Evening star., 1950-02-01
New LaureIs Sought
By Hoyas' Adhesion
Frosh Relay Team
By Lewis r. Atchison

An all-BOStOn freshman mile
relay team from Georgetown will
get a chance to show Hub fans
some more speedy footwork in the
Boston A. A. games Saturday,
Coach Frank Sevigne decided to-
day. The quartet will be part of
a squad Of three relay teams and
two soloists who will make the
trip.
A Hoya freshman outfit COM
posed of Bob Cusack, Joe La
Pierre, Jimmy Nawn and Tom
Voorhees, turned in q record
breaking 3:25.7 to win its event
in the Boston K. of C. games a
couple of weeks ago and the same
group. with one exception, is 60
ing back for more. Dick Doyle
will replace Voorhees, and Sevigne
hopes the change won't be notice
able.
The Hoyas hope for. better luck
with their varsity 1-mile and
2-mile stick-passing quartets than
they had In their previous Boston
appearance. The two did an en-
core in the Millrose Games at
New York last week and SevigneI
Is getting bit bored by the same
ness of the routine. Army'S mile
team nosed out the Hoyas in
3:23.e, and Yale took the 2-mile
test in 7:48.7, and Sevigne thinks
his boys should have done better
in both events.
Jack Hurst should be in better
condition for his leg of the mile
this week, which may speed up
that team. AS for the 2-milers,
Sevigne is reaching for the whip.
Bill Mitchell will go in the high
hurdles again and either Jim
Fielding or Don Stonehouse will
run in the sprints. Fielding will
not make the trip unless COM
pletely recovered from his recent
leg injury. Sevigne is pointing
him for the National A. A. u.
championships next month and
doesn't want to take any chances
by using him too soon.
Jim Kehoe, Maryland track
coach, Is still chuckling about the
Terps' surprise win in their mile
relay at the Millrose games. Its
time, 1924, wasn't sensational
but 1t was patched up team
with Tyson Creamer, normally
2-mi1er, Mario Salvanelli, hurd-
Ter, and AL Buehler, a sophomore
running in spiked shoes for the
first time. Buehler's quarter of
5l.9 was the second fastest on the
Terp squad. but because he was
q substitute for Bob Browning
and entries had to be sent in
weeks before the meet, the Ha-
gerstown youngster didn't even
get credit for appearing in the
lineup.
Kehoe, who dropped George
MCGOWAN, his anchor man, into
the No. 3 position to keep the
Terps in the race, credits Cream
er's smart running on the anchor
lap with getting the team home
first. 1t is noteworthy, however,
that the coach's strategy also
panned out.
Dorsey Griff1th has begun build
ing Catholic University's track
squad for the Mason-Dixon cham
pionships and while the Cardinal
mentor isn't overburdened with
material he has turned up a cou-
pie OF good prospects. One, Ker-
nan McCurnan, came to Catholic
U. from Lake Charles, La, to put
himself under Grifdths wing. He
heard about the coach while serv-
ing with the Army in Japan.
Like Larry Gaffney, Andy Sefik |
and Dan Killigrew. McCurnan is
striving for a quarter-mile berth
and a place on the 1-mile relay
team. All four are shaping UP
nicely although McCurnan, when
he first tried the cross country
course last year. couldn't go the
full 31a mile distance.
Killigrew solved a similar prob
lem while running on his high
school team at Corning, N. Y, by
having q friend meet him with a
bicycle halfway around the course.
His freshness at the finish aroused