, 1923-05-20
GAMES
I'm CHICAGO end
| RECORD YEAR
;tagg Field Scene Of An
nuaI Event.
BY WALTER


beason drawing to q close, interest Will
renter around the annual track and
held games of the I. c. A A A A at
philadelphia next Friday and Satur-
day and in the western conference
meet at Ann Arbor on June l and q
Points winners in both meets will re-
main in training for the national col
legiate event in Chicago On June Is
and 16.
In this connection It is necessary to
mention that the committee in charge
of the national games wants 1t under
stood there is no team trophy for the
squad scoring the greatest number OF
points. The meet is staged primarily
to determine the national champions
in the various vents and not a team
%titleholder.
As athletes will come from all Sec
tons of the country. teams living
within short distances of Chicago
would have a decided advantage in
that they could make a large entry
which would virtually determine their
success in advance. Universities and
colleges at a great distance could not
stand the expense to send a large
squad and for this reason would rather
not send representatives than to have
their institutions appear way down in
n final point column
For Individual Titles
The national meet was founded
primarily to determine individual
champions" Maj. John L. Griffith. a
member OF the committee in charge Of
the event, stated recently. I'VE aim
to get as far away as possible from a
team championship. We are after
quality and not quantity for this meet.
and in a few years we hope to bring
this about. 1t is just a 8 important for
some institution to send one man a
great distance as II is for the Univer-
city OF Chicago to enter a large team
In the games.
-Of course, the entrants must show
something to enter the meet. They
must win a place in h in~tercollegi-
ates held in the various sections Of the
country, as the meet is staged primar-
fly for the very best, in order that rec
ognized champions can be determined
In the big meet.
Indications are the event viii b
more successful than the one of last
year, which broke all attendance rec
ords In Chicago for a set OF track and
Held games / have already received
assurances from some of the leading
college athletes in the country tina
they viii be on hand. while coaches
have informed me the makeup Of their
teams vii depend largely upon the re
suits OF he different intercollegiates."
California Sends Is Athletes.
Walter Christie, respected mentor
Of the University Of California, will
have thirteen athletes in the eastern
meet on Friday and Saturday. Ability
of some of the Bears is so well known
hat II will take the best in the east
to keep Chrtstie's team from winning
the event for the third time Follow
ing this set of games, the Californians
will come to Chicago to remain in
training for the national event, while
there is a remote possibility some may
compete in the western conference
games on June 1 and 2.
According TO performances of eastern
college athletes this spring. which has
not been conducive to development of
good performers because of the wealth
er, Yale n Princeton are expected to
give the Bears a battle for honors- Old
Ell showed strength by winning over
Notre Dame, while the Tigers have
shown to good advantage all spring.
Pennsylvania has some good athletes,
but hardly enough team balance to b
given a chance to win Harvard and
Cornell are possibilities, but II Califor-
mia stands the trip-and here is every
reason to believe It will considering
past performances-the Bears will be
hard to beat
Battle Of Rivals.
Struggle for honors in the western
conference m will develop into an
interesting battle between the old
rivals, Illinois and Michigan. The
Wolverines romped away with the
honors in tho indoor meet OF the Big
Ten. but since the outdoor season
rolled around Coach Gill OF Illinois has
strengthened his team to such an ex-
tent II defeated Michigan recently in
q dual meet
Both schools have some wonderful
performers. but points expected to be
won by either team may be taken away
by performers of other institutions.
Iowa will bear watching in a number
OF events. while Tykle of Purdue, who
recently stepped 100 yards in 90 3-5,
worlds record time. will deprive I'LL
nois and Michigan of points. The same
Is true of some OF the schools In the
Missouri Valley conference who are en-
tered There arc some sterling per
ormer west OF the Mississippi river,
and their presence at Ann Arbor win
upset the best planned dope.
AT any rate. the two sets OF games
will be interesting 10 follow, as vaiu-
able timber for text years American
Olympic team win compete and college
worlds records should be tied or