Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

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many respects the team should be
champion two-mile quartet have tini
Marsters and Sullivan.
Swinburne, who ran first, still is
able that three men as good as thos
this true in the case OF Marsters al
very few men at their favorite diStan
Harry Helms, 2-mile runner, is back
and Coach John O'Reilly is expecting
great things of him. The next best
man In the distance events OReilly
depends on is Gegan, who formerly
was a hurdler, but was developed into
81 miller last spring so effectively that
he took third place in the .intercol-
legiate at Franklin Field.
Burgess Is Uncertain.
Jimmy Burgess, one of the greatest
qudrter-milerS in the country, who ran
so brilliantly in that memorable one
mile race in the Penn relays year
ago, is not yet certain what he will be
able TO accomplish this Winter. He
pulled a tendon in his leg late last
Spring and O'Reilly said that he was
not certain that Burgess would be able
10 stand the gaff of hard quarter,
although he hoped the injury would
not prevent him doing just as Well as
he did last season.
Raw HaSs is captain of the team
and may be depended on to run we'll
in the hurdles. the quarter and also
perform we'll in the broad jump.
Johnny Hass, Rays brother, Is a
sprinter of no mean ability.
Eastman is another man who was
expected to come through this year
who may be disappointment. He
was unfortunate enough TO be in an
automobile accident last Fall and may
not get in shape to do his best. Nc
Lain is 440 runner who may develop
into a better man than was expected.
In addition to these men O'Reilly
starts tomorrow with three veterans
who should perform just as brilliantly
as in past seasons, and If they do they
form just about half track team in
themselves. They are PlanSky, Dowd-
ing and Ascher. Plansky is good in
any event, and last year was all-round
track and field champion Of the coun-
try. DoWding Is a great broad jump
er, having won in the Intercollegiate
a year ago, and Ascher is a fine run
ner at any distance from 100 to 440,
although at his best in the 220 and 44o.
Losses Are Heavy.
The array of track talent, though,
that Georgetown loses Is enough to
discourage almost any coach. Besides
Sullivan, Holden and Marsters, al
ready mentioned, Kinally and Herlihy,
tine quarter milers; Brooks, half
miller; Gaffey, a sprinter, and Norton,
an allround star, have finished their
college careers.
Such losses are especially bad when
u is considered that material from
the freshman squad Is not particularly
good, according to O'Reilly. The best
of those coming from the yearlings
of last year are Greenfedge, a very
capable 2-miler, who does the distance
in about minutes SO seconds; Whalen
and Meany, sprinters, and Dussault,
an $50 man.
Georgetown already has completed
arrangements whereby 1t will take
part in four big indoor meets in the
North and probably will enter others
1t is to go to the Fordham College
games January 16. the Brooklyn Col
lege meet, January %; the Millrose
games in New York, February I, and
the Boston Athletic Association In
Boston, February 6. 1t also has decid-
ed to send a team to the John Hopkins
9Th Regiment meet February 20. The
outdoor track schedule is not yet COM
plete, but it most certainly will in
Volve trips to the Penn relays and
TO the Intercollegiate.
Maryland to Be Busy.
Maryland plans to go through a
: rather long schedule of meets, but
will not have the material to send to
them the men that Georgetown
possesses. About the only man 1t
lost who Is likely to be missed Is Ed
Pugh. an exceptionally good lead-off
man on the mile relay team. Buck
man, a miller, Is the only other mem
Der of last years team who will not
be available this Winter and Spring.
Three members of the mile relay
team that made q good record in 1925
are back in the person of Sheriff,
Endslow and r. Whiteford. The other
point scorers in the dual meets, Dit
man in the shotput, Supplee in the
discus. pole and javelin, w. H. White
ford in the broad jump and Deibert
in the pole vault and high jump also
are available.
From last years freshman squad
the varsity will draw Matthews,
good auarter-miler; Thomas, another
quarter man; Blanz and Neuman,
middle distance men: Charlie Pugh, a
sprinter, and possibly one or two
others who may develop into some
thing worth while. 1t is probably
that Linkous, freshman shotputter,
will play lacrosse instead of becoming
a member of the track team.
Maryland probably will take part in
four meets this winter. 1t plans to
send it's relay team to New York to
run in Millrose games, and to Boston
20 take part in the Boston A. A. meet.
At Boston the Maryland four may run
against Dartmouth and Brown In a
triangular race. In fact. Brown and
Dartmouth have agreed to such an
event, provided 1t is impossible to find
for Maryland a suitable opponent for
q dual race. The other two meets in
which the Old Liners are to take part
are at Richmond and Baltimore, Feb
ruary 10 and 20, and the whole squad
probably will be entered in them.
Others Face Difficulties.
Catholic University, George Wash.
ington and Gallaudet will do some
track work before the end of the Win
ter, but have not yet determined how
intensively they will go in for 1t. All
are sure to engage in dual meets In
the Spring, but the difficulty Of find.
ing suitable places to train Is prov
ing a big handicap.
Neither George Washington nor Gal
laudet has a suitable place to train in
doors, while Catholic University's in
door training quarters are practically
useless because of basket ball.
Loss Of Convention Hall as a place
to hold track meets during the Win
ter also is hurting indoor track, as it
Just takes away from local athletes
one of the few meets to which they
are able financially to send their men.