Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-25
PENN TRACK TEAM
MAY WIN TITLE
Performances Against Harvard
Lead Experts to Believe That
Red and Blue Can Repeat
HEAD RAN BRILLIANTLY

Penn's chances 10 win the intercol.
lCgintcs. to bc held next month. re-
ceived big boost Saturday afternoon
when tho Rcd and Blue trackmcn over
whclmpd Harvard 80 | 3 70 ~ 2-3. Up
until Saturday afternoon Penn students
and graduates we're inclined to think
that they had anything but bright pros
poets. Since the meet tho sole topic
on the campus has been eve ought to
win the intercollegiate again.
OF the men who scored points for the
Red and Blue last year on Franklin
Field in the championships. only War
ren Hampton and Sherman Landers
have been lost. Earl Eby. Larry
Brown and Rob Maxam remain. and
this trio proved their ability on Satur-
day by scoring H3 points. Added to
these three. Coach Robertson can count
on Donald Head, who flashed across the
finish line some twelve yards in front
of Captain Dennis O'COnnPl, Of the
Crimson, in the two-milc run: George
Meredith. who ran beautiful half
milo; MCFHddcn, who scored in both
sprintS, and Johnny Bartels. in the
field events.
Once the field men show form Penn
will be strong enough to match any
college team in the land. At present
only Dartmouth and California appear
70 bc formidable rivals of Pennsylvania.
The Princeton team. which lost out last
year. remained virtually intact until the
faculty ban set in and deprived the
team of several of its heaviest point
scorers. Harvard. Yale and Penn state
are not figured strong enough at the
present writing to be serious contenders
for tho title
Coach Robertson was more than
pleased with the showing of his men
on Saturday. but. as always. he dld
not wax over. enthusiastic. u am well
satisfied with what the men did against
Harvard. I dopcd out that the score
would be a little closer and had we not
received the breaks in the high jump
there would have been little doubt OF
the Clo,cnoSS Of the score Don Head
ran beautiful race against OConnell
and should figure in the scoring this
year.
Captain Dennis O'Connell, Of the
Harvard team. was plainly hcartbroken
over losing the meet. and particularly
the two-mic event. After praising
Captain Eby and his mates, O'ConnelI
said that he felt Harvard would be
much better later on in the season as
the team has had but three weeks out
door practice.
The best performance Of the after
noon from all angles was Bob MaXam
feat in winning the furlong from the
speedy Gourdin in 81 40 seconds. the
same time made by Brown. of PR nee
ton, last May on the same track in
the intercollegiatcs. Several of the Of
fcials, who have followed track ath-
letics for many years, wer" OF the
opinion that Maxam would have come
mighty close to tying or breaking the
recent unaccepted worlds record made
by Charlie Paddock on the coast. The
claim was madc that the track. because
nf the rain. was at least a second slow,
and il that be true Maxam would have
tied the Paddock mark. MaXam's speed
,an be attcsted by the fact that he had
fully five yards on GOurdin. who Is one
nf the best sprintcrs in eastern college
ranks. Gourdin defeated MaNam by
inches in the 100 after a neck and neck
battle the entire distance.
Captain Earl Eby proved to the Penn
follow crs that h" is in great shape for
the relays on Friday and Saturday
He turned the quarter in AZ 20 Sec
onds, exceptional time when the con
dition of the track Is considered. The
| Red and Blue Hicr did not over exert
himself in the half but WAS content tc
win out by rwo yards from his team
mate. Meredith.
Don Head by his performance Satur-
| day should be well mp with III" lead
ers in the two-milc special race on Fri
day afternoon. Larry Browns running
! in the mi.r md SmalIry'~ work in th'
! hurdles Wrr" other features of Tho
meet