Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-11
COLBY BATTLES
FOR TRACK HONORS
PORTLAND TODAY
Especial to Kennebec JournaD,

Waterville, March 11-Colby's first
come tomorrow night when the Blue
and Gray track team will make an
appearance with the teams from
Bates. Bowdpin and the University
OF Maine in the Exposition building
at Portland in the American Legion
meet. Coach Mike Ryan returned
from New York this afternoon and
at once named the Colby track men
who would make the trip TO Port
! land tomorrow noon.
Coach Ryan. has taken the cream
of the Blue and Gray track men for
the meet and Colby should make n
fine showing before the Gate City
fans tomorrow night. There are
several individual stars on the Colby
team this spring among whom are
George l.. Mittlesdorf. the freshman
flash who has done some wonderful
work in the short dashes during the
winter; Captain Roy G. Hearon, 4.
Fransen and Kenneth l.. Wentworth.
Undoubtedly the most watched
! man tomorrow night will he Mittles-
dorf when he steps out in the 40 yard
dash against some of the fast college
men in the state. Mittlesdorts path
on the boards this winter has been
like comet and the fast freshman
managed TO cop the New England
speed title in the short dash a few
weeks ago in Boston. Since that
| time he has run in some of the fast
est company In the country and
showed up remarkably we'll Tho
Maine colleges will have some man
to catch up with when Mittsie steps
on: on the boards tomorrow.
broken up and undoubtedly slowed
up considerably through the absence
OF Everett \. Fransen, considered
one of the fastest distance men in
Coiy. Fransen has been invited to
run in special invitation 600 yard
run against some classy company ana
VIII also represent the Blue and
tray in the one milo event. Aside
from running these two fast events,
the Lynn speed artist will run on
the All Maine relay team which has
been picked by Coach Jack Magee or
BoWdofn from the best relay men In
me state TO compete with an All
massachusetts, aggregation. The re-
Ia" race Will he a two mile event with
Cach man covering half mile.
rransen Is rated also with Archibald
OF Bates and Foster of Bowdoin In
mighty well in the race.
fransen's place on tho relay team
mas been taken by Russell +. Brown. n
sophomore in college who has done
some mighty creditable work during
the last fall and winter. Brown showed
up TAR better on the Cinders last fall
than he has been on the boards. but of
late the Fairfield runner has found his
stride on the boards and will bc n hard
man to beat. The other members of
the Blue and Gray relay team will be
Joseph w. McGarry, %. who has been
memter OF IN" Colby relay teams FOR
the last three years and who was kent
out of the first Colby relay team this
year because Of a sprained ankle
which he received on the boards only n
Few days before the Boston A. A. relay
games last month. with McC;arrv
back on the team the prospects look
! brighter for Colby win. Roy &.
liearon will do his share in the team
ana. as usual. will run anchor for the
Blue and Gray. Elmer NJ. TAYLOR will
complete the relay four for this meet.
Taylor has only been out for track n
short while hut has made the relay
team once before Mt the Boston A. A.
meet and ran well in that event. Taylor
has been entered by Coach Ryan i'm the
q'-yard hurdle event aside from the re-
lay work that he will undertake.
The men who will make the trip and
the events In which they will compel q
tomorrow arc az follows: 4O-yard dash,
George |. Mittlosdorf. -. of West Or
! ange. y. j.: Roy g. Hcaron. '25. OF
White Plainss n. Y: 4J-yard hurdles.
Elmer NJ. Taylor. %, Of Winthrop:
6OO-yard special invitation run, Ever
EFT a. Fransen. 20. of Lynn, Mass ;
SSO-yard run, Joseph W. McGarry. ~.
OF Broolline. Mass: Joseph Brudno.
~. of Newburyport. Mass; Elmer NJ.
Taylor %, Of Winthrop; one mile run,
Everett A. Fransen. %, Of LINN.
MASS, and James Brudno. '27. of New
buryport. Mass; running high jump.
George I. NicEerson. "a, of Farming
ton; pole vault, CTanston H. Jordan,
~. OF Auburn: shot put. Kenneth I.
Wentworth. 20, OF Waterville, and
clyde i. Gctchcll 80. of New Sharon
college relay team. ioseph W. NECTAR
ry. "a, Of BrookIinc. Mass, Roy G.
liearon. %, of White Plains. y. Y,
Elmer NJ. Taylor, '2J, of Winthrop, and
Russell J.. Brown. go. of Fairfield.
Everett A. Franscn. 30. of Lynn,
Mass, has Eecn entered in the ALI
Maine two-milc relay team.
The track team will leave WatcrviIle
tuesday noon and VIII be accompanied
by Coach Mike J. Ryan and Manager
Lionel Hebcrt. 80. of Van Buren,. A
large number of college students are
expected to accompany the team to
Portland to witness the mot, as many
ell H,r