Evening journal., 1920-02-24
DELAWARELOOkS
STRONG in TRACK
Coach LeCato Will Take Five
Men to Hopkins IN
door Meet
EXPECT GREAT SEASON
FOR FRED HARMER
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speclal 10 The Evening Journal.
NEWARK. Feb. 24.-Delaware College
will be represented in the big indoor
meet to be held by Johns Hopkins Oui-
yerslty in the Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore. saturday night The Blue
ana Gold IS entered In the relay race
and one-mile run. o,.o
Trsck Coach Lecato will take tve
men 10 baltimore for the meet and tney
are training hard every afternoon tAis
week 10 get I'm shape. AS matter oI
fact these men and some others haNo
been doing some indoor training on tile
gym running track for severd Weehs' -
rhe 1--WE men whom he announces ne
win take TO Baltimore are Harnler'
lilly. Tebo and Pullman for the reisy'
and "Pat" Hoey for the one-miie run
All ave are new men at Delaware, they
having only entered college last sep'shl
Der. A.
by reputation Fred Hsrmar Is the
best known Of the squad. HarmeT maue
a great reputation seversl years ago
while O student at the West Phiiaael-
mia high school and later at Perklo-
man prep" school az a runner. lie
also attracted considerable attention
while In the service in France wnere
he look pert and won a number OF
events i'm the A. E. +. meets. Great
things are expected Of Harmer az Deis-
ware This year. AS a quarter and hali-
miller. he is expected to be the equaI
of anv athlete in college ranks. lie Is
nrohably hest al the half-mile. Har-
mer Is t,king an active interest in the
preliminary plans for Delaware's track
season and Is assisting Coach Lecato
IN coaching some OF the other run
ners
Lilly is another Perkfoman boy VINO
Is expected 30 add strength to Della
wares relay team. TeDoi whose noule 5
Il in Dover, attended MercersDurg lest
wear and did good work on the cindef
path. Pittman Is from Camden hish
school. In addition TO running the re-
lay Coach Lecato may try to develop
Pltiman into iOO-yard sprlnier as Del
aware looks at present TO be weak 10
fhs sprints and hurdles. Pat" Hoey,
Is another Dover boy. He has had Ill
lie experience on the cinder path, but
Coach Lecato has been so well pleased
with his indoor work that he decided
"a give him a show In the mile event
at baltimore. HOey has a fine stride
gi.o looks 10 have endurance. The
Johns Hopkins meet viii give LecSto ar
cc'.cnt opportunity OF seeing shesC
row men In competition for the frs
no
ihe weather is favorable Coach
70 viii call the track candidate:
tf he FIRST OF next week for work or
er Field. 10 Is expected there vii
n large squad OF candidates. P'u
Krf Is manager OF the track team fol
h yenr. and Harry Loose Is captain
White tho coach has not had tne or
ror rtrnny OF seeing many Of fhe eX-
pcrird candldstes in action the pros
rsrts are bright for a strong team. Il
ihn field events much depends OF
vh,iher or not Captain Loose's arm i'
srope by spring His arm was injured
early This winter in a class basketball
game, and it has been feared th9t be
cause Of that injury he may not be IL
shape for field events this season
Loose Is one Of the best men In col
lege at the shot put, discus throw anC
Javelin throw. II Is understood tha
several students who entered last fal
are good with the javelin. For the poh
vault Mcdonald who holds the Della
ware record has returned 10 coilegl
and that gives the Blue and Gold onl
OF the best vaulters among tae colleges
OF the East.
For track the sprints and hurdles
promise TO give Coach Lecato the mos
trouble. slthough IL is possible that on'
or two good athletes for these events
may be found when the candidates re
port for outside work. Delaware looks
60 be better fixed for the quarter, half
mile and two mile runs than ever be
fore. "Joe" Wilson, who holds bOtl
the mile and two-mile records. should
be better than ever before, and vii
have some good men 10 help him on
this year. Manager Kite will probabl!
run the mile and Hoey, as stated. f.
also expected TO make a good long-dis
tance man. The four men who vii
make up the relay team to be taken e
Baltimore Saturday night and a mum
Der OF last years team will all be ou
for the &40 and $50 From this combi
nation Coach Lecato expects TO pick
team that will capture the event tha
Delaware win be entered in the penn
relay races next May.
The schedule this year will be tht
hardest that Delaware has ever a.
tempted. There will be six dual meets
three at home and three away. in ad
dition to the Penn relays and the Mid
de states Championship event.
The complete schedule follows:
April i0-Inter class meet.
April i7-Freshmen md Sophomore'
vs. Tome Institute. at Newark.
April 2i-Dual meet with Maryland
state College. at Newark
May university OF pennsylvan.a
relay, at Franklin Field
May s-Dual meet with Swarthmofs
az Newark
May s-lnter-Scholastic meet, at New
ark
May ii-Dual meet with Have9ford
at Haverford.
May i5-Mddle States' Championship
meet, at Rutgers.
May 22-Dual meet. with Johns Hon.
Hopkins at Baltimore.
May 29-Dual met with Franklin and
Marshall. 40 Lancaster.
June 5-Dual meet with Huhlenburg
a. Newark.
YALE SQUAD LARGE.
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