The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-26
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PHIEADELPH1A, May 25.-With
k,6fs Han / 900 entries the forty
i5|,ri6 annual track and field cham
1I66sEin games Of the Intercollegiate
Sfsdr Athletic Association OF
5;5sfiea VIII be staged at Franklin
Fi6Id here on Friday and Saturday
iiSV q ssD) In many respects tine
S'esi Tlil Be the most important
"a esd 81 the Association In some
szafs The performances Of tne
Si66Inr athletes taKe on added m
e25sk due 70 the proximity OF the
S|sm5ic Games ant the college track
49,, !. Thnsa pupils succeed in cap
t,'fing TIE point trophy and cham
5;odshipwili steSd out prominently as
6 4 saHdidate for the position Of train
n ~ IA American Olympic team
Ell 81, Nm represent this country a,
Tie teturn 10 normal conditions IN
,oijeee1 athletics following several
Ss5rs 81 war activities also brings
ce60efition back to the high plane
,ieH Siways marked these titular
e6Ilests More than 80 colleges and
6llefsifies are expected, Including
iTo Strong contenders from the Pa
b h lcoasf California and Stanford,
MIN excellent winning records maze
eSilier n the season, will be the far
Tlssf invaders but II Is not expected
II ia middle western institutions
NH fianre n the final result Of the
= s9t Is the Western Conference
7snifs get for June rs are occupying
7hs attention q the athletes Of that
5etion 70 an unusual extent this sea-
eIDse followers Of college track
tBIs}ics are extremely cautious in
l6fecasting the wilmer due to the
a'delv distributed strength OF the
4, ferial this veal. Cornell, Penn
5SlySnia. Princeton, Penn. State, Syr-
sc,ise. Yale and seevral other prom
I6eht institutions have one or NOR
performers IN either track or
iIsId events and. the proves Of the
IS5SainT athletes from the Pacific
sIS,sk "A 3 factor that must be Sr..ck-
5iisa With IN apportioning the points
ieh are awarded as follows: First
niSce 6: second, 4; third, 3; fourth,
Ssd fifthf1. In case Of a tie Tor any
5|IS nlace the points are divided CO.
nils among the contenders tying tor
nch place. ,s-e
fYsri has won the greatest num-
I z N CHAMPIONSHIPS the Crimson To-
n for the past 4S games being u
fgFies Cornell and Yale are tied
~ second Mace with nine victories
al and Pennsylvania Is a close
4 lfd With eeieht. Cornell has vrTt
IA Iast live games the Ithaca uni
II isiIE record running back to the
sif meet Owing 10 the var the IT,
~ eSniests were moi held in 1917.
rs fts-eight colleges have won
5o| siE AZ these games since the ope-
hdr contests in: 1876. Yale leading
1i6 7e7 2-60 points. Harvard comes
ef,d With SIS: Penn third with 600:
16fiieIl fourth with 51S and Prince
"a fifth With 366. Michigan has &C:
'1IniiI afed 215 %; Pittsburgh 80 and
hliIofnia So IL among the teams
H'iIeh have entered from territory
6tIie q the eastern section Of the
Tine siisfe Of winning colleges since
SIS and the /. c. A. A. A. A. rec
to date fellows:
Winners Of !. c. A a. A. a. Cham.
y; pionship.
s76 Princeton; 1877 Columbia:
SlS Columbia; 1879 Columbia; lSSV
S5rFSfii: 1881 Harvard; 1882 Har-
q K 1888 Harvard; 1884 Harvard:
,SS5 harvard: 1886 Harvard; 1887
WI: 1888 Harvard; 1889 Yale: 1880
{IifTafiI: 1891 Harvard; 1892 Har.
7,I 1893 Yale: 1894 Yale; 1895
{.ls: 1876 Fale; 1851 University Of
6,i'HtViyania: 1898 University Of
S3nS1IyanIa 1899 University Of
pS71fylyauia; 1900 University o.
115nsyiyaniS: 1901 Harvard: 1902
4,7Is 1908 Yale; 1904 Yale: 1905
'nsi 1905, Cornell; 1907 uniyers-
81 Pennsylvania; 1908 Cornell;
't Haryard: 1910 University Of
s'6hsSlFania: 1911 Cornell; 1872
7'tIg9iSiiy Of Pennsylvania; 1913
I, '79fsliy Of Pennsylvania: 1914
1Ih6II 1915 Cornell: 1916 Cornell;