Evening star., 1942-03-29
Terp Lacrosse, Track
Squads Strong and
Well Balanced
Harvard Stickmen Visit
Thursday; Cinderites
At V. P. |. Saturday

Spring sports will be in full blast
at Maryland before the week is
out. and reports from College Park
indicate the Terps are coming up
with strong and weil-balanced track
and lacrosse squads.
Jack Faber's stickmen, who un-
dergo their baptism of fire Thurs
day against Harvard, will have
seven veterans in the sfront- Line
trenches, with grade-A material
plugging the gaps left by graduation
and military service. A similar sit
uation exists in track, where in
creased strength in field events,
long the weak spot of Terp teams,
is even more pronounced than last
year.
Vet Nucleus in Lacrosse.
Goalie Jim Forbes, Bob Fetters, a
close defense ace; Howard Keller,
first defense; Lands Hill, a mid
fielder; Milt Vanden Berg, Bill Nc
Gregor and Ray Grefecki, clever
attacking men, are the hold
overs around whom Faber is build
ing his first team. Jack Dittmar,
close defense; Bill Taylor, Bill Tar
bert and Johnny Hoyert, midfeld-
ers, are sophomores who seem to
have the makings Of outstanding
varsity men. Ralph Burlin. first
defense, a leftover, and Bob Stock
bridge, another attack man who was
ineligible last spring, also are 60
ing strong.
McGregor was almost a certainty
to make the first team last year un-
til knee injury laid him low, while
Hoyert is the surprise package of
this years outfit, making a bid for
a regular position from a secondary
role with the 1941 frosh team.
Faber has been working the boys
regularly in practice and is salts
fed with their condition and spirit
at this stage of the preceding
While not labelling it national
chanOionship team until it has been
tested he's confident it'll give the
best opposition a run for the mar
bles.
The track outlook is just as bright,
with a plentiful supply of sprinterS
augmenting the corps Of middle
distance hooters who are becoming
traditional at College Park. One of
the best dash men, Lou Chacos, is
not showing his best form, however,
favoring an old ankle injury that
slowed him down for a time but
apparently has left no permanent
mark. When Chacos opens wide the
throttle he shows championship
form, but he's ragged when he be-
gins to ease up. A couple of good
workouts should put him on edge.
Several positions are open on the
team that will go to Blacksburg this
week to launch the season against
Virginia Tech, but other jobs defin-
itely are filled. In this latter cate
CORY falls the shot-putting and
discus throwing chores which will
be handled by Heckert Horn and
Luther Conrad: the pole vaulting, to
be entrusted to Carlos Englar; the
half-mile, which will be Bob Con-
don's pet race this year, and the mile
run, in which Stirling Kehoe gets
the assignment. There may be
more than one man in these events.
Of course. but those mentioned are
outstanding.
Gilmore Ace High Jumper.
Jack Gilmore. conference champ,
will be aided in the high-jumping
role by Englar but Bill Port, another
candidate, has been taking the Gus
tomary shots-in-the-arm in prepar-
alton for Army duty and has not
been able to train regularly. Randy
Cronin is dropping down from the
$50 into the 440 to replace Bill
Stellhorn, who isn't ready, and Stan
kim. who tried the 2-mile route
and found 1t too far, will start in
the $50 and he's listed as a possible
surprise star at this distance.
Bob Montgomery, who should be
one Of the teams best quarter
milers. still is nursing a pulled
muscle in the Catholic University
indoor games and will miss the
curtain-raiser, but Jack Mier will be
ready for the broad jump and ditto
for Judson Lincoln, the boxer, in
the 2-mile run.
The campus is cluttered up with
sprinters. some of whom are showing
good form in training. This list
includes Johnny Adams. Pat Caro-
Ian, Tevis Durett and Howard Gugel.
Bob James will be available in the
hurdles and javelin although un-
tested over the timber. He may
have running mate in Dick
OBrien a sonh- in the fence ilmn-