Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-24
ONE INTERCOLLEGIATE
RECORD SEEMS DOOMED
CornelFs Trophy. Engrau.
ing Monopoly Likely to
Be Shattered at Classic
This Week
BY EDWIN j. POLLOCK

WITH the greatest college athletes
w in the East and the best of the Far
West clustered in one big meet, the
will be in danger next Saturday at
Franklin Field. Many of the marks
set by the host of athletes who have
gone before will be threatened, but
Of all there is only one that seems
virtually sure of getting the scrap heap.
That one mark is the Cornell record
Of winning. Since 1913, the Moakley
School has held forth in the realms Of
physical speed and strength. The in
tercollegiate cup, emblematic of the
highest track and field honors in this
country looks like thing of Cornell.
Four times the name of Cornell has
been engraved on the beautiful trophy
which has been up for competition
since 1915. Another name is very
likely to take a place beside its Cor
nell colleagues. It is is not the Ithacans
who win, prophets of the cinder path
predict the victor will be found among
Princeton, Pennsylvania and Dart
mouth.
Penn's Last In 1913
The last Victory that was gained by
any college outside of Cornell was in
1918. when FIVE sons of Old Penn-ROy
Mercer, Don Lippincott. Jimmy Pat
terson. Lou Madeira and Wally Nc
Curhy - went to Cambridge and
snatched the title from the rest of the
field.
In 1914 Cornell took permanent pos
session of the trophy up for. cempetiti ton
at that time. The Ithacans Ahave four
legs on the new cup. Three more wins
will make it theirs for all time.
Dopesters Of the domain give Cor
nell a chance of winning, but that
chance lies outside Of the prospects OF
Penn, Princeton and Dartmouth, and
only o trifie better than the opportunity
! presented to the FIVE sturdy University
kof California athletes, who arrived here
last Saturday for the classic.
Writing on Wall
! The brilliant triumph Of Princeton
over the Harvard forces at Tigertown
Saturday in a dual track meet seemed
TO be the handwriting on the wall for
some who follow the sport" The Orange
and Black trimmed the Crimson. 81 -26
The score Of the Harvard Princeton
meet means nothing. Penn beat both
Cornell and Dartmouth by wide mar
gins. and yet the Ithacans aud the New
Englanders are very much in the run,
ming lot tDP 'TONu' lut VIZ tulhe a.
Princeton was the times and distances
made by some of the Tiger performers
As an example, Brown won the 100,
ward dash in 10 seconds fat, the best
time made in the East this year. Thi'
shows that Brown will give kirksey
the Stanford sprinter, who arrives herr
tomorrow, battle over the century
Kirksey is credited with o As seconds
Laurie Dangerous
Then look at that leap made b,
Laurie-23 feet inch 1t looks as i
he is going to place high in the broat
jump. Halsey tossed the sixteen poun'
shot Al feet : inches, which is good 70
points, and Murray won the half mile
pulled up, in l :5S 4-5. Harwood, o
Harvard, unexpectedly enters the pole
vault possibilities, as he cleared - feet
and Stevenson, the Tiger middle dis
tauce runner, turned in 50second fla
quarter.
Princeton is very likely to win it
, first intercollegiate championship L
forty four years, but Pennsylvania
Dartmouth, Cornell, California and lie
land Stanford will not give It to th
Tigers on silver platter. Coach Law
son Robertson and his boys will be har
: at it the early part Of this week an
! then will rest up for the main battle
, So will Cornell, Dartmouth and the res
Of them. Princeton may win, but it wi
be battle, son it will be battle.