Evening journal., 1917-05-30
-FOUR Athletes
Make NEW RECORDS
Delaware Track Season Ends
Early Because of Teams
Cancelling
LAST BASEBALL
GAME JUNE II

wv 0tiaWd are AOllcBc TRACK season
was short this year. it having ended
with the Swarthmorc duel meet at
Swarthmore last Saturday. Lehign
was originally scheduled for a dual
meet here today but cancelled several
days ago When Manager Beauchamp
completed the field and track sched-
ule last winter eight events were on
the program Because Of postpone
ments on account of bad weather and
cancellations only four Of these events
took PLACE Not an event, exceptin,
the inter-class, was held on Frazer
Field this year in which Delaware
College mon participated. so the stu
dent body and followers Of the sport
never had an OppOrtun ty OF seeing
what is rated as one of tho best fielc
and track teams that ever represented
the Blue and Gold i'm action.
The original schedule called foi
five dual meets the L.. of T. relays
and participation i'm the meet Of
MARYLAND College at College Park and
the Middle States meet at Lehigh. OF
the dual meets the one with DreXol
and Swarthmore. both away. were
he d Franklin and Marshall Lehigh
scheduled for Frazer Fed, and Muh-
lenberg, scheduled for Allentown
were all cancelled by tho other col
leges. The meet with Mary and Col.
leee was called off because OF rain
notwithstanding this breaking up
OF the schedule the Blue and Gold
team made fine showing this season
Fitzpatrick Crockett. Marshall and
Captain steele composed the team
that won the relay race at Frankly
Field early i'm April. The dual meet
with DreXel at Runnymeade. Pa. was
also won by the Delaware team
After tho DreXel meet the team lost
several mon because of them leavine
Tor the officers training camp. Can
tam Steele quit the team after the
lnter-class NEE on May l. because of
MS physical condition and this loss
was greatly felt as he was the best
quartermile runner on the team
Coach keyes. however. continued 10
work hard ard developed several new
men. He took a team Of but seven
men TO the grea. Middle States meet
at Lehigh and surprised everyone by
finishing fifth m the matter Of points
scored.
The next meet was with Swarth-
more. which Delaware lost. it really
being the first defeat Of the season
This defeat was largely due to the
failure of Delawares sprinters show
ing up as good as expected. as tho
field men did fine The team has
been weak all season i'm the short
dashes and it was that weakness that
also helped Swarthm0re last Saturday
II "a &
for the showing that he made with
the team under all handicaps that ne
worked under He however. not only
surprised everyone by making a hard
fight in every meet bur also develop
cd some men who should be valuable
TO the Blue and Gold for several years
10 come in field and track events
I'm recognition Of his great work
during the past three years. Day
Crockett the best hurdler that Dc'a
ware has ever had was elected cap
tain Of the 1918 team following The
dual meet with Swarthmore on Satur
day. Crockett holds both the low an;
high hurdle records for Delaware Col
lege. In The Middle states NEE
against some OF the best colleges ID
the east he won the 220 low hurdle.
and finished close second in the l2i
low hurdles. Last Saturday at Swarth
more. he won both the 100 and 22l
hurdles from 26 3-5 to PC 2-5 He is
junior and next year will he his las
season with the Blue and Gold.
In addition to Crockett three Othe
members Of he team established new
Delaware records his year In tn
DreNel meet Harry Alexander brok
his own record Of 2O-4 for the broa'
jump by jumping q feet 10 1-2 inches
Harry Loose. the former Whining
ton High School boy. made a new
Delaware record in the discus n
Swarthmore, when he threw the dis
Gus 107 feet G12 inches.
The other new record estabishe
was by Mcdonnell. also a forme
Wilmington High School boy in III
pole vault The record prevlousl.
was 10 feet. held by Hutton who grad
uated last year. In the DreXel NEE
both Mcdonnell and Cats cleared tn
stick a. 1O-1. This. however. prove
only small vault for Mcdonnell a
i'm the inter-class events he estal
lished a new record OF IL feet 8 inche
which promises to stand for som
time. A. Swarthmore Mcdonnell wo
the pole vault without having
reach that height.
Delaware loses two good track me
this year by graduation, in Capital
steele and Marshall Both men hay
run for four years on the varsit
team and worked hard. They ais
ran i'm tho relays az u. of p fC
three years and continued TO improy
each year until finally Delaware wo
the event this year largely because {
their great race Both men are be'
at the quarter and half, so that lOol
TO be one of the big propositions fC
Coach Keyes next year to develop
couple OF middle distance runners
take their places.
To offset the loss of these two me
Coach Keyes has developed sever;
crack men this year who will be
great assistance to Delaware team
for several years. Among these n
Mcdonnell and Loose whose achievt
ments have already been referred {
Williams and Brewer. both long di
lance runners. and AlarstOn
Splinter and low hurdler. are thru
other good men developed who shou
be greatly improved in 1918.
Among the men who will probab
securo their ~ this year arc Ca
tain steele Marshall. Crockett Fit
patrick. Mcdonnell. Loose. AleXande