Evening journal., 1921-04-27
LECATO PICKS
RELAY team
Hammer, Pittman, Smith
And Fouracre to Run at
Penn Relays
BETZMER ENTERS
PENTATHALON
to The Eyening Journal.

Special to The Evening journal.
NEWARK, April 27--Track Coach |
Lecsto. OF the University OF Della
ware has announced that he has en-
tered Betzmer. the sturdy freshman,
who has been making such an ex-
ceilent record in track and field |
athletics this spring in the penta-
thalon az the intercollegiate meet
AT Penn Friday and Saturday OF this
week. This includes the javelin.
running broad jump 220-yard dash.
discus and one-mile run. Betzmer
and Humphries. another Delaware
boy. formerly OF DUPONT High School
who is making good in field events,
will both also enter the individual
jevelin event at the u. OF p. meet
Betzmer. in the pentathalon, may
be slightly handicapped, because OF
having to compete in the two run
ming events az his abilities as an
athlete have been devoted almost
entirely to the field events. In the
latter however he is expected 70
more than hold his own. In the
dual meet against Stevens last Sat
urday, on a muddy field. he threw
the javelin slightly more than 10
feet thereby establishing a new Della
ware record for that event. II Betz-
mer can make this good a throw
on Franklin Field on Saturday. IL is
more than likely he will win the
event.
Betzmer is also improving wonder
fully in the discus and in practice
yesterday several times made a
throw OF slightly more than 10
feet The Delaware record for this
event is held by Gray Carter. who
last year threw the discus 126 feet
10 inches. Betzmer is also devel-
oping into a good broad jumper. He
has also established a new Delaware
record for the shot-put but this
event does not enter into the pents-
thalon.
Another Delaware athlete who
may bring honors to his college at
Penn this week Is Booth. the best
distance runner that Delaware has
ever had. and who will compete in
the two-mile special running event
at Franklin Field. In this event
Booth will meet the cream OF the
collegiate two-milers Of the coun-
try. He looks TO be in the best OF
condition and IN a trial two-mile
run on Frazier Field yesterday af-
ternoon he made the distance In
considerable less than 10 minutes
This is many seconds better thar
the Delaware record for the event
The inter-colleg egiste championship
for this event is generally won in
the time OF about 9.S5. II Booth Il
in form when the event is run at
Penn. the indications are that the
winner will have 10 do at least thai
we'll to get the championship.
AS Betzmer is a freshman and
Booth a sophomore. they will. nC
doubt, bring many field and track
honors to Delaware before gradual.
ing. Both got -ltheir preparator,
training at Perkiomen. Unlike mos
noteworthy athletes, neither Of thesi
boys are temperamental. They ar,
unusually popular with everyone
connected with the college and theii
even dispositions work 20 their bene
fit on the athletic field.
Fred Harmer is another star tract
man who has already greatly as
sisted In bringing Delaware TO tn
front in track sports and who viii
try for more honors at Penn on Sat
urday. Harmer is the fastest a.
man on the Delaware track team
and will be the backbone OF the re
lay team that will try for the Mid
die States championship At Penn
He is also entered in the 44O-yar,
low hurdles in which event last yea
he got fourth place.
Coach LeCato picked his rela,
team in trials held on Frazer Fiel
yesterday afternoon. Harmer wo
the event running a fine race an
showing a great burst OF speed q
the stretch. Following Harmer, tn
candidates finished in this order
Pittman, Smith, Fouracre, Lilly an
McMullin and they are the six me
who will be taken TO Penn. In tn
Middle States relay championshi
Delaware will compete with sue
colleges A. Lafayette, Lehich, Muhl
enburg, Johns Hopkins. Rutger
stevens, New York Universit,
Swarthmore. Hsverford. etc. an
Pittman, Smith. Fourscre and Hai
mer will, no doubt. compose IN
Delaware team in that event, bl
Lilly and McMullin may be given
chance on the Delaware team thl
competes In the class relay even
Haynes and Schaeffer also run n
trial quarter yesterday.
Mcdonnell, who holds the Dels
ware pole vault record has been er
tered in that event at the inter-co
legate meet.