Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-20
SCHOOL ATHLETES
HAVE BUSY DAY
Many Track and Field Meets
Are Scheduled for This
... y Afternoon
CONTESTS IN THE SUBURBS
BY PAUL PREP

Twill be very busy for the scholastic
athletes In Philadelphia and vicinity
today so far as track and field events
are concerned.
The suburban championships for
Class A and Class b schools will be
decided on the Lower Merton Higl
Schools Field at Ardmorc. Over 300
athletes. the flower of twenty five In
stitutions.. are entrants. Schools IN
Montgomery. Chester and Delaware
Counties will be represented. Z
Cheltenham, Lansdalc. Chester
Lower Merton and Norristowns vii
furnish the competition for honors in
Class, a. There are several other
schools entered in this division. but the
institutions named will cop most of the
points. Kadnor High. once n nave,
on the track, Is completely out Of tbe
running. However, the school may win
Just enough points to ruin one Of tbe
favorite's chances.
Swarthmore, Media, Upper Dorbv
and Arlington loom up as the able
contenders for Glass b honors. Beatty,
IN the running events, will be n hio
factor In the Media attack. '
Bucks. County Meet
Nine schools will take part I'M tbe
sucks County interscholastic track and
neld meet: which will be held on The
Hcorge School field this afternoon Tho
iint heet VIII start at 12 80 r. NJ, doy.
light saving time. '"!
81, me meet will be divided into three
G,asses. ia. Class a will be composed of
hrst-class teams: all other bipb SCHOOL, Tu
are entered in Glass B. anG (Tous ono'IS -
VIII contain pupils of the seventh SrJ
cignth grades of the county. NV uu
west Chester State Normal s,h,.rs
annual !nterscholastic meet has a.
o.hI. uay.ea a large entry list. Over i5O
az assu'e.es. performing under the coIors
scbooI, aMe"iy or more high and pren
SCHOOLS, have entered. Among tho p"p
.rIes are athletes from Wcst pbiI,Jo,
pnia nigh, Swarthmorc Prem md ,ho
tsams tearH "enonah Military ACADEMY INV
LINZ. Une OF the largest entry lists in ,ho
tu,,story OF the school has hcen f,aa tne ene
rmu ~ sixteenth annual interschoI. ..;o ,S,
ho ., inc Tome School. which will
ncnns;a. nsia on the athletic field mt Port
,oA Athletic sh Director Victor scbuid :,
bht bonawst mat few records will fall
IN ~. OF the speedy athletes entered
~ the various events. '"'ereu
Carnival at Yale
iaie Field will be tho scer. ,e A.
~ oren.ietn .h ,nnnua intcrscholastic meet
u. tne Yale University. The meat &.
itIh itIhsauled TO start at 10 r. NJ d,r'
hsmt Saving time. "' u"s-
- Mehty seven schools are cnte,ed =,
snI meet. ~ these, Hill School choatn
tha unooi ana bridgeport High viii hare
institn,ion hhinner of entrants. Each
hau5 hs.d'.tlon has twenty five athletes m
u AMI iSr competition. New Haven Hirh
nnu Nait school each have cntcrsI
The Yale Cup, which II'tu wiz ha
given give the school winning the mest W. s.,r ns
,,ucs' unn' was won by the Hill School last
The ninth annual athletic carniv,, 90
tn" public schools of Cape Nav Co',rtr 81
WI nc held on tho Fair GroundS ~
ape May: y. J. The carnival oriyino,I'
was scheduled to be held last Sa,rrs
nay, nnt because of II few cases Of scar-
'ct lcVer IN the Cap May Court IJomso
''nools ,hc meet was postponed
ohe or the most Interesting moo,,, 80
ne afternoon will bc held at Ovorhroo,
Lhe school for the Blind will meet -
ID. on the formers field. II viii ho ,Lo 49,,
second meet in two days for tho Go .nr
ior ine Blind. Yesterday afternoon the
'mst'tution held a class meet, and II
was big success. anu ~
All OF the regular track and fold
vents are on the program. The teams
WI compete In dashes. distance rms
'hot put, broad jump. high jump and
numerous other events.