Track Team to Face Crusaders; Holy Cross May Engineer Upset

Once again comes the Holy Cross meet, and once again comes wails from the office of the varsity track team to the effect that "we're gonna get beat." Last year this was the cry, but the Holy Cross threat never materialized, as the Crimson triumphed, 82 to 27.

But unless the varsity reverses its downward trend tonight at 6:45 p.m. in Briggs Cage, the annual dire prediction may come true. The Crimson's performances last weekend defined mediocrity, and captain Mark Mullin, Don Kirkland, Harry Rich, Marty Beckwith, and Jack Spitzberg are not what you would call at their physical peaks.

Holy Cross will be competing in its first dual meet of the year; the varsity has a 4-1 record. The Crusaders have spent their time hitting the big meets, and have come up with several sub-7:40 performances in the two-mile relay.

The two-mile relay could be a wild race this evening, if McCurdy decides to go for it, and if Mullin, Kirkland, Eddie Meehan, and Lowell Davidson are still standing. Holy Cross can choose its relay unit from among Kevin Callahan, Paul Lilly, Charlie Buchta, Bud Barker, Jack O'Connor, and Tom Noering.

These same runners, especially Buchta, could swamp the varsity so badly on the track that even the traditional Crimson domination of the field events will not be enough. Buchta is certain to win either the 600 or the 1000, whichever he decides to enter.

Tom Hennessey of Holy Cross is a threat to the varsity's control of the field events. With Beckwith and Spitsberg below par, he could take the high jump, and he figures strongly in the broad jump as well. He can also sprint, as anyone who saw the 1960 Holy Cross football game will tell you.