Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-08

act until the other members are pres
Sibility
1t is rather an unusual situation,
but Bob Fisher. head coach for the
last three years. is the chairman of
Inc advisory committee and eventual
~ will he placed IN the position of
making Il recommendation of q man
10 succeed himself. Some have eX-
pressed the opinion that Fisher might
continue in his position as head
coach. but it was stated this evening
10y another member of the advisory
committee. a man long connected
with athletics at Harvard. that the
one sure thing about the coaching
of next years team is that Fisher
viii not be in charge.
Will BE Harvard Man.
Rumor also has had it that Rob
ulson. until lately head coach at
Brown. might he III charge at -Har
ward but this also was considered
To Ice a very remote possibility. An
oLher aspect of the situation which
= cleared up is that it will be q
Harvard man who will be head coach.
No statement was made that outside
help would be given him. but from
the rather cautious statements made
10 the writer today it is inferred that
will be importuned to get some out
side help.
1T most certainly will be a Har.
ward man who will be head coach next
Fall" said the member of the commit
tee here quoted. but some outside as
sistance may he procured. OF course.
that is going to be left finally TO the
discretion of the head coach. II will
be his responsibility and should be
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likely that we shall have some man
other than u Harvard graduate as
Sisting the head coach. We. natu-
rally. have talked over the outlook
md prospective candidates. but do
not feel that we should make the
names of possible candidates public.
As it might reflect some diScredlt on
hose who might be rejected. OF
course, we shall have somebody as
mead coach of foot ball next Fall, but
who it will be none of Us has the
least idea
This chap Al Miller who is Har
wards best Splinter and apparently
one of the greatest in the world, was
:; member of the backtield on the
crimson team last Fall. and how on
earth anybody ever managed TO get
near enough to stop him is a mystery.
In New York Thursday night he beat
Frank HusSey, champion SchoolboN
snrinter a wear ago. and Houben. the
German dash man. without much
difficulty. and was beaten by Loren
MurchiSon only two OF 1hree
inches. He is d wonderful starter.
only the fraction OF an eyelash slower
1han Murchison. which is all the
more reason why he ought to be
great halfback Certainly. II he ever
= Io,ra ON a foot hall field nobody
would catch him.
After all the really great backs OF
foot ball have not been prodlsleS Vi
speed. Foot BAH greatness seems TO
uepend more on alertness and aglllty
and uuickness than on ability TO run
fast in a straight away. or course,
these factors combined with speed
make a man even greater than great.
and usually combine produce once IN
a while a figure that seems TO be
outstanding above all others. Lowry
of Princeton was such a player. he
had great speed, was dash man on
princetons track team. but IN addl-
zion TO his speed he possessed IN an
usual degree alertness and agility.
Willie HestOn was another Such
athlete and so were Thorpe and
Grange. although Grange perhaps
was not so fast as some others. Archle
Hahn was a great Splinter at Mlchl-
gan in HestonS time, and it has been
said of Heston that Hahn just barely
could beat him in 5o-yard daSh.
Thorpe's ability on the track. especial
IL as a hurdler and jumper. is well
remembered. From one Olympic meet
he brought back n small basket of
medals and trophies.
Jimmie Connolly, former George
town runner, now under the colorS OF
the New York Athletic Club. has seen
years of service on the track. out Is
running lust about as we'll as he ever
ran in his life He did the mile i'll
the Millrose games in just a fraction
over minutes l. seconds. and no
other runner was even near him at
rhe finish. Connolly still makes his
home in Washington. lie also won
The mile in the b. \. a. games.
shortly after his race in New York
Connolly said: Il never felt better
since l started running. If L had
been pushed | believe | could have
done almost anything
lust how we'll an experienced run
ner like Connolly judges his pace and
Judges a race before he even steps
on the track was shown Saturday
night in the Boston Athletic Associa-
ton meet when he stated that he
thouht that he should be able to win
In about minutes 81 seconds. Con-
molly actually won the event in Just
q fraction over 4 minutes and %
seconds.
Two other former Georgetown men
who are running for New York 4. e.
and doing Il good job of it are Johnny
Holden and George Marsters. The
former is q. member of the relay team
and the latter is running middle dis
lance events. Both are running re
markably well, although not so well
rs they did at Georgetown.
no more popular athlete from foreign
shores ever visited this country than
charles Hoff is likely to make him
self before he leaves, if he ever
leaves. Hoff seems to be a good
narured chap who always makes
friends. Certainly he is one Of the
greatest aIl-round track and field ath-
letes in the world, if not the greatest.
Harold Osborne. Americas best all
round man, does not have the marks
III the various events that Hoff
possesses. Consider for a moment
rhe following records, what Ho1f has
done in comparison to Osborne:
Events Hor Osborne.
100 meters. 1913 sec. IL 1-5
eco meters. = 81 .s2.9 sec.
100 meters. 1873 see % % sec.
500 meters. min. :J5.9 sec. No record
100 meters 4 min. IL Sec min. 40 sec.
Sr"ad jump. - IT. 3 in. ..3 II. ) ~ in.
High jump. u II. O fl. SA in.
tWorld recordD