Evening star., 1933-05-17
CLASS DISPLAYED
IN DUAL CONTESTS.
Lauck, Hubbard and Legore
Known to Be Capable of
Record Efforts.
BY H. c, BYRD.
BY H. C. BYRD.
w YHILE several Southern
M Conference track and
Y Y field records appear un-

Y Y field records appear un-
touchableS as far as
probable performances in the
championships Saturday are con-
cerned, it does seem that in some
events there are chances for new
ones to be set up. Especially is
this true of the mile and two-mile
runs, in which existing marks
have already been surpassed this
Spring in dual competition.
The best outlook any athlete has to
create new record is that of Lauck of
meets, the mile record is 4 minutes 212
seconds, and there seems no doubt that
Lauck has ability to lower this time
Last week in meet with Navy he COW
cred the distance in minutes 15.7 Sec
ends to defeat Hardman, Navy's star,
and this week at Durham he can run
5 seconds slower than that and still
have some margin to spare.
TWO North Carolina men would seem
l. W nave llit llchI UtSl CIidllCS,
based on their performances this
season. Hubbard, in a dual meet with
Navy, won the 2-mile run in minutes
All seconds, siX-tenthS of second
faster than the Conference record.
With stern competition, if he gets that,
Hubbard ought to lower the present
mark. LeGore, in the javelin throw. is
the other Tarheel who may come
through with high honors. He is the
one athlete who will be striving against
himself, as the present record of 1875
feet IS inch was made by him in win
ming the event last year. He has been
tossing the spear around that mark all
Spring, and to see him beat himself, so
to speak. would not be a surprise.
Shellaberger is another North Caro-
lima athlete who has been hitting at
conference record in the dual meets
as he has thrown the discus few
inches over 14O feet. while the record
is only 142 feet 9 inches. OF course,
when a discus throWer is trying to
reach it.
COLES of Virginia. Turner Of Vir-
~ ginia Polytechnic Institute, Wild
myer of Maryland are other ath-
letes within striking distances of new
records The Al feet 7l2 inches which
now stands as the record in the shot
put is not likely to be beaten. but Coles
has been getting up fairly close to that
with heaves around 46 feet. But, the
same as in the discus, that extra foot
or two of distance usually might just
as well be a mile.
Turner of " P T. is the only athlete
in the section who has been clearing
feet in the high jump, as far as
records for this season are available,
but he has not been getting within
inches of the feet 234 inches. which
has stood since 1928 as the highest
jump ever made by a Southern Con-
ference athlete.
Widmyer of Maryland. seems to have
the best chance to crack the 100-yard
dash mark, although he has not this
season been closer than tenth Of
second to the 9.8 which first was set
by Foster of " M. I. in 1925 and later
equaled by Hamm of Georgia Tech and
Wisner of Virginia. With fast track
and dry still day, Widmyer may take
the 100 mark down to SO or 81, If
he wins the event And if anybody 10
good enough to beat him that athlete
may set the new figures.
0NE record which is almost without
~ reason to expect anybody to come
even near reaching is the Is feet
c.. inches for the broad jump, set by
Hamm of Georgia Tech in 1928. OdellS
l3 feet inches for the pole vault also
is far better than anybody in the con-
ference has been doing this year. Fur
thermore, it does not seem in the least
probable that anybody is going to get
very close to the l minute 55.8 seconds
mace by Gees of Kentucky in 1928, un-
less Lauck of Virginia should elect to
put his all in that event instead of the
mile Two other events which seem
perfectly safe for their records are the
22O-yard hurdles at "a seconds fiat ana
the 12O-yard hurdles at 149 seconds.
The records for the two other events
to be contested but not mentioned
above. are 212 seconds for the 220-yard
dash and 40 seconds for the quarter
No athlete in the section has got mucn
closer than a full second to either OF
these in meets SO far this Spring.
MOUNT ST. MARY'S base ball team
lfl is here tCdev for two ball games.
being scheduled to do the unusual
stunt of playing Gcorgetown IN the
afternoon and George Washington at
night.
North Carolina was rained out yes
terdav. at the University OF Maryiano'
and the second ball game scheduled De-
tween the Tarheels and Old Liners was
not played. North Carolina gave Mary.
land a good trimming in the game az
Chapel Hill. This is the sixth game d.
MARYLAND prevented because OF ram VI
a wet field.