The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07

It is said by those close to Loren
Murchison. national sprint cham.
pion. that the Newark A. C. star il
fit and ready to run the race Of his
life. His brilliant performance Of
8 3-5 for 100 yards on Monday last
is evidence that he Is in the very
pink OF condition.
No doubt the announcement that
Francis Hussey, the. sensational
New York schoolboy, was ready to
enter major competition has made
Murchison and his brother seniors
put in some extra licks at training
during the past month.
Many are Of the opinion the
Olympic mark Of 10 3-5 for the 100
meters, made by DON LippincOtt
at Stockholm in 1919, will % bet
tered by the winner Of the race
today. Besides MurchlsOn and
Hussey the event has attracted
jackson v. SchOIz, Adrian Buck
ner, Eugene GoOdwillie, Alfred LIE
COney and Fred L0vejOy.
The field that has been named in
the two hundred metersAis identical
with that Of the century, with the
one exception Of Hussey. The lat
The fact that he Is a schoolboy has
caused Lawson Robertson ana his
aides to hold Hussey to the same
restriction as he il forced to run
In p. s. A. L. games.
This is a wise move. Hussey win
be covering himself with glory II
he can beat the field that he Ia
named with today.
Charley Reidpath'3 mark Of ~ 10
is in jeopardy in the 400-meter
test. Jack Driscoll. Vernon fischer,
Mel Suttner, Allen Woodring, Cliff
Showers, j. Coard Taylor and Roy
Robertson are a highly touted set
OF quarter-milers. Showers is being
counted upon by the Newark A. c.
to better the mark set by the for.
mer Syracuse University champion
at Stockholm in 1912.
He win have to. run at his very
best to lead home DriscoI, Ascher,
Suttner or WOOdrfng. The latter
suffered from leg injury this
winter. IL he has fully recOv.
finish in front Of his field. Wood
Of the world. He Is to prove q
big asset to Uncle Sam at Paris
this summer.
The field in the 150-meter 10 Just
as high class as those in the short
distance test. Lloyd Hahn, of the
Boston A. A.; Jimmy Connolly, Of
Georgetown University; Walter Hig.
gins, former Columbia University
star; Eddie Kirby, Cornell crack;
Harvey Gerry. of Newark A.. c.,
are some Of those that are likely
to be fighting it out in the closing
yards of the race. Connolly has
been running in exceptional form
In his trials. He is likely to go
to the mark a favorite in the race.
The 5000 and 10000 meters runs
have fields composed Of Earl John
son, of Pittsburgh: Bob Brown, OF
Boston. former intercollegiate two
mile champion; Harry q. Helme.
former national two.mile title holderi
w. Young, J. Gray, AL Nicholson,
r. Dalrymple, G. Nelson. Guzales
Moreno. William Coke, the sensa.
tional Mercersburg Academy cham.
pion; G. p. Beagan, Of st. AnselIn,
and J. H. Howard, Of Newark. All
are fast men over a distance Of
ground. They should furnish some
high quality competition.
Larry Brown is being picked az
the favorite in the 500 meters race.
The former Pennsylvania star dig
played exceptional form three weeks
ago in racing one.half mile in the
fast time of 1855. II he duplicates
that race today he will be hard to
beat.
Among those Larry viii have to
dispose of to take the honors are
George Marsters, of Georgetown;
Tom Campbell, formerly Of Yale:
Leo Larrives, OF Holy Cross, and
Frank Kelly. a new sensation from
Philadelphia.
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