Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-17
Meredith Makes
Olympic Team,
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The spectators stood with heads barred
during the parade. Few realized 1t at
the time, but the brains and brawn of
athletic America was passing by.
After the parade the Stars and Stripes
was raised on the pole at the open end
Of the stadium while the Yankee band
played the national anthem.
Among the great throng were many
celebrities. Next to the press box in
seats decorated with flags and bunting
were officers from the Yankee division.
General Clarence T.. Edwards, the
head Of the Department of the North
east. was given rounds OF applause as
he took his seat. General Edwards is
New England's war hero. He led the
Yankee division in France and was one
Of the most popular officers over there.
Early Surprises
The crowd did not have to walt long
for surprises. The first came with the
first event, when Loren Murchison, the
mighty mite of the New York A. c.,
trimmed the much -heralded and press
ngented sprinters Of the West.
The blond streak flashed by the tape
in ten seconds fiat. leading Jackson
Scholz, of Missouri. who was second, by
almost yard. Charlie Paddock, of
Los Angeles, failed to live up to his
reputation, taking third. Morris Kirk
sey, of the Olympic Club, OF San Fran
cisco, was fourth.
Murchison, a fast starter, was out Of
the holes with the flash Of the gun and
he literally flew down the stretch. Never
was any one ever on shoulder and the
gap grew wider with every step until
the half way mark when he was almost
two Yards ahead. Then Scholz and
Paddock came fast, but they got of too
slow. Two watches caught Murchison
at 04-5 seconds, the championship
record, but ten seconds finally was
awarded.
Allen Woodring, the Syracuse and
Meadowbrook boy, whose sprinting at
Mercersburg was one of the big thrills
Of scholastic sports few years ago,
was the first Philadelphian to make the
Olympic team. Woodring was fifth in
the hundred, beating out Billy Hayes,
Of Notre Dame and the Boston A. A.,
who holds the 1919 century title.
The first four men in each event are
sure of going to Antwerp to wear the
Stars and Stripes in the Olympic games.
Six men are allowed for every COM
petition. The other two men will be
selected at meeting Of the A. A. U.
officials and coaches tonight and, al
though there has been no official an
nouncement that Woodring would go
abroad, 1t has been learned that he is
sure of going.
The other Philadelphians in the hun.
dred, AL Leconey. Lafayette and
Meadowbrook, and Harold Lever, Penn
and NJ ,adowbrook, were eliminated be-
fore the final.
Joie Ray, the famous Illinois A. G.
distance runner, failed in his effort to
beat his own record In the mile, but,
oh, what yace! The little running
machine turned the four quarters in 4
minutes 10 1-5 seconds, or 1 4-5 sec
onds behind his championship mark.
Ray not only beat the best Of Uncle
Sans milers, but he trimmed them by
close to forty yards. His time by
quarters was: Quarter, 1 :01 %; half,
2:0S' 4-5; three quarters, 3 :13 90;
mile, 4:16 1-5.
Real Battle
The real battle was for second place.
T.. Il. Curtis, of the Navy; Larry
Shields, Of Penn State and Meadow
brook, and Johnny Connolly, Of the
Boston A. A, came down the final
straightaway punched. Curtiss was
leading, with Connolly next and Shields
three yards in the rear. Shields, who
is the intercollegiate champion. put on
a wonderful sprint and finished only
foot behind Curtis, who took second.
Connolly was fourth. Shields is the
second Philadelphian to make the United
States team.
Two Philadelphia veterans staged
comebacks before the plaudits OF the
huge crowd, They were Harold Barron
and Ted Meredith. Barron startled the
gathering by beating the field in the high
hurdles In 1871 seconds. He was the
first Philadelphian to snatch an Ameri-
can title.
Meredith put up a great race in the
quarter and chased Shea, the national
Champion, all the way to the tape. He
was only 11a yards behind Shea In sS
seconds.
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