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...Franklin Field, Philadelphia. The events comprise high and preparatory school relay races, in which all the prominent Eastern schools will be represented. The 440 hurdles will probably have few entries, as it is a hard event and not many hurdlers can cover the distance in fast time. The sprint and distance medley relay races are the most important events on today's program. In the sprint medley race, the first and second men run 220 yards, the third 440 yards and the fourth 880 yards. The best relay teams in the country will compete in this event as well...
...than ever before. Small colleges, which have not entered before, have sent in their entries as well as many of the preparatory and high schools. The events on Friday are only preliminary to the chief attractions of Saturday, which include the one-mile college relay race championship, open events, sprint, medley, and long distance relay events, as well as the interesting Penthalon, corresponding to the famous Olympic Penthalon...
...distance medley relay race which was won last year by Yale will again be closely contested by Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Cornell. The Westerners do not appear as strong in the distance relays as they do in the sprint races...
...sprint medley race will be fought out between Pennsylvania, Yale and Princeton. Chicago, Wisconsin, and Michigan have fast quartets but not up to the calibre of the Eastern colleges. The University has not entered a team in either of the medley relays...
...Armory of this city last evening, brought out several of the best performances of the indoor season. From the University Captain W. J. Bingham '16 and W. Willcox, Jr., '17 we entered, the former winning the 600-yard race and the latter securing fourth place in the 300-yard sprint which is an unusual showing, considering the speedy fields that opposed them. The feat of Captain W. J. Bingham was a remarkable one, for he raced the best middle-distance runners in the country. He was hard pressed by Higgins of Holy Cross and Caldwell...