The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-20
GALAXY OF STARS
IN PENN RELAYS
Franklin Field, Philadelphia,
Will Seem Like Olympic
Arena OH Saturday.
FRIDAY ALSO BIG DAY
II Events Attract Entries
From Colleges All Over
Country.

Pennsylvania twenty fifth annual re-
lay carnival on Franklin Field, Philadel-
phia, next Friday and Saturday, will
rival any OF the Olympic carnivals that
have been held at Stockholm London
st. Louis. Paris and Athens The state
inent Is no exagseration, for there Is no
doubt that the athletes who will COM
pete here next Friday and Saturday
could defeat the athletes Of any other
country in the world in open competition.
Pennsylvania games have come to be
the classic track meet of the year and
news of the results Isl mashed not only
all over this country, but to all coun-
tries where track apd field athletics are
found - }....'...
Five years ago it was found neces-
sary to give two days to- the meet, but
unlike the ordinary two day meet there
are no preliminary events on the first
day. Thirty-one OF the relay carnival
events are staged on Friday, and these
events are all finished that day There
are only forty events on Saturday.
The pentathlon,. on Friday, has SIX
teen entries, of which the best known
are Bartefs of Pennsylvania, the pres
ent champion Thomason of Dartmouth,
Gilfillan of Notre Dame, the Western
champion, and Lewis of Missouri. All OF
these men are very high class perform
ers and the competition should be close
The Medley Relays.
Equal to the pentathlon in importance
on the Friday programme come the
sprint medley and the distance medley
relay championships OF America. These
! medley relays give the colleges an OPP
portunity to use both sprlnters and dis
lance men. Due to this fact these two
races will have in them more champions
than ever started in two races before.
Shea OF Pittsburg, Shaw of Columbia,
Kleinspehn of Lafayette. Dresser of Cor
nell, the intercollegiate champions at the
440, $50, one mile and two miles respec-
lively; Barlow OF Missouri, johnson OF
Michigan, Western champions at the
quarter and the hurdles, will compete.
In addition TO-. the pentathlon and
medley relay championships there will
be large number Of local and suburban
relay races for the schools and three
college special events on Friday.
For more than twenty years the one,
two and the four mile relay champion
| ships, which will be contested Saturday.
have been considered the big events OF
the college season, They should be
more interesting than ever this season.
| for in each event there IL no sure win
ner. but several teams. all hoping for
victory.
Pennsylvania only chance for a Sat
urdav victory Is in the mile. They will
| run the same men as in the sprint med
! ley relay championship the day before
namely. Raymond, Smith GuStavson
and Davis. This Is a real fast team and
I should do close to 3 minutes 90 seconds
But Michigan, Cornell. Missouri. Dart
mouth. massachusetts Institute OF Tech
nology, Chicago and Pittsburg all feel
! that they have great teams. so that the
outcome ID not to be told beforehand.
I Because Of their wonderful quarter
miller, Shea. the intercollegiate cham
plon, who did A s. seconds last year.
| Pittsburg is rather favored but Chicago
and Michigan also have many support
ers. 1t should result in one of the
! closest and highest class relay races that
has ever been seen on Franklin Field
May smash Record.
| Harvard, Yale, Chicago. Notrc Dame,
| Columbia ard Cornell all have CXcep-
! tionally fine two mile relay teams. All
! Of these fours expect TO run better than
! eight minutes, 80 it is quite possible that
/ Yale'S 1916 record OF minutes SO sec
! onds may he hettered. Columbia and
| Cornell are somewhat favored, though il
wilt not do to overlook Notrc Dame.
I II Will De hammer ana tOnSS race
all the way. as 1t seems impossible IN
, pick winner. Harvard has a good
| team and may signal its first appear
! ance In intercollegiate competition since
the beginning OF the war with n victory.
! Duggan and O'Conncll are two fine half
! milers and the Crimson may show TO the
! front at tho finish. In any case Yale
will he right after its old rivals. for
! these same two teams fought each other
! TO a standstill last February at the
/ Boston \. A. games with Harvard the
: winner by iuChes
1 The four mile race looks like a duel
7 between the East and the West, with
/ Cornell and Lafayette as the mair rep
resentatives Of the East, and Iowa state.
, las, years winners. and Chicago from
! the West Cornell has real Moakley
! combination i'm McDermott O'Leary,
! Seelbach and Dresser, the intercollegiate
. two mile champion, In the minds Of
most people, nun ced. But Lafayette
! has fine quartet with Kleinspehn. the
one mile intercollegiate champion. and
! Crawford as his stars II Kempcr and
/ Evans can keep near tho front for the
. first two relays, Lafayette will he fight
/ Ing every inch to the nnish. as Eelln-
j spehn and era wford are classy milors.
BIG SHOOT AUG. Ills. 7