Trackmen Host Strong Army Team

Harvard takes on the U.S. Army Saturday at Briggs Cage. It looks to be close. Army strengths, in the weights and the distance races, correspond to question marks in Bill McCurdy's Crimson track squad.

When the Crimson thinclads trot out this Saturday, they'll be moving pretty fast, but you won't see any 300-pound shot-putters lumbering in behind them. This year's team has got the here, but it's still got to find a bear.

Junior Wayne Anderson ought to be leading the pack onto the gravel. He stepped into Aggrey Awori's sprinting sneakers last season to win the 60-yard dash in the Heps. Close behind Anderson will be another Awori heir-apparent, hurdler Tony Lynch. Harvard's plucky captain. Lynch eclipsed Awori at 60 yards in last year's Heps, tying the African's 1963 record of 0:07:3.

Awori will be harder to replace in the broad jump, which he copped three years straight at the Heps. McCurdy will rely on junior Harvey Thomas, who spanned 23 ft. 4 3/4 in. against Oxford-Cambridge last summer. Jumper Chris Pardee will back him up in that event.

Pardee owns the high jump in the Ivy League competition. No one touched him last year, despite an ankle strain at the end of the indoor season. Saturday he faces a sophomore plebe who has attained 6'8". Soccerman Charlie Njoku and sophomore John Newman are both hovering at the 6'4" mark.

Schoenover Soars

This year, probably no one beats the Crimson at pole-vaulting. Steve Schonover bursts into varsity track as an advanced-placement sophomore; he soared to 14' 4 1/2" at Niskayuna High in New York and he should vault 14 feet Saturday despite a sore leg. That is still a generous 1-4 inch above the previous mark set by Truman Ford in 1942.

In the middle distances and mile, McCurdy relies heavily on young blood. Former freshman stars Jeff Huvelle and Dave McKelvey both loom dangerous in the 600. Junior Sam Robinson, fresh from the gridiron, could go in either the 600 or the dash.

McCurdy heads for the youngsters in the mile also. Jim Baker '69 breezed to second place against Oxford-Cambridge last year in 4:12. Junior Jim Smith will either go the mile or back up Burns in the 1000.

In the two-mile run, workhorse Dave Allen will be setting the pace. Walt Hewlett, the poet of the multifurlong footrace, definitely won't run because of leg injuries.

What McCurdy lacks is biceps. Fullback Tom Choquette and neophytes Ron Wilson and Cartel Lord have all heaved the shot around 50 feet. That is enough to break Mrs. McGillicuddy's window but not enough, sadly, to win many track meets. Army has shotputters in the 52 foot range, and weight throwers who could hit 55.