Evening star., 1940-06-02
Navy Noses Out
Arnly's Track
Team, Nine
Gorners Meet, 67-59;
Gains AZ Victory
In BoseboII
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON,
Star Staf1 Correspondent.

BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON,
Star Stan Correspondent.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, June 1.-Navys
rip-roaring young sea-dogs hit the
dope bucket squarely amidships with
a splintering broadside this after
noon and launched June Week fes.
tivities with a couple of richly
earned victories over Army. Tho
Tars won the annual baseball game,
AZ. and the track meet, 67-59.
1t wasn't supposed to happen that
way. Army was rated slightly SUI
perior to the Crabtown crew in track
and figured to have an even chance
on the diamond, but the Middies
evidently hadn't heard about it and
probably didn't give continental.
They ignited a charge of dynamite
under the astonished Cadets that
blew them back into second place
in the two parades, rocking Army
with its first track defeat since a
similar loss two years ago.
And in romping over the charmed
West Pointers, Navy left a trail of
broken meet and Academy records
In its wake that is eloquent testi-
mony to the pressure it applied. It
was full speed ahead all the way.
Hahnfeldt Scores Triple.
Big Ed Hahnfeldt, one of the best
weight and field men in the East,
led all individual performers with
triple victory, cracking records
IN the shotput and discus throw.
He eliminated his spectacular work
with tremendous throw of 1877 feet
7 inches to capture the javelin and
seal Army's fate.
Hahnfeldt cranked up and
chucked the shot so feet az inches,
raising the 7-year-old standard all
most a foot, and hurled the discus
Isl feet Z inches, more than 4 feet
beyond the previous mark.
The anticipated javelin duel be-
tween the Navy ace and Army's Bill
Guckeyson failed to materialize
when the latter appeared with his
right arm swathed in bandages and,
after placing third in the discus,
withdrew from competition. But an
even more dramatic rivalry cropped
up instead as the De Latour brothers
turned the 880-yard run into a FAM
lily dispute. Lloyd, carrying Navy's
colors. won 1t in the excellent time
of 1:56.8-a new academy mark-in
chalking his first victory over his
older brother, Frank of West Point.
Lloyd evidently planned his race
weu after watching Frank come
from behind with brilliant stretch
run IN capturing the quarter mile
run. He broke from the barrier
Just behind Vince Healey, Navy's
captain, and allowed him to set the
pace for the first quarter. but moved
into command at the start of the
gun lap and quickly opened up a.
comfortable margin over his team
mate and his brother.
Army Slumps After $50 Loss.
Going into the last turn Frank
made his bid, charging ahead of
Healey and reaching after his kid
brother with great strides. 1t was
game effort, but Lloyd, giving it
the gun with everything left in him.
had caught him mapping with his
earlier speed and was too far down
the homestretch to be overtaken.
Ihat stirring race, one of the day's
best, started Army downhill and a
clean sweep for Navy in the 220-yard
dash clinched the honors. Raw Herr
berger, Eric Hopley and Leon Chabot
ran one-two-three for the Middies.
Still another surprise was Army's in
ability to take the century, in which
Willis was shut out. Another blow
was Bill Gillis' defeat in the low
hurdles after he won the 120-yard
high timber test. Gillis finished be-
hind whippet-like Dave Buntin, who
hit the tape in 247 seconds.
But Army wasn't blotted out Of
the sun for its crack pole-vaulter,
Ralph Ross, equaled his Penn Re.
lays effort by easing his 1.-the frame
over the bar at IA feet for a new
meet record Ross, winning the en-
tire stand to his side, made several
attempts to get over the 14-foot -6-
inch height, but couldn't quite
make it.
Fifth Win for Smith.
Norman Smith. Navy "youngster,"
survived a couple of stormy innings
in winning his fifth game of the
season, but needed three-alarm sup
port in the ninth to extricate him
from threatening situation in the
baseball battle. He received it in
the guise of smoothly executed
double play, Tom Blount to Ben
Blue to Butch" Werner, that ended
the game.
Army. after helping itself to q
run in the first inning, couldn't
fathom Smiths corkscrew twisters
when hits would have meant runs
and its lack Of heavy artillery was
directly responsible for its downfall.
Twice the Cadets had the pillows
fully populated but the best they
could make of it was another SINGLE
ton, a feeble rally, in the final
frame.
The visitors got their first run in
the first inning when Chuck Esau
reached first on Werner's error and
Dick Polk followed with . hard hit
two-bagger to the hilly extremities
OF left field. They worked another
man around to third in the third,
(See NAVY pace E-90