New Britain herald., 1928-05-17
DALEY AND QUINN
 GOOD SPRINTERS
Holy Cross Stars Force Sport World to Take Notice

Cambridge. Mass, May ' Lp-Ar various times within the pas- year the sprint world has been forced 70 sit up and take notice ot two Noly Cross stars Jimmy Daley and J.r,- my Quinn. First one, then the oth- CT would take turns smashing worlds records, and when the in door season ended Daley, q sopho- more from Lowell, had full posses sion Of the intercollegiate Howard champi onship. Quinn was awarded 1 fourth place behind Karl Wilder nuth Of Georgetown and Folueu 1 Scull Of Penn.
 Daley and Quinn are as fine 3 pair of sprinters as any American college possesses and both are ex- 1ected to score for Holy Cross in the I. C. 4. A. A. A. dashes al the i Harvard Stadium track on Friday and Saturday of next week. Tomor- row on Tech Field. Cambridge, they ' New England interc olleglate cham pionships and both may go 10 the | Harvard track a week later as New i England title holders, as they gen erally agree beforehand as to which will win any stated event Quinn is a senior who prepared at Brooklyn Prep. He IS unusually small, measuring only feet 3 | inches and weighing 13o pounds, but the 21 year old New Yorker makes up in grit what he lacks in pounds and inches. He never ran as a schoolboy As q freshman his big thrill was a second in the varsity meet against Boston College. as l freshman were eligible on both teams in that year. During his sophomore year. Quinn struggled along but never felt the exultatiOn that comes from winning a race.
 Wins 100 Yard Dash Then, in the first race Of his 1un- l for year, Quinn won the loo yard | dash in a dual meet against Rhode Island State in S-5 seconds It i took worlds record eguallng time i to enable Quinn to win his first varsity race in three years cNper- fence.
 Since then the victories have come oitenrr for Quinn scored 23 1 points last year as a junior This year he was first in d GO yard dash at the N. Y, A. C. indoor meet in 6 l-5 seconds, which equallcd the 1 worlds record. After the indoor in 1 tercollegiates, he ran Frank Hussey and Jackson SCholz in a 4o yard special at New Haven. Quinn won in 4 3-5 seconds
 It so happens that Quinn and 1 Daley are honor students al Holy Cross and Quinn has one Of the four speaking parts awarded to seniors at the forthcoming com mencement exercises. They must 1 have crossed signals in the 100 yard dash against Rhode Island State beginning the outdoor season ] because the judges ruled il dead 1 heat Since then they have gone i like clockwork. Quinn won the "220" against Rhode Island; Daley won 1t against Boston college and Tech. Daley took the "100' in the Boston college meet and was sec ond to Quinn in the Tech meet last Saturday.
 Daley's First Year l This is Daley's first year Tn col 1 lege competition but he had made a name for himself before this sea son. As schoolboy he won the New England 100 yard title in i 10 1-10 seconds.
 | Daley is 20 years old. He spent a year at Boston College high be fore entering Holy Cross, but he did not compete there.
 Daley won the B. A. A. 40 yard He was credited with tying the worlds record for the same dis tance at New Haven-4 2-5 seconds and his winning time in the in door intercollegiate 70 yard dash was IS.
 What do you think about thai 42-5 for the 4o yard dash" Daley was asked.
 Can't Be Done
 'It cant be done" vas the frank reply. If 2-5 seconds was pos sibe for the 40 yard dash, we'd De reading about e-second 10o's"
 A few minutes later Quinn wal asked to comment on his B second "10o" of last year
 'I don't believe l did i'." sai@ Quinn. T got great lift from g wards to the finish but II vas slow track; there was no helpin: wind and I have always felt rha the timers were kind to me
 Daley who weighs 152 pounds has physical advantage over hi college mate. Bart Sullivan, Wh' has coached Holy Cross for 1 years, agrees that they are the bes Purple sprinters since Andy kell' Of the 1917, whose New Englan' records of 4-5 and 2t o-5 for tn "r0O" and "oo0" the later Hol, Cross stars will assault tomorrow 2 Tech field.