TRACK AT YALE FORECASTED

Yale's prospects on the track are the brightest in several years. While some of last year's heavy point-winners graduated in June, there remain good men in every event. If there is any cause for worry, it lies in the fact that there is a lack of good second and third-string material in some of the events. The following men did not return this year: W. F. Potter, hurdler, H. Harbison, shot-putter, R. Cook, broad-jumper, R. A. Douglas, high-jumper, and F. G. Hartswick, high-jumper. This leaves a large number of veterans of the team which defeated the University and Princeton and finished fifth in the intercollegiates. These are: Captain W. M. Shedden '15, G. E. Brown '15S., W. F. Roos '15S., W. M. Oler, Jr., '16, R. E. Matthews, Jr., '15, F. M. Hampton '16, L. Carter '15, H. W. Johnstone '16, P. Loughridge '15S., R. W. Poucher '15S., V. Wilkie '15, T. H. Cornell '15, C. E. Clark '15, and D. F. Frost '16.

Many Point-Winners Eligible.

Cornell will be Yale's mainstay in the sprints, with Treadway, captain of the 1917 freshman team as second man. Cornell won both short dashes in the Princeton meet last spring, and took second in both in the Harvard meet. Wilkie, the star quarter-miler, will be first choice for that event again. Davis has also shown up well at this distance. Yale is seriously handicapped in the half-mile event, for Brown, captain of the 1914 team and one of the best collegiate half-milers, has been operated upon for appendicitis, and it is doubtful whether or not he will be in form again for the Harvard meet. In his absence there is no other particular star, and the coaches will have a hard time finding a worthy substitute. Poucher, who made a new Harvard-Yale dual record in the mile last year, will again run in that event. He was consistently good throughout the season. Captain Shedden will probably be the best man in both hurdles, with Willetts and Davis as second men. The two-mile run will be cared for by Clark and Frost. Clark was second in the Harvard meet, and ran a very good race.

Oler is easily the best high-jumper Yale has had in several years. The other entries are uncertain. Matthews and Hampton are the broad-jumpers. They tied for second in the 1914 Harvard meet. Roos will do the shot-putting and Lough-bridge and Talbott the hammer-throwing.

There are two veteran pole-vaulters, Carter and Johnstone, but Heyl '17 should also prove a point-winner.