Evening star., 1924-02-15


Maryland is to come right back to-
morrow night for more floor action.
having date with George Washing
ton University at Central Coliseum.
Perhaps the game will give the Col
lege Park second-string players an
opportunity to display their wares, for
the Hatchetites have not been doing
any too We'll this season. George
Washington has not won game dur
ing the winter, and chances are are
LINERS and Hatchetites tangled last
month at College Park. and the
former scored easily.
University of Pittsburgh must think
1t has some right smart" running
talent this year. or perhaps 1t mas
not heard much of the prowess proves
Of Georgetown's trackmen. the
lenge at the Hilltoppers for
medley relay race to be run at
the annual Georgetown meet In Con,
vention Hall next Thursday night, ana
the good Hilltop track and field team
probably can turn out better med
ley relay team than anything else
The medley relay team includes run
ners for 220-yard, 440-Eard. half -mlie
and mile routes. The Blue and Gray
has one of the greatest teams in the
country, and has found it difficult to
find opposition. The Pittsburgh chai.
lenge comes as a real surprise, but IL
will be accepted gladly. The pron-
able makeup of the Georgetown
team will be Bill Dowdins in the
furlong. Paul Herlihy in the quarter;
Capt. George Marsters in the half ana
Billy Sullivan in the mile.
Dowding is a splendid dash man, in
cidentally being one OF the 1eW
sprinters credited with a couple OF
Victories over Loren Murchison. ma
tional sprint champion: In ADDITION
Dowding is a good broad jumper, nav
ing won the national A. A. Z: JUNIOR
title and the NATIONAL interseholahsn,e S, Iahns
title when student at ot. 1oi'h
Prep School in Wisconsin.
Herlihy. who is competing LOT
Georgetown for the third year. hoIos
the South Atlantic record or 5o sec
his fine victory over Bohannon anu
Raker of the University of Virginia
at Charlottesville two years ago. ne
runs at anchor for the Hilltop Hiie
Marsters is a speedy half-niler and
this season gives promise of becom-
ing a first-class performer az ionser
distances. He holds the South Atlan.
tic half mile record or LOU, lhdoe d.
Charlottesville in 1922. ,,,,,
Sullivan is newcomer to the HILL
ton track team, but he wore running
laurels before matriculating there.
He is metropolitan A.; a. y. ,rnior ni1r
1,000-yard title-holder. Sullivan pc
came prominent as a runner for paul-
list Athletic Club in New 1orK Wniie
student at Cathedral High school.
Johns Hopkins will send team 10
battle with Georgetown and Pitts
'burgh if one can be formed. At pres
cit the Baltimoreans have aValiapIe
for a. quartet Lou Clarke, in5erGoIee
siate Sprint champion. and verne
int
and two-mile title holder. However,
HOPKINS excellent quarter-mlier, LOT
cas-, is i'll, and Gwynn. Its halt-mller'
is temporarily out of athletics on ac-
count of scholastic difficulties. There
are several other good quarter ana
half milers at the Baltimore instltu-
tion, though, and four may be mus
tered.
MARYLAND freshmen basketers. who
disposed of the Tech High team In
a 22-to-9 game at College PARK yes
terday, are to meet more formida-
Old Line Cubs will tackle the Navy
Plebes and will have to step along
at a lively rate if victory is to be
achieved. By beating Tech the Col
lege Parkers completed with a clean
record their schedule of contests with
the five Washington high schools.
The Manual Trainers gave the Mary
landers good battle in the first
half, but wilted thereafter. Boyd. a
former Tech star, and Compton per-
formed brilliantly for the winners.
Twelve battery candidates for
Georgetown University's base ball
team reported for indoor practice
yesterday at Ryan gymnasium and
went through a brief work -out.
Pitchers out were Homer jenkins.
Ken Jones, Brainard Mccarthy, Ed
Tabor. Roland Leighton. Tim Smith
and Gil Gillespie. Ed Smell, Jack
McGowan, Wiggy King, fim Muir
tagh and Bill Sukeforth lwere the
catchers at hand. Jim Cunningham.
veteran receiver. is expected to join
the squad the latter pert of the
month. These men are TO be given
daily workouts until the arrival Of
milder weather permits outdoor prac-
tice by the entire team squad.