Evening star., 1925-05-30
O'Reilly Says Surprise Due.

John O'Reilly, Blue and Gray coach,
says: Il am not conceding that any
team has a better chance than we
have. 1 believe that we stand just
about as good a chance to win as any
other college. We are going to sur
prise some of the so-called experts
this afternoon. A lot of things seem
to me to be in our favor"
If Georgetown wins, it will have to
do so through a big accumulation of
points in the half-mile by Holden,
Marsters and Swinburne and in the
broad jump by Dowding, making pos
sibly total of IA or 10 points in these
two events. With Sullivan in the
mile, Ascher in the quarter and 220.
Haas in the two hurdle events and
Plansky in the shot and discus. with
things breaking right for the Blue
and Gray, it seems that it has in
eight % or 26 points.
If things break wrong. Is to %
points would seem to be about what
should be scored.
But in a meet in which every con.
testant is a brilliant performer, al
most anything may happen and al
best any estimate of what may hap
pen in points is only a conjecture
based on what might result if things
go the way they might be expected
TO under ordinary circumstances.
But a meet such as it is to be this
afternoon is anything but one in
which ordinary circumstances prevail
because there is no other meet in
which a very small disadvantage will
prove so disastrous.
Critics up this way seem inclined
to the view that Pennsylvania OIL
Georgetown may win the meet. How
n
pick what he considers the most prob
able victor, his choice would be the
University of Southern California
Several factors indicate that the Tro
jams will score more heavily than
might seem possible to those that nat
urally like to see an Eastern team
win.
The Westerners have men qualified
in the hurdles and in the running
events who will not have to repeat
For instance they have Stever and
Dye in the 120-yard high hurdles and
Grumbles and Anderson in the 220
yard low hurdles. They had man
who ran second in one heat of the
quarter, the fastest heat of the day
who apparently did not extend him
self to the limit. That man, Torkel
son, should run a great race. today.
Hauser Weight Marvel.
The wonderful Hauser probably will
account for nine points himself, with
the possibility of 10 in the Shotput
and discus. His teammate, Anderson
also is due to score in both events
Southern California men also are
prominent contenders in the pole vault
and high jump. and there is an eX
ceptionally fast man in the 100-yarC
dash. Taylor.
This chap Hauser. by the way, Is
about the most perfect piece of sym
phony in the way of animal mechan
ism that has ever stood in shoe
leather. Much smaller than the aver
age weight man, much smaller thar
the others against whom he competes
today, and almost q pigmy in com
parison to Hills of Princeton, he
hurled the discus many feet farther
than his nearest competitor yesterday
setting new intercollegiate mark oi
$50 feet PA inches and put the shot
within few inches of the distance
attained by Hills, who also establish
ed new intercollegiate record fol
that event with a mark of more thar
40 feet Sa4 inches.
Southern California may win the
meet with between so and 80 points
but whatever team may be victor il
the greatest OF COiieSlate track dnC
field competitions, it is certain tha
some of the greatest races in years
will be run.
Especially is this true of the half
mile and quarter-mile. Both have
fields of brilliant runners, and wher
they face their marks will be ready
for test that should bring out the
greatest merits of all.
Also the sprint events will be fast
Hill of Pennsylvania, Russell of Cor
nell. Norton of Yale, Barber of Cali
fornia. Taylor of Southern California
and Bowman of Syracuse are about as