Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-29
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5000 ATHLETES ON THE MARK
FOR PENNSYLVANIA RELAYS
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ieiuy the frencn are entered IN the
sprint medley. The Universities Of
Havana and Toronto sent in entries,
but at the last minute found it mex
pedient to send teams.
Realizing TINT the crowds will be tre-
mendous, the officials Of the University
Of Pennsylvania Athletic Association
have been working overtime TO get every
detail arranged to handle the people and
see that the events themselves are run
on promptly on scheduled time. The
Judges of the games have made It plain
that entries not on the mark when the
event is called will be scratched imme-
diately. There will not be q moment
OF waiting for an individual or for q
team.
Expect Huge Crowds
At the athletic Office this morning It
was the belief that approximately
20 900 would see the first days events
and that over $4,000, the capacity Of
Franklin Field without the temporary
stands, would see tomorrow's races and
field competitions. This afternoon the
first event Is to be started on the stroke
of 2 O'Clock and tomorrow one half
hour earlier.
1T looks as though this meet was
going to be the biggest thing ever in
the way Of track and field events" re-
marked AL Kraenzlein, one of Penn
sylvania's greatest former athletes. at
is certainly remarkable how the relays
have grown since my day here. don't
think there ever were in the world so
many fine athletes gathered together as
we will see here today and tomorrow"
Another big feature of the meet will
be the appearance Of team from the
Tn.. do
will be the first time in the history of
the governmental institution that
track team has competed off its home
soil. The Navy is entered in the dis
tance medley, and Clapp, the great all
round athlete from Uncle Sans school.
will compete in the pentathlon. Hun
ureds of naval officers and Government
officials will be present. Among these
officers Of Americas $ fighting forces will
be delegation of French diplomats to
cheer for their team.
Bradley Favorite
Everett Bradley, who holds the in
tercolleginte pentathlon championship,
is expected by the dopesters to win
his favorite event this afternoon.
Bradleyfi who halls from the University
Of Kansas. startled the collegiate world
last year by winning the event from
brilliant field. He will have no end Of
competition this afternoon with Brutus
Hamilton, the Missouri star, who per
formed so Ncreditably for the Ameri-
can team in the Olympfcs: La Gendre.
the Georgetown all around star who
holds one relay pentathlon champion
ship and Johnny Bartels, Of Pennsyl-
vania. All four are capable in the di-
versified program they must go through
to win the title. In addition to those
already named there is a strong feeling
that Clapp will make the leaders
hustle. Then there is Hile. of Penn
State, oil whom the Center county col
legians are pinning their hopes. Twenty
in all are entered in the event
Anthony Dcsch. of Notre Dame
University. who finished third in the
400 meter event in the Olympic games,
is regarded as winner in the quarter
mile hurdle race. Desch has been show :
ing up brilliantly in outdoor trials and
while he is not expected to shatter
the record made last year by Watts, OF
I Cornell. he is expected to come mi ighty
close to it. Kilby, of Redlands univer-
sity of California, is expected to win the
event BY the far westerners. On the
| coast Kilby is the star of them all,
and he may upset the dope by trouncing
Desch. In addition Coughlin, a bril-
liant timber topper from Sewanee, the
University of the South, and Hi!e, of
Penn State, should figure prominently.
Hilc recently established new record
! at State College for the 220-yard hurdle
when he defeated Harold Barron, the
Olympic team star.
The sprint medley relay champion
ship is attracting all kinds Of attention.
1t will be run off at All this after
noon with seventeen teams entered and
with twelve expected to start. The
French team, Pennsylvania, Syracuse,
Chicago. Pittsburgh and Princeton are
expected to fight it out for the title.
French Coach Foxy
Rene De Leliva, coach OF the visiting
French team, has proved himself as
foxy a coach as Al Shrubb, the English
man who surprised the world with the
performances Of his team in the games
last year. De Leliva has been holding
time trials on Franklin Field, but not
once has he permitted his men to run
II, regulation distance. When they tried
the 22O-yard dash they ran about
twenty yards short, When they were
expected to run the quarter 1t was
found that they had run but 400 yards.
The result has been that the dopesterS
arr entirely up in the air regarding
what their performances are likely
! to be.
The French team will start with Cap
tain Maurice Delvart running the quar-
ter, lean Sucrin and Roger Biget the
go and CASTOR Fery the half mile run
Delvart is expected 10 do close to sc
seconds for the quarter. with SeuriI
and Biget running the 220 at about p
seconds, Ferry is expected to get wei
under . minutes for the half. If thu
Frenchmen do as they are, expected by
several who have held watches on then
during their peculiar trials, they should
win the race.
However. Pennsylvania will be as