South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-29
ANNUAL CLASSIC
PENN RELAY MEET
TO BEGIN TODAY
More Than 5000 Athletes
Representing America and
France Take Part.
By JACK yFIOCK.


PHILADELPHIA. Pa..April g.
Hundreds q athletes-the cream of I
schools and colleges from all parts
o. the country ARE gathered here T.
for the classic Penn relays today
and tomorrow under the auspices
or the University ~ Pennsylvania
Franklin field the scene OF hum
dreds or brilliant performances on /
track and field in other years. VIII
Be the stage on which the fleet and
brawny stars viii vie for honors., I
and the games are expected 90 at
trGce record attendance.
The entry Of team from France, +
representing the leading schools
and colleges Of that valiant nation.
gives the 1921 relays an information
.. Favor. The French team So led
b. Georges Andre. quarter-mile
champion OF France. and the relay
team will include Andre. CASTOR
Fiery. Maurice Mercery and either
Maurice Delvart or Devaux. Ali
Kahn. the sensational French terri
torial Splinter who won his way in
10 the final heat or the t00-meter
race at Antwerp last summer. and
De Nys. one of the best long dis
tance runners in France. are the in
dlvidual entrants
Yale. Harvard. Penn, Penn state,
Princeton. Cornell. Columbia. SYRIA
cuse. Michigan. Illinois. Chicago,
Virginia. Wisconsin, Minnesota. Ne
braska, Kansas. Ohio State. Pitts
burgh. Notre Dame. Redlands, Bos-
ton college. Carnegie Tech. u. S.
Navy. Missouri. Dartmouth, Iowa
State. and hundreds Of other coll
leges from all sections Of the coun-
try will be represented by relay
teams.
Preliminary heats IN many OF the
grammar and high school events
and some OF the collegiate events
are TO he run off today. The big
events on the program. such as the
two-mile international classic, the
one. two, and four-mile college re-
lay championships and the medley
relay fixtures Will be decided on
Saturday.
changes From last Year.
There are several new events on
the program this year. The two
mile international takes the place
of the three-mile race Of last year.
which was won i'm such brilliant
fashion by Gordon Nightingale.
ten OF New Hampshire state, now
of Virginia. who defeated Montague.
the oxford star. by literally running
the heart out Of his rival
\ Glass B high and preparatory
b
place Of what was formerly the first
class of high and prep school. The
City College championship and the
normal schools event are also new.
The entire list Of institutions rep
resented I'm the relays this year i'm
fcludcs AIS schools and colleges. but
as many of the leading schools Will
have more than one team in the
championships. there VIII be close
90 500 teams competing.
Records are expected to fall I'm
many events The hurdle races.
the sprints. the distance runs. the
relay classics. and the various field
events from javeIin 90 shot put. not
10 mention the pentathlon cham
piouship should bring out the most
brilliant competition ever witnessed
on historic Franklin field.
Last year the setting of a new
worlds record I'm the 440-yard
hurdles by Watt. OF Cornell. who
ran the event i'm 50 1-5 seconds the
great performance of Nightingale.
and the winning of the pcnJathlon
by Everett Bradley. of Kansas Uni
versity. featured the final day of the
meet.
Nightingale Favoritc
Nightingale viii undoubtedly be
favorite in the two-miIe interna-
tional event. but he Will find him
self up against the strongest kind
az opposition. RomiS, of Penn
state. the inter-colIegiate cross
country champion; F'urnas of Pur-
due. the Western eroscountry
champion: Wharton. Of Illinois. the
Western two-m!e champion; Buker.
OF Bates college the New England
cross country and two-mile cham
p.on. together with Hissns. of Coz
luIibia. are all in the event. The
latter proved himself one of the best
distance runners IA America during
the recent indoor season, as he Gid
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