Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
THREE TEAMS WILL SEND
ATHLETES TO RICHMOND
Eastern to Take Big Squad Saturday, But Tech and
Dewitt Will Have Small Entry-Several Good
Basket Ball Games Carded.

with Episcopal High AZ AleXa ndria
on Ap~il 81 Tech lest Spring downed
the Nircinians for the first time since
the schools negan meeting in a pro-
gram that was decided nv only mar
row mar~in In the Penn relays.
April 29-S0. the annual Trainers will
be represented by n mile and perha pc
by split" :c,ey team. Harden will
enter a fun squad in the University
of Maryland IntersCholastiCS on MAY
{. and on May Ia Tech will face
University OF Maryland Freshmen IN
a dual meet that is expected TO prove
exceedingly interesting. Three de-
pendable members of last season s
crack Tech Team are expected TO be
on the Old Lane squad, including John
Mcdonald shot and discus thrower;
Melvin Young. weight tosser, and
Robert QUINN. Splinter Hardelfs
hopefuIs will compete in the annual
g Club games on MAY 81 and. OF
course. in the interhigh affair to he
held either MAY - or %. Whether
an invitation for dual meet extended
by the Navy PIebes can be accepted
is not certain.
Eastern also has arranged an in
teTesting program for its season and
meets hereaDouts Coach Rath is
making a determined effort to develop
a squad that will make formida bile
showing in the interhigh meet
especially.
Dewitt plans a busy season an
nounces Manager Frank James, jr.
and figures TO enter relay team the
members of which also will compete
in individual events in a number OF
meets, many at considerable dis
tance. Dates for the Dewitt athletes
include only one more for the indoor
season, the Fifth Regiment affair
aside from the Richmond games, but
big outdoor campaign Is planned In.
Guiding the Princeton scholastics on
May Z; Yale, May IA; a dual meet
with the Navy Plebes at Annapolis on
May Is, and the Brown schoolboy
events on May 80 The test with the
Navy PIebes IL especially interesting
as 1t will be a rubber enga cement.
The young sailors took the measure
of Dewitt in 1924, hut the locals
triumphed last season.
Dewitt has lost pra ctically its entire
team, which cut so wide a swath last
season. Among those whose absence
la bound to he keenly felt this season
are Bob Shooter, who was one OF the
best scholastic quarter mflers in the
country; Frank Zach, javelin HEAVIER
John Carney. half-miler; Walter Palm
err, sprinter; Pat Lingle, pole vaulter
Dick Kennedy. high jumper who only
recently transferred to Central High
and Pete King, a dependable perform,
er in the weight events. Sally Cogs
well, who runs the $50 and the mile
Is In school. but probably will not be
able to compete all season because C1
an operation for appendicitis. Two
members remain of the sensational
relay team of last season. They are
Zach and Palmer Richard O'KeefC
and Gordon Clark have been lost
Whether or not II is decided. this
week TO resume the public high schoo
| ba sket ball championship series that
was halted as the result of disturb
ance following the Western-Central
game on January %, tossars of these
schools as we'll a. those representing
other institutions in schoolboy circles
here will have an arduous week.
Central will visit Richie gym
nasium tomorrow night to engage
University Of Maryland freshmen In
what should be a bang-up game. II
will be a preliminary to the Mary