Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1913 — CORNELL HAS MANY ATHLETES [ARTICLE]

CORNELL HAS MANY ATHLETES

Several Promising Men Among Freshmen in Line for Various SportsAuthorities Are Elated. With all of the freshmen athletes in line for the various sports the Cornell authorities are elated by the showing, and the prediction is made that the entering class of 1913 will furnish more good athletes of note than any freshman class in many yea/s. These men will be a tower of strength to the varsity next year. In the list of prominent newcomers to Cornell are: Football men, Hurd, captain and fullback of last year’s Phillips-Exeter team; Mueller, halfback and captain of Cascadilla school team; Whitney, halfback on the Hill school team; Carter, center, and Franzheim, end on the Lawrenceville team; Conray, quarterback on the Albany high school team. Track men, Alva R. Richards, who won the Olympic games high jump with a jump of 6 feet 3 inches last year; Wendnagle, picked by James E. Sullivan as allAmerican miler, with a record of 4 minutes 29 seconds.; Hurd, champion pole vaulter; Leister, a sprinter and 22-foot broad jumper from Perkiomen seminary; Danneheur, a fast middle distance man from Penn Charter school. Besides these men the best lot of catchers and pitchers for the baseball team in many years has reported for fall practice.