Evening star., 1941-03-18
Threats 10 Maroons
Seen in Central,
Eastern Squads
Leading Team Only One
In All Winter Comes
In This Sector
BY GEORGE HUBER,

Tech came out of the abbreviated
indoor track season with the best
record among Washington and
nearby high schools. but the Ma
rooms advantage isn't so large as to
make them favorites to take q
great majority of honors when the
thinclads move outdoors. Central
and Eastern should have something
to say about the distribution of
spring laurels.
There were five indoor meets open
to schoolboys around here-the
Southern Conference, South Allan
tic A. A. u. Maryland-5th Regi-
ment, Catholic u. and Washington
A. A.-and Tech entered them all,
one reason for its point advantage
at the end.
Central, Techs closest competitor,
missed the Maryland-5th Regiment
meet because of the weather.
Washington-Lee also took part
In all five meets, but they served
only to prove Coach Johnny Bakers
contention that the Generals have
little for track competition this sea-
son. All his good boys have been
graduated and he's not indulging in
Jokes when he says he Is building
for next year. He has some young
sters, mostly sophomores. who ex-
pect to go good next year and the
one thereafter.
More Meets Wanted.
Roosevelt entered the two local
meets and the Maryland competi-
ton, but didn't win much. Episco-
pal went to four meets in addition
to the Virginia State prep school
championships at Charlottesville
where it won second place. 1t PROM
ises to have a fair team outdoors.
Here's what they won over the
winter circuit:
Tech got five firsts. six seconds,
five thirds and seven fourths: Cen
tral three flrsts, three seconds. one
third and two fourths; Eastern
three f1rsts and second. third and
fourth; Westinghouse first,
second, two thirds and a fourth;
Episcopal second and two thirds,
and Roosevelt two fourths.
Central won the South Atlantic
A. A. U. championships, and Tech
toek the Washington A. A. cham
pionship.
The boys liked 1t and want more
indoor stuff for high schools. Gen
orally speaking, high schools get an
unimportant place on indoor meet
programs, which is understandable
when the big entry list of collegiate
and A. A. U. runners is considered.
There usually are four scholastic
events or at the most five, q sprint
or hurdle race, run such as the
jump. Only the South Atlantic did
much better than that with nine
events.
Full Program Needed.
Consensus of leading coaches is
that Washington should have a big
indoor high school meet sometime
during the winter with a whole list
of events ranging from sprints up
to the 22o or 440 and runs of half
and mile. They also would IKE
field events such as the high jump,
pole vault and shotput.
Running an indoor track meet is
an expensive proposition, they
but they believe it
could be done in conjunction with
meets such as the c. U. or w. A. A.
by holding full high school pro-
gram in the afternoon when the
track and infield already is set up
for the big night events. A few top
scholastic events could be carried
over into the evening program as
now done.
One reason all District schools
didn't enter the indoor meets is the
lack of events. Only when they
have a standout performer is it
worth while to pay entry fees.
Coaches also have complained Of
the necessity of competing with
prep schools in these outside meets
and they really aren't in the class
with such as Seaton Hall of Newark,
N. j.; Baltimore Poly, West Catho-
lie of Philadelphia and some others.
Tech Given Slight Edge.
Looking ahead to the outdoor sea
son, Tech seems to have a slight
edge. 1t has the high jump locked
up with Ed Barham, who also is
of a sprinter. Its mile
relay team has been a consistent
winner and its milers, Bill Hall
and Don Grey, also have topped
most of the other boys. Eastern
has the hurdler in Frank Nelson
while Centrals 880-yard relay team
appears tops.
There hasn't been enough COM
petition in the other events, except
IL