Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-04
Colby Athletic
Stars to Compete
Saturday Night
Especial to the kennebec JournaD


Waterville, March 3-The climax
of the indoor track season at Colby
will come on Saturday evening when
the representatives of the local
school compete in the annual games
of the National Intercollegiate Track
and Field associati ton. There will be
but three men in the meet as bear
ers of the Colby blue but these three
| make up in quality for any disadvan-
tage in quantity. All three of the
men are holders of a Colby record
while one holds a Maine intercolle-
giate mark. The latter is the 200
yard record and is owned by George
L. Miitlesdorf. '27, of West Orange
n. J. Mittlesdorf will compete next
Saturday in the 20 yeard dash and
his chances of anneXing the intercol-
legiate title at that distance are ex-
ceptionally good. There is but one
man in the race who has heated Nit
tlesdorf during the present indoor
campaign and that runner has felt
defeat at the hands of Mittlesdorf
during the same period. Al Miller of
Harcard is the only college man in
the country who has finished ahead
of the Colby runner this winter and
although his chances of taking the
national intercollegiate title are
thought by the dopsters to be very
good yet they are figuring Mittles-
dorf as one of his most dangerous
opponents. Francis Hussey of Bos-
ton college who a week ago equalled
the indoor mark of As seconds for
the hundred yard dash. will also be
strong contender for the laurels
Mittlesdorf is in the best cnodition
of the season and has trained faith
fully with the national title as his aim
and 1t would not be surprising to any
of the experts to see his return to
Waterville with the championship
medal. The seventy yard route will
be littel better suited to the Colby
boy as he improves with distance I'M
til he reaches 220 yards where he is
at his best. He has been starting
very much faster this year than for
merly and this may mean a victory
on Saturday. Last year Wentworth,
the giant Blue and Gray weight
tosser, took national championship
and Colby's best bet for a REPETITION
of this performance in another field
rests with Mittlesdorf.
Charles ]. Sansone, 'aS, of Nor
wood, Mass, and James Brudno, '27,
of Newburyport, Mass, will also run
in the nationals. Sansone will
lengthen his distance from the half
to the mile and should finish we'll up
front. He has never competed in a
mile race against as fast a field as
he will face this week although he
has shown very well against the
country's best half mile runners. He
will undoubtedly be one of the best
men in the race and should make a
good showing. Brudno will travel
two miles in the meet and his spikes
should earn Colby a place in that
event. He has been at his best this
winter and is one of the fastest men
in the state over a distance such as
he will run Saturday. Undoubtedly
he will feel at home over the two mile
route despite the fact that he has
been at his best this winter and is
one cause of Coach Ryan's confidence
to finish well in the race as by this
work he has developed much speed
which was his weakest point during
the last campaign.
These three men will meet the best
college runners in the country but
are not outclassed and should make
as good If not better showing than
any such Colby team has ever made
in national championship meet.