Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

With nearly a month of training hay
ing been INDUCED in, it is now possible
10 get some sort of line the men
who are most probable to represent the
Blue and Gray on the indoor track during
the coming campaign. Coach Bill Foley
has had his charges well in hand ever
since the holidays. and from his own
words it is easy to see that he is greatly
pleased with the prospects. All of the
candidates arc working hard, which is
greatly in their favor, and they are fast
acquiring endurance.
The squad this year is record-breaker
for the last half of a decade, and since
the men are in charge of a competent
coach there is every reason to believe
that a new era in track athletics at the
hilltop school is close at hand. or late
years it has usually been difficult to get
together speedy relay four because of
the lack of material. but this winter there
is SO much material on hand that it will
be hard for the coach to pick the quartet
for the team event.
Coach Foley has decided to make ar
innovation this season in the way OF
choosing his relay team. Instead of hold
ting time trials, as has been the custom i'll
the past, he is going to select four men
himself from his own knowledge of their
ability. thus doing away with the danger
Of one or more of the candidates injur
ing themselves while striving for a posi-
ton. He has also made up his mind not
to enter relay four In any meet until
the Georgetown one, March ), using both
the Federal games and the Baltimore meet
to try out the men. From all accounts
he will not announce his relay team un-
til the night of the Blue and Gray games,
but still 1t is pretty safe conjecture,
Judging from form, that it will be COM
posed of Capt. Martin, Byrd, Lancaster
and Brennan.
Good in Dashes.
The supply of entrants in the dashes
will be unusually large, and it is sure
that all three Of the meets of this vicin-
ity will have an extensive list OF entries
from the Hilltop school AS will be read
lily seen from the list at the head Of this
article, almost every department OF track
and field competition Is to be covered by
the gritty lads from the West End, and
although 1t would be too presumptuous to
expect great success in what will prac
tically be their first year Of performing.
yet they should do well and gain enough
experience to put them in the running
with fast company another winter.
There are, however, many students at
the school at present whose past expert
ences augur we'll for their winning laurels
this season. Capt. Martin, Byrd, Lam
caster and Tom Smith have performed In
local indoor meets with great honor dur
ing the past two years, and they can all
be counted on to do we'll this winter.
Brennan Is a graduate OF the prep
school at Georgetown, and while mem
Der of that department he on more than
one occasion displayed great ability In
the uuarter-mil He has been training
faithfully for the varsity for the past
three weeks and has shown such improve
ment that Coach Foley counts him as
sure point winner.
Mulligan is another lad who is showing
ming year ago with Indifferent success.
but has gained greatly from the ex-
perienc, and he may be able to YET land
on the relay team. Reilly. Gross and Wy
men are the more prominent of the older
students seeking to make stellar debut
on the track, while Lincke and Davis
loom up strikingly among the new men,
The first mentioned of this pair came to
Georgetown from Holy Cross and the
other entered from the University of west
Virginia. Both are good performers on
the track, while Lincke is high jumper
of no mean ability.
Barricello Conner.
Not much is known of Lynch. Watts
and Spencer, all of whom are trying out
in the field events. In the silot-put Bar
ricello Is ranked as a sure point-getter
He played on the foot ball team last fall
with great success and will also be cam
didate for the base ball nine. AS a shot
putter he has the markings of a wonder
in him and it will surprise his friends
If he does not show the stuff. He won
many medals in this event while per-
forming in interschoastic circles, from
which work he gained wide knowledge
stead at Georgetown.
The absence of ex-Capt. Gibbs from the
list will be greatly felt, will also be
the case with Rice and SchlosSer. IL they
do not finally decide to report. All three
Of these are veterans of experience and
speed and they could be used comforts bly,
on this winters squad.
1t was announced yesterday that a
table had been gained for the men from
the professional schools at which they
will be able to eat their evening meal.
Having secured this concession. Manager
McNulty is now endeavoring to secure a
training table for two weeks before the
may be in the best possible condition for
their race against Virginia, which will
decide the intercollegiate championship OF
the south. Should he be unable to get
this concession on the college commons
it is likely that he will obtain board for
as both he and Coach Foley are ex-
tremely anxious that the Blue and Gray
should triumph over the Orange and Blue
this winter.
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