The Washington herald., 1916-01-30
Virginia Track Prospects
Are a Great Deal Brighter
Large Squad Working Out
Under Pop" Lannigan
Show Improvement.
BASEBALL is GLOOMY

Charlottesville. Va, Jan. 2a-virginis
indoor track prospects are looming up
better all the time under the skilIeu
tutelage Of Pop" Lannigan, the trainer
and coach. He has now a goodly squaa
OF men out, in response TO both his owi,
suasion and the clemency of the weather.
and their form Is improving day by day.
The quarter mile wooden running track
laid on the tennis courts Is in almost
constant use during the afternoon hours.
not 10 speak OF the gym and other
athletic facilities
II is In the weights that Virginia is
shining. even in indoor track. which ha.
never been her forte. She has now
Harr Coleman. Barker, Thurman, Mayer.
all working strenuously at the heaving
of the shot and the throwing of the
hammer.
The first meet will be the Joint Hop
kins-Fffth regiment tourney in Baltimore
February IL. At this meet 1t is practical
ly certain that Virginia will have large
list of entries. In weights. dashes, jumps
and hurdles. Virginia Will be crippled
by the absence of so many Of the good
dash men of the last years team. bu,
is hoping to use new material to gooo
advantage. However. this new material
Of any good quality is as yet entirely
mythical. Pop is in a hopeful mood
hO"N'N'F anu sNNaN hD "hoN
Will turn out.
1t is likely that he will have a mile
relay team against Cornell, and per
haps & mile team against the Carlisle
Indians. From last years relay team
Goodwin and Speer have been lost, but
there Is a good deal Of material in the
subs and new men, notably Jenkln,
Alien, Bertelle. Abbott, and others. The
old men back are Berkeley, Minor.
Norris. They are all to the mustard.
but who will be the second man is hard
to say.
Worries of baseball squad are looming
on the horizon, as practice is not so
many weeks of. The team seems TO
have a pretty good foundation. with the
following men returning for It: Green,
Ehrman. White. Berkeley. Stickley, Nc
Call, Wood. Ed Smith, Pat Galloway. and
others OF the second string of last year.
II is evident that the weak point will
be the box. Cannon is ineligible. Drum
mond. last years mainstay. is said TO
have strained his wing. and so the bur
den Is left on a hurler with a round
house curve and little else-CaIlaway.
What new material will be developed for
the ascension OF the mound Is unknown,
but Is nevertheless necessary.
Another of the holes will be at second.
For years past the covering of the key
stone sack has not been especially good
at virginia. Last year Paschall did the
work well, but he reused ruction with
Jack Ryan, left the post to Mccall. and
is not In college this year. Mccall did
well. and is back this spring He will
have a strong contender in Todd Wool.
Hast years second team. good fielder and
fair batsman.
For Stackley, White, Berkeley at third,
first and short respectively. nothing need
be said. They are almost big league
caliber-in fact. some managers are said
to De waiting for their completion of
coIlese before getting their names on the
dotted line of a contract First and short
will have good understudies in the per
sons of Allen Thurman and Palmer
sterne. both first year men and haiIing
from Washington. Second will also be a
bone of contention.