Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10
FAMOUS ATHLETES
N LEGION SPORTS
-.,.a Races for Service Mon on
Program at shibs Park
This Afternoon
LEVER IN THREE EVENTS

Thirty events are listed for today. the
second Of the third annual American
ieston track and field championships,
An +he srass at Shibe Park.
National. collegiate and local stars
sre entered in the various events, which
incude handicap events. open events and
three races for service men.
Boots Lever. the Penn sprinter, is
Sslh Ssshss Lever holds the local Legion
and Legion meet record Of 10. 1 q Sec
onds for the century. Elmer Jensen.
I'D McMullin. Ed Gill and Carl AIT.
maier. Penn athletes. are entered In
'n. John K. Norton. the former George
town timber topper, will be the scratch
man in the 120. yard hurdle open event
With George Powers, Of Penn, who did
20 well in the dual meets having three
Yards handicap on him.
Eddie Farrell, Of Fordham, the New
York sprint champion. will run from
scratch with Boots Lever in the cen.
fury handicap event. which will bring
Dewey Rogers, who wore the colors
cf Penn last year; Allan Monte, Of
Syracuse; Dorsey Grifith, the former
Gtorsetown middle distance star; Joe
O'Brien, Of Loughlin. Lyceum, New
York, and Carl Altmaier, Of Penn, are
among the stars in the quarter mile
handicap race.
Bob Msxsm to Run
The Benjamin Franklin Post Of the
LEGION which 10 composed Of Penn
ersduates and students, will have an
excellent quartet in the medley post
race. Bob Maxam will make his ap-
pearance after a years retirement,
along with Larry Brown, Boots Lever
and Fred. Harmer. the latter, the for.
mer West Philadelphia High and Del.
aware College all around athlete.
The feature event on the program,
the cne:: mile relay, will bring together
and Washington. On the Gotham team
Kelly, Joe Higgins, Joe O'Brien and
Sid Leslie, four Of the best quarter
miiers in the Metropolitan district.
They will be opposed by Larry
Brown, Gill. George Meredith and
Harmer, running for the Pennsylvania
legions. Bob Legendre, broad jump
champion In the intercollegiate and
winner of the pentathion at the Penn
relay carnival, will run for the Wash.
inyton legion team.
The stars Of the field events among
the clubs and colleges will vie for honors
In half dozen events. George Bron-
der, intercollegiate javelin champion
will throw his favorite stick this after
noon.
Easy for Third Army Corps
Yesterdays service championship
meet went to Buck Herzog's Third
Army Corps team, which rolled up 90
points. Norfolk Naval Base was sec
ond with 13 points. followed BY Phila.
phia Navy Yard with 8, and Fort
Meyer with 4. =.
The soldiers. sailors and marines
turned in several noteworthy perform
ances., the running Of Private Bechtol
IN the quarter mile. being sensational.
He ran the distance in 80 2.5 seconds,
the fastest time ever made by a soldier,
sailor or marine, not in the academies
Private Andrews. Of the Third Army
Corps, and Yeoman Billy Kidd, Of Nor
folk. each captured two events, the
former winning both dashes and the
latter coping the 120 hurdles and the
high jump.
peted for this country in the 1920
Olympics, showed a lot of his old
time form in winning the discus and
shot, and finishing third in the javelin,