Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17
OLYMPIC STARS
SHOW HERE TODAY
Brilliant Array Of Athletes WIN
Compete in Middle Atlantic
Championships
MANY COLLEGE CRACKS

-Four Olympic athletes are entered IN
the Middle Atlantic A.. A. L. track and
held championships, which will be held
this afternoon at Forty fourth street
and Parkside avenue.
They are Harold Barron. former
West Philadelphia high school leader
and present Penn State captain; Allen
Woodring. of Syracuse University;
Walter Whalen. an independent star;
nntf Sherman Landers. one of tho
University of Pennsylvania most re-
cent track captains.
In the great overseas competition
which the United States won with such
ease, Barron pushed Thomson. of Cam
ada, to the tape in the no. meter hur-
dies in the worlds record time Of four
teen and four fifths seconds. Wood.
ring won the 200 meter race in % Sec
onds, Landers placed fourth in the
hop. step and jump, which was won by
a feet. Z inches. and Whalen scored a
fourth in the high jump. Whalen. IN
form Is good for O feet ~, inches. while
Landers is nm all around point -getter
and probably will win three first.
Shields. of State. another international
star, may also be in the games.
Landers and Whalen will compete
for Enterprise, Barron and Woodring
being Meadowbrook men.
Besides the tense fight promised by
these apparently evenly matched or
ganizations. some of the greatest ath-
letes in the country will be seen in
action. No less than eight colleges are
represented by competitors and there
are even more schools and clubs behind
the contenders. In fact. the very pick
of the East Is due to perform. The
Middle Atlantic District comprises
pennsylvania. east of and including
Potter, Clinton, Blair and Bedford
counties: New Jersey, south of and
including Trenton, and Delaware. From
every part Of this area have the ath-
letes been attracted.
Stars In Quarter n
The feature event stands out as the
quarter mile run. Pitted against one
another are such high caliber men M
Rodgers, Gustafson and Maxam, of
Penn fame: Oakes, of Holy Cross:
Fred Harmer, of Delaware Mcpherson.
of Lehigh, Allen Monte of Syracuse,
and Taylor, of Penn State. 1t mt-se re-
sem6ies the Intercollegiate than the
Middle Atlantics.
The present record for the "44O', Is
90 20 seconds, made by Billy Hayes
at Byberry in 1914. Hayes virtually
trotted over the line that memorable
day, and hence the time does not COM
pare so favorably with certain other
figures for the same distance. 1t is like
several other Middle Atlantic marks
sort of musty and due for a terrific
shock.
Sinclair. of Princeton: Keboe. the
sensa tional schoolboy sprinter of recent
years; the Beck brothers, Clarence and
Carl. of West Virginia and State (yol-
lege fame; Hasselberg and Hampton.
Penn products; Egerton and Shields, Of
state; Malick and Leconey, Of La
fayette, and Lathrop, Of Cornell, will
compete.
Another good event is the shotput.
In it will be Dutch" Betzmer, Of
Delaware; Comerford and 'Brondsrs.
Bronders, who has held the national
javelin title, probably will win that
event with several feet to spare. Johnny
Bartels, the all around star, who burst
on the athletic horizon at Penn a year
or so ago, Is another man expected.
Brilliant Performers
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SIrssI Shields, ,i; /; RoPis. i; F Ssis.I, 4. T.
g. T. carte, D. syhdsr Rsns w %%oTHsAipsssS n ps'S
,op. Sid Needs. d. B.. Andrews. Earl WIND
lovel, H. N. Parent. W. ID. Hampton a N
stewart. T. r. Bonsall. e. q. Tice. sam.
~ LONGS, Eukasd Ssmes rs s. Dorsey. Carl Beck.
I I.vsL.ssI MsKsn7ie F. Chandler. D. Kirby. p.
sinclair. Harold Barron. j. r BsrrsI
1ns iIis rlss II Kaufman. Clarence Book. L. Ii.
Enterprise. SheRnan Lander. v.t.
whsien. Spence KehOe. Hickey. Carmody.
neon, hehoe, Oskes. Maxam stoLs.
Brien; Gustatson. Feency, GRAY. d.
sano. Bernirdo, Kelly. Nicholson smifS
Murray. Jarvis and Jones D'o"oer'
lt will be seen that both clubs posxens
quality and that Meadowbrook also hs.
quantity. This may be the factor de-
eermining the future resting place of the
plaque first offered in
in 1910. Second, third and
ourth places, while admittedly not SO
Inspiring and glorious as first, are the
hings that win track meets.