Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-10
REST FOR RED AND
BLUE TRACK TEAM
Varsity Performers at Penn Are
All on Edge for Future
Meets
ROBBIE PRAISES YALE

Coach Lawson Robertson. Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania track team. is
always pulling the unexpected with his
team. This morning he stated that he
would give his varsity team a rest for
the entire week.
"You know" said Robertson this
morning, that most people do not
understand that an athlete running at
full steam for weeks and weeks is Liable
to go stale. Time after time I have
found in my experience that star att -
letes who have been on edge. as they
say. when an athlete is trained to the
minute, have fvvered in important
races when their followers were posi-
tive that they should win.
"Joie Ray, the miller, went of a trifc
during the indoor sea son last winter.
Others have done the same. Several Of
my men are just at top form. while
others are q trifle undcrweiSht. and as
result l have decided to give them
rest the most of this week Eby is
several pounds under what he usually
is at this time Of the year. while Brown.
Maxsm and several others are just at
top form.
Luis Wp't Win IOr0CII on SaturulN
afternoon at Ithaca will be a real test
TO get together great bunch every
year. Last year we trounCed them here
on Franklin Field. Several Of Moak-
ley's men ran exceedingly well during
the relays and should produce in the big
meets"
Yale Is Strong
The willy scot Of the track game thinks
that Yale has one Of the strongest, all
around teams in the east. With Landon,
the Olympic champion. in the high jump
and Gardner in the pole vault, and with
Campbell to run in the mile and half,
Feldman in the 300 and several others,
notably the members of the winning re-
lay team, the Bulldog aggregation Is
rated as one of the strongest 70 trod
the campus in New Haven in many
years. Add the California team and the
intercollegiate should be merry battle,
with Penn as the third party and the
principal contender.
Yesterday afternoon Larry Brown
was the only member Of the varsity,
aside from Boots" Lever, TO run.
Larry ran n mile and called 1t day,
while Lever sprinted several fast hun
dreds. The remainder of the team re-
mained inactive, except for the second
string members. several of whom ran for
places on the team to make the trip to
ithaca.
Bill Altmaier was the outstanding
star of the trials. He Won both the
hundrcd and the furlong, the former in
1917 seconds, which is exceptional
time for Altmaier. who has never done
better in his career before. He won the
900 yard dash by five yards in G3 1-5.
He might have gone under % seconds
had he been pushed Friel, the former
Central High School lad, was the win.
ner of the mile in B minutes aud ,
seconds.
While the varsity is engaging Cor
ncll Mt Ithaca. the Red and Blue fresh
men will be entertaining, the men, from
Lake Cayuga on Franklin Field in n
dual meet, which is scheduled I" start
at 2:30.
Varsity Trips Fresh
Tho varsity baseball team scored n
onc-r run victory over the Freshman
team in a nine inning game on Frank. /.
lin Field yesterday afternoon. Flovd
Stout and Walter Larsen did the
hurling for the varsity, and MCDougaiI
and MrGraw for the first year men.
The last named had the varsity at his
mercy in the closing innings of the
game. Bud Myers cloutcd one into tho
center field stands for homer, the
longest hit Of the game.
This afternoon the annual spring
regatta will be hald on the SchuylkilI
with eleven crews entered The finals
will be held tomorrow afternoon. All
the regular crews will practice after
the races this afternoon, according tc
Joe Wright. the coach, who Is In an
other quardary after the victories
scored BY the junior varsity eight over
the varsity last week. Another change
in the varsity may take place this
week. On Saturday the annual Chide
Cup regatta will lie held on the Harlem
River in New York