Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-24
FIRST OLYMPIC TRY-OUT
!. At PHILADELPHIA MEET
Eastern Teams Look Very Good
This Year as Possibilities
for Title.
DARK HORSES IN wESTERNERs
Pennsylvania, Cornell, Dartmouth
and Princeton Arc Eastern Fayo-
rites, While Yale and Harvard
Stand Little Chance of Winning.
ny "TEp" MEREDITH

ny TED" MEREDITH
NEW YORK, May 23,-Thc an
nouncement of tho Olympic commit
tee that the Eastern intercolle Giatc
games. which are 10 he held at Phil
adelpha or Friday and Saturday.
will be preliminary try-outs for the
team appears to insure some great
contests.
Four Eastern teams look very
good this year as possibilities for
Western colleges. California and
Michigan. The Western teams have
not shown their strength in the East
their dual meets. have shown their
best cards.
Pennsylvania, Cornell. Dartmouth
and Princeton are the teams in Tho
Essi Tia, have shown In 'hrms%1ESS
OF Pennsylvania and Princeton as
dual-meet teams is about on a par.
but Princeton in an INTERCOLLEGIATE
meet does not have the points which
Pennsylvania can feel very sure 10
get.
mean that the stars on the Penn:
syivania team are men that also will
star in tho intercollegiate meet but
the Princeton stars viii have to how
down to some OF the other college
men that have not been met by them
SO far this season.
Cornell VIII HIVE Hard rimc.
Cornell will have a hard time 10
finish in first place oven though she
still has Walker Smith and Mayer.
who were good for ten points apie -
last year. These two men VIII find
men on other teams that will provo
better than anything they have ever
shown. III fact they have been beaten
by these men several times this year.
Pennsylvania will carry 10 the in
tercolle Ciatc many points that | do
not think can be denied hcr. 'juds
the men that will NEE, the Pennsyl-
Dsrtmon,hs strength is based on :,
few. men and while they Will finish
well up AS TO total points scored. they
cannot hope Ia win. Princeton can
only hope for the same break as Dart
mouth.
The two Western colleges. Michi-
gan and California. have no, done
enough in the East for us TO get a
line on them. hut we do know that
several of their men arc wonders AMI
will take the measure of the East :
ern mon. IF Johnson is on and right
he will account for points in not less
than three events for Michigan. while
the Pacific Coast shows that CALI
fornia has men that have done much
better than tho Fasteners.
Yale md Harvard Out OF II.
Yale and Harvard will he out Of
the, meet as far as winning it. but
be sure to win. Landon. OF Yale.
looks like tho logical high jump win
ncr as does OConneli, of Harvard
In the sprints. the East will 10
very week this year and look 70
Johnson. Of Michigan, and Caiifor
(In the middle distances and dis
tances tho East is very strong. and
here we can look for some fine run
ming. She. Ehy MaXam. Driscon and
% tsh {. N 4 \ l.Ir
lie for the places IN this event. with
Hcndrickson. OF California. who has
performance of ~ 80 in the iio-
yard run to make him look danger
Gus. In the half we will again see
Mayer as title defender against Ehv
and Driscoii. the latter fr,~. Hoston
O'Connell, of Harvard. will have "A
hard time with Larry shields Rccn
81 Yale, Simons, OF syracuse and
Brown. Of tssnnsyivania in the mile
Shields looks much the hest man
from his seasons work The two
mile also has very good Held and
Will prove a great race. The strange
thing about the distance runs this
year is that not "A Cornell man vii
look like 4 favoritc.
Penn is Strong in Field Events
y, The hsid events VII see rennsyi
high jumpers in li.-mrrp1 and fey
nolds. with Landcrs and Davis VIII,
both scored last year in the broad
Jump. and -anderS in the pole vault
cornell H. very weak in the field AN,
IN the recent meet with pcnnsylva
MIA did not win first place.
have inquired the points severa
times and sec Pennsylvania as tn
winning team with q total OF thirty
hre or more points. Cornell vii
VIII nave TO be contentcd with ahou
twenty -hvc points this year. as he
strength is doped on paper. vii
others cutting in as they are sur
10 do. her points OF last year are no
gong 70 come through
II VIII be a close meet for all IN
places and II is going TO he a har
JOB 10 ilSurc tho place winners anti
after the FIRST day. when tho diner
en- teams viii qualify their me
do not look fer any records hctr
broken in IN" track events. AS In
track a; philadelphia is very slo,
this year. Ia the neid events. An
especially the pole vault. a now mar
would not he SURPRISING
Saiiiornia rs sending a man tina
has done ls.i ana In the East We hay
ha!f dozen men that will clio,
mat height easily Landers. of Penn
sylvania. viii be seen at his hes. i
this event