The Washington times., 1920-04-30
LE GENDRE MISSED
AT PENN RELAYS
Georgetown Star Was Expected
To Create Records in
Plantation Events.
ny BRYAN MORSE.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, April 80
Americas annual Olympiad the 1890
edition OF the University Of Pennsyl-
ysnia Relay Race Csrniyal-the
twonty-ffth renewal by the waY-is
the focus of all eyes IA the collegiate
and scholastic athletic world today.
on famous Franklin Field here are
gathered Representatives from Eng
land I'm the OXford-Cambridge team to
California in the Redlands University
quartet.
East aud West North and South
have given of the best In field ana
track events today and tomorrow. And
there is no ycarning for those who
are "over there" in service as was the
case last year in wartimes.
There are no apologies by coaches
for makeshift teams for the strength
Of the collegiate and scholastic world
with few eXceptiOGs--is here TO
make the best OF IL against the best
there Is.
Picking winners today is quite like
deciding just who won the war. by
tonight twenty-six of the seventy
classic events will have been decided.
The one big disappointment on all
sides is the absence of Robert LeGen-
DIRE. of Georgetown University, Amer
ica's pentathlon champion, who Is
TO lose his title by default. LeGen-
dre's leg, still in a plaster cast. keeps
him out OF competition in which he
was expected to break records. Johnny
Bartels, OF Penn. who was dethroned
by LeGendre last year. is the likely
candidate for honors.
Pentathion Goes On.
Listed today, besides the Philadel-
phia high and grammer championship
relay events are the fve events In
the pentathIon. the running broad
jump, the zoo meters, the discus, taye-
lin, and 1900 meters, the 44o-yard In
tercollegiate hurdles, the running
hop. step. and jump. and the 56-pound
weight throw.
The intercollegiate 'three-mlle in
ternational event. along with the
American College championship sprint
medley relay, the American inter-
scholastic sprint medley, the Amer
lean college distance medley race.
make up the big features In today's
events.
Washington has an entry in the
three mile titular race in McLough-
lin. of Catholic University, the young
ster who raced so well against the
veteran CAN'T. OF Virginia, in Wash.
ington last winter. Mclaughlin.
freshman. may surprise the big field.
but his inexperience in campaigning
is expected to initiate against his
chances.
Georgetown LIS Ready.
Georgetown is sending its fun
strength in the distance medley to-
day. Fourth from the pole Dorsey
Griffith, the South Atlantic flyer,
will start against representatives
from Chicago. Penn State, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania,Syracu Harvard, Iowa,
Princeton. Stevens, Columbia, Yale,
Dartmouth. Illinois, Cornell, and last.
but by no means lest, the famous Ox-
ford-Cambridge team .
Hector Ouray will run~the half for
the Hilltoppers, Fitzgerald will run
the three quarters, and Jimmy Con-
molly will take up the going over the
mile route. Georgetown has slim
chance against the field as Griffith
can be counted upon to turn better
than fifty flat for the quarter. Ouray
Is "A shade better than two minutes in
the half. Fingered is good for
something like 3:35 in the three-auar-
ters, while Connolly is capable Of
turning in a 4:25 mile.
Griffith Tries Hundred.
Tomorrow's events will find Grif-
fifth entered in the hundred, the event
he is trying to land place on the
Olympic team with this summer. The
Hilltop mile relay is meeting Cath
Ollie University. Hopkins and possibly
Virginia in the South Atlantic special
title race.
In the championship high school
II. -.
tcreu. George Washington is in &
class tomorrow which will allow the
Hatchetites a win if they display the
speed shown this winter. Gallaudets
rival in tomorrow's event At Il mile is
DreNel
Western High School Is III fast
field with the Dewitt Clinton High
school of New York. and the Wash
ington, Pa, high school competing
for premier hOuOrs The Washington
representatives ar" Quartcrcd at the
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