Evening star., 1928-03-15
OLDL|NERS BOOK
EIGHT BIG MEETS
List includes Penn Relays
and Dixie Conference
Title Games.

7 University of Maryland track
team has a much better out
door schedule this year than
~ for several seasons past. Vir-
ginia Military Institute ap-
pears at College Park April Z. in the
first test. and after that the COMPETE
tlons extend to May IL. when the sea-
son will be closed with a dual meet
with University Of Virginia.
High spots are dual meets with Navy
and Virginia. triangular meet with Har-
ward and William and Mary. the Penn
relays, and the South Conference
championships
Here is the list:
April ". NJ. 1. at College Park.
April li-Harvard and William and
Mary at Williamsburg.
April 2l-Nayy at Annapolis.
April s4-Johns Hopkins at Balti-
April s:-eS-Pcnn relays at Philadel-
phia.
May s-George Washington at Col
iese Park.
May I1-Is-Southern Conference
championships at Birmingham, Ala.
May ls-Nirginia at College Park.
Three new schools are on the
schedule in Harvard. William and
Mary and George Washington.
Outlook Is Bright.
II Maryland's distance men come
through and high jumper can be de-
veloped. the team probably will be the
strongest ever put out at College Park.
The squad. though. must face the best
competition it has ever been against.
Navy usually has good team. Virginia
is exceptional this Spring. Harvard is
said 10 have a great all-around squad
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In the Southern Conference champion
ships the best athletes Of the country
viii be met
The team viii get more special coach
Ing IN certain events this Spring than
II has ever before had. Bill Dowding.
former star jumper and Sprinter at
Georgetown, will take entire charge of
the feld events, and in several will have
food men to work with. Dick White.
for instance, who will compete in
Dowcings star event, the broad Jump.
Gid better than % feet last year as a
freshman. Where Dowding viii have
his main difficulties is in the high jump.
II which talent seems to be very scarce.
Has Good Sprinters.
In all events up to the quarter Mary
hand can easily hold its own. For these
events there are available Thomas,
Matthews and Pugh, from last years
squad, and also Quinn, who, although
only sophomore, bids fair to develop
into brilliant Sprinter. Quinn took
part IN two races last Winter. In one,
at Richmond. Cummings barely beat
him by hairs breadth in two conSecu-
tive heats. while at Philadelphia, in the
Meadowbrook games he won the open
59-yard dash from scratch
Zulick and Mcdonald in the shot
put and discus. Connaughton and Aman
IN the pole vault. Young in the javelin,
Remsberg in the half. Newman and
Myers In the distances. Fahey and Kin
namon in the hurdles seem right now
% be most dependable of the other
members of the squad
The squad has been working outdoors
1o- about 10 days, but has done little
other than train 70 get in shape to
specialize in their favorite events. The
last OF this week or the first OF next
the men win get down to real business
of preparing for the opening test with
Virginia Military Institute.
IL fs not the easiest thing in the
world 70 get up much spirit on the
part OF men engaged in Spring foot
BAH practice, but once in awhile ex-
ceptions arise that are more than note
) worthy. Take Roberts and Parsons.
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Last Fail. toward the end Of the season,
developed into perhaps the most val
uaole back Maryland had.
Usually that kind OF a player thinks
he is too good 70 engage in Spring
practice and sometimes exercises every
possible dodge 10 get out of going out
for foot ball III the Spring. but not so
with Roberts. He was ifnportuned TO
join the lacrosse squad, then was asked
% sotn the track team, and he could
make good IN either SPORT but said 1t
Was not his desire 10 do that. that he
had rather go out 70 practice some new
steps and lodges in foot ball and that
se really wanted 70 be great in the one
thing rather than halfway good in sev-
egsl things. Which Is formula that
las been successful In producing great
rser in more than one line of endeayor
kad Johnny Parsons Is pretty much
OF ne same mind that Roberts is and
Of tae same type. incidentally, IL would
soe clficuat 10 find anywhere a finer
typ of athlete than lis represented In
these two men.
Most Of the colleges engaged in Spring
foot ball in this section are using the
tire in attempts 10 improve men along
special Lines instead Of bending their
e1ofts toward whipping together teams.
Of course, teams are part Of Spring
workouts AZ most places. but II is in the
development o. kickers, IN throwing
passes and IN improved play Of in
c1vsdusis IN certain particulars that
coaches hope ~ be able 70 make the
EpY3ng workouts really worth while.