New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-25
Penn Carnival
Chief Athletic
Event of Week
Appearance of Oxford-Cam.
bridge Team Arouses In
terest in Annual Games
By A. C. Cavagnaro

The appearance Of the Oxford
Cambridge team of athletes against
the stars from the various colleges of
the United States will feature the
twenty-sixth annual relay carnival of
the University Of Pennsylvania. to be
held at Franklin Field, Philadelphia,
next Friday and Saturday afternoons.
English universities are said to be the
best from John Bulls country, but
they will be put to severe test by the
Americans who will oppose them. An
Oxford Cambridge squad competed in
the Penn meet back in 1914 and re-
turned home VIGOROUSLY.
B. G. D. Rudd, the star of the in
vading athletes, will be asked to bear
the brunt of the work in the two-mile
relay race, while he is also sched-
uled starter with Jeppe, now on his
way to this country, in the 12O-yard
high hurdles. Z. A. Montague, the
English three-mle record holder, will
start in a race at his favoritA distance
against the best of the American col
lege distance men.
Besides Rudd, the two-mile relay
team will be made up of Jeppe, Mill
gan and .Stallard. There is remote
chance that latham, who injured his
leg on IN the he journey to this county,
a little training and Allie Shrubb, the
English coach, is hopeful that he may
be ready by next Saturday. The
English team may also be competitor
in the two and-a- half mile medley re-
lay championship. Montague will run
the final "leg" at one mile.
Group of Speed Kings
The Englishmen are to face many
test. Among their rivals will be the
Pennsylvania combination, winner of
this fixture nine times; Cornell, Chi
cago, Illinois, Harvard and Yale. and
as each of the American teams has
men who can turn" the half mile in
better than 2 minutes. the visitors will
have their hands full to win. AS an
Choir runners on some of the teams the
spectators will see Rudd; Kurt Mayer,
Cornell, outdoor intercollegiate cham
pion; Earl Ely, Pennsylvania. inter
Allied champion; spier,. Chicago;
Sphinx, Illinois, and Reed. Yale.
three-mile run on Friday He has a
record of 14:45 3-5 for the distance
and hopes to better this effort on the
Franklin Field track. The Oxford
student should return home winner,
as the college ranks of this country are
without man of his ability. Numbered
among his rivals will be Gordon T.
Nightingale, New Hampshire State Col
lege, who should be his most formid
able opponent; Jim Connolly, Of
Georgetown; Bob Crawford, Of Lafa-
yette; Dennis O'Connell, of Harvard;
Joe McDermott, Of Cornell, and Otis,
The many special events carded for
each day have attracted competitors
from institutions throughout The en-
tire country. Carl Johnson, of Mich
gan, will attempt to gather laurels in
the 100-yard dash, running high Jump
and running broad jump.
ALI the competitors in the running
high jump are consistent performers
over the bar at six feet. johnson has
often scaled this height, while Lam
don, Of Yale; Osborne, Of Illinois
Firer, of Johns Hopkins, and Linn. Of
Northwestern, are all capable per-
formers.
Dartmouth Strong In Vault
The pole Vault will also call out
college champions. Dartmouth has
nominated two strong men in Myers
and Jordon, both intercollegiate
champions, while Landers, Of Penn
sylvania; HARDWOOD, of Harvard;
Frost, Of Iowa State. and Slaughter,
of Michigan, should all raise them
selves over IL feet before they are
eliminated.
Overbee, Of Illinois, winner of the
running hop. step and jump. with a
new record in 1917, will compete for
the frst time since his victory and
he will have to be in his old form to
defeat the brilliant array Of athletes
entered. Some Of them are Rudd, the
Oxford star; Thomson, of Dartmouth;
Watt, Of Cornell; Kilbys Redlands
College, Of California. and Landers,
Of Pennsylvania.
Charles Higgins. of Chicago, the
inter-allied javclin champion. is ex-
pected to set q nav record In his spc-
cialty, while Johnson, tho Michigan
phenom, should cover "a feet in the