Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-01
1920 WAS GREAT YEAR
ON TRACK AND FIELD
Outstanding Feature Vas americas Olympic Triumph
Establishing Fiue Nev Records-Britons Won in
Penn Relays-Red and Blue College Champions

rRACK and field sports enthusiasts
L have much to be happy over when
,hey look back over 1870 and discover
tbat American athletes scored as many
IMPRESSIVE victories and broke rs many
rccords MS in any so-called best year OF
the past.
and field athletes in the Olympic games
ms the crowning feature of Won
Ssrfui wear. The Ianks scored 212
uoints 1O7 more than the second best
sorntry. Finland. Tho victory was oil
,bc more impressive when it is found
tbot several of the American stars in
.i"Jnp Sol Butler. who holds the
American broad jump record, was un-
abla TO compete and that Joie Ray, one
nf tho greatest milcrs ever produced in
tbc United States, was virtually in no
shane to enter his favorite event.
or the eight new Olympic records
American athletes established fvC-thc
dot, meter hurdles, 400-metcr relay,
tho high jump, broad jump and 60
mound shot marks falling by the way
side.
rolors of West Philadelphia High in
his school days and afterwards the blue
ana W0ltt VI thu pto'Nf wac Nity .
most conspicuous perform ;. in the
Olympcs. In the semifindls Barron,
who also represents the Meadowbrool;
Club during his spare moments broke
the worlds record in the 100 meter
hurdle race and in the final finished
second TO Earl Thomson. of Dartmouth,
representing Canada. the latter estab.
fishing q new worlds mark of 144-5
seconds. Barron was inches to the rear
oFthe Dartmouth flyer.
Woodring's Victory
Another boy who spent much Of his
time in this city and ran as a member
of the Meadowbrook Club, but whose
home is in Bethlehem brought fame to
this end of the country by finishing
final at Antwerp. Allan Woodring is
the name of Bcthlehem's first Olympic
here. Woodring represents Syracuse on
the track during the college year.
Earl Eby and Sherman Landers,
Penn athletes, also performed credit
ably in the Olympics. Eby, rated as
one of the best half -milers in the coun-
try. was forced to take second place
In the 500 0-maters run when he fought
off Rudd and enabled Hill, another
Englishman. to slip in. Landcrs
scored points in the running broad
jump.
From the local angle, perhaps the
biggest feature in track was the ap-
pcarance Of the combined Oxford Cam
bridge track team in this city in the
Penn relays last spring. Heralded as
the best England produced in the way
OF middle distance runners. the British
youths proved all that was said of
them by winning the international two
mile relay championships from the best
college teams OF this country. The
British team, composed Of w. G. Tat
ham, II. B. Stallard, W. r. Milligan
and B. G. G.. d. Rudd not only earned
tine right to be called champions Of
the universe in the two-milc relay
event, but established a new world
record in doing SO. Twenty five thou
sand persons the largest crowd in the
history of relays, saw the Englishmcn
score their impressive victory.
Defeat of Montague
The day previous to the winning of
'hc championship by the Britishers,
Montague, the star three mile cham
plon of England, was defeated in his
favOritc event by G. y. Nightingale,
Of New Hampshire, in one Of the best
distance runs ever seen on Franklin
Field.
In the relays Penn retained its title
as American sprint relay champion,
while the one mile title also went to
Red and Blue athletes. Penn State.
with Larry Shields in the star role,
won the four mile college title on the
same day that Penn turned in her two
triumphs. Edward bradley, of Kan
sas, was crowned pcntathlon champion
at tn" relays. defeating Brutus Hamil-
ton, afterwards Olympic champion in
the same event.
Pcnn's winning of the intercollegiate
track and field championship from the
al-around team of stars from Prince
ton was one of the big surprises of the
season. Five Red and Blue athletes,
Eby, Landers, Smalley, Hampton and
MaIam accounted for all the points