. Irwin.
G. @. Downs and Mervin Gustafson, cap
tain OF the track team, who Is out for
cross country for the first time.
Coach Robertson sent Cummings. Nc
Hale. Shields Brown, Mitchell, Downs
and Irwin to Syracuse. The first home
meet is with Penn State next Saturday
II will be held over the Cobb's Creek
course in Fairmount Park before the
Penn-State football game.
Patterson Is star.
Patterson. the metropolitan 220 yards
champion, starred in the recent fall
handicaps at the university. The former
Port Jervis High School lad has en-
tcred the freshman class. Running from
scratch. he won the 22O in the splendid
time of 22 SO seconds and picked up Il
third place in the 100 yards in 10 sec
onds. Great things are expected of Pat
terson when he is eligible for varsity
competition. Robertson plans to use him
in both sprints.
Kiviat the New Yorker, won the one
mile run. His handicap OF fifty yards
helped some. but he turned in 4 40
mile. A star high jumper was discov-
cred In the person OF Pittam, formerly
Of the University OF Missouri. He Is
row in the Penn Dental School and
cleared the bar at feet inch without
any practice. Sherman Landers, 1918
track captain. was the only double win
ner taking flrsts in the running broad
Jump and pole vault. Johnny Bartels,
the former American collegiate pentath-
Ion champion, led the hammer throwers.
Dorizas on Mat.
Mike Dorizas. Penns former Intercol-
legiate heavyweight wrestling champion.
went on the mat during the past week
for the first time since he has been back
from war. He is n professor In the
university and will assist in coaching
the grapplers He instructed the candi-
dates In elementary principles of wrest-
ling and showed them holds that he had
seen used by famous European wrestlers.
Capt Gerson has been looking after the
men until coach is selected. He is
handicapped at present with a strained
shoulder muscle. Track work was
recommended to some OF the grapplers
as a means OF increasing their lung
capacity.
Coach Joe Wright OF the Penn crews
ls encouraged over the fine fall weather
and turnouts. Fourteen crews have
been on the Schuylkill virtually every
day. including the class eights which
will row for the class championships.
The annual fall regatta is to be staged
next week. The varsity men are not out
as the majority of them are playing
football.
The lacrosse players are out every day
under the direction OF Coach Goldsmith.
Owing to Franklin Field being over
crowded they are practising on Com
mercial Museum Field.