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Show SIX INNOVATIONS AT TRACK MEET Twenty-first Annual Relay Games of University of Pennsylvania Open on Franklin Field. Philadelphia, Pa., April 23. Six innovations in-novations in college track and field competitions were on today's program for the 2l8t annual relay games of the University of Pennsylvania which opens this afternoon on Franklin field. In the sprint medley two men run 220 yards each, the third man runs 440 yards and the fourth man 880 I yardfl In the distance medley the first runner goes 440 yards, the next I man half a mile, the third thre-quartcrs thre-quartcrs and the last man a full mile. The third feature on today's card was the Pentathlon in which all of the athletics entered will compete in five events, the broad Jump, discus and javelin throws and the 200 and 1600 meter runs The other new events were the 440-yard hurdle, throwing the SR-pound weight for distance dis-tance and the hop, step and jump. |