Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-07
Drills in Basketball, Track
and Routing Begin With
Return of athletes From
Service
BOB M4XAM RENTERS
By EDWIN ]. POLLOCK

TuIE glad hand was out at Penn
i Yesterday when the second semester
started and many of the athletes who
had left college TO chance wars grim
fortunes returned TO the fold. There
were handshakes here. there and every
where for the boys back from the serv-
ice and sorrowful moments Of silence
and reverence for those who will never
return.
Although the second term is only a
day old. candidates for three varsity
sports will swing into action today and
before long the athletic activities will
be as lively as in the days before Uncle
| Sam tossed down the well-hnown gaunt-
let TO the Kaiser.
Coach Lawson Robertson, who was
mustered out of the students army
training corps last week, was on hand
to welcome the track athletes and a
large number of them reported.
Rowing Drill Today
, Lou Martin, the basketball instructor,
drilled the cage aspirants and Joe
Wright, the rowing coach. will give his
oarsmen their initial workout on the
indoor machines his afternoon. Coach
, Wright arrived in this city last night
from his home in Toronto, anada
Sherman Landers. who was elected
10 captain the track team last season.
was among the first to enter the dress
ing room yesterday. The Chicago boy.
who is a former national pole Nauit
champion and the present \. \. L. in-
door S0O-yard titleholder. has been at
an officers camp in the west and claims
that he is in great condition.
Landers was stricken with pneulno-
mia last March. and was unable to
compete in the outdoor games. Creed
Raymond was elected to succeed him
TO the captaincy. 1t is probable that
Landers will be selected TO cad the
1919 cinder-path athletes.
Slnalley Returns
Mix McHale, n member OF the cham
pionship cross-countTy team of 1917:
Harvey Price. captain Of the 1918 hill
and-dale runners; Bob MaXaln, one oil
the best quarter milers in the country:
Everett Smalley. holder OF the interscilo-
lastic record for the high hurdles, and
Charley Bullock, "A pole Nauiter. We're
among the most prominent track men 10
return. =
Besides the men named. Robertson
will have Creed Raymond. the inter-
collegiate a20-yard champion: Johnny
Bartels. the pentathlon titleholder. and
Bill Cummings. the Middle tlantic
c~ross-country champion to uphold the
records Of the Fed and Blue Oil the
track.
Fred Davis, the former Meiccrsburg
sprlnter, will return to the University
next week. lie has been in action ana
IS now spending a few days at his home
in Knoxville, Tenn.
Many'Oarsmen Back
Virtually every man who rOwed on
the first and second varsity crews last
spring. with the exception Of Carl
Thomas. the stroke of the first eight,
and Jerry Jerauld. the captain, have re-
turned TO college. Wright turned on a
crew tina beat the Navy. Yale, Columbia
and Princeton last season, and with such
an array OF material OF hand should be
able to produce another successful co.n-
bination
Al Mouradian and Milton Fucker. two
members of last seasons championship
fire. shman basketball team. enrolled yes
terday and We're out for the cage team
last night, Both of them will start the
opening game of the season against
Lafayette on Saturday night. The other
members Of the five probably will be
Mike Sweeney. Captain Lcrdie Davis and
10" Mitchell.
The other Two a e stars. Andy stan
nard and Danny McNichol. still are nj
WissahicSon barracks and Camp Dis.
respectively. They will DC detained there
until their physical condition is such
that they can be mustered out OF the
service.