New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-10
Cinder Track
Records Under
Fire of Stars
Athletes in All Sections
Tuning Up for Banner
Season on Many Ovals
By Jack Masters


with the curtain poised for its an
nual descent upon one of the most
interesting indoor seasons in the hi.
tory OF athletics, track and field stars
IN ali sections of the country are
tuning up for the outdoor Campaign
The passing from the hag-bedecked in
terror OF the armories to the cinders
and sunshine of the beaten track has
especial significance this year because
OF the great number Of title meets
scheduled, and particularly because Z.
year Of record-breaking is predicted.
Few years back There was an ex-
tended period OF idleness between the
closing of the indoor season and the
initial affair in the open. At least
SIX weeks was believed to be necessary
In order that the athletes might recu
perate from the strenuous campaign
ON the boards.
This method has undergone . revi
sion, principally because there is al
most a constant demand from the pub
lie to see the stars in action, and ss
a result the seasons are practically
interviewer. One Of the most impor-
tant indoor meets will be held only
one week before the Penn Relay Carni-
val crashes the lid off the outdoor sea
son in Philadelphia on April % and 80.
french Runners to Compete
Although the Cambridge-Oxford re
lay team, which established a new
worlds record in defeating our college
/ entries last year, will not compete on
Franklin Field, indications are the If
fair will be greater success than j.
was last year when 10000 persons wit
messed the finals. To substantiate this
belief it is only necessary TO state that
France will send four of her best IN;
versity athletes and that Charlie Pad
dock will start i'll the sprints.
Local followers of the game saw some
unusually fine running last winter.
what with the sensational defeat Of
Guillemet, the French champion, BY
performances of Walter Higgins, 0.
Columbia University, bu. the outstand
ing feature fell to the lot of Califor-
MIA, where Paddock recently eaualed
the 100-yard record and shattered the
mark for 220 yards.
The management Of tine Penn Relay
Carnival is having Franklin Field pre-
pared with especial care, in anticipa-
ton of Paddock's visit. Critics are
unanimously of the opinion that the
Olympic champion will duplicate hi.
Pacific Coast performance, and the
strongest field available has been re.
In the two-mile national collegiate
relay Pennsylvania appears to be thu
best Of fourteen entries from all see
tons of the country. The French run
ners are expected to make a good show
ing, but on their performances in thc
Olympic games they cannot hope to de-
feat the quartet that Lawson Robert
son will send to the mark. Earl Eby
the half-mile national champion, who
forced Rudd, Of the English team, t,
record time last year, will again rui
anchor for the Quakers.
Games in Harvard Stadium
The next meet Of national impor
lance will be the Eastern intercolleg;
ate track and field championships h
Harvard Stadium, May % and 90
Pennsylvania carried off the title last
year, winning by narrow margin
have lots of trouble equnling its mari
this year, because of the loss Of Fred
Murrey, the 600-yard national cham
pion, who recently severed connection
: with the institution. Syracuse. Yale
and Cornell, as we'll as Massachusetts,
| Tech and West Virginia. will present
| strong teams.
Collegians will have one Of the
| busiest seasons, if not the most active,
in many years, for following the East
ern title meet comes the national in
! for the first time this year. The date
is June II, and Chicago will stage the
affair, which will attract athletes from
all eff the big institutions.
! While there will be more than the
usual number of big events in the East
this summer, California has corraieo
the real plum, and the National A. A.
U. championships will be held at Pasa-
dena on July 4 and 5. This does not
mean that the East will concede any Of
its titles to the West, however. and ii
! is a foregone conclusion that the Pad
| docks Kirkseys and Murphys will be
afforded lots of competition.
A special train which will start from.
this city and pick up athletes all along
the route is being planned, and every
star who has fair chance will be sent
to the Coast for the annual classic. The
Chicago A. A. will finance q large dele
CATION, including Joie Ray. the defend
ing one-mile champion; Earl Ely, the
half-mile title holder; Frank LOOMS
who broke the worlds hurdle record 81
Antwerp; Frank Foss, pole vault record
holder, and Sherman Landers, hop, step
and jump champion.
Higgins Expected to Star
Among the local men who should fig
ure in the awarding of the titles are
Walter Higgins, who will compete i'll
the colors of the New York A. c.: Ed
Farrell, of Brooklyn College, who de-
feated Loren Murchison last month;
Jimmy O'Brien, of the Loughlin Ly-
ceum; Sid Leslie, of the Guaranty
Club; Willie Plant, Morningside A. c.;
Pat Mcdonald and Pat Ryan
While it is little early to predict
what might happen next July. it would
not surprising If Ray failed to hang
,, on to the one-mile title. The wonder
full little runner who has won the
crown four successive years will have
to do better than 4:16 1-5. his per-
Torrance last year in Harvard Stadium.
| if he hopes to kill of the field that will
face him.
Higgins was the fastest miller of the
board floor season, and if he trains
with the one-mile title in view he will
give "Chesty Joie" all the running the
little Windy City athlete can stand.
Many are convinced that Higgins will
take Rays measure.
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