TRACK PROSPECTS UNCERTAIN

The prospects for the University track team in the spring show that it will be somewhat unbalanced: weak in the field events but unusually strong in the track events. In the short sprints there will be E. A. Teschner '17, who won first place against Yale in both dashes last spring. He will bear the brunt of the work but will be helped out by W. Moore '18 and E. E. Silver '18. In the 440-yard dash W. Willcox, Jr., '17 will be the mainstay. He won the quarter-mile in the Yale meet last year in the phenomenal time of 48 seconds flat. Besides Willcox, A. Biddle '16, who took third place in the same meet, and T. R. Pennypacker '16, who has been running particularly well on the relay team this winter, will make the University formidable. The 880-yard run will be amply looked after by Captain W. J. Bingham '16, whose work has been consistently brilliant, and F. T. Donahue '18, who was unclassified last year. From last year's Freshman team there will be G. R. Cogswell '18 and T. R. Morse '18. The last two placed in the half-mile in the Yale freshman meet last spring. W. W. Kent '16 is the best miler in college. He was second in the Yale meet last year, which was won in 4 minutes 24 seconds. J. Coggeshall '18, captain of last year's Freshman team, has been doing well at the longer distances this winter and should be doing a fast mile in the spring. A. R. Bancroft '17, H. R. Bechtel '17, and J. C. Merriam '16 will also run this distance. The University will have R. T. Twitchell '16, captain of last fall's cross-country team, and R. H. Davison '16 in the two-mile run. The 1918 Freshman team will send up three good men: G. L. Harris '18, G. A. King '18, and C. W. W. P. Heffenger '18. The last-named is on probation but he will probably be in good standing by spring.

The graduation of all of last year's point-winners in the 120 and 220-yard hurdles leaves a gap to be filled. H. W. Minot '17, who has been doing excellent relay work this winter, will be trained for the low hurdles. A. E. Rowse, Jr., '18 and F. S. Allen '16 will practice for this event also. In the 120-yard high hurdles, L. M. Pratt '18, H. J. Coolidge '16, and L. B. Means '18 will be the main contestants. R. W. Stanley '17 will strengthen this event considerably if he can get off probation.

The field events lack good performers, with the exception of the pole-vault. In this event G. G. Haydock '16 has shown brilliant form throughout the winter, having vaulted 12 feet 3 inches in one competition and reaching 12 feet consistently. C. S. Babbitt '18 and M. T. MacDonald '18 are also doing well in the pole-vault. In the broad jump there will be J. O. Johnstone '16 and H. Davis '18, the latter having done over 21 feet and improving continually. Another broad jumper is W. Rollins '16. The high jump lacks a really good performer, J. O. Johnstone '16 and M. S. Dickinson '18 are best men the University can offer in this event. E. R. Roberts '16 and M. Noble '17 have been throwing the hammer during the winter and will throw it in the spring, besides putting the 16-pound shot. A. T. Lyman '16 and W. Rollins '16 have been doing well.

The outlook is by no means unpromising, but there is a lot of work ahead for every man before the team can be rounded into an aggregation that will win.