Evening star., 1932-01-24

4 university runner Is asked
to phone Dorsey Griffith al
Catholic University.
Other athletes may be interested
in the business afoot. Griffith
hopes SO.
The Cardinal track coach is out to
organize relay team to represent
IN what promises to be a
big event in the third annual Catholic
University indoor meet February 27 at
BrOOkland.
In the hope of arousing track inter-
eSL among WaShingtOn,s numerous ath-
letic clubs, Dorsey inserted a club re-
lay INTO this years program. The
event barely was announced when en-
tries came from the famous Meadow
brook Club of Philadelphia, the Balti-
more Police Department and the Stone
wall Democratic Club of Baltimore. all
having fast teams, and from several
other out-of-toWn organizations. But
nary peep from the clubs of the Ma
tion's Capital.
hTONE of the clubs here supports a
~ running team, but if Dorsey Grit
fifth has his way many of them
will n another year or So He intends
to make a start by forming a City of
Washington team He wants Knocky
Thomas to be its nucleus Knocky was
whale Of a relay man at Maryland,
has competed independently within the
last year and has never allowed him.
self to collect fat. A few weeks train
ing would put him in fair running con-
dit!on
With Thomas or some other we'll
known athlete setting an example,
Griffith believes he can round up other
eX-collegianS who haven't been out of
school too long to lose their athletic
bent. He is willing to train them and
C, U. offers its facilities.
Give me somebody to start the
thing" says Dorsey, "and 1 think we
can bring back the pep of many of the
boys who loved the game in school.
With these competing as independents,
maybe club athletes who go in for foot
ball, base ball and basket ball would
give track a try"
TRIFFTTH, in cooperation with the
~ DisUrlct chapter of the A. A. u, of
which he is a leading member, Is
bent upon reViving the purest of ath-
letic games that took a tumble when
the Georgetown meet wGs abandoned
for want of a place to hold it.
Although only in its third year, the
Catholic University affair has progressed
a long way toward replacing the defunct
Hilltop classic. For instance there will
be three times as many colleges repre-
sented this year as last, among them
not few beginners. The list SO far in
cludes Virginia Navy, William and
Mary. Lafayette, Lehigh, Villanova,
Temple, Princeton, New York u, Mary
u. = It~ Dsn1n
mend, Seton Hall, Parzer College of
Physical Education and tie host institu-
ton. Mere ere expected.
There's a complcta lineup of WASH
tngton high and r-cp schools and out
of-town eltrcn S iucluie Woodberry,
lTacs2nutter. Seton Hall Prep, La Sale
of Cumberland, La Sale CT Phila delphia,
Hyatt5viIle and Episcopal This list, too,
is expected to grow.
THE Ryan 1000" will be probably
l. the big feature. Among the better
known entrants are Hardman of
Navy, Loucks of Virginia Baker of VII
lanova, johnson of William and Mary,
Norden of New York U. and Sigfried of
Lafayette It's well balanced field
and one of the fastest ever assembled
for a similar contest here.
Another star race will bring together
at least half a doZcn sprinters of note.
Down for the 50-ycrd intercollegiate in
vit2ticn gre W2ybright CT Navy, Ab-arl-
son OF ViTg.n KIOcrey CT New York
u, Quinn cf Maryland and Lyons Of
C. U. Quinn won thc District A. a. U.
50--Grd title last yecr in the same
meet.
District A. A u. championships to
be contested this time at Brookland
are the 50-yard, 660-yard and 3mile.
From the looks of things a month be-
fore the meet, it viii be one of the
biggest of the indoor season in the
East, possibly outstripping all others
in some respects.
DORsEY GRIFFITHS noble effort
- to give c. U. leading place in
track is in keeping with the gen.
eral advance made by the Brookland
institution under the regime Of Arthur
Bergman as athletic director.
But Dorsey's ambition reaches be-
ycnd the school. The spiked shoe sport
as whole cr as mu2h Of i cS may be
embre ced b. Metropolitan Washington,
is enccmpasse in his plans. And let
of help is promised by the District
chapter of the A A. o. which h3S for
its leaders the livest lot of sportsmen
that ever represented the simon pure
outfit in this part of the land. John
D. O'Reilly got things started right and
Bill Russell, who succeeded him as
president, has kept his foot on tie gas,
as has Secretary william Johnson and
others.
With Griffith leading the way 1t
hcpas to start track boom that won't
be confined to colleges and schco,S.
Incidentally it might well examine the
Washington playground field, For
years Dick TennysOn, assistant Superin-
tendent, has b2en bringing along the
youngsters, many of whom Rave gone
on to stardom in high school and col
lege. But many more have passed up
the running games after reaching the
playground age limit Sir Richard
could pass on a wealth OF material tc
athletic clubs if they chose to enter
the realm of thin clads. And he'd do
it with eclat. AS Tommy Doerer would
say Tennyson has the old Get-Up
Melindy.