K. of C. Meet Attracts Men From Varsity

A sizable number of varsity trackmen, plus a few added recruits from the Yardling squad, will abandon the drabness of Briggs Cage for the more glamorous atmosphere of Boston Garden and the annual Knights of Columbus games tomorrow night.

Heading the list of those who will seek the glory, headlines, and popular acclaim that usually elude Crimson trackmen, is middle-distance runner, French Anderson. Anderson has been invited to compete in the feature 1000-yard run against the likes of Olympic champion Charlie Jenkins (one year out of Villanova) and Yale's freshman whiz, Tom Carroll.

Anderson's best running to date has been done over the 600-yard distance. He won this event easily in the Tufts meet last Wednesday night and set a new Harvard Cage record in the process. However, the K. of C. meet directors requested that he run in the longer race Saturday night, and he has agreed to do so.

Both Anderson and his coach, Bill McCurdy, are confident that he will give a good account of himself, despite the high calibre of the competition and his own unfamiliarity with the 1000-yard distance. "It won't surprise if he goes out and wins that race," McCurdy said yesterday.

Landau in Hurdles

Prominent among the other Crimson entrants in Saturday night's meet will be hurdler Joel Landau, who will take on some of the nation's finest performers in this event. McCurdy was extremely impressed with Landau's showing against B.U., and the Crimson junior should be able to reach at least the final heat of the K. of C. hurdles.

Al Gordon will represent the Crimson in a special 500-yard race, in which the entries are restricted to present college undergraduates. Gordon will get stiffer competition from Yale's Bob Skerritt, Basil Ince of Tufts (a scorer in last spring's N.C.A.A. championship), and Rudy Smith of Bates.

A Crimson mile relay team composed of Landau, Dave Brahms, Pat Liles, and Lee Barnes is pitted against runners from Yale and Georgetown. A two-mile quartet, including Bill Thompson, captain Pete Reider, Art Cohn, and Ed Martin will meet Yale and Holy Cross. McCurdy thinks that the latter unit is "the best two-mile relay team we've had here in quite a long time."

In the field events, varsity competitors will include high jumpers John deKiewiet and Jack Murphy; Liles, Bob Downs and Art Wente in the broad jump; freshman Tome Blodgett and junior Dick Williams in the pole vault; and weightmen Jim Doty and John DuMoulin.