Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
ATHLETIC MELANGE
'ONFRANKL|NF|ELD
f.. e,,oIe Contest and a Mara
,bon Run Among Events on
Legion Program Today
ONE MILE TITLE RACE

r.., sbortly after noon today until
q, s,,n goes down this evening present
r.,rers Of the service uniforms OF the
y-riteo states and those who wore them
. s..nt three years ago here and abroad
nj vic with each other for athletic
,anors m on Franklin Field at the second
..,ro, American Legion track and field
meet .n., =. 10 .ah ninety.
.ro runners from all parts OF the Fast
WI WI lave villnnova for the grind that
WI, WI, nnd on franklin Field some time
vroon VII I and . o'clock. Kyronen ana
pelMNs,,i,das two of the best long-dis-
lri.o' .o rnnners in New York. are en-
.an., IoJ in the race along with such star.
",euA Abokns, Of the Newport Maya,
T,o;ning School: Roberts. of the Ihlrd
trmx Torns; Johnny Gray. Philadel-
hi"' hlto'. hest ond Conboy, of Buffalo.
p Short,v after the arrival Of the last
marathoner, the first OF ;on. thlr.y on
svents will start. the bugle cnnli,,'U I, 80
.Sin, In the one mile international re
law race four teams nave entc.eu, ,.;
onartet from the Great war Ne,efano ' enn,,
Association of Canada. and teams @ ron
Philadelphia, New York and boSIoni Dos ~
The Quaker City team, conposepp poum VI
three of the four men who ran for a, IenH
IN the relays. is the favorlte. DeMof 9YS
Rodgers. the former Nortnc9sI ti'kn kn
school lad will run first, followed "
Earl Eby. Larry Brown ana p'o
Maxan. .,o,,, nrove +.
hummer from start to hnlSh ls .n'
snecial 600. Earl Eby, OF rem, III
tsrcollegiate half.mile champion
paddy Drjscoll, Of Boston, worid
record holder for 500 yards; SID les
lie, of New York, 1OOO-yards Gha,n
MON Larry Brown, of Penn, ana Don
scott. OF the Second Army Corps, arc
among the entrants. George Orton, +,
Who Is managing the games, looks tof
A new record in this event,
Another mark that is likely TO laii -
IN tbe 44O.yard hurdles, in when
Frank Loomis, the great Chicaso
timber topper. is on scratch. he mas
conceded liberal handicaps to some "i
the best quarter mile hurdlers III the
East. ,o,1
The one mile invitation race should
nroye interesting from the start. Larry
Shields. the Penn State star or last
wear who is staging comeback IN pre-
naration for the nationals In Pasadena.
wil chow for the first time In this city
aimee no won the mile on Franklin Field
IN the intcrcollegiates in 1920. Cutbill'
AZ Boston. the flying parson, VINO
created such sensation indoors lnst
winter: Connolly, who surprised the
college world by winning the mile at
Cambridge last Saturday in minutes
and II seconds Crawford, of Lafayette,
Head of Pennsylvania, and Andy
Hisler. Of the Meadowbrook Club, will
also face the starter.
Don Scott. who will run as anchor
mnn on the second corps relay team In
the service mems championship race
will be remembered as the former
American and Western conference half
mile champion. He is now a lieu
tenant in the army. The one-milc
relay race for the service men has an
excellent entry list with three army,
three navy and one marine corps teams.
The all-navy team is composed OF
\ four men selected from several parts OF
the country. The marine corps team Is
a representative one. The team from
the Great Lakes Training Station in
Chicago, is rated as one of the best
in any branch of the service. They will
have to travel fast if they want to win
the championship, for with Don Scott
running on one team and Eugene Vidal
the former all around champion running
anchor on another. the sailor lads will
have their hands full to trip the army
mon