Evening star., 1940-05-23
Pole Vault, 440.Marks
Threatened in 43d
Annual Games
Tech Is Rated Vikings
Main Challenger; Hot
$50 Race Likely

Centrals high-gaited, knee-action
squad was the odds-on favorite as
small army of high school track
men took their starting positions
this afternoon in trial heats of the
43d annual high school track and
field championship games. The
first event was scheduled for $3.50
at Central Stadium with finals to
be held tomorrow beginning at the
same hour and at the same place.
Nosed out by Eastern last year,
$3.50, and beaten by Washington
Lee for the &C" Club Trophy by a
hair-splitting sixth of a point last
week. Coach Hardy Pearce's lads
are hungry for victory and ready for
their best performances of the season.
On paper, Central's superiority in
running events seems to be sufficient
to Offset its weakness in field events.
Jimmy Zuppa, sprint ace, and AL
Hayden, 440-yard star who hung up
a new record of 5l.3 seconds for this
event last year, are expected to set
a blistering pace for Central. Hay-
den appears headed for another rec
ord if his performance in the &C"
Club games is a criterion. He nego-
tiated the distance in 50.4 seconds
last week and has been hitting
around that figure all spring. Zuppa
failed to place in the &C" Club CEN
tury, but was second in the 22O.
Tech Challenges Central.
Eastern apparently has been
counted out by dopesters before the
first trial, but Coach Mike Kelley
may spring an upset or two to help
make it interesting. On paper, how
ever, Centrals strongest competition
is expected from Tech, which is
blessed with an abundance of field
men and is reported to have a dark
horse sprinter ready for action.
Dick OBrien, the schools ace
hurdler, and Wilson's Frank Culin
are expected to battle it out for the
timber crowns, but Eddie Barham,
who tied schoolmate Johnny Gilmore
for the title last year, is considered
shoo-ln for Tech in the high
jump.
Another lively race Is anticipated
in the 860-yard run among Ed
Trager of Wilson, Tim Council,
Roosevelt, and Dick Hollander. Tech,
Council, a tailor-made runner who
is Just beginning to acquire strength
and stamina, first attracted atten-
ton at the Maryland-5th Regiment
games in Baltimore last winter. He
didn't win, but ran a surprisingly
smart race, which caught the eve
of several college coaches. Artie
Boyd, Rider mentor, has been work.
ing overtime on Council and thinks
he has a good chance of winning
the laurels.
Vault Mark Menaced.
At least one other record, in addi-
ton to the 44O-yard run mark, is in
danger If Emil Jettmar of Central
repeats his pole-vaulting perform
ance OF last week, when he cleared
the bar at II feet inches. Jim
Proctor, also of Central, cleared that
height in hanging up the existing
record II years ago and Jettmar
appears capable of erasing it from
the books.
But if it's records the lads want
they have plenty to shoot at, includ-
ing Monroe Sheehan's half-mile
mark OF 2 minutes 23s seconds made
IN 1917. John McDonald's discus
record of 129 feet 7 inches; Grover
Everett's 16 seconds fiat for the 120-
yard high hurdles. and Bill Nor
risettes shotput of 40 feet So inches
are others that have successfully
defied the ravages of time for al
most decade.