New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-16
Colleges Boast
Talent Equal to Ok
ford-C Cambridge Team

The prospects are exceedingly bright
for the American college athletes to
show their heels to the combined Ok
ford Cambridge team in the fourthcom-
ing two-mile relay race at the annual
carnival of the University of Penn
sylvania on Franklin Field, philaael-
pnia, April 80 and May l. The last
appearance of an English team in this
country was back in 1914, when the in
vaders were victorious by inches,
Colonel A. n. Strade jackson beating
McCurdy, of Pennsylvania, in a thrill
ling duel.
The English team VIII undoubtedly
depend considerably on B. G. d. Rudd.
His brilliant performance in the recent
Oxford Cambridge dual meet stamps
MN as one of the best athletes England
has had in many years. He is also the
1sstest member of the squad, and will
undoubtedly be placed at anchor-the
crucial leg of the race. w G. Tat
ham, Cambridge; H. B. Stallard, Cam
bridge, and H. Milligan, Oxford. com
plete the relay team.
Ten Seconds for Century
Two other noted athletes will also
EXHIBIT their speed of foot at the Penn
meeting. One is H. r. Abraham, the
cambridge Splinter. who has electri-
hed the athletic world recently with
ms speed In the short dashes. Abra-
nam has constantly run the century
distance in 10 seconds and on the com
pact Franklin Field track may be sue
cesstul In equaling the world record
OF SO seconds for the distance. Abra-
or SD seconds for the distance Abra-
ham Will very likely be a starter in
the lOO-yard dash on the second day
of the games.
The other member of the Oxford
Cambridge team is E. A. Montague, of
oxford. the distance runner who in
the dual meet with Cambridge covere d
three miles on the rain-soaked field
IN IA minutes % 3-5 seconds. Unfort-
unately, the American college track
teams are experiencing an off season
IN the matter of fast men over the
three-mile route There are several in
the East and also in the West who
can run the distance in under Is min
utes, but they will have to display
much improved form on the day of the
games if they anticipate defeating
Montague.
Following is survey of the present
strength of some of the American col
lege teams entered against the Oxford
Cambridge squad
Illinois Shows Strength
Illinois University has splendid
quartet in Brown, Sphinx, Schulz anc
/ Emery. Each man is capable of run
ming half mile at least two seconds
under two minutes. The four almost
equaled this in the indoor West
ern conference meet, defeating their
rivals in handy fashion. If they car
run to form when opposing the English
athletes they are the men most likely
to erase the worlds record of minute
SO seconds, held jointly by the Irish
American A. c. (1910) and Yale Uni.
versity, which equaled the feat in
1915 under the new track measure
ments.
Pennsylvania also has an especial,
formidable aggregation in Earl Ebv
Marvin Gustafson, Larry Brown ane
Eddie Shields, all four of whom are
especially speedy at the half mile
Lawson Robertson, coach of the Penn
team, is diligently training his charge
in the hope that the defeat of 1914
when the late Mike Murphy was in
charge at Penn, may be reversed.
Yale should not be overlooked. Billy
Queal, coach at New Haven, has a
wealth of middle-distance men. It ap-
pears as if he will have to hold a try
out to pick his men. The athletes now
on the middle distance squad are F. p.
Heffeltinger, Harvey Reed, James T.
O'Brien, E. G. Driscoll, E. w. Stem
mems, H. H. Hilles and Tom Waters.
Cornell University, we'll known for
its strong distance squads. will also
be in the thick of the fight throughout.
A valuable member of the team will
be Kurt Mayer, Intercollegiate quarter
and half-mile champion, while others
are Abreu, McDermott, Stanton and
Stricken. One or two new faces NAV
De seen on the team, for Jack Moakley
the coach, has a faculty of springing
unknowns prior to every important
athletic meeting.
Princeton also has a large squad
from which to pick strong team.
Fred Murrey. William Stevenson,
Lawrence Terrill and r. D. Clark, are
the men who will probably face the
Britishers, but a place on the team
may go to A. Conroy, A. Morton, A. B
Jacobs and 7. B. Penheld
Harvard also has a formidable group
of athletics to face the Britons in
Dennis O'Connell, B. Wharton, Jack
Mccarthy, A. Douglas and w Goodell
all fast men at the half mile
Penn State should always be Ut
fighting with the team it names L
start Larry Shields, the sensational
miller, is among the group which also
includes 7 z Denny u r Tavlor arr