The Washington times., 1922-02-26
G. u. TRACK MEN
ROUNDED OUT
in FINE FORM
Hilltop Outfit Appears Unusu-
. ally WeIl-BaIanced for Ac-
tivities During Spring.

N'eSS Su'"'s Sk'"'S'
A WEALTH. Of material at
u Georgetown this year
seems to indicate that the
Hilltoppers. will have the fastest
and best balanced track team since
the days when Arthur Duffy, Ber-
ME Wefers and the Mulligans were
undisputed leaders of intercol-
legliate competition.
The Hilltoppers have again this
year Bob LIE Gendre and Jimmy
Connolly, who both placed on the
National A. A. US selections OF
an All-American intercollegiate
team. Incidentally, Georgetown
was the only school in the country
to have more than one representa-
tive on this mythical team.
Bob LIE Gendrs, winner OF the
pentathlon title at the inter allied
games at Paris in 1919. and the inter.
collegiate crown in 1921, appears this
year to be in better shape than ever.
lie Gendre IL a hard, jealous WORKER.
and has been in active training our
ing recent months in preparation Tor
a series of indoor and outdoor. meets
lie Will thiy tHS
colors in the intercollegiate
this spring. He lie sprinting .e
than last year, is achev'nG nor.
distance with the javelin and IS 70
sistently lettering tw'nty-' 20
in the broad jump. s. II II !-'o
TO be expected thu ms title VA go
endangered.
Corn1'fy PINNED.
Jimmy Connolly. VINO W. me IN
tercolleeia.e mile ~. -.asrnsnip at
Camtri6re lssc cpmag, mas shown
bette. form "a inGoor cracks this
winter ,han eye- before. He turned
In the d. re At cambridge In 4l7'
and with sufficient competition
should be a. & to better this mark
this year. Running anchor on the
championship medley relay team at
Buffalo a few weeks ago, ne oeieateo
among others in a classy ffelo 1oie
Ray. Hal Cutbill. and Higgins.
The Hilltoppers seem to have q
real find in George Masters.
nineteen-year- old freshman from
Deering High School. Portland, Me
Last year he won the 10oo.yard
New England school boy cham
pionsh!p. and recently in Buffalo
came home q victor over q last
field in the helfmile Of the medley
relay. On the form he has been
showing this winter. It Is SAFE 10
assert he will prove dangerous
contender for any half.miler in the
country.
Kinnaly q Star.
George Kinnaly. eighteen years
old, a product Of the Dol chester,
Masa, high schools--sprans a sur
prise In the National A. A U. in.
door games when he defeated Kop.
pisch. Of Columbia. Metropolitan
quarter mile title holder. Kinnaly
sprints up to the 500, and in credit
able time.
Ed Higgins, of North High Of
Worcester. Mass. is a brother OF
Higgins Of Holy Cross and New
York A. c. fame. Lyle Tullar.
Fort Dodge, Iowa high school. won
the South Atlantic low hurdles last
year, and is being groomed this
spring for the sprints as well.
Other sprinters are Gaffey, OF
Medford, Mass. High; Murray Of
| Boston Commerce, Cooke Of Fort
| Dodge, uowa) High; Carl Werts.
! who also played two years on the
football team; Gray, Harrisonville.
(Mo.) High; Gilmore Of Webster
Qowa) High: Gilroy Of Alexandria.
LIE Gendre has as an understudy
in the pentathlon Tip Maroney.
Phillips Exeter placed second in the
South Atlantic mile last year. Frank
King Of Andover, end on the foot
ball team, Is new contender in
the middle distances. Others run
ming the half-mile are Brewster Of
St. Benedict's Prep; Ganley, of
Lawrence, Mass. High: Hennessey.
of st. Johns and Joe Higgins. Of
New Haven High.
Helme For Distance.
Harry Helme, Of Lafayette High,
of Buffalo, n. Y, winner of the
senior and Junior national A. A. u.
titles over the two-mile route in
1920, is the Hilltoppers' chief reli-
ance in the longer distance events.
| Although weakened by recent
seige of typhoid he is fast round
ing into condition and should be
q prominent contender In outdoor
competition this spring. He has
done the half under two minutes,
the mile in four-twenty-two and the
two miles in nine-thirty.four.
Jim Sweeney, guard on the foot
ball team, Is the leading entry in
the weights division.
John Feeney, national Junior A.
A. u. champion In 1920, and Charles
Volkmor. Of Santa Clara Cali Prep,
have a big edge on the other high
jumpers. yolkmor also has done
some startling work in the pole
vault. but to date had been unable
to show any form in indoor compe-
tition.