The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-17


But did Mike actually earn first
place in the preliminary? After
reviewing the facts, let the reader
judge and 1t il hoped the sense Of
humor will play part in the pass
ing OF judgment on Mikes conduct.
After the race Devaney won, two
young athletics Of Syracuse Uni.
versity reported to their coach, Tom
Keane:
Every time somebody got close
to Devaney ~and started to pass
him, he jabbed out his elbows and
said it was against the rules tn
pass the leader I'm q steeplechase.
We stayed back. How about It?
II Keane is quoted correctly he
said something anent the lack Of
experience Of some college athletes,
but phrased 1t differently.
Mike Devaney's legs are aged. as
athletics legs are judged, which
may not be good for Mike as an
American Olympic entry. Mikes
head is aged. too, which might ap.
pear to be quite to his advantage.
Georgetown University, by the
way, is the only college which can
point out four Of its cons on Uncle
Sans Olympic team.
Bob LeGendre, the pentathalon
star. and Jimmy Connolly, 1900.
meter entry, are two who helped
glortfy the name Of Georgetown on
the cinderpath.
Jimmy Burgess. in the 400 meters
and Emerson Norton, in the death.
lon. are Hilltop students.
John d. O'Reilly. Hilltop coach,
Is resting at his GEORGETOWN
homo after several strenuous
weeks during which he saw his
charges aquit themselves with
merit in meets that brought to-
gether the greatest athletes in
America.
The two Georgetown alumni and
two students who made the Olym.
Lic grade will be point winners at
Paris, or O'ReiIly's faith in them
10 unwarranted.
He stated his belief today that
LeGendre would win the pentath.
lon. which he captured at Antwerp
four years ago, and that Connolly
would be among the leaders in the
300 meters. He pointed to the
classy showing Of Emerson Norton
In the decathlon try-outs and the
rather unexpected brilliance Of
Burgess in the 400 meters as ex.
amples Of what may be expected
Of them at Paris.
When Ray Robertson made his
record of IS Is seconds in the
400 meters, in q preliminary heat,
Burgess was SO close to him at
the finish it was the next thing
to q dead heat. O'ReiIIy said.
Burgess is a freshman at George.
town, coming here from New York.
he underwent an operation two
months ago for tonsilitis and ade.
roids and only recently rounded
into running shape.
Norton, trimmed in the decath.
lon by Harold Osborne, of kansas.
may be counted on to do better at
Paris, O'Reilly thinks. Norton
scaled only 5 feet 8 inches in the
high jump whereas his average Ia
about 5 feet 10 inches.
Many Georgetown followers be.
lieve Vernon Ascher, crack quarter.
miller who was trying for the Olym.
pic 400 meters event, and George
Marsters, the Hilltop's star half
miller, out for the 500 meters. were
given queer deals by the Olympic
Although trimmed on two suc.
ceSsive days by Marsters. Larry
Brown, the former Penn star. was
awarded a place on the team.
Marsters won his heat QUALIFYING
for the finals and Brown was
third. Marsters finished a good
fifth in the finals and Brown was
q poor eighth, according to des.
criptionS of the race.
Several stars who failed in the
qualifying heats, were given second
opportunities in the finals, but a
plea for Ascher was turned down.
in face Of the fact that a week pre