The Washington times., 1922-06-12

"CIs
81 am in favor of hiring a regu
making it similar to the second I
need men for the varsity with suf
Perienced man over the younger
help varsity success"
Burke has been a high-class racer
since he first reported for track. His
initial race was in the Greater Bos'
ton interscholastics of 1917 at Hun
tiSgton Schools track, when he fin
ished fourth in a l 1,000-yard event;
but the following year he broke the
record for the same event in that
meet.
Perhaps his greatest sChOOlbOy
race was the 1000" In the State
meet of 1919. when he triumphed
over Earl Dudley of Boston Latin
In an "eyelash" finish. Since then
Burke has figured I'm a number Of
close races, being a runner OF the
Finishing" type. rather than one
who sets the pace for his rivals.
In scoring forty points during the
recent outdoor season Burke cap
tured first in the mile and $3.50" in
a dual meet against the University
Of Virginia Al Charlottesville: he
won the mile against Annapolis. beat
ing Curtis of the Navy in 4.25
tussle. and won the mile and $50"
against Technology in impressive
fashion.
His greatest triumphs of the sea,
son came in the HarVard-I Yale meet,
when he won a thrilling mile oven
Wilson and Douglas of rhe Eli team,
and then snatched victory from Tom
Campbell, Yale's 1923 leader, in the
half-mile run.
AT Princeton week later Burke
was sent to the mark only in the
mile, and his defeat by Conger the
Tigers sophomore star, came as
surprise. In the intercollegiatCs
Burke was fourth in the mile. failing
to keep abreast of the leaders on the
third lap.
The first inltling OF Burke's abii-
tty as a middle distance star came
during the winter season on the
boards. He had proven himself
the fastest member on the Harvard
squad from all distance between
800 yards and a mile. breaking sew.
eral track records In practice.
He ran hopeless stern chase
against the Yale two-mile relay team
as anchor man in the r. A. A. meet.
but won the mile run over Kirby. Of
Cornell. in the Harvard. d.Dartmoutn-
Cornell indoor meeting. In the in
door Z legiates Burke ran fourth,
trailing Shields. OF Penn State.
Douglas. Of Yale. and Kirby. of Cor
nell. Oddly enough, the first four
home in the p. c. A. A. A. A. indn n
mile finished in the same order at
the outdoor championships at the
stadium a week ago Saturday.
Although Burke is credited win
having "broken" 4:ZO for the mile IN
the Middle West, the only time lhat
he has done so on Eastern ira, ks
was when he was timed in 4:l9 As
In the dual meet with Yale. WI,h
the experience he has gained during
the past season in high-Class COM
pany Burke should he more foIInid-
able than ever next fall.
1t may be recalled that there Was
some talk after the Harvard-Ynle
meet as TO whether Burke actually
was Tho winner Tom Campbell. of
Yale. afterward declared that he was
positive he won and that Burl:e had
congratulated him on his vict )ry
after the race.
Regarding this incident Burke
recently declared: "I've been
I'm a number Of races in which
only inches separated me from
some other runner at the tape.
surely felt that ! just nipped
Campbell in that half.mile
event. and I had no recOllec-
that thought he had won"
AS to an alleged foul on Nal.
colin Douglas in the mile run of
that day. the Yale sophomore
stated to the writer after the in.
tercollegiates that he had no
recollection Of such an occurrence
and that it could not have af.
fected the result of the race.
OF the greatest interest to Har.
ward track followers is the de-
cision on his 1923 plans which
Coach William ]. Bingham is to
make within the next fortnight
He feels that his mission in bring.
ing Harvard out of the doldrums
in track has been accomplished
and that the time is ripe for him
TO step out. He felt last year
that II was time for him to de-
vote himself entirely to business
Iu. returned. as he was dcsirous
for Yale dual. He will soon
notify Major Fred w. Moore
graduate treasurer of Harvard
athletics, whether he will con-
tinue as his assistant and director
OF Harvard's track destinies.