Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
Junior athletes Will Com
pete in Championships
on Franklin Field Today
With 1913 Entries
MANY STAR SPRINTERS
Nv TED MEREDITH

Worlds Greatest MiddIe-D Distance Runner
LIVERY state in the Union has en-
tered men for the two days meet
ing Of the National A. A. L. track
and field championships. The juniors,
which takes place this afternoon, will
bring out many of the coming athletes
of this country and will be a good guide
to determine who will be who in the
American Olympic team which will 60
to Belgium next summer These men
win just be ready by that time and VIII
take the place of the retiring stars.
Philadelphia will make most OF her
points in tcday's meet. The Meadow
brook Club has a strong team entered
and are after the title. MaXam, the
Red and Blue Splinter now wearing
the MeadowbrOOk C%Olors, is out OF tn"
navy and in shape again ready to take
a shot at the Sprints and in the juniors
Besides Maxam the Philadelphia cLub
has many of the young school and col
lege boys on their team and should
make n good showing.
Strong in Juniors
The junior events never have drawn
as many entries as this year. In the
nineteen events 33S men have entered.
against 246 in the senior events. The
ruling that any man that wins in the
juniors is eligible for the seniors will
swell the number of entries on Saturday
but even at that tOday's meet promises
to have the most competitors.
The relays also are drawing more at
tention this year and no less thar thirty
teams have sent in their names. The
half-mile race has drawn the most COM
p~etitors with nine quartets. the one
mile is second with seven and the other
three races have good fields.
The relays in previous years have
been held on the Monday following the
seniors, making n three days meeting,
but owing to the games being held on
Franklin Field and stopping the foot
ball practice it has been cut down.
South Represented
The Southern Associations are com
ing on to the games stronger this year
than back in the days when they had
the fever and staged the games in New
Orleans. The latter club has a Splinter
they say is another Gwin Henry in the
dashes. Baltimore has also a strong
entry in Geiger in the FIVE mile, Nc
Donagh in the hurdles. and Herbert
Prim in the hop, step and jump and
broad jump. Prem won the hop, step
and jump in the interallied meet and
must be considered.
Many sure point winners are coming
on from Chicago. The Illinois A. G.
and the Chicago A. 4. both have many
stars on their team, and out to make
as many points as possible. The G. A.
A. has suffered by the loss of Frank
LOOMS, brother OF the famous 10, who
broke his ankle in n race against BOZ
Simpson over the 900 low hurdles.
Star Sprinters
There is much speculation among the
critics as to the outcome Of the 100
yards. Hayes is the favorite in the
Fast and is wearing the colors OF the
Boston A. A; Paddock, after his run
ming in the Inter-Allied meet and per
formanCes on the coast, seems TO be
the man whom the Far West ~favors.
aud the Middle West is backing Loomis
TO take the scalps of the field.
Hayes and Paddock are 94-5- second
men, against 10 seconds, LoOmis's best
Time. IOOLllS has Deen ~ lue game ID
number of years and has beaten men
that his present rivals do not seem to
oYcrshadow in spite of their perfor-
mances. 1t surely will be a great field
of sprinters. and it is a shame that
they will not have a good, fast track to
do their work on, as then, ! think,
we would surely see time better than
10 fat.
Earl Eby, who arrived in town this
morning, has been suffering from blood
poisoning for the last few weeks and
has not had much time to work. How
erer, Eby has had a hard year, running
so many meets in France. and I think
that the rest will work to make him
faster than ever in the $40.
He will not run the $50 because he
will have to run on his teams relay
later in the day.