The Washington times., 1923-02-04
CHOICE ARRAY
OF RELAYS FOR
HILLTOP MEET
Yale to Oppose Penn and Blue
and Gray Runners il Two
Mile Event.

wYALE, Princeton, Pennsylvania.
Navy, Virginia, Johns Hop.
lSins, the New York "a. O., and
the Hilltoppers are among the teams
which will compete In special relay
features at Thea Georgetown indoor
track and field carnical at C0nveTl-s
ton Hall here on Wednesday, Feb
ruary al.
Tentative arrangements OF the
Tnatchmakers provide at this time
for Yale opposing Pennsylvan
and Georgetown in e one-mile spe-
scial. Virginia taking on Yale over
the One-mile route, Georgetown
meeting Pennsylvania over the
same distance, and the champion
New York a.. C. team meeting 9
quartette Of quarter-milers to be pc.
1ected from the best In this section.
1T Is probable that two Virginia
and two FIillfoppers will be chosen
IN an effort to bring together q
team capable Of holding the great
Manhattan fIiers.
While entries have not been
closed, It appears that In the special
sprint series OF thirty, forty, and
fifty yards there will be seen Bob
McAilistar, National "A. Al. u. 100
yard champion; Boots Lever. Of the
University OF Pennsylvanias national
6O-yard champion; Leconey, Of La
fayette, intercollegiate sprint cham
pion; and Bernie Wefers. IN, holder
sof many metropolitan titles.
STARS TO RACE.
The biggest feature Of the meet
win consist in the meeting Of Con-
nelly, Joie Ray. Abel Kiviat and
Curtiss Of the Navy In a special
mile. A verbal acceptance Of
GeorgetOWn's invitation was given
by RAY at the MiIIrose games in
New York Wednesday night, Con-
nelly OF course will be on hand,
Kiviat's appearance here depends
largely on the success Of his come
back effort which II scheduled for
this week, while no trouble is an.
ticipated IN bringing Curtisgs
Every member OF the above quar-
te4 has turned the mile IN close to
worlds record time, and with fay-
orab1e track conditions and fierce
competition, the Capital Is likely
to see q new mark for the distance
hung up.
The tl1ousand-yard run for scho-
Iastics is hoped 70 unearth some
new talent in Capital prep and high
school ranks It has been added at
the request Of high-schOol mentors,
who are anxious to send some bud
ding proteges over that distance.
Efforts are being made now to
bring here also Americas greatest
l1igh-it1 artists. Dick Landon, for
merly of Yale and Olympic fame,
and Brown Of Dartmouth. These
two stars succeeded in breaking the
worlds indoor mark for the high
Jump at the Millroge games We'd
nesday night, and just barely failed
to set new worlds figures Tor out
door as well as indoor competition.
Each Of these stars clears the bar
at better than six feet five. The
Hilltop authorities are In touch Wsth
both and an answer is expect@ IN
a few days.
HILL ON PROGRAM.
Two former intercollegiate IhOt-
put champions also win pete.
and both have a local bar FOUND
and following. Hill Of Princeton,
who attended st. Adams here, and
Beers Of Maryland State, are ex-
pected to settle that field event
without much outside hindrance.
Taylor, the anchorman on Prince
toms star relay team, is also well
known here.> He attended the re-
serve officer camp at Meade last
summer, where q number OF Hill
top students were assigned, and
while there hooked UP with Charlie
O'Byrne, OF the Blue and Gray, in
number of races. Both are about
on par as to ability, and it il
expected that in the open quarter
they will meet in another test over
that route.
Johnnie Holden, who, while at
Pennsylvania, last year was a men,
Der of the flying four that broke
the worlds record for the two
mile relay, Is also at Georgetown
and will compete. but not as MEM
Der of the Hilltop team. Due to
the one.year residence rule, Holden,
who is Capital boy, Is debarred
from athletics this year, but he
will be entered in the middle-dis-