Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-09

track and field schedules completed
and large squads of athletes training
at all the eastern universities, 1t is
possible to secure a general line on
the activities and prospects Of the va
rious teams for the season of 1914.
While all the leading colleges report
many veteran and novice cinder and
turf performers in training there ap-
pears to be little indication at this
time of unusual advantage at any one
particular institution with the possl-
BILE exception of Pennsylvania. Ac-
cording to general report there is
noticeable lack of sensational novice
material for the varsity teams ana
trainers are, as a rule, counting upon
the veterans of the past two seasons
for the points which may be reason
ably apportioned among the colleges
so early in the season.
Using the Intercollegiate champion
ship meet of last year as a basis upon
which to work it is seen that Pennsyi-
yania, which won the 1913 title with
a score of "A points, is again favored
with athletic. material of considerable
strength. The Red and Blue appears
to have the best balanced team IN
sight, being strong in every position
except hurdling. Lippincott and Pat
tersor, winners of the 100 and 220, and
McCurdy, two mile champion, are IN
training Young Meredith, WORLDS
record holder for the one-half mile,
viii be eligible this spring. Kelly Is
an excellent performer at both the 4fo
and the broad jump. In Lane Penn
sylyania has high jumper capable OF
clearing six feet consistently. In the
weights and pole vault the Quakers
are wen supplied with high class per-
formers.
The outlook at Harvard, which fin
ished second with 211a points, is not
so satisfactory, and Coaches Powers
and Donovan will have to develop a
number of new men if the Crimson
team is to repeat it's record OF last
season. The Cambridge squad prom
ises to be strong in the middle and
long distance runs and the weight
events. Many point winners were lost
by graduation last June and the Fresh
man material of 1913 is not partic-
uIarly promising when compared to
that of the other colleges of the east.
At Cornell Trainer Jack Moakley has
14O athletes in training. The Ithaca
team finished fourth with 17ls points in
1918 being defeated for third place by
Michigan. Moakley has stated that he
faces an unusually hard problem this
year since he must develop virtually
q new team. OF the point winners OF
last season but Keller and Van Ken
nan remain This pair won 31e points
of the Cornell score. To offset this
heavy loss by graduation the team
will be strengthened by number of
promising recruits from last years
Freshman team and several athletes
ineligible in 1918. Two of the latter are
David Caldwell, formerly of Massachu-
sets Agricultural College, half
miller and Morrison, a high jumper
from Leland Stanfor9 Judging from
the material in sight Cornell should be
strong in field events and middle dis
tance runs but weak in sprints and
hurdles.
Dartmouth, which won fifth place at
the l. A. a. \. A. meet with 14R
points, is not optimistic regarding the
track team. Coach Harry Hillman
states that like Cornell, graduation
cut heavily into the point winners. The
present Sophomore class contains few
athletes above the ordinary standard.
Of the % athletes who won their let
ters in 1918 but eight remain and of
these Whitney, the intercollegiate
shet-put champion. is the only sure
point winner. Fair material is in
sight for the one-half and mile rum
the hurdles and the pole vault.
Yale is at present weak in distance
runners but in both sprints and field
contests has veteran and novice COM
petitors who should win places in both
dual and championship meets. The
Blue has Captain Brown, who won the
intercollegiate half-mile, and Potter,
second in the 220 hurdles, as nucle-
us. Oler, 1913 Freshman team cap
tain, is expected to win place in the
high jump and Talbot to do as well In
the hammer throw. If Trainer Mack
can develop several high class sprint
ers and distance runners the Ellis will
prove formidable.
Prospects at Princeton are not as
satisfactory as at New Haven for the
Tigers lost IA of the 1918 team by
graduation. To offset this the 1916
class will furnish a number of ath-