Evening star., 1939-04-20
Cards Out 10 Square
Defeat by Hopkins
In 1888 Clash
Powerful Terps Tackle
W. & M.; American
Opposes GuIIuudet

With Catholic University's dual
meet with Johns Hopkins heading
tho program. four of Washington's
five college track teams swing into
action this week against opponents
who figure to supply enough COM
petition to give observers a line on
their chances in The Evening Star
games for the District A. A. U.
championship.
Maryland's powerful squad en-
cages William and Mary at College
Park, while those arch-rivals of all
sports, Gallaudet and American
University. will settle their differ
ences at Kendall Green.
: The Catholic U.-Hopkins affair
should be closer than your next
breath and Dorsey Griffith, Cardinal
coach, is hoping the Brooklanders
Will be able to squeeze through to
victory. 1t is the teams most i'm
portant dual match of the season,
and II it wins, Griffith and his pupils
will consider it most successful
season. Dorsey said yesterday he
has been pointing his men for Hop
kins since early in January and
expects them to come down in front.
But Griffith, like "Swede" Eppley
OF Maryland, is an Unsuitable track
fan. and they look beyond Satur-
days engagements to The Star
games, scheduled May 13 at College
Park, with many and varied honors
at stake.
Limited Squads Tangle.
Gallaudet and American Univer-
sity are looking to Saturdays meet
with unusual interest. Handicapped
by limited squads. neither school
has any illusion about winning the
team trophy in The Star meet, but
confidently expect to take, one and
possibly two. firsts. They have an
annoying habit of bobbing up with
good men in some branches of COM
petition who generally succeed in
spelling the calculations of larger
schools coaches.
Griffith, getting back to Saturdays
Catholic-Hopkins meet, expects keen
opposition in at least half dozen
events. He looks for close, exciting
races in the mile and 2-mile between
Johnny Corbett, his own standard
bearer, and John Driscoll of Hopkins.
Corbett set Mason-Dixon Confer.
ence record of minutes 335 seconds
last year with Driscoll pressing him,
and Griffith figures their times may
be even better Saturday. In the
sprints it will be Roger Cooper of
the host school against Hopkins
speed merchant, Morris Glaser. This
will be the rubber meeting, each
holding a l00-yard victory over the
other
10 In the hurdles it will be Leo Wall
OF c. U. against Captain Joe ONeill
OF Hopkins; and in the pole vault Al
Gil Borges of c. u, against AL Par
dew. It's that way down the line,
and. as Griffith points out, it is diff
hcult to predict the outcome beyond
the fact that it should be close. Hop
kins won last year with 10 points to
spare.
Tries New Starting Blocks.
Eppley will try some new starting
blocks this afternoon at MARYLAND
and If his men readily adjust them
selves to the contraptions may en-
ploy them against William and
Mary. The Indians lost a 1888
decision to Washington and Lee
last Saturday, but in so doing re-
vealed power in several events. If
their strength is concentrated in
running races, however, Maryland
figures to be a prohibitive favorite.
but If in the field events it may
be close rub for the Terrapins.
Red" Duke, a quarter miller of
first water; Roland and Kyle, hur-
dlers, and Dickinson, a distance run
ner, are men Eppley knows of
through experiences. The quartet
can step with the best.
American University will be boil
stored by the addition of four lads
from the baseball squad who have
been doubling up this spring in Pete
Stink, Otto Streitsberger, Johnny
Murray and Jim Flaherty. They
will leave the diamond squad, which
journeys to Baltimore for a game
Nth Hopkins, to run against Gal
..hudet.