Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
'POWERS AORD[|NG
AIDS penn VICTORY
Former West PhiIa. n. 8. Star
Wins 2 Events Along With
Lever and Bronder
BEAT DARTMOUTH, so.s5

NAH CHiNeTslty OF HennsylVanla track
4 team will face Its biggest test Of the
season next Saturday at Ithaca. when
It engages Jack Monkeys Cornell team.
The meet was originally scheduled for
Franklin Field. but, reconstruction work
there made 1t necessary to switch tho
meet to the shores Of Lake Cayuga.
The Penn runners and field men will
be handicapped from now on by not
having their own track to practice on.
Coach Robertson will probably take his
squad out to the Strawbridse 4 Clothicr
field daily. The track there is not a
quarter. mile one, but Is said to be one
Of the best In the city.
The field men will do their practicing
on Museum Field. where they will hive
plenty Of room to throw the javelin.
discus and shot. The jumpers and
hurdlers will accompany the runners.
After the brilliant victory over Dart
mouth on Saturday, when Larry Brown
and his mates won dual meet. 80 to
10. Penn's chances against Cornell have
been greatly enhanced. The perform.
ances made by Powers. the former West
Philadelphia High School star, in the
hurdles was noteworthy.
Running as a varsity man In n meet
for the first time. Powers skipped across
the 12O high and the 300 low for first
places. His time in the former. Is 40
seconds. and in the latter. % 30 sec
Onds. are not very fast, but fast enough
to make him dangerous to Kimball. the
Cornell star.
Rose Makes Great Jump
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improving in the running broad jump.
made his best leap Of his career at
Hanover. He skinned through space
distance Of q feet IN inches.
If the Chester lad continues his pres
ent improvement Penn will have first
place winner in the event in the inter-
collegiates. for the mark made by Rose
on Saturday was the best turned in by
a collegian this season:
Boots Lever showed he is returning to
form BY rOmping home winner in the
100 and 22O. The former he covered
in 1O1-15 seconds. and the latter in
% 40. Shattuck, who ran as q mem
ber Of the 44O-yard relay team. finished
second in the century, with Altmaier.
another member of the relay team, In a
dead heat for second with Ray Jack:
George Bronder, the former Brooklyn
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first place in two events. The husky
all. around star heaved the 16-pound
shot AZ feet 81a inches, and threw the
javelin 167 feet 111a inches. The latter
mark was twenty feet shorter than the
new record established by Bronder in
the Penn relays.
Brown Wins Mile
Captain Larry Brown. after hard
race with Sherburne, Of Dartmouth.
captured the mile in minutes "a 40
not the fastest time the Red
and Blue skipper has made this season,
but speedy considering track condi-
tions.
Don Head lost the two mile run by
n few feet after a sensational finish
with Young, Of Dartmouth. Johnny
Holden's defeat in the quarter was q !
big surprise. considering the time. 81
Ed. McAIulien surprised. by
romping home winner in the half
ahead Of George Meredith. who had to !,
be content with third place. The time !
was 9 minutes / As seconds.
Frank, Penn's 1872 pound hammer !
lhrower, edged In with win In ms ,
favorite event when he heaved the
pellet 1873 feet 5 inches.
Easy for Princeton
Princeton scored almost as easy a !
track victory over Yale as did Penn
over Dartmouth. The Tigers rolled up
4 1-3 points to 4S 90 for the Ellis.
The times made by the winners In
almost every event were better than
those made mt Hanover. Stevenson
won the 40 In 40 0-10; johnson, Of
Princeton. the half. in ! minute 81
80; Douglas. of Yale. the mile. in
/ minutes 20 $40 seconds, within one
tenth of the record. !
The day marked the real opening ol ,
he outdoor track season with meets
all over the East and South. With
Jimmy Patterson, who ran for Penn
'resh last year in the stellar role with
hree first places. Colgate won the tri.
angular meet with Pittsburgh and
Syracuse.
Allan Helfrich with wins in the
,uarter and half. and Larry Shields in
,he mile aided Penn State In defeating
the University of Virginia.
The result of the other meets follow:
Lafayette beat Bucknell, Rutgers
,mothered Lehigh. Brown trounced
Stevens humbled {. G.. \. y.
West Virginia surprised Washington
md Jefferson, and Union trounced
Trinity.