Evening star., 1915-05-28
BY II. c. BYRD.

BY n. c. BYRD.
| Cornell appears to have the best chance
| to win the intercollegiates to be held at
. Franklin Field tomorrow. The prelim-
(! mary contests are to take place this att
ernoon and the Ithacans hope to qualify
i enough men to guarantee them better
! than an even chance to get the most
| points in the finals. Harvard. Yale and
! Pennsylvania have strong squads. but
not one appears to be as capable as
the aggregation trained by Jack Moak-
! ley.
| There seems to be only one event IN
which Cornell is not fairly certain 10
get points-the 440. In this not one Oh
: it's runners seems to class up with Wiikle
/ of Yale, Wilcox of Harvard and Mere
dith and Lippincott of Pennsylvania. IN
the .dashes the Ithacans have one OF
the best of the two or three really good
sprinters in college circles in 1ngersoii'
and he is looked upon as fairly sure 10
! land no worse than second place IN the
! 100 and 20 yard dashes.
| Speiden is an exceptionally good man
+ in the mile, being capable of doing pet
! ter than 40 Also there are two OF
three other very capable men Tor tne
distances, Notwithstanding that ron
/
runs, has not been in his best form be
cause of an injury to his hip. Rlchards
/ in the high jump and Foss in the pore
vault seem to be certain winners, barr-
ing misshaps, while it is likely that
Richards will place well In the proao
jump and shotput.
: In the dual meets this spring Cornell
has been stronger than the other uni
versities. though it's margin over Har-
ward was not great. Cornell has the
1xya Mt nf
stars. who seem certain of first places,
in addition to a well rounded squad in
other ways. Cornell seems to have
splendid chance, probably the best
ing even those times in which it has
been victorious, and 1t will be some
thing of a surprise if 1t fails to score
more points than any other rival for
the highest track and field honors OF
the year.
Local interest in track athletics cen
ters in the high school championship
to be held at the Maryland Agricultural a.
o'clock. Each Of the high schools Is
represented, Technical having the
greatest number. Central and Western
will have in competition squads OF
practically the same size, while Busi-
ness and Eastern have each entered
ten men. 1t is the general opinion that
the fight for honors will be between
Western, Central and Tech. Western.
| though, does not appear to have as
we'll rounded a team as Tech and Cen
tral. and will have to depend upon
getting first places in order to score
| the most points. That in itself works
against Westerns chances and throws
Western is depending upon Maxam for
the bulk of it's scores. If he can come
| through in the 100. 220 and 40 and
possibly the broad jump, IN which
~ fe ha
White stands a chance. but II he fails
Western will not be the victor:
On the face of things it looks as II
the competition between Central and
gin In favor Of Central. One man who
! has been closely Identified with track
athletics all the year Gays that Tech
has the best chance to come through.
Central probably will score three points
in the 100. and Is sure to get three In
the 220. and possibly four in that
Three, and possibly four points. should
go to Central II Maxam wins the $40.
will probably belong to Central. Tech
is likely to get the $50. with q Western
man running second and one from
Central third. Tech also seems to have
an advantage in the mile The odds
tween Central and Western. Central
will win the pole vault. should be on
even terms at last with Technical in
the high Jump. with Tech fairly certain
| to get two places in the shotput. Gen.
trail should win the hurdles.
By figuring the possible results Of the
various competitions on what the COM
| petitors have done in the previous
everything they seem likely to score.
| the results stand about as follows:
Central, "a; Tech, 80: Western. %.
This Is only q rough estimate of the
possibilities OF the meet, based on pre-
ytous performances II any of tho boys
ard or II somebody on one Of the teams
displays unusual capabilities the tide
Is apt to be turned When points are
taken from one side and given to the
the whole course of the scoring. At
any rate, though, the meet is fairly
sure to develop some interesting per-
formances and be very closely con-
tested.
The Maryland Aggies play the last
| base ball games on their schedule to-
| day and tomorrow. The Farmers meet
Washington College this afternoon and
| St Johns Saturday. Both contests are
to take place at College Park.
The nnal game OF the high school
series is to be played today; Central
championship. they having won the
right to play off the tie by their vic
tories over Business and Western
| Wednesday. Todays contest is to be
played on Georgetown Field.
1t was rather a surprise that the
game today should be staged imme-
diateIy after the contest Wednesday.
1t was stated then that the contest
probably would not take place until
next week. but a quick decision was
today. in order that the schedule
might be closed up and the year ended
athletically with tomorrow's track
meet.
The chances seem to be about even.
Central has good team. as Is shown
by it's 1-to-0 victory over Tech in the
first contest of the year. Tech, though,
considering the work it's pitchers have
done, is the stronger all-round aggre-
CATION. though one thing that will
work against 1t Is that it will not be
able to steal bases much as in the
other contests Hart of Central is by
| far the best catcher to whom they have
| been opposed. and he should hold the
Manual Trainers in check somewhat.
| 1t is an even chance in any one game.
| it would appear. though In a series
Tech probably would prove the better.
as. everything considered, 1t seems to
| be more capable.
| A dual track and field meet held yes
terday at Georgetown between the
Georgetown Props and Chevy Chase
High School resulted in a victory for