Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-17
Dozen of Best Will Practice
Over Park Course; Mead,
McLar,e. Kerr and, Fisher
Are Brightest Prospects;
Pos Miller May Play Sat.
urday
CRAIG IN PRACTICE
By JOSEPH T. LABRUM

by JOSEft1 Il. lkADnOM
ENRANKLIN FIELD is q crowded
l. place at best, but more so at this
time Of the year with the scrubs in one
corner, the freshmen in another diag-
onally opposite and with the varsity
using up the center from post to post
Add TO the general scene temporary
| seats erected en- the track and huge piles
Of building material ut either end and
you have some idea of what Lawson
Robertson's cross country candidates
are up against.
The score or more Of flimsily attired
students have been fignratively running
the edge off Franklin Field for the past
two Weeks. At best they are force d
over to the extreme corners of the field
for practice. The cindcr path is I'M
possible and the edges Of the gridiron
cannot be used because Of the throng Of
football players.
However, Lawson Robertson, who
looks after the barriers and trackmen in
general at Penn, is not at all dismayed
The veteran coach has given his charges
as much practice as Is humanity possible,
running them around the field to get in
shane for grueling season.
This afternoon the cross country men
will start their work in Fairmount
lnrR, tue hIsI Sisn tnuI thc hlil anu
dale season, collegiately speaking, Is
with us. An even dozen Of the best in
the big squad that reported have been
selected to daily run around the drives
and over the hills of the spacious play
ground.
Eight freshmen, among them several
OF the best distance runners in the East
in schoolboy ranks last year, will also
make a daily pilgrimage to the shores
of the Schuylkill to prepare for the sea
son.
PROSPECTS for q cham pionship
/ team this pedr are trife brighter
than last year. The reason can be
found in the fact that three of the
freshmen distance stars of last year
are ardilable. Only one rdrsity man,
Captain Donald Head, is among the
candidates, phich might be enough
to stump any coach, but not Rob
ertsOn.
uEAD last year managed to place in
IL the intercollegiates, finishing up
around eleventh in the annual clam
pionship in New York, This year.
with the experience gained in con. nc
tition, he should prove one of the best
men on the team. 1t IL not upon Head
that Robertson is banking his hopes.
but on the aforementioned three year
lings of last year.
The Hopefuls
They are Elmer McLano, the Western
led who last year surprised the inter-
collegiate world by rOmping home
winner in the freshman championships
Dick Kerr, second to McLnne in the
titular meet, and Fisher. the former
Newark Central High School star.
McLane and Kerr ran for the Red
nnd Blue on the four mile team that
lost the famous intentional relay race
to the Oxford Cambridge team last
spring. Both youngsters are built ac.
rording to the standards usually found
among the cross country runners-not
too big and 1.-THE of limb.
Fisher, because Of illness last year
lid not find himself, but this ycnr with
increased weight-he now weighs 100
good rest, he should bs
up among the best. "
Robbie has Harmon Fricl, Bonsall, Von
Dyne, Kloss, Hearn, Bates, Peak and
Dullman. The Inst named will be- 70"
membered ms one of the best long dis.
tance runners among the high schools
several years ago, when he carried the
crimson and gold of Central High.
The freshman season opens on Octo.
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