Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03
TO SEND BIG SQUAD
HERE ON SATURDAY
MiddieS Particularly Good in
HurdIeS-TicketS for
Games Limited.
BY H. C. BYRD.

~ PINION generally is that
Navy should win the Cath
~ Ollie University indoor meet
Saturday night at Brook
land. Those familiar with the
strength of the Middies in the
track events, and especially the
hurdles, give them the meet by a
good margin. The big service in
stitution is sending the full
strength of its squad to compete
against C. u, Maryland, Gallaudet
and the other colleges entered.
Navy ought to win the C. U.
meet" said the coach of one college
squad this morning, although there
should be some exceptionally close
competition. The Navy is particularly
strong in the hurdles and may finish
one-two-three in that event. Certainly,
I do not know of any other squad en-
tered in the meet that has anything
like the prospect for victory that Navy
has. I shall be greatly surprised II 1t
does not win rather easily"
Preparations for the big indoor af-
fair are going on out at Catholic Uni
versity In rapid-fire order. And these
preparations mean a lot of real work.
Getting the track laid out and the
banks built is big job In itself. TAX
ing care of seating arrangements, II
anything, is a bigger job. In fact
taking everything into consideration,
the Brooklanders have a lot OF steady
hard work to get everything in shape.
Coach Dorsey Griffith, manager OF
the meet, says that things are progress
ing nicely, and he expects everything 70
be shipshape by Saturday afternoon.
He SAYS there is plenty Of room TO ac-
comnodate the atliletes and that moth
ing now worries him about the posi-
biiity Of the success Of the meet except
to take care of the spectators.
The track takes up so much OF the
floor that room is left for only 1,5OO
spectators. AS soon as tickets for this
number are disposed Of the ticket sale
win be discontinued and no admissions
sold. Grifith looks for the events to be
well contested and is particularly anx--
ious to see the Ryan 1,000-yard race
develop into feature.
at believe that the Ryan 1000 win
develop into one Of the great events OF
the countrv's indoor meets" said Grit
fifth. 1--WE have a good entry list for 1t
Saturday night. but in future years 1t
athletes from all sections Of the East to
take part in it.
WHETHER or not the University of
w Maryland has an even chance
against Kentucky win depend IN
no small measure on how much the
Georgia game took out of the team
laet night. Kentucky had an easy time
Of it with Florida and was not ex-
tended as were the Old Liners.
The kind of game Maryland played
last night takes a good deal out OF
squad, and the fact that 1t had just the
same kind of contest with North
Carolina Saturday and a not much diff
ferent one with Louisiana State Friday
means that Maryland has had a con-
tinuous battle, while Kentucky has not.
This may mean that Kentucky has the
better team and 1t may mean that it
has met weaker opponents.
Kentucky apparently has great scor-
ing machine. That it ran up 56 points
against Florida proves that. Maryland
is not the high-scoring outfit that Ken
lucky Is but 1t is doubtful If Kentucky
has met any team as good defensively
as Maryland.
Only twice have Kentucky and Mary
land met in basket ball prior to to-
nights game. Kentucky came here
three years ago and was whipped by
Maryland, 81 to Z, and last year in the
opening game of the conference tour
nament Kentucky put Maryland out,
26 to 81.
A good deal of Maryland's chance to-
night depends on how we'll Shorty
Chalmers plays. Chalmers has not been
playing as good basket ball in the last
three weeks as he played earlier in the
year and that virtually is taking a
third accurate goal shooter out of the
lineup If Chalmers comes through
with good game Maryland ought to
stand pretty close to an even chance.
Georgetown had out so men yester-
day for its first Spring foot ball prac-
tice. It was a likely looking crowd of
gridironistS and if that counts for any,
thing then the Blue and Gray need
have little fear for its games next Fall