Evening journal., 1921-05-28
DELAWARE TRACK
SEASON CLOSES
Baseball and Tennis Also
Ends With Contests Be-
ing Played Today
BETZMER MAKES
GREAT RECORD
Special to The Evening Journal.

or Delaware baseball season comes
TO a close this afternoon when the
team plays Dickinson on Frazer
Field. The tennis season also ends
today with a match here with
Swarthmore. The track season was
TO end next Saturday with a meet
with Muhlenburg. but that has been
cancelled so today ends all sports.
While the baseball season from the
standpoint OF victories was only fair
the track team had the best season
in the history Of the institution
What is especially regretted by
every member of the track team is
the fact that this is the last season
AZ Delaware for Track Coach J. NJ.
LeCato. LeCato has coached track
at Delaware for three years and IN
that time has developed some great
athletes He Is looked upon by those
here who have watched his work
as a wizard considering the per
formance he consistently gets out OF
the men. Even AZ that he has not
been able 10 devote all his time 10
the teams as in addition to coaching
track he also teaches bacterioiogy in
the university. LeCato goes TO
Johns Hopkins in September 10 Join
the faculty Of that university but IL
is said that he will also assist in
coaching track there.
Coach LeCato has developed some
track men at Delaware who have at
tracted wide attention by their per-
formances in meets this year. This
is especially true Of Betzmer
Freshman who has been smashing
Javelin and other records all sea-
son. Betzmer holds the Delaware
Javelin record and at the Penn re-
lays In April he finished second in
the Pentathlon javelin event. He
won the javelin in the Middle States
meet az John Hopkins and estao-
lished new record for the Middle
States Association. Last Tuesday
in a dual meet at Swarthmore Betz-
mer made his best javelin throw OF
the season with a heave Of 176 feet
Sh inches, a record for the Swarth-
more field. He has won the javelin
in every meet that Delaware enter
ed this year with one exception. In
addition TO the javelin Betzmer also
holds the record for the shot put at
Delaware and is almost equally as
good with the dlScuA
Booth is another athlete who has
shown wonderful improvement un-
der the coaching OF LeCato as a long
distance runner. He has establish
ed new Delaware records in both the
mile and two mile runs and at
Swarthmore last Tuesday he won the
mile and two mile the same after
neon. Booths greatest perform
ance was against Crawford the
Lafayette crack at the Middle States
meet In the mile event he and
Crawford ran a dead heat and he
took so much out OF the much toot-
ed Crawford that the latter failed 70
win the half mile event which most
all the experts had previously con-
ceded 70 him.
Careful coaching by LeCato has
developed Pittman into one Of the
best sprinters and probably the most
consistent performer az the 100 and
22O yard dashes that Delaware has
ever had. Pittman has a record
OF 10 seconds Fat made this year and
won nearly all Of the sprints that he
has entered this year. He has new
er been defeated in a dual meet on
the local held
Fred Harmer is another star Of the
team who has done wonderful work
under LeCato. His best perform
ance OF the season was the winning
OF the 440 yard dash in the Middle
states meet against a classy field.
distance and has developed into a
Harmer is also good az the $50 yard
crack low hurdier. These are only a
wonderful improvement this year
and who have assisted In putting
Delaware In the forefront in track
and field sports. Mcdonnell is one
; OF the best pole vaulters In the Mid
die States circuit and took second
place at Baltimore. Middletown
= has generally gotten a point or two
every meet in the high jump and the
same can be said of Humphries in
the javelin, shot put and discus
Fouracre a Freshman shows prom
ise Of making the best quarter miller
Delaware has ever had. Smith
Lilly, McMuilen and Haynes have
all performed we'll in the quarter
and half mile events. Delaware
easily won the class relay she wa;
entered in at Penn and made a new
mark for that class.
After dropping the first two meets
with the strong University Of Nir'
einia and the Navy teams Delaware
has not lost a dual meet. The,
have defeated Stevens. Hopkins
Haverford and Swarthmore and
most Of them by large scores. II
the Middle States. Delaware nm.
ished third, only one-sixth Of
point back Of Lafayette for second
place. Captain Wilson and McMul
len are the only two members Of th'
track team who will be lost by grad
uation, so the prospects are exceed
ingiy bright for even faster team
next year.
Delaware has had an in and ou
year in baseball. The team got
good start by defeating Dartmouth
and Hopkins but then followed dis
astrous trip through Pennsylvania
when games were lost 20 Bucknell
Penn state, University OF Pittsburgh
and Carnegie and on the returi
home another game was lost 10 tn
Navy. II is claimed the pitcher
we're in poor shape on the Penn
syIvauia trip but Rothrock and Col
Inns the two crack southpaws hav
bacn rofnr good in most games sine