Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-20
Expert EUROPEANS
TOENTER RELAYS
Dr. Orion Predicts Carnival win
Be Like olympics In q
Few Ysars
MAY TAKE THREE DAYS

Or. George W. Orton. director Of The
University Of Pennsylvania relays for
the last two decades and participant
in them before that time believes that in
few years every country in Europe
which boasts Of athletic teams will com :
psts in annual relay carnival here.
ut is my belief with the rapid
growth Of the relay carnival that every
year within a few years will be virtu .
ally an Olympic meet" said Orton this
morning. That seems . little far
fetched, but the average track follower
would be surprised to know that the
carnival held here yearly ID, almost q
much talked about abroad as the Olym-
pics. 5-r'
when the financial end Of the gov.
ernments on the other side rights Itself
II would not be at all surprising to me
70 and them all sending relay team,
or individual entries here. We have
had the English twice, the French once
and would have had the Italians thii
year had It not been for the lack Of
"The English and French are GER
tain to come here again. Matter Of fac.
expect the Oxford Cambridge ath
letes next year. The French are rap
idly developing athletes capable Of meet
ing the best In the United States and
next year they, too, may come. An
international one, two or four mile relay
race in the future is q strong possibil-
ity. The colleges in this country could
name two or three Of the best teams to
meet the invaders.
Canada, which will bs represented
this year BY the Hamilton Institute
team, will have relay teams in a few
years ready to meet the best college
teams In this country. South America,
because Of the large number Of Ameri.
can college men there on business, II
getting the athletic bug in its bonnet
to send strong teams here.
Yes, It sure looks to me a. though
we are going to have q regular inter
national event yearly for the relays,
with wealth OF individual entries.
May BE Three Day Affair
IF the relays continue to draw M
they have with each year finding an in
creasing number of entries from all
parts Of the country, many Of whom
have never previously appeared in the
games. ! think It will be necessary to
change the carnival from q two to n
three day affair.
'This year we have been forced to
move the starting time on Friday and
Saturday a half hour forward In order
to have all the races concluded before
darkness falls over Franklin Field.
with the new stadium, which will
be capable Of holding close to $4,000
persons when completed. we will have
ample seating room for those who in the
past because Of lack Of seats have been
unable to witness. the races"
Thousands of tickets for the two
days already have been ordered BY
graduates and students Of the Univcr.
sity. The public sale of the precious
pasteboards will start Monday of next
week.
DR.. Orton. who has been looking
after the Penn runners In the absence
of Lawson Robertson, thinks that the
Penn two.mile team has an excellent
chance to break the record for the
event on Saturday afternoon of next
week. The combined Oxford .Cambridee
team holds the mark Of minutes 81
seconds. Indoors the Red and Blue
quartet did minutes 65 LIS seconds.
Expects New Record
With the track right and no acci.
dents, such as dropping the baton,
which prevented Penn from doing better
last year. Orton contends that Penn
should break the record. Meredith, Nc
Mullen and Holden: who have been
training diligently for the last three