Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12
Penn FEATURES IN
THIRD LEGION MEET.
Larry Brown, Boots Lever and
Others Capture Eleven First
Places Out Of Seventeen
LOCAL ATHLETES ARE BEST
UNIVERSITY OF PENNsYLvA-

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVA-
~ MA athletes carried of the lion 5
share Of honors in the third annual
American Legion track nnd i'"ll cham
pionships on Saturday. OF the seven
teen events in which they were permit
ted to enter rod and blue jerseycd ath-
letes finished first in eleven Of them, a
remarkable record.
The two day affair which started on
Friday with the first service mems
track and field meet captured BY Buck
Herzog's Third Army Corps team. and
which concluded Saturday with the
legion open and service events. was
the best Of all.
Had the track been the proper length
and not twenty yards short 70 tho
quarter mile, several records would
have been broken. The times made In
the various events for the real distance
were such as to lead the veteran fol-
lowers Of track to believe that several
marks would have been lowered.
The remarkable record of the Penn
athletes is attcsted by the work Of three
athletes in the field events. Sid Needs
tied his best previous mark IN the high
jump by winning the event from scratch
with leap Of six feet one inch. Less
than half hour later he scored another
first place when he cleared the bar IN
the pole vault at II feet 3 inches.
Tex Hamer, with a four foot handi-
cap, heaved the shot As fee. II inches
FOR first place in that event, beating
out several college stars and number
OF ocal-club luminarics who were re-
garded as the possible winners of the
event.
Rose the Broad Jumper
Albert Rose. one Of the best broad
Jumpers Penn has had since the days
of DR.. Alvin Kraenzlein. captured the
jump from scratch with leap Of %
feet 10 inches. In one jump Rose did
most foot better than in his winning
jump. but the Judges ruled that he had
fouled the take-off.
In the track events Boots Lever
was the outstanding star. The bril-
Legion and Local Legion champion
ships in the century and was n member
Of two winning relay teams. He was
awarded the Pen and Pencil Club
Trophy for one year. which includes q
life membership in the scribcs' club.
Larry Brown, intercollegiate half
mile champion. in what probably was
his last appearance before the home
folks. ran a remarkable half mile in the
medley and n brilliant quarter in the
one mile event that brought victory to
Benjamin Franklin Post of the Legion,
composed of Red and Blue students and
graduates.
The great finish of The ex-Penn cap.
tain in the medley race gave his team
a victory by go yards. while in the
inter- State one-mile Legion champion
ship he stepped fast quarter in de-
feating Earl Dudley, of Boston Latin
School, one of the best 4i0 men in the
Hub.
Maxam Runs
Fred Hamcr. of Delaware. ran on
two teams, the other three members OF
which were Penn athletes. George
Meredith. Ed Gill. Bob Maxam. Vim =
cent Welch and Ray Jack. in addition
70 Brown and Lever. ran on the three
relay teams which won.
Donald Head won the one-mile
Legion championship for the second
successive year beating out q good
field by twenty five yards.
Johnny Herr. a member OF the relay
team that went to England after finish
ing third TO Jimmy Connolly. oi
Georgetown, in the invitation. captured
the half mile run from a field Of twent}
from scratch. Herr ran one of the best
races of his career winning by foot
in a driving finish.
Connolly had little trouble in winning
the mile in his first appearance here
since his sensational battle with Larry
Shields in the Legion games. For three
laps the Washngtonan remained ir
second position. with Herr out in the
lead. Connolly opened the throttle tn,
last 300 yards and won with ease.
BOZ Iegendre, the pentathlon cham
MON and intercollegiate broad jun,
champion. rang along with Connoll,
and two others from Washington in th
one mile interstate relay chamuionsslp
I.egendre ran the first quarter an,
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