Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-05
TRACK TEAM
OFF TO DARTMOUTH
Red and Blue Athletes Will As
sist in Dedication Of New
! Stadium at Hanover
BROWN TO RUN IN MILE

T AWSON ROBERTSON. coach Of
IL the University Of Pennsylvania
track team, and twenty,six OF mis- ath- M
Hanover. n. H., where they will meet
Dartmouth tomorrow afternoon in n
dual track meet.
The Red and Blue jcrseyed athletes
will assist in the dedication of the new
stadium at the Hanover institution,
long much needed by Dartmouth. While
not ms large as the proposed Penn
stadium the Hanover stands will seat
over 25.OOO persons, and has been con-
structcd in such a way that additions
can be made to 1t.
''penn has an excellent chance to
win the meet" was Coach Robertson
parting shot as he boarded the train this
morning" The team is in excellent
shape after the relays and If the field
men can perform as well as the track
men we should come through with
victory. However. Dartmouth, un:.
derstand. has an excellent all-aro,lnd
team that may give us a close battle
Harry Hillman. of the Dartmouth
team. will be without the. services of
Earl Thomson his ll-around start. Last
year the Canadian timber topper figured
in four events placing in all of them
and winning first places in both hurdles.
Thomson is not ineligible scholnstically
but has had his three years allotted for
varsity competition.
Last Mile for Brown
Captain Larry Brown. of the Penn
team. who failed to break the 6OO.yard
record by fifth of second last Thurs
day, will r,ri, his last mile race tomor-
row. Brown started his intercollegiate
League career as miller, but since his
wonderful performances in the half ana
quarter recently has decided to stick to
those events in the future.
This will enable Brown to start in
two races in the Intercollegiate. with
prospects of winning the half and plac,.,
ing well up in the quarter. Brown VIII
have to do heroic work in both events
If the Red and Blue track team expects
annual championships.
With Brown out of the mile after
this Saturday Robertson will groom
Head and Herr for the event. Both
were members of the four mile team
that went to England. although Head.
because of an infection on shipboard,
was unable to compete.
Herr is mt present trihe over
weight. but has been working hard of
late to get into condition ana should
give a good account of himself against
Dartmouth. Head is also rounding to
form after his enforced layoff and
should prove valuable in the long dis.
tance events from now on.
The loss of Bill Martin. the star
hurdler of last years freshman track
team. has been severe blow to the
team. Martin was forced to undergo
an operation during the winter for
growth on his leg and has been advised
to take things easy during this year.
He has been practicing several days a
week since leaving the hospital. but
has not tried any speed. DR.. Al Kranz-
lein. who coached the hurdlers and
jumpers in the absence of Lawson Rob-
ertson abroad. gave Martin the benefit
of considerable instruction that should
prove helpful to the Pacific Coast lad
in the future,
Martin has three weeks in which to
get into shane for the intercollegiatcs.
and If Robertson feels that his physical
condition is rSuch that he can stand
several grueling, races he will enter him
in the championships. At the present
time the outlook for Martin getting into
action is decidedly slim.
Powers I'm Hurdles
In the meantime Powers. the former
West Philadelphia High School hur,llcr
and interscRolastic champion. along
with Minister. will look after the hur-
ding for Penn.
With Lever running in excellent form