Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-22
SHOULD Do
WELL IN RELAYS
Two.MiIe Team Should Break
Record, In Opinion Of Orion,
Director Of Carnival
STRONG IN THE SPECIALS

WIHAT will Penn do in the relay car.
w pivnl next Friday and Saturday
afternoon? That question is being
asked by thousands of University Of
Pennsylvania students and graduates
as the time draws near for the annual
carnival. George Orton. who has been
tutoring the athletes in the absence Of
Lawson Robertson, gives the answer.
Penn should make an excellent
showing in the carnival" said Orton
this morning. II don't mean that the
Red and Blue will win a majority Of
the events In which teams are entered.
but I do believe that Penn will be up
there all the time.
ITO predict winners in the different
events is an impossible task. Too
many times in the past the dope has
been completely and surprisingly upset.
Witness the Oxford Cambridge team
two years ago, never conceded chance
to defeat Penn. Others too numerous
to mention could be brought out to
pAOVc COuJcutlOh khuI yOu uCVcT
can tell in the relays.
"Corneil in the foul. mile race comes
nearer to having winner before the
races than any Of them. Yet both
Georgetown and Yale have exception
ally strong teams that may be capable
Of taking the measure Of the Ithacans.
In every race there are teams that
may not look strong on paper, but
which will show strength in the races.
Tho Two. Mile Race
II think Penn's best choncc for vic.
tory lies in the two. mile relay fsce.
All winter the four men composing the
team have been running together and
know each others form to T. Larry
Brown is unquestionably one Of the
best half -milers in the colleges and
George Meredith, Ed. McMullen and
John Holden are not far behind him in
the event.
I'm the indoor intercollegiates Penn
set up new college record of min
utes 55 is seconds which is exception.
ally fast travelling indoors. With
weather conditions anywhere near right
and the track fast this quartet If pushed
hard should break the worlds record OF
Z minutes 80 seconds made by the Eng
lish team in 1920.
yale, Cornell, Georgetown and
Penn State may upset the dope COM
pletely in this event. All three col.
doing we'll under 8 minutes for the
real features of the relays.
"Penn's next best bet is in the sprint
medley race on Friday. With Boots
Lever and Gill or Jack to run the 900
yards, Johnny Holden, the quarter,
and Larry Brown, the half. the Red
and Blue has a speedy quartet. Syra.
cuse, Princeton, Virginia, the Middies
and Columbia all have teams capable of
coming close to record time. George
town may elect to enter this race in =
stead Of the distance medley and If
they do will prove dangerous.
"Altmaier, Welch, Shattuck and
Lever In the 40 yard sprint race. com .
pose a strong quartet Of sprinters who
should carry the Red and Blue IL not
first at least second. Lever, Jack, Gill
and Welch in the $50 sprint race COM :
pose an excellent quartet and a speedy
one.
Doubtful About Mile
"Penn's chances in the mile event
hinge on the decision OF Lawson ltOD.
ertson as to whether he will permit
Larry Brown to run In that event.
Jack and Lewis and Johnny Holden
seem like the first three runners sc +.
lected. Without Brown the Red and
Blue cannot hope to do better than
place. Syracuse, Cornell and Prince
ton all have exceptional mile teams this
year"
Penn will be fast in the freshman
mile race. according to Orton. who also
thinks that the Red and Blue will carry
off some Of the honors in the special
events.
Bronder in the javelin throw, last
years winner and record holder; Nc.
Lane and Head in the two mile inter.
national race, Rose and Chow in the
broad jump, Hamer and Frank In the
hammer. Needs, Sheriff.. Temple and
Owen in the pole vault and high jump
and Boots Lever in the 1O0.yard spe.
cial all should come through in their
favorite events.
Lever has been doing 10 seconds for
the hundred and % for the furlong,
and should finish we'll up with the lead
ers In the sprint races. 1t will be re-
membered that Lever last year finished
second to Jackson Sh0lz, the fash from
Missouri.