Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-15
TRACK AND FIELD
SPORTS At DELAWARE
More Activity in That Line of
Athletics There This Year Than
Ever Before.

Newark, Jan. l5-Track and field
sports. which have been growing In I'M
nortance among Delaware College ath-
letes during the past few years. will be
much more of feature this year than ever
before Professor LeCato, IN addition TO
his duties as assistant plant pathoioglst,
is coaching track and has aroused more
interest among the students in the past
two wears than ever before. Inter-class
events and weekly events during the en-
tire college season to pick the champion
athlete is largely responsible for this
unusual interest and has resulted In
number of students coming out for track
and making good, who otherwise would
not probably have thought of trying to
make the team. For the first time in the
history of the college a cross-country
team was developed by Coach LeCato
last fall and this will also be continued
each year.
4 large number of track and field candi-
dates are already doing some work in the
gymnasium and the prospects are for the
hest track team the coming season that
the Gold and Blue has ever had, due to
some extra good material IN the freshman
class To develop and get line ON the
material and TO keep up interest IN the
sport, Delaware will take part In several
indoor meets during the winter.
team to the Johns Hopkins meet, which
will be held in the Fifth Regiment Armory
Baltimore, February Is. Coach LcCato is
planning 10 train distance medley team
Tor this meet. Some of the candidates who
will probably he out for this indoor team
are. Tebo of Dover, former Nfercers-
burg Academy star, Pittman formerly Of
Camden, n j. High; Lilly and Harmar,
formerly track men at Pcrkioman; Hoey
! of Dover High, all Of whom entered col
\ lcge last September, and Joe Wilson, star
distance runner and France Of Whining
on.
In addition to the Baltimore indoor
cet Delaware may also take part IN the
renton American Legion meet at Tren-
bn, \. J., January 81; MeadowbrOok
ames IN Philadelphia, March t. and Mill
|oSc "a mes in New York on February 10.
The track schedule for next spring IS
about completed and will he one of the
/etrongest the college has ever undertaken.
OF special interest TO high school athletes
of the Safe and peninsula IS the date Tor
the annual lnter-Scholastic meet on
Frazer Field. " hich will he held this wear
on Saturday, MAY ). Last year the mum
Der of contestants III this meet was not as
large as in some years. but that was owing
tn the fact that many athletes bad not
rc-entered school following the war The
entries this wear viii no doubt be the
largest since the meet was started some
years ago.
The remainder Of the schedule follows
April Inter-class meet
April -Frcshman-Sophomore VIZ. |
Tome Institute. dual meet, at Newark. |
April 24-Maryland State, dual meet |
az Newark.
May University Of Pennsylvania
reIax, AZ phrTadcIy1bra
May -Swarthmore dual meet at
Newark.
Nav ls-Middle States championship
meet at Rutgers, New Brunswick, y. J.
May -Muhlcnburg dual meet at
Newark
May Franklin and Marshall dual
meet at Lancaster.
June dual meet either with Ichigh,
stevens, New York .aggies or Haverford
away.
This will give three dual meets AZ home
with Maryland Satte. Swarthmore and
MuhIenburg and two away with Franklin
and Marshall and one other college. yet to
he decided Coach LeCato thinks he has
some excellent quarter Of mile material
and VIII have team for the Penn relays
that will probably be the fastest that Dela-
ware has ever sent to that meet
There has been one disappointment IN
Coach IeCato's plans for the track season.
Barron, star hurdleT from the Bethie
hem. Pa, Prep. School entered Delaware
last fall but quit to 60 to work. He had
record Of l6.4 for the high hurdles and Il
fat for the low.
Some Of tho candidates who Coach
IeCato VIII depend on in the dual meets
next spring arc as follows:
100-yard dash-Pittman OF Camden,
\. J., High, who runs the distance in
about l02, and kavanaugh OF last years
team.
22o-yard dash-Tebo of Dover. who
was star at Mercersburg and should
improve under the coaching Of LeCato.
440-vard dash-There Is much good
material for this event and the best Of it
will run tho relay FOR Delaware at Penn on
MAY !. Some Of the men are, Smith and
Frsnce o5 Wilmington, Tebo no LIlv
and Harmcr formerly Of Pcrkioman. The
latter has 3 wide reputation as q runner.
lie was q member of the A Z. f. team iu
France and also ran FOR West Philadelphia
High and Pcrkioman
$50 ward dash-Lillv. Harrnar and
Kite the latter q reliable runner Of the
past two years.
One and two mile runs -Tsvlor former
~ % Swarthmore College Joe Wilson.
the best distance runner that Delaware
has ever developed; Hoey, another prom
Islng man from Dover. and Christ6eld OF
list years team.
Hurdles-France and Mcdonnell.
High jump-Arbuckle, Long Of Texas,
Jones from du Pont High and France a
freshman.
Broad jump-Harper and jackson Of
Dover High.
Pole vault-"Pat" Mcdonnell and
Jackson The former holds the Delaware
College pole vaulting record, 1l.5 He
was a student at Delaware several years
ago and left TO enter the service. He Is
hack this year and should even be better
than when be made his record.
SHOT put-Loose and Humphries Of ,
du Pont High
Javein-Loose, Fairbanks, Humphries
and Harner
Il Is predicted that from this material
and other candidates that will he out.
Coach LeCato viii tie aIslc to rick the
best team that Delaware has ever had