Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12

w YHHE it may not have a
M track team as great as
v Y some Of the groups that
have worn its colors In
years gone by, Georgetown plans
to go through a rather extensive
schedule, especially indoors. And,
while not much is being said Of
the Blue and Gray prospects, John
OReilly, for years coach of the
squad, expresses the opinion that
it should take a very good team
to make the local outfit go to
back seat.
The first competition IN which
Georgetown expects its relay teams TO
take part Is January "a. when the
Brooklyn College games are to be held
in Brooklyn. From that time the Blue
and Gray runners viii test their mettle
is some meet almost every week until
the indoor season ends with the inter-
collegiates on March Z.
The list of meets in which George
town expects to compete is:
January 24--Brooklyn College at
Brooklyn.
January s1-Knights Of Columbus at
Boston. a
February 7--MillroSe at New York.
February 9-Seaton Hall at Newark
February 12-Meadowbrook ct phila-
delphia.
February 14-Boston A. A. at Boston.
February 16-New York A. @. at New
York.
February 25-National A. A. U. cham
pionships at New York.
March Indoor intercollegiate at
New York.
THE men likely to carry the main
4 burden for Georgetown are Nelson
and Kelly. sprinters, and the members
! Of two relay teams, one-mile and two
mile. In all probability the one-mile
four will be made up of the same men
who composed it last Winter At least,
they seem to be outstanding In COM
| petition for places. These men are
Burke, Kelly, Carlin and Briggs. The
leading candidates for the two-mile
team are Dowding, Mara, Connolly and
st. Lawrence.
1--WE do not expect to set the poto-
menttng on his track prospects, "but
We viii be strong enough to give q
mighty good account of ourselves, It
is going to take an exceptionally good
team to beat us, and I think we should
beat some good teams. We dropped
two or three tough races last year by q
hairs breadth, but our men have an add
ed year Of experience, which ought TO
help a lot in tight race. And you
might mention that I expect to see
some Of the best relay teams in the
history OF the game before the end Of
this season, as Pennsylvania and Har-
ward especially seem sure TO put out
OReilly expects Kelly to develop an
exceptional sprinter. In the meet at
West Virginia last year O'Reilly says
that Kelly showed enough to warrant
anybody thinking that Georgetown has
a great Splinter in the making. O,Reilly
thinks the squad as a whole Is coming
along well, even better than he ex-
pected in some respects and that when
the season winds up Georgetown may
have accomplished good deal in which
1t may take pride.
lTEORGE WASHINGTON apparently
" has the best basket ball team that
/ has worn its colors since the great
flve that represented it years ago, when
the Collihower brothers we're playing
such basket ball around Washington as
has not since been surpassed. Before
the Buff and Blue left on its trip to
Philadelphia, it was felt that 1t had an
excellent chance to beat Drexel. but
that 1t would have trouble at Villanova.
1t beat Drexel and it had trouble at VII
lanova, but not enough trouble to keep
| 1t from winning by a margin of two
points. In Burgess and Conner it seems
that @. w. has brilliant players, men
well able to do Cheir stuff in any kind
| of cllegiate competition. At least, they
have done 1t so FAR.
IT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND also
~ apparently Is going to be hard
nut for any Of its opponents to
crack. The Old Liners are especially
| fortunate in having In their lineup
| four men able 10 locate the basket
accurately, which Is very fortunate for
basket ball team. One real good shot
| can easily be stopped, two can be with
out very much trouble, but any time q
team has more than two men who can
locate the baskets consistently, any five
that team faces viii have troubles
| a-plenty.
| Virginia Military Institute stopped Rom
kin, probably the best man in the Mary
land lineup, but a couple of the other
| mem ran wild. The decisive scores BY
which the Old Liners whipped v. M, /.
and Washington and Lee seem sufficient
| to show that no matter what the wind
up of the season in victories and de-
feats, a good team Is at College Park.