Evening star., 1932-02-23

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4 gram next Saturday night
are hot enough for any
body's track show.
The Ryan 1000, piece de re-
sistance for the past three meets,
may have four rivals for the head
line spot. though itself up to
previous class.
In poring over his entry list today,
Dorsey Griffith, Gard track coach and
handspring Of the doings, was struck
with the smartness of the fields In the
quarter mile open, 5O-yard low hurdles,
invitation 50-yard sprint and the 2-n1ile
intercollegiate
Mark my word" said he, every one
of those races will give you kick"
Dorsey was enthusiastic. This meet,
50 far, has exceeded every expectation.
There are more and better athletes in
it than anybody had a reason to look for.
T H. WILLIAMS of Washington and
IL. Lee, Southern Conference cham
pion. viii be the man to heat In
the open $40, and there will be a dozen
good ones in there trying to do 1t. One
of his formidable rivals will be Gerald
Mackenzie, captain of last years Navy
track team. now representing the Navy
Athletic Association, who has done 9-S
for the century and is ambitious at the
longer distance.
Williams may need step his best to
leave Jack Green Of ShippenSburg State
Teachers College Of Pennsylvania, who
wasn't at his best but placed in the
NIeadoWbrook Invitation 660 the other
Right. The same goes for H. L. Ems
sIer. anchor man of the Temple Uni
versity relay Other fast stepperS IN
this event are w j. Thomas Of Mary
land. Frank Bythiner. La Sale OF Phil
adelphia: Vernon Farrell, Panzer Col
Iege: Bernie Revere, Lehigh, and O..
Walters. Navy relay runner.
There are others IN the feld. but
those named appear the best. c. U.
folk will watch with special interest the
performance of Frank Lauer. shot
putter of whom Coach Griffith viii at
tempt to make runner.
A WORLD record holder is entered in
n the 50-yard low hurdles in the
person of E. Finkelstein of Wash
ington and Lee. In winning the 10
yard timber topping championship OF
the Southern Conference last year and
the year before, Finkelstein equaled
the world mark. Washington and Lee
will have another champion in the race
in c. A. Spear, the Dixie Conference
7o-yard high hurdle winner Of the last
two years.
Half q dozen others in the low hur-
dies will take lot of beating. For In
stance. there's Grover Everett. fresh
man at Virginia, who last year, repre-
senting Eastern High School hung ur
a world record for ScholaStics in the So
yard low hurdles.
Willard Piggott of Maryland. who
won the freshman hurdles in the C. U
meet a year ago. is back for a try IN
older company c: Scarlet OF Prince
ton, CarTuthers formerly OF Cornell
w. Cox of Navy, Farrell Of Panzer
Bryan Of Virginia and Antrim Of Vfr-
gf1ia are to be reckoned with.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, with John
~ ny Lyons carrying its colors, win
make bid for first honors in the
50-yard invitation. Another Cardinal
George Barley, is about three feet
faster than Lyons, but is hurt
John WaybFight of Navy is one of the
fastest in the half century. The MILDLY
runs in the 100 in under 10 seconds
Others to be watched in the 50-yard in
vitation are Wilton Abramson. formerly
of Dewitt. now at Virginia; Mike Sheri-
dan. Lafayette; Herb Bryant Virginia; |;
Gerald Smithers. William and Mary
track captain: Ed Quinn, former Tech
High star. now at Maryland, and d. c.
50-yard champion in 1890: Earl Wild
meyer of the Old Liners: Sid Skenker.
Temple: N Fenstermacker, Villanova
j. Peacock, Temple, end j. M. Curran OF
Princeton.
The two-mile intercollegiate promises
TO be Furnishing battle, with Gerald
Baker Of Villanova probably a favorite.
Among his rivals will be Louis Head Of
Lafayette, Stanley Doane of William
and Mary. Bill Rem, William and
Mary; Ralph Shure, Maryland; Paul
Dunleavy, St. Johns; Scott Gibson and
w. T. Griff1th, Navy, and Gerald
Fisher, Temple.
CEORGE GARAFALO Of C. q. has
" an injured foot. but may be in
shape for the two-mile event.
Cath2ic University also is hopeful in
the Ryan l 1000, in which it will be rep
resented by John Hickey and Gale Nc
Guigan. Others Of importance entered
are Howard Duffy of Villanova, who
recently Knocked is seconds of the
West Virginia meet record; Bernard
Siegfried Of Lafayette. highly touted by
Coach Boetcher: Lloyd johnson of VIII
liam and Mary, runner-up to Ray
Conger last year in the Ryan 1000, and
Ward Hardman, the Navy ace
whoever wins this year" says Dor
sey Griffith, will have Hickey or Nc
Guigan to beat"
. The meet will be made more enjoy
able this time by the use of an anpfi-
flying system, with Abe Zoss Of c. U.
making the announcements, giving the
results and wise-cracking Zoss may
run out Of wind more completely than
some Of the athletes. Counting heats,
there will be 35 contests.
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