New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-24
Yale and Penn
Picked TO Beat
French Racers
Foreign Entry in Two-Mile
Relay Insures Great Race
at Ouakertown Carnival
By Jack Masters

While there is no likelihood of new
record being established in the two
mile championship relay, which will
feature the annual carnival of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania at Franklin
Field next Saturday, it is fairly Ger.
tain that the title will not make Jour
ney across the ocean, as it did last
year.
There will be no Cambridge Oxford
team to race our COLLEGE stars into sub
mission in world record time, and indi-
cations are that no entry can nope to
shatter, or even equal, the mark of
1880 2-5 made by the Engishmen last
April.
The intercollegiate classic willnot be
without international interest in spite
OF the absence of the British runners,
for France has gathered five of its best
university athletes and sent them on
to take the measure of the best our
colleges have developed The visitors
are modest lot. Thev make no predic-
tons as to where they will finish, but
1t is to be assumed that thev have not
made the long trin exclusively for their
health, and it would hardly he safe to
underestimate their speed.
Too Soon to Pick Winner
Most of the entries have been an
nounced, but many CT the leading
contenders have nominated men for
TWO or more races until the scratches
are made it is difficult to get line
on the favorite Yale, if Campbell
runs anchor, would seem to have an
edge on Pennsylvania, with Cornell
and the French entry fghtig for fourth
fourth place. The outcome depends
largely upon the decisions of the
various coaches on Friday, the opening
day, when these teams meet in the
ne-mile medley relay championship
In the medley the chances of the for
elgn collegians are better CAPTAIN
Maurice Delvart. the 300-meter worlds
record holder, is reported in fine rondi-
ton. Delvart was the star of the
French team in the Sweden France
America meet. held in Pcrshing Stadium
Immediately following the Olympic
games. He finished second to Engdahl.
of Sweden in tire lo0-moter race. the
winners time being 10 4-5. Goulioux
was sixth in this race
Ferry and Delvart were members Of
the French relay team which finished
third in the 1.600-meter relay the same
day. The United States won in min
utes and 3-5 seconds. Sweden taking
second place. Not one of the French
men who will start at Franklin Field
reached the finals at Antwerp.
Nightingale TO Run Again
Another race that will be we'll worth
witnessing is the two-mie affair in
which thirty -four men will start. This
race was over a distance of three miles
last year and was won by Gordon
, Nightengale. then of New Hampshire
State College, who defeated Montague.
the British champion. in one of the
greatest struggles ever witnessed in
this country
Nightengale will be on the mark
again this year, representing the Uni
versity Of West Virginia. and he will
nave to run one of the best races Of his
brilliant career to hold off the rush OF
such sterling performers as Romig- of
Penn state, the intercollegiate cross
country champion; Baker, the New
England tile holder; Wharton, West
efn two-mlle champion, and Furnas, Of
Purdue
Walter Higgins. Of Columbia. is
entered IN this race. but will not start
He has been trained for the mile, and
Will run the last leg Of the medley re-
lay for the Blue and White. Higgins
would have been the class of this field
had he elected to start, but it would
seem that his coach is. fearful that the
distance would weaken the local star
for future races this season
Columbia. of course, expects that
Walter will win the medley for the
Morningside Heights institution. and il
is possible that he will He stands
head and shoulders above the rest of
the team, which will be made up os
Graeb. quarter; Schrecker, half. and
I M IL. y,f
fairly fast, and if Schreckcr is in CON
, oition Higgins will be hard to bent in
/ the mile. He should turn the four laps
J in about go and at this rate coulA
! take loss OF fifteen yards from lew
! enkopf and win. Much depends upon
Loewenkopf.
Paddock Not to Compete
Charlie Paddock, the Olympic cham
plon and world record holder, will not
be in the 100-yard dash, which was won
last year by Jackson Scholy, of the
University Of Missouri, but. ueverthe.
less, the century will be, one of the
most interesting of the individual
events. Among others the field includes
Woodrlng, of Syracuse, the Olympic
20O-meter title holder; Gourdin. OF
! Harvard. who was clicked several DAYS
ago IN O:O9 10, and Ed Farrell, Brook
Ign College. The race will by no
means be between this trio, for the
West will have strong team of sprint
ers on hand
Richmo nd Landon, Yale, the Olym
pic champion and world record holder.
should find the running high jump a
mere workout. Murphy, Of Notre
Dame, is second choice
Earl Thomson, Dartmouth. will
walk over" the 120-yard low hurdles
to the JOY of the 10000 persons who
will probably be on hand, and August
Desch. Notre Dame, looks like the best
bet in the 440-yard timber topping
! event. The fight for second place 10
Thomson will be close. with Hert
Meyer, of Rutgers, slight favorita.
Taken as whole. this years car
nival VIII run second to none OYER
, staged by Pennsylvania