Trackmen to Oppose Army In Years Roughest Match

The powerful varsity track team kicks off its spring campaign against the best of the rest at West Point this afternoon. The Army squad looks like the roughest challenge that Bill McCurdy's troops will be up against this season, but its nucleus of superstars probably won't be enough against the superior depth of the Crimson runners.

Even so, Coach McCurdy's boys aren't likely to equal the 75-34 pasting they inflicted on the Army squad indoors in December. That time the Cadets were without the services of captain Bill , a double outdoor Heptagonal champion in 1963. Straub's presence today should mean Army victories in the mile and two-mile runs.

Cadets Clinch Pole Vault

An even more certain win for the Cadets is in the pole vault. There Dick Plymale, this year's indoor Hope champion, and Wayne Richard, another 15-foot vaulter, should walk away with the top two spots.

Cadet javelin thrower Mike Oshel is another good bet for a first place for the home team. Senior Allen should capture the 440-yard intermediate hurdles.

But these individuals can't carry the load alone, and the rest of the Cadet squad just don't measure up to their Crimson counterparts.

Bob Tetu and Dave Kuhn are adequate triple jumpers by mortal standards, but can't compete with the likes of Chris Ohiri. Allen and Kuhn should fall to Ohiri and Aggrey Awori in the broad jump, and Army sprinters Bob Ramsay and Jim Jenkins may do no better than third and fourth against the same pair.

Graduation Losses Hurt Army

James Saran, Army's fine discus thrower of last year has graduated, leaving that event open to a Crimson sweep. Graduation has also hurt the Cadets in the 440-yard run.

The Army weightmen, too, are less than hefty. Ed Schillo may be good for a victory in the hammer throw, but Harvard's Art Croasdale is a sure thing in the shot put.

The Crimson middle and long distance men, captain Ed. Meehan, Keith Chiappa, and John Ogden may not be able to beat Straub, but should score no worse than a second place in the 880, mile, and two-mile against a thin supporting cast of Cadets.