Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-23
5 Top Prospects
Cited by kehoe
In School Track
BY DICK SLAY

l Jim hCA4OC VI tAAC OAhNSAoASy
OF Maryland was one of the coll
lege track coaches examining the
held In the scholastic section of
The Star Games Saturday after
moon. OF the more than $50 boys
ion the floor Of the National
Guard Armory. Kehoe said he
saw about five who have definite
futures In track.
Obviously hoping that some of
these future careers would
blossom at Maryland, but not ex-
lpecting such good fortune, Kehoe
picked the following:
Ray Peterson of George Mason
High. winner of both dashes:
Ward Sims Of Woodbury. Forest,
Iwho scared IL feet 3 inches In
the pole vault; Winfrey Gore Of
Culpeper, who ran third In the
mile. and Splinter John Dobson
and broad-jumper Jack Dempsey
who together formed half OF
Washington-Lee's winning $50.
yard medley relay team.
Gore was somewhat Of a dis.
appointment in that he wa,
favored in the mile and let
most Of the way. but then waS
caught by both Norman North
of Armstrong and Leo McGar.
Irity Of Cardozo at the end.
North put on q terrific bursI
to catch Gore in the last half.
lap and win by 4 yards, and
it took so much out Of the Cul.
pepper boy that Mccarthy also
was able to nip him at the tape
/ Did 4:32 Last Year
II don't know anything about
North. but this Gore is going tc
be q very good miller" Kehoe
said. II know he did 4:32 last
spring and I like the way hi
runs
Dobson finished sixth in the
l00-yard dash final and Dempse,
won the broad jump. but Kehot
paid more attention to theiI
work in the. sprint medley relay
/ Dempsey, running anchor
caught James Hammond OF
Dunbar on the last turn and
passed him on the outside tc
win by a full second and give
lW-L one Of its three firsts dur.
ing the afternoon.
When you can pass a man or
the outside. running a 220-yard
leg on a short indoor track
that's really running" Kehoe
commented.
The performances of Peterson
and Sims spoke for themselves
land Kehoe confirmed that the
latter is headed for either
Princeton or North Carolina next
year.
Sims mother wants him to
go to Princeton and his father
Is in favor Of Carolina" Kehoe
nodded rather sadly.
Joe Carlo. a meet official who
used TO run the Metropolitan
outdoor high school meet while
he was football coach at Wilson,
Thought that Wakefield High OF
Arlington showed the most i'm
Iprovement Of any team over last
year.
| Warriors Rank Fourth
The Warriors, under Coach
Buddy Stein. scored l0h points
to rank fourth in the team scor-
ing behind Washington-Lee, Car
dozo and George Mason, In that
order. Last year. with only i've
boys entered, Wakefield failed to
score.
| Carlo. nov an assistant princi-
pal at Coolidge, may have been
watching Wakefield's achieve
ments more closely than usual,
for Stein was a member Of Car
los first and only track. team at
Wilson.
Stein was a dash man for the
Wilson squad which won the In
Iterhigh League championship for
the first time In 1913. After that
season Carlo started the Metro
meet and turned the track team
over to other coaches.
Stein, described by Carlo as a
I"plugger" on Wilson teams be-
fore his graduation in 1913, also
was pleased with his Wakefield