New Britain herald., 1929-04-09
PENN ATHLETES IN
 SPRING TRAINING.
University Teams Are Riding Wave Of Might in All Sports

Philadelphia, April R-Ther- mometers bubble in 90 degrees of unreasonable heat. The chimneys Of encroaching factories lay lofty carpet of smoke over a pad of green in the heart of the city. Elevated traffic rumbles and toots along the other.
 And in the midst of all this rum- pus and heat. athletes of the Cniver- sity of Pennsylvania plug away at their spring lessons in baseball. football. track. tennis. lacrosse and soccer. obliyious to the hectic condi- tions. Final examination in all but football are just around the corner and will be conducted by none too friendly professors" from rival uni versailles of the Cast.
 But Pennsylvania. riding stead lily increasing wave of athletic might, seems ready to defend, and even to increase. the athletic laurels won in past springtimes. And factory whistles. footing the end of the working day all around them. usual ly mean the beginning of toll for the hundreds of husky youngsters who labor until dusk each afternoon on the various practice grounds of Franklin Field md the rougher plots outside the park.
 On one baseball diamond. the var sity team that won championships in the quadrangular league for the past few seasons. Is preparing to de- fend the crown in the expanded cir cult now swinging into action.
 The track squad of Lawson Rob- ertson, veteran Olympic coach. scur- ries about the cinder track. confi- dent of winning the outdoor inter- collegiates. Led by Barney Berling- CT, decathlon ace who scored 91-4 points, Robertson's squad finished a bang-up third in the indoor intercol- legiates. scoring 21 1-4 points.
 Since Pennsylvania passed an or dinance last year giving major" status to all sports, five new coaches have appeared on the scene to build up the weaker games and help for tify the strong ones. Wallace John- ston. graduate of Penn who nine times was ranked among the first ten of American tennis, is building crack racquet organization. s. A. Middleton. with an assistant. came from Johns Hopkins home of Ia. crosse champions. 10 resurrect that sport. The great Ted Meredith, an Olympic champion while still a schoolboy, has been added to the track coaching list and James Mat thews, old University of Washington oarsman. came east to help Rusty Callow with the crew.
 Slowly and carefully Callow, who produced three Poughkeepsie win ners and two runners-up in five years at Washington. is doing his missionary work with Penn's crew. men. hampered by lack of material disappointed in the last place effort Of his first Penn crew at Pough. keepsie last year, Callow is reorgan. izing his forces. founding a new sys' tenn. He has little hope for any bu' moderate results with the next veal or two.
 The golf team. an orphan without either home or coach, swings it.
 mashies wherever there is room for shot and sometimes where there isn't. causing minor complica. tions and sometimes slight casual ties in the matter of glass windows and fragile dignities. The soccer squad. working feverishly. roams g boulder studded domain between | river and a railroad yard.
 Strangest of all sights, however, 1: i the football squad Of 54 freshman and substitutes of last years clever that lost only to Navy. For almos' , two weeks Coach Lou Young and hi! staff have been drilling them or l Fundamentals.
 There was no let up when tht 1 thermometer hit 90 and kept climb ing. leaving the impression tha
 greater love hath no youngster fol sport than that he should don mole l skins and shoulder pads for sprini i training in such weather.