The New York herald., 1921-01-23
PENN SPORTS MORE
ACTIVE THAN EVER
Never Before Have SO Many
Teams Represented Red and
Blue in Indoor Contests.

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan 22.-Winter in
door sports are at their height at the
University OF Pennsylvania. Never
have so many different teams been in
action as at the present time, the latest
addition being the polo team. which
opened it's season to-day. Basketball,
swimming, indoor track, boxing. wres-
Ting. fencing. gymnastics, hockey and
polo are now in full swing.
Polo. only recently recognized as a
minor sport at the university, promises
to be one of the most popular of the
indoor activities. Capt. G.. Conor. former
coach of the Royal Horse Artillery polo
quartet of England, and Capt. j. w.
Wildwood, who also served In the
British army, have been appointed
coaches of the Red and Blue polo squad.
which has been at work for several
weeks The tanbark playing space is at
the new First City Troop Armory in
West Philadelphia, within few blocks
of the campus
The Penn polo team is arranging
schedule and already Princeton. Yale.
Harvard and Cornell have agreed 10
meet the Quakers Matches also will
be played with several of the local and
suburban teams. there being plenty Of
polo competition In this section.
Thirteen experienced horsemcn have re-
ported to the coaches and there is keen
rivalry for the three places on the team.
Only three men are used In indoor polo.
Some of the promising players who have
turned out are j. Sexton, who starred on
the White Owls Of Connecticut; -. c.
Byck, f. Knoll X. Fayfield, -. Bridge
man, G. NJ. McClintock, G.. Field, Lew
Eble, G.. Goodman, Lavenbaum. Art
Jerrems, Nelson and q. c. MacElroy
Penn trackmen start their indoor COM
petition next Saturday night at the
Brooklyn College games Robbie has
been able TO get a good line on his men
in the recent spins over the boards on
Franklin Field and also the track under
the stands. Following the Brooklyn
meet Pcnn's runners will be seen In the
Boston 4. A. games February 5. Mill
rose games In New York February 8
and most Of the remaining indoor meets
In the East.
Lawson Robertson, coach OF the Penn
track team, was pleased with his trip
to the executive committee meeting OF
the intercollegiate A. A. A. A. In New
York. which resulted In an amendment
being passed that the discus, javelin, d40
yard hurdle and three mile run be
added to the intercollegiate champion-
ship programme Robertson always has
been a strong booster for the discus and
javelin. claiming that II would tend 20
develop more stars in these two sports
for Olympic competition. The three
mile run Is TO take the place OF two
mile. the argument being advanced that
Americans make n poor showing in the
Olympic distance races.
Plans are under way 10 increase the
seating capacity of Franklin Field The
growing interest I'm football Is the prin-
cipal reason that this action Is being
taken. Under ordinary conditions Frasl,-
lin Field seats 220o0 persons. but with
temporary stands put In front OF
Wclghtman Hall and extra bleachers
built in front OF the north, south and
east stands II Is possible TO acconi-
nodate 10000. Even that has proved
too small. as was demonstrated last fall
when Penn State, Pitt and Cornell
played here.
The plan Is to upper deck the stands
which will give about 1900 or 1900
more seating capacity or about 1900
In all. Another proposal Is that the per-
manent north and south stands should
be extended over the sidewalks VI the
streets on which they border.
Reconstruction work on the boathouse
has boon authorizes hv the board. which
has appropriated $4,000 from the gen
eral athletic fees for tho work. The
rrnsont bopthousc Will be rebuilt COM
pletolv. 90 that II will house more shelir
and double the number Of oarsmen can
be taken care Of.