Evening star., 1937-03-06
INDOOR MEET DUE
| TO OFFER THRILLS
Harding, Eli VauIter, Only
One to 0utcIass Field
in Baltimore.
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Staf Correspondent of The Star


~ ALTIMORE, Md. March g.
- Nearly 500 athletes, plucked
from 20 colleges and UNIVERSE
- ties, II prep and high schools
and II clubs, from Canada to North
Carolina, converged on this white
stepped city today to demonstrate all
polished steps are not carved from
marble.
In the array Of collegiate and scho-
lastic stars, who will compete tonight
in the University Of Maryland-5th
Regiment indoor track carnival at the
Baltimore Armory, beginning at 730
o'clock, are included some Of the finest
exponents Of getting from here to
there in the shortest time.
The nearest approach to a human
flyer ever unveiled in this sector will be
Bill Harding of Yale. who has devel-
oped the knack OF vaulting some l3
feet 10 inches. Harding consistently
has gone that high, but tonight he
probably will eliminate all competition.
not 50 far beyond the 12-foot mark.
Champs ClaSn AT Mile.
GRAHAM CANNON of North Caro-
lima and Coleman Headley Of
Maryland, Southern Conference in
door and outdoor mile champions. re-
spectively, are expected to battle 1t out
in the Governors mile, although Glenn
Funk Of the Penn A. C. and Vincent
Braun of Georgetown also are distinct
threats. Funk is a former Nebraska
track captain. while Braun last year
held the national interscholastic mile
title.
The Oriole $50 also has drawn
crack field, including Bill Ray Of the
New York A. c., Jim Elliott of the
Penn A. c., Ed Scofleld of Navy and
Bob St. John of Virginia. st. John.
former crack middle-dista man at
Central High School in Washington,
is expected to set terrific pace for the
| favored Ray.
Richmonds Joe Lumpkin and Joe
McCluskey Olympic star of the Curb
Exchange Club of New York, will
tangle in a 2-mile duel, which will
entice many spectators. Joe Fox OF
Yale and Bill Agee. Baltimore dis
tance runner, are conceded outside
chances.
Hoyas in Big Relay.
ID IVALING the three feature events
~ is the mile relay which brings to-
gether collegiate quartets from
Georgetown, Fordham and Temple.
The Hoya four, consisting OF Vim
Healy, Leroy Green. George Began
and Jim McPoland. reeled OF a
3:22.7 mile recently in New York.
Another relay will pit scholastic
teams from Central, Tech. Roosevelt
and Eastern High of Washington
against each other for the first time in
mile event.
Sprinters will be as conspicuous as
overalls at the Shoreham, with Jack
Dalton Of Navy. Bill Hopkins Of Vlr-
ginia and Jim Finlay of North Caro-
lima heading the streamlined process
sion
The best performers in the South
ern Conference meet held last week in
Chapel Hill, N. c.. will be here. OF the
conference teams. North Carolina.
Duke and Maryland. which finished
1-2-3, together with Washington and
Lee, v. M. l.. Richmond. V. P. /, N.
c. State and William and Mary COM
plete the contingent.
Navy and G.. U. Strong.
NAVY, Georgetown and Yale head
the non-conference colleges. with
Fordham, Temple, Johns Hopkins.
Catholic University, St Johns, Vir-
ginia, Washington College and Ran
dolph- Macon rounding out the entry.
Central Collegiate High School OF
Hamilton, Ontario, has shipped six
runners to the meet to compete against
crack scholastic aces from Mercers-
burg Academy of Pennsylvania. Mas
sanutten Military Academy, Wood
berry Forest and Episcopal Of Vir-
ginia. in addition to strong array
from Washington and Baltimore.
The 81 events, 81 track and field.
will get under way at 7:30 O'Clock, with
hnals slated TO start at g.