East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-26
1000 ATHLETES ENTER
MEET AT PHILADELPHIA


PHILADELPHIA, May 2s.-Witll
more than 1000 entries the forty
fourth annual track and field cham
pionship games of the intercollegiate
Amateur Athletic Association of Am
erica will be staged at Franklin Field
here on Friday and Saturday In
many respects the meet will be the
most important staged by the associa-
ton In some years The perform
ances of the winning athletes take on
added interest due TO the proximity OF
the Olympic games and the college
track coach whose pupils succeed in
capturing the trophy and cham
pionship will stand out prominently
as a candidate for the position of
trainer of the American Olympic team
which will represent this country at
Antwerp.
The return to normal conditions in
college athletics following several
years OF war activities also brings
competition back to the high plane
which always marked these titular
contests. More than 80 colleges and
universities are expected to be repre-
sented by teams ranging from 10 to
40 individual athletes, including two
strong contenders from the Pacific
coast. California and Stanford. with
excellent winning records made excel
lent titular contests. More than 80
colleges and universities are expected
TO be represented by teams ranging |
from 10 to 40 individual athletes, in |
ciuding two strong contenders from
the Pacific coast. California and 1
Stanford, with excellent winning rec |
ords made earlier in the season. will /
be the far fewest invaders but it is
not expected that the middle western
institutions will figure in the final re-
suit of the meet as the western confer
ence games set for June AS ares oc-
cupying the attention of the athletes
OF that section to an unusual extent
this season.
Close followers of college track ath-
letics are extremely cautious in fore
casting the winner due to the widely
strength of the material
this year. Cornell. Pennsylvania.
Princeton, Penn. State Syracuse, Yale
and several other prominent institu-
tions have one or more star perform
ers in either track or field events and
The prowess of the invading athletes
from the Pacific, coast is a factor that
must be reckoned with in apportion-
ing the points which are awarded as
First place 8 second, .. &
third, 8; fourth, 2. and fifth /. In
rase OF a tie for any one place the
points are divided equally among the
tying for such place. X
Since the initial meet. held in 1876, {
has won the greatest number s
II championships the Crimson total !
or the past 43 games being 13 victo- {
les. Cornell and Yale are tied for ]
econd place with nine victories each a
md Pennsylvania is close third with 5
light Cornell has won the last five 6
,ames the Ithaca university record 7
unning back to the 1914 meet. Ow-
ng to the war the title contests We're
lot held in 1917.
Thirty eight colleges have won
,oints at these games since the open
ng contests in 1876, Yale leading with
67 1850 points. Harvard comes sec
md with 67e; Penn third with 500:
-arnell fourth with $40 and Prince
on fifth with 366. Michigan has ac
umulated 215 2-s; Pittsburgh 80 and
california 63 Ia among the teams
which have entered from territory
outside of the eastern section of the
ountry.