The Washington times., 1925-05-30

C4eofnef0Wiiss optimism - Dorm ~,
fi1a fact that It's sons finished first
IN more heats than the representa-
tfyee of any other college. Five
times III the prelimiTlaries George-
town entries led the pack. Twice
Vernon Ascl1er flashed to the front.
Some excellent runners were fairly
.easv piekinse Tor him % the quar-
ter mile and z20syard races.
Johnfiie Holden has the coIlfis
dencA of d Paavo Nurnii II c0nsid-
erffig himself the sproqpeetfv Wi1s
Tisr og the half mile. despite the
.faGf that sSOapy Waters, or HaTz
% r,d. ana several other fleet per-
fornlers are listed for this race.
y1olden md the best time Of
fl11se WHO qualified with min.
| T1fa ~ 2sk seconds This r1cO
T1-sv r. duel between Holden
a11i George nLarsteIs who gave q
elkil1nv crowd nc the preliMJm aries
ne only real thrill. To win his
| lheaf Maraters WAS forced 10 pick
un fifteen yards III the stretc on
| R<Deers Of Penn. The former
Hilltop cap tain gave. splendid
display Of courage.
Asclfer had the best times recorded
/ ia tl1er 22O and quartz mile heats
although ne found II unnecessary
Ito call upon his reserve. He ran
the 40 iii ~ 3s1O seconds and
stepped the quarter hls 1avorlte
Idfefance. IN 40 1~10 seconds.
sscIief looks part tfcuIarly good IN
Ifhe quarter But most authorities BE-
lieya ne cannot stand the pace Of
if4aYlk Russell. O1 Cornell ard George
I'M. Penn captain ii the go.
The HilItoppere chief rivals in
the quarter are Tierney. Of Holy
Cross, and Terrence sOf Penn State.
AscIter has never been In bette-
share. He was handicapped until
comparatively recently by g weak
Bin Dowding IS considered q sure
thing for Georgetown IN the rum
rims jump HIS leap. of 23 feet,
| 61k inches was the best tn the pre-
EIiminaries: and Bill didn't even try.
WON 81 Penn had the best
time IN the 22O,yar1 low hurdles
ysith q 9.lO seeln but the
Iuafed III the WaS TO capture his
hest I'm Is Ito seconds. Hass -
the favpFite iE this event.
WIN hsSullfvan ii GeOregtoWns =
hope IN the mile. There are only
Il few eo6ds raileEa IN college this
year. Sullivan Is one them. but II
would be something Of an upset
he trimmed Leo I.arivee. OF Holy
Cross and Tom KaVanaugl1, of
bOnt0n College
Central High SCHOOL, Of Washing
ton. shares with Princeton the
glory OF Ralph Hill,s record break
ing stunt In the shotput nreliini-
hafies. HiIl heat FFartraIftss inter
Ic0llegiate record with q heaue Of
40 feet IS Y inches and thinks he
Elcan do even better today. Hart
I;ranft mark is ~ feet 5 IS inches.
Hill got bis athletic start at Cen.
tra1. At Princeton he is president
liof his class and has been. voted the
student who has done the most to
help his college In the last year.
Clarence. Hodsre, the University
I5of Southern California youth who
set an intercoIlegiate record in the
discus throw with q heave sof $50
feet 2 " inches, hopes 70 come near
or beat the world record today He
issa marvellous young athlete.
"A close fight for first honors Is
expected between the East and the
West. Southern California qualified
the most entrants with fourteen,
and California has thirteen. Penn,
.Prineeton, and Yale each qualified
eleven. and Georgetown ten. These
are the only colleges conceded to
have chances to triumph.