Harvard Runners Seek to Break Series of Eli Track Triumphs

With but one track victory over Yale to its credit since 1915, Harvard will send to squad of athletes to New Haven today who will strive for a long delayed Crimson triumph. Last year a brilliant but poorly balanced Harvard team came within a third of a point of defeating the powerful Eli; and this year, although still rated as the underdogs, the University track men seem nearer than ever to their goal of victory over their ancient rivals.

In 1922 a Harvard track team, coached by W. J. Bingham '16, and-starting the season with poor prospects of success, staged a series of upsets in the Yale meet on the Stadium cinders to gain a hard won victory. This year again Harvard prospects of triumph over the Blue seemed dim at the, beginning of the season. Strength in the running events had carried the Crimson to an intercollegiate title early in March, but the preponderance of the New Haven aggregation in the weights and jumps was a little use in indoor competition.

Crimson Coming Fast

On the other hand a number of Crimson athletes have come to the fore this spring who may well turn the tide of success on the New Haven cinders this afternoon. Reid, Locke, Malick, Shapico Wildes, Peet, and several others have become almost sure scorers, while veterans like Miller, Haggerty, and Pratt, and several of last year's leading Freshmen have shown constant improvement this spring.

Yale is counting on scoring heavily in the two hurdle events, the high jump, and the pole vault, while Harvard hopes to offset its rivals superionity in these events by capturing most of the points in the 880 and mile, and also in the shot put and discus throw. In the broad jump and 220 it seems probable that the teams will split about as evenly as possible, while the 100 ought to yield Harvard six and Yale three points. In the hammer throw Shapiro is expected to win for Harvard with Lindner a Crimson possibility in either second or third. The javelin throw offers the most uncertain prospect of the afternoon. It has been forecast that this event will end in an S to 1 victory for Harvard, and the same has also been prophesied for Yale. Any score except a clean sweep is perfectly credible in this event since the four leading contestants. Dean and Davidson of Yale, and Moore and Pratt of Harvard, have all made losses of over 18O feet and it is impossible to say which of them will come closest to his best effort in this afternoon's contest.