The Washington times., 1937-03-12
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Picked To
Triumph
By HARRY COSTELLO

Georgetown University'S excel
lent mile relay team, composed Of
Vincent Healy. Leroy Gre en-.
George Began and James McPo-
land, is seeded No. 2 in the I. C.
A. A. A. A. championships (inter.
collegiateS), to be held in Madison
Square Garden, New York, tomor.
row night.
This means that out Of three
heats will come six teams for the
final.
Seedlings were made on . time
basis. Manhattan's relay team,
with q 1924 mile 20 it's credit,
was the No. l seeded team, ana
Princeton, with a 3:23.5 mile on its
record, was No. 3 seeded team.
Georgetown's best race Of the year
was run in 3:22.7. OF the 16 relay
teams entered, 10 have records Of
1925 or better, which indicates
quite q battle for the !. c. "A
mile relay title.
Confidently it is expected Man.
haitian, Georgetown and Princeton
will be in the final.
Great Race FOreseen
If and when the Hoya quartet
qualities and meets Manhattan in
the final, one Of the great races Of
the year should result. In order
to understand this, one must go
back into the records.
Georgetown'S 3:22.7 mile and
Manhattan's 3:22.4 were run in
the same meet (New York A. c.,
February 2O), on the same night,
within 10 minutes Of each other.
Georgetown first disposed Of Pitts
burgh and Holy Cross. Manhattan
took the championship Of the
metropolitan colleges by winning
over Fordham, Columbia, New
York University and st. Johns Of
Brooklyn.
While Manhattan's time was
three-tenthS of q second faster
than Georgetown's 3:22.7, it must
be remembered that Manhattan
was pushed to the limit to win
over Fordham, while the aoyaS
won by 80 yards and with ease
over Pitt, and diStanced Holy
Cross. Last Saturday, in Balti'
more, Georgetown encountered no
particular difficulty winning over
Fordharu, the team which pushed
Manhattan to its 3:22.4 mile on
February 20.
Anything Can Happen
OF course, anything can happen
in q mile relay involving six teams
but on the face Of things as they
are, and barring racing accidents,
the Georgetown-Manhatta battle
should be a sweet one every step
of the way. Georgetown certainly
stands an excellent chance Of win
ming the big event.
Besides its relay four, George.
town will send a freshman medley
team to the I. c. "A meet. and
one individual performer, Douglas
Hanks, who was sixth in last
years mile championship.
The Hoya FroSh medley team
will be composed Of Stewart
Reeves, who will run the $50;
John Motzenbecker, who viii run
the 440: George walker, who will
run the 22O, and Vincent Braun.
who will run the mile. This com.
bination looms as a strong one.
Reeves. as a scholastic per.
former at MercerSburg, was unde-
feated last year.
Member Of 'S6 Team
Motzenbecker was q member Of
last years championship relay
team Of st. Benedict's, Of Newark.
N. j., which won its title at the
Penn relays.
Walker was a member Of the
1885 championship mile > relay
team of West Catholic High, Of
Philadelphia. which also won its
title at the Penn relays.
Braun, also from st. Benedict'S,
was the interscholastic mile Indoor
champion last year.
Hanks, the only Hoya individual
performer, won the mile in Baltf
more last weekend. His time was
Door (4:38), but then he took mat
ters easily knowing that he could
win. He did not step on the gas