photograph itself about 9.5 x 12", it mounted on a backing that is cut uneven and a bit rourgh, about 11.5 x 13.5"

photograph itself has nice quality and clarity but does have a couple minor scratches

a coach? a 4-man team posed with banner - they have a big E on their uniforms - I do not know what school they represented, perhaps Exeter. 

this event happened during World War I 

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Info from Wikipedia

The Penn Relays (also Penn Relays Carnival) is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States, hosted annually since April 21, 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. 

The Term "Carnival" was put into the name of the meet in 1910 because of the carnival-like atmosphere created by the carnival-like tent camp at the meet.[1] Also in 1910, the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America created The Relay Racing Code. The Code created a 20-foot area in front of the starting line in which a touch off between legs or runners of the relay could be made.This rule would later become the rule for the exchange zone or the 20-meter zone (10-meters in front of the finish line, 10-meters behind the finish line) in which a baton can be passed from one leg of a relay to another. At that time there was no such thing as batons or exchange zones that are used in present-day relay racing, instead runners would stand on the starting line and wait for the runner before them to touch their hand. At the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, exchange zones were used for the first time. In 1913 at the Penn Relay Carnival, the baton was used for the first time. Zones and batons made exchanges from one leg of the relay to the next much more efficient and would eventually make relay times much faster.[1]

At the 1911 Penn Relay Carnival, the college and high school championship events became known as the "Championship of America" races. Ten years later the NCAA hosted the first college championship meet, but before then the Penn Relays was thought to be the national championship meet. In 1914, Oxford University turned the Penn Relay Carnival into an international event becoming the first team outside of the United States to compete. That year Oxford won the 4-mile relay. The 1915 Penn Relay Carnival took place over two days instead of just one like it had in the years before. That same year the sprint medley relay (200m, 200m, 400m, 800m) and the distance medley relay (1200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m) were added to the meet.[1]

Info from article in 1917 New York Times

PENTATHLON AT PENN RELAYS IS WON BY (Howard) BERRY FOR THIRD TIME; BERRY ONCE MORE WINS PENTATHLON Great Athlete Takes All-Around Honors for Third Time at Penn Relay Carnival. LOSES IN ONLY ONE EVENT Chicago and Quakers Divide Medley Races;-Illinois Youth Breaks Hop, Step, and Jump Record. Beaten by Dambly in Discus Throw. Landers and Overbee Break Record. Great Race in Sprint Relay.