Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-07
BY n. c. BYRD.

The GEORGETOWN relay four must snow
q whole lot of Improvement between now
and the meet on March If 1t Is to WIN
from Virginia in the annual race with
the four representing that school. me
trials held yesterday did not bring out
the array of talent for the Quarter-mle
that was expected and unless much de-
yelopment takes place the four men VINO
20 against Virginia will not win.
In the trials held yesterday there was
but one man who stood a chance to ne
toeiate the 40 in 60 seconds. and that
was Davis, who covered the $50 yards
that was run by each of the candidates In
53 3-5 seconds-the fastest time made by
anv man. Davis might possibly have
gone the other fifty yards Of the quar-
ter in els seconds, but there was no
other man who ran the trials yesterday
who could have finished the 40 distance
in a minute. The man who made the
next best time was Martin, who ran the
distance just one second slower than did
Davis.
OF course the track yesterday was
shorter and the turns sharper than they
will be In Convention Hall, VINE the
race will take place. but Virginia Will
bring relay four to Washington to run
OF averaging between 56 and 81 secoass
to the quarter. which is good time for the
three-lap track.
II is said that Virginia has a faster
four this year than it mas put OUT IN
many seasons, but the one thing that is
going to give the Charlottesville team the
advantage over Georgetown is the fact
that the training down there is done on
board track, which Is exactly the SIZE
and shape Of the one in Convention Hall.
The fact that the candidates for the Vir-
einia team train on just that KIND or q
track is an almost untold advantage IN
a race with a team which is not used TO
the sharp turns.
The ability to take the turns well on
the track In Convention Hall is about
half the race, and while there will be
banks to take, If it is desired, there is
even more difficulty for runner In TAX
ing them well than there Is In gettlng
around without them.
When it comes to running on an indoor
track that boy Davis is certainly won
run a sharp curve without ever breaking
his stride. Yesterday. in the trials Tor
the GEORGETOWN team which Is to go to
Boston Saturday. Davis was the only
man, with the exception Of Jack Martin,
who managed to get around the curves
with about the same speed that he ne
! gotiated the straightaways. The diff
ference in the time made by him and the
others simply shows his superior ability
in taking the turns.
Harvard's foot ball schedule for the
coming year is out, and, despite the
amount of money made last season on
the Carlisle game, there VIII De no con-
test between the Indians and the Grim
son. Two new teams take the places Of
those which played in the Harvard stad-
ium last year. Instead OF opening the
season with Bates. the University OF
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the Carlisle Indians the eleven from
Vanderbilt University will be seen.
The schedule follows:
September %. University Of Maine at
Cambridge; October O. holy Cross at
bridge; October 10. Amherst at Cam
bridge; October 20, Brown at Cambridge;
November 2, Princeton at Cambridge;
November 9. Vanderbilt University at
Cambridge; November Is, Dartmouth at
Cambridge; November %. Yale at New
Haven.
1t is likely that Bill Foley is working
with the Central squad with the idea in
view Of turning out great relay team
next spring during the outdoor season
With four men OF the caltber OF King
Van Dyne, Hamilton and Reuter- to work
probably WILL have the best scholastic
mile team in this section. It Is vel
known that both Hamilton and Reuter-
are the best quarter-milers in the schools
below the Mason and Dixon line, while
| Il is reported that Van Dyne and King
are also very good at the distance and
give promise of developing into excep-
tionally good runners before the year Is
| over.
| The next basket ball game to be played
| NV 0eorsetown win be against the New
dav. February Is. The New York Uni
versity ave has won from Georgetown
once this year on its own door. but the
victory was much more easily secured
cause in its onense the Blue and Gray
nnint has improved wonderfully since its
f;rsf two or three games. In New York
the 3nEilttoppers did little more than play