Bulldog Track Squad Favored Over Varsity

Meet records in at least four events are expected to be axed tomorrow afternoon in the Stadium when poised, undefeated Yale has it out with poised, undefeated Harvard in the fifty-second annual Crimson-Blue track and field games. The H-Y Freshman meet will be run off simultaneously with the Varsity.

Bob Giegengack's power-bristling Elis are favored because they thumped the Varsity 82 to 27 in an indoor meet this winter, and because they finished second to NYU in the indoor IC4A meet at New York. They have a pair of IC4A champions in shot-putter Jim Fuchs and hurdler George Cook, plus a flock of other "name" athletes.

Names don't scare Coach Mikkola, though. "They don't mean a damn thing in this meet--it's the results that count," he affirms.

He isn't too worried about the fact that Yale has ripped through Columbia and Princeton this spring and that the Eli times have generally been superior to Harvard's.

Spivak Out

What is worrying Mikkola is the condition of two of his best men: sprinter Jon Spivak and javelin-thrower Don Trimble. Spivak will definitely not run tomorrow. And Trimble, who set a new Harvard javelin record two weeks ago, has been cradling his sore arm in a sling all week. The Medical Department will decide tomorrow morning whether it's safe for him to throw against Yale.

Despite Trimble's uncertain condition and Spivak's injury, the traditional excitement that precedes any Yale contest has already reached the Varsity camp at Dillon. You can't walk five feet in the track room there without bumping into a "Beat Yale!" or "Let's keep it an undefeated season" sign. The H.A.A. has helped out, too, blanketing every bulletin board in the University with posters advertising the meet.

Plenty of If's

As for the team's chances tomorrow, can Harvard really upset the men from New Haven? The answer lies in the little word "if". If Captain Frank Gurley can bounce back after disposing of Wade in the mile to beat Stoltman in the 880. If Pat McCormick can get two seconds, maybe even a first and a second against Cook and Grimes in the hurdles.

If Tom Thorndike and Bob Forsyth can shut out Scot Johnson for second and third in the hammer. If Lockett, Lawrence, and Torrey can outvault the equally-good trio of Eustis, Bensley, and Larsen. If high-jumpers Gene Harrigan and Mary Jenkins can stay up there with Jim Keyes. If Sam Felton can split Frank and Bowers in the discus. If Thayer, Kumple, and Carter can beat Yale's brilliant but erratic broad-jumper Nathan Bundy (he hit 23 feet, 6 inches last week against Princeton). If sore-armed Don Trimble can take at least one javelin throw to prevent the Elis from getting first and second in that event. If the sprinters can come through. If