Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-18
STANFORD
IN COLLEGE MEET
Kirksey and Three Other Stars
Will Start East Friday After
noon-California Also
SCHOOLB0Y MEET HERE

Leland Stanford University. Of Cali
fornia. again will be represented IN thc
intcrcolcgiatcs Mt Cambridge, according
TO official word received in University
of PENNSYLVANIA track circles this morn
ing. Four men are to start tor the
East on Friday afternoon and are duo
to arrive at the home of Harvard next
Tuesday They will practice on the
Cambridge track for the remainder OF
the week. ms they did when entered IN
the intercollegiatcs on Franklin field
last year.
Morris Kirksev. the sprnting star,
who pulled tendon last year IN the
300 yard dash on Franklin Field. ana
Jesse Wells. who ran last year on
| Franklin Field. along with Lane FaIk
and "Bob" Williams. who were not
East last year. will compose the quar-,
tet. Kirksey finished six inches behind
Charlie Paddock when the latter ran
his q So seconds hundred out on the
! Coost recently. As a member of the
OLYMPIC team Kirkscy was one OF the
star performers. He finished second IN
tho 100 meters and was member OF the
400 meters relay team which set up
new worlds record for the distance.
Wells is the present 220 yard inter
collegiate titleholdcr by virtue of hi
= victory last May over Earl Thomson. o
dartmouth. Wells shot over the timber
in 22 A. seconds, just one fifth Of I
second shy Of the mark made by A
Krncnzelin. the old Penn star of man.
, years ago.
Falk and Williams nre hurdlers ant
broad Jumpers, and while their name
I are not known well in the East the,
are rated as speed merchants over tn
3 timbers and broad jumpers of ability b.
the Coast critics.
California Entered
With California nll-star aggrega
ton and Leland Stanford in the meet
- this years intercollcgiates promise I
bo as hotly contested as was last year
. when Penn won over Princeton by sue
narrow margin. The University O
'' California team expects to win tn
!. championship with its aggregation @
stara that start east at the same tim
'. as the Leland Stanford party.
Brick Muller. Pcsky Sprott, c. J
, Majors. Sid Hutchison, Olaf Hendrick
son and three others whose names hav
not been flashed east will make up tn
: team from California. Brick Mule
will be remembered as the all America
end of the California team that defeate
day. Muller was second to Dick Ian
;. DON Of Yale. in the pole vault in tn
Olympic games. The California la
cleared the cross bar at six feet fou
inches. lie is capable Of doing twenty
three feet in the broad jump and if
does should be instrumental in maxim
his team a strong contender.
d. Sprott was third in the half in u
intercollegiates last year and sixth
the 500 meter run in the Olymp
games. He expects to run the mile
addition to the half at Cambrdg
a. a. Sprott was captain and star halfbat
Of the California eleven. Hutchins(
h was also Gridiron warrior, bavii
n, played right guard on the team. I
has run the century in 4-5 secon
and the 220 in 81 2-5 seconds. In 4
dual meet between the University
=, California and that Of Southern Cal
h. fornia, Hutchinson ran second to Pa
'te dock when the latter flashed across t
10 finish line in 20 4-5 seconds.
'r' Hendrckson is the quarter mile /
x; tcrcollegiate champion by virtue of |
,Stt win on Franklin Field last year, VIII
,st he negotiated the distance in AS
seconds