Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-29
TRACK SEASON
SOON TO OPEN
SAINTS EXPECT TO TURN OUT
WINNING TEAM
COACH MooREs HAS BIG SQUAD
TO CHOOSE FROM
Although There Are Many Short Dis
lance Men, Grand Avenue School
Lacks Good Long Dis
lance Runners

With the football season over at St.
Vincents college, the cinder path art
lists will be all the candy at the Grand
avenue school. For the past two sea-
sons this branch of athletics has been
somewhat neglected at st. Vincent on
account of the scarcity of material
from which to select a team. Howev-
er, last year several men showed up
well while training for the A. A. u.
track and field meet, which was to
have been held in Los Angeles but was
called off at the last minute on account
of lack of entries. These men, especial
ly the sprinters, showed great form,
and all but one, Chalmas Gray. have
returned to school, they will form a
good nucleus about which to build the
team. In addition to the old men, q
great many new athletes have entered
the local college, so Coach Moores
should have no trouble in rounding out
a team that will be in a class by itself
as far as Southern California college
track teams are concerned.
The team will be especially strong in
the sprints and field events, there being
several old MEN in school who are well
up in these branches. With the eXcep-
ton of Lockwood in the mile run, dis
lance men and hurdlers will have to be
developed from raw material.
Walter Casey, who has made twenty
one feet while practicing the broad
Jump, doubtless will be the premier
broad jumper at st. Vincent again this
season, as with little coaching he
ought to exceed his old mark by good
margin. Casey will also try out for the
low hurdles, and as he was fast on his
feet while attending Pomona high
school two years ago he ought to
make good in this event.
George Stoney, the fast 22O and 440-
yard man of last year, will again be
seen wearing st. Vincent's eolors and
aught to earn many points for the
Saints before the seasons end.
In the sprints, in addition to Stoney,
Moores will have Shute, formerly or
U. S. c., who has a good record in the
1GO-yard DASH besides being a fast 22O
and 44O man; La Spada of Pasadena
high school; Rolleti, who comes from
the University of Arizona with good
name as a Splinter; and the Couts
brothers, both of whom did good work
for Hempel last year.
With such an array Of talent st.
Vincent ought to sweep up at least
two places I'm the short distance events.
One of the aforenamed men also will
accompany Dingman in the SSO-yard
run, consequently none of st. Vincent's
supporters are spending their time Wor-
rying about the half mile.
In the mile and two miles, however,
the scarcity of material is more notic-
able. Barring Lockwood, who is step
ping off the mile in good time, and
midget" Meats of Benton Harbor.
Mich, high school, distance runners
will have to be developed from chance
material.
No lack of material is noticeable in the
field events and here st. Vincent's will
be exceedingly strong. Giving Casey a
run for first place in the broad jump
will be Slim O'Neil. who also showed
some merit as a thigh jumper in last
seasons tryout.
Meats, the distance man, will also
take care of the pole vault, and as his
present record is II feet 3 inches he
will be hard to beat. Wilde and O'Brien
will be his companions in this event,
and although neither has done ex-
ceptionally well in the past they are
made of the right stuff and with little
practice ought to make good.
In Rheinchild, Leffert and Stewart
all old men, and Buckles of Pomona
high school, who last year romped away
for all interscholastic competitors in
both the hammer throw and shot put,
st. Vincent will have a weight quartet
hard to beat.
Preliminary training will begin at
once for the track men and will be in
charge of Coach Moores, who enjoys
an enviable record as a trainer,