Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-25
STRIVES TO REGAIN
FORMER PRESTIGE
CornWeII Is Ambitious in His
Last Year as CoaCh-HaS
Good Nucleus.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.

A ROUND small, but capable
~ band of athletes Dewitt
"A School has high hopes of
regaining this Spring some
of its former prestige in track and
field. For the last couple of years
Dewitt, which formerly, year after
year, turned out formidable track
teams, has suffered the sport to
languish largely because Of lack
of material.
This season, however, the school has
some boys of proved worth and others
who have exhibited promise. Anything
the squad lacks in numbers makes up
in spirit. That hustling coach, trainer
and adviser at Dewitt for the last several
years, j. Leighton (Count) Cornwell,
who is in charge Of the squad, is largely
responsible for this. There can be no
doubt of this. Count is fighter all the
way through and, what Is more, knows
how to transmit his battling qualities to
his proteges. Count figures on leaving
Dewitt this Summer for his old home in
West Virginia. There he figures TO hang
out his shingle for practice Of the law
and run for county attorney or some
other office. He'll run for something, all
right. His folks have been doing this for
years, and successfully, too. The point
is, though, that Count wants to turn out
one more good team before he leaves
Dewitt. 1t might be added that when he
makes up his mind to do anything it is
Q real Job to stop him.
NEORGE Under, crack hurdler and
" captain Of the team, is the big rea-
son for Cornwell's optimism. Lin
der, q bespectacled product OF the Moses
Brown School at Providence, r. l., al
ready has shown his class to the folks
hereabout. He did this in the Catholic
University games earlier this month,
when he won his heat in the hurdles in
record breaking time. In the final he
hbroke," but again showed plenty. In
having Under Dewitt Is living up TO It's
tradition of Boosting a good murder.
He Is one Of the most natural looking
Athletes the school has had in some
time, according to Cornwell.
John (Fatso) Moore, manager OF the
team, Is a recent find as shotputter
and Csxscus HEAVIER When Moore con-
bented to manage the squad recently he
did 1t with the idea of helping out the
Rchool, and because he wanted to be
with his friends who were on the squad.
He had no idea of trying for the team.
He started fooling around with the shot
and discus. Corpwell, ever alert for new
material. spied him and was at once at
tracted BIZ. the boys form. Weighing
195 pounds and standing feet 10 Moore
packs plenty Of promise, according to
Cornweu.
NTHER boys upon whom Dewitt i;
~ counting include Sam Mirman
field events performer: Soularc
Turner, Splinter; Andy Gleason, higf
jumper, and George Negroni and Ray
Willard, half-miler Paul Tangora alsC
q working hard for recognition as
Reight-heaver and quarter-miler.
Devitt's colors are scheduled TO bt
seen for the first time this Spring II
the Penn relays, April 24-25, WheI
Can't. Under Is listed to toe the mari
in the 150-yard high and 22o-yard Low
hurdles.
University Of Maryland's scholasti,
meet at College Park May 2 next vii
claim Devitt's attention. 1t plans x
enter just about every member OF II
squad in this affair. Coach Cornwel
win lead his charges to Garrett Park
days later, May S, to face Georgetown
Prep's team IN q dual affair. The Gar
rett Park scholastics have been COMING
to the front in track the past few sea
sons and figure TO give Dewitt plent!
Of opposition.
As usual Dewitt plans 70 be wei rep
resented in the &C" Club meet IN Cen
traI High Stadium, May l6, and tn
following Saturday, May %, VIII 81
down to Annapolis to resume q moss
covered rivalry with the Navy Plebes.
To top of the season Cornwen VII
select the boys who have shown tn
most during the campaign for connpeti
ton In the Brown University scholas
tics, May 30, at Providence.