The Washington times., 1936-04-21
TERP MEDLEY ORA VS. IA VORABLE LANE IN
Only Champ
ToGet Break
In Position

Teams defe n ding American
championships in the forty-second
annual University Of Pennsylvania
Relay Carnival at Franklin Field
Friday and Saturday might do
well to bring horseshoes, rabbits
feet and other charms designed
to propitiate the gods Of chance.
Luck certainly is not on their side
at this stage Of proceedings.
Announcement by H. Jamison
SwartS, manager Of the extrava-
ganza, shows that the draw for
lane positions has favored few Of
last years winners and has placed
only one, the University Of Mary
land, next to the pole.
On Friday the Old Liners will
defend the sprint medley cham
pionship they won last year when
their Southern Conference mon
arch, Coleman Headley, outhoofed
Columbia's Bill Patterson over the
half.mile anchor leg. Headley
will run again this week. but
whether his presence, even with
his team starting on the inside
lane, will be sufficient to assure
Maryland another victory, remains
to be seen.
Venzke at Anchor
Penn will be making one Of its
strongest bids for triumph in the
sprint medley, with Gene Venzke
running anchor. and the Quakers
have drawn favorable No. Co
lane, while Syracuse, with the
great Eddie OBrien turning the
quarter-mile portion, has taken
the fourth position. Ohio State,
with its famous Jesse Owens COW
ering a sprint lap and its Big
Ten champion, Charley Beetham,
the halfmile leg, has been placed
in lane IL.
None Of the other teams like
Maryland to defend American
championships on Friday have
drawn what might be considered
favorable lanes, let alone the
pole. This holds in the scholastic
as well as In the collegiate races.
For the interScholastic quarter"
mile test, which will be conducted
in heats, Jimmy Curran's Mer'
cersburg quartet has drawn lane
II, with Frankford High holding
the pole. Lane % (BB) is the
lot Of st. Benedict's School, OF
Newark, in its defense Of the
interscholastic medley title; for
this race Northeast High, in lane
2, and La Sale, 4. are the most
fortunate Of the numerous Ph1la-
delphia district teams entered.
Mich. State Draws Lane No. 8
Lane position does not mean so
much in the collegiate distance
medley, but Michigan State, de-
tending despite the graduation OF
Ardmore's Tom Ottey, might nave
drawn a position more favorable
than No. g., for Manhattan, N. Y.
U. and Pitt, on the inside tracks
and Ohio State in No. Z, are all
dangerous contenders.
misunderstanding lost Kingsley
Lattimer and Sam Maniacl by
graduation, and Ben johnson by
expulsion-isn't expected to make
more than q pretenSe Of defend
ing It's quarter-mile American
championship; certainly the Lions
won't be able to do much more
than that in lane 10, although
the stagger system will be used in
the start.
Duke at Pole
With Duke at the pole, Temple
University (Eulace Peacock has
drawn the enviable No. 2 lane;
Navy (Jack Dalton) and Texas
(Chink Wallender and H. V.
Reeve) are in 3 and 4, while Ohio
States in 8 and Detroit's Wayne
University in 10. West Chester
Teachers is in 20, Penn in 81.
Champions to defend lesser
titles in Fridays events have
Jared somewhat better: Central
in the third lane Of the public
high mile, West Catholic in No.
4 Of the Catholic High League
test and Lehigh University in the
fourth position Of the Middle At
lantic States Collegiate A. A. mile
test; NorriStown High, lane 9 Of
the Philadelphia Suburban High
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