New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

Promising New
Snr.inter Shown
n McAllister
feuld Probably Have Won
6O.Yard Title Had He
( Not Been Penalized
By Jack Masters

y
.aa the majority of the mctropoli-
Championship events out of the way,
..ndoor track and field season is now
.cched upon what promises to be
!. Of the most successful seasons the
.a,d floor followers have experienced
/, Years. There were no startling up
-, IN the first title games which were
..,tured BY the sterling performances
tBe,nie wefers jr.. New York. A. c..
81 Walter Higgins, Columbia Uni
rersity.
An important development was the
S.eoyery Of sprinter who may be
.s,sonably expected to become promi
,snt within a short time. This chap
!. Rob McAilistcr. of the Glencoe A.
r Who gave Wefers the battle of his
..,ee, and undoubtedly would have
.on the So-yard title had he not been
nsnalized one yard for breaking. for
,he newcomer finished second. only
! ,,.be, behind the New York A. c. star.
McAllister and Wefers will resume
heir rivalry at the games of the Mill
! rose A. A. which will he held in the
Garden OF February /. Loren Murchi
,on. former national sprint champion.
|Sjl come on from st. Louis for the
,ames and will oppose the local men.
Erasmus High Games
Eighteen open and five closed events
will be decided at the annual indoor
.ames II the Erasmus High School in
he 18th Regiment Armory. Brooklyn.
1 February 4. A special college relay
zill be among the features. Pennsyl-
ana, n. Y. L.. Brooklyn Poly and
rC.N. Y. have already entered teams,
sd it is expected that Columbia,
'inceton and others will send teams.
At the indoor games of the 5th Com
any. 18th {. D. c., Brooklyn, on Wash
.gtcns Birthday, metropolitan ath-
aM will be afforded al opportunity
Msster a record that has stood for
,iiny-onc years. The committee has
pasd on the card i5O-yard scratch
;dhhon dash. the record for which
nj rade in 1890, when J. Owen jr.
&c. H. Sherril jr. covered the dis
r,e in OLA 45.
ivi.ations have been extended to
Mnie Wefers jr.. Jackson Scholz.
gorge Pcrryman. Bob McAllistcr and
stsrs who it is believed have an ex-
,lent chance to establish new mark
1t this unusual distance.
The University of Pennsylvania has
IN. broadcast invitations to prominent
uAle,cs TO compete in the twenty
eighth annual relay carnival, which
yil be held at Franklin Field Phila-
.slphia. April Is and %. Charley Pad
.ssk. the California speed marvel, is
aid TO have expressed his Willingness
. come on for these games.
After New Record
|: would not he surprising if he
rnpeted in the Guartermilc run, for
Ely recently he stated that he would
lew "f breaking Ted Mcrcdths world
;Sord.
0sering ono Of the. finest cards~ of~
IL season. the Western A. A. will
e.ss lto Glass a. competition at the
~ Regiment Armory February 21
no metropolitan championship an
Intercollegiate scratch medley relay
and an interscholastc relay arc on the
program, as we'll a Il special medley
sprint race, but the outstanding feature
VII be a 5,O00meter scratch invitation
race Tor the Schif trophy, in which the
best distance runners in the country
ere expected to start.
banks are out for the annual indoor
'ames Of the New York a. c. The in
nation events arc the Baxter mile
'nd buermeyeT 500 while the open
esehts are the 11-yard dash. 600 yard
'an' SVo-yard rna. one mile walk, three
arc run, standing high jump and Is
pcund shot put, all of which viii be
aandlcap Affairs