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Show 31 f SREAT CARNIVAL I OF FIELD SPORTS 2p ; Philadelphia, April 29 One of the 09 nj greatest aggregation of college ath fj ' letes gotten together on one field, fiM :' will compete today on Franklin field flOH ' ln le seveuth carnival of relay 2i3! races and field sports under the aus- jgj pices of the University of Pennsyl- )5P vanla. While tho eastern and west- Mfrf ern intercollegiate championship yjjjjg ; meets are more Important, today's izB :' carn'va' s tho most representative 5 college athletic meet held In the couu- Mi try ijfl ,-j On the cinder path and In the field )Zp approximately 3.500 athletos will rep- ffi M i resent nearly 230 educational institu- Kjj2 tions, of the east, west and part of )7j9 X the south Among these will be a jM score of the largest universities, forty- 5,W ? four of the smaller universities and rtfi ' colleges, forty-nine preparatory Wy I Echools and academies, sixty high HJJ ; schools from as far west as Chicago IpJU i and more than sixty grammnr and tftffi. f parochial schools in this vicinity. '-$94 I The big features on the track will jt S championships of America, the onc- ,Sj I mile relay freshman college national ' J championship and the one-mile relay wi -i national championship for preparatory ygR' schools and for high schools 0KR In the one, two and four-mile relay jjSjC? national championships there are en- pl ' tered some of tho fastest quarter 3jW? mile, half-mile and mile runners in dtfi the colleges of the country efiiiTjf J In these clasnic events will bo seen .Mi . the fleet men of Cornoll, Illinois, Princeton, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virglna, Notre Dame, Chicago and Syracuse. Practically all the champions in the east and west are entered in the 100. yard dash and 120-yard hurdle races, and also in the pole vault, high jump, shot-put, hammer throw, broad jump and discus throw In the pole vault eight men aro entered who have done twelve feet or better. There are for tj -two events on tho nroeram and there will be no heats or preliminary trials in arty event except in tho 010-yard dash and 120-yard hurdles All colleges and other institutions insti-tutions entered fn tho one-mile relay races except in the national championship cham-pionship will be rim in classes according accord-ing to the past performances of their relay teams In the annual carnival No points are scored in today's meet The weather is fair and track pronounced pro-nounced to be in perfect condition |