Now that the Harvard-Yale meet is over and done with to the satisfaction of everyone around here, thoughts turn for a moment and linger hopefully on the prospects of the Crimson in the coming I.C.4A track and field meet to be held in Philadelphia this Friday and Saturday.

The Yale meet showed pretty conclusively that Harvard has probably the best all-round dual meet team in the country. It exhibits an almost uncanny balance between track and field events and testifies to Eddie Farrell's ability to whip a poor indoor outfit into shape for the outdoor season.

But it is quite a different matter for a team to cop the intercollegiate title from a field of some 37 colleges. It isn't perfect balance that counts there. If it were, Eddie Farrell could get a bit of sleep some of these nights.

A large meet like the one that will be staged in Philly at the end of the week demands not a well-balanced team, but just a minimum of star performers who will come through for firsts in their events. A score of 30 to 35 points should bring home the bacon and that means that seven stars who can be sure to take firsts would take all of the wind out of the sails of a team with all the balance and equilibrium in the world.

Stanford Sends Picked Squad

Now it must have been just this that Stanford had in mind when they decided to send a championship seven to the meet. There was John Lyman, burly shotputter, who can toss the cannon ball some 54 feet; there was Gordon Dunn in the discus; A1 Blackman in the 400; jack Mottram in the Javelin; and a bunch of others that the boys from the East should keep their eagle eyes on every minute of the time. Because, after all, with Southern Cal out of the running Stanford is probably the most logical contender for the title in spite of their amputated contingent.

For the last nine years the Intercollegiate crown has gone to a California team and eight of these nine years, the Stanford Indians and the Southern Trojans have placed first and second. Yale took the meet in 1924 and for the first time since then, it looks bright for the Eli to come to the fore again.

But Harvard is by no means just another college in the list of entrants that can be conveniently ignored. Ask Eddie Farrell about that. Because while the Western flashes are picking up their points in scattered events, and Yale and Cornell (other favorites) are depending on their Keith Browns and Walter Merwin, the Crimson may sneak up behind them and carry off the first honors.

Count Up the Score

Let's count up on our fingers and see just where Harvard may stand in this affair. It has potential point scorers in 12 events and a break would fix up the Cambridge team. In the high hurdles Dick Hayes and jack Hayes are figured as fourth and fifth, which will not Harvard there points; Hasler is given fifth in the broad jump, adding one point to the Crimson score; Eddie Calvin and Pesky should take fourth and fifth in the 100, bringing the Crimson total up to seven points.

In the 400 and the 800, Harvard should pick up four more points on the sturdy legs of Captain Jack Morse and Tony Bliss. Both of these men are indicated as fourth place winners. Jack Schou is going to have tough sledding against Vipond and Bonthron and Venske, but some depesters give him fifth. Bob Playfair ought to bring two points to the Crimson camp by taking fourth in the 3200 and Cahners is given fourth in the hammer.

Of course it is Johnny Dean who is looked to for the Crimson's only first place. He should easily win the discus throw, and Jack Healey is pretty well sot for second. Just this one event will give Harvard nine points. Dean should pick up another point in the shot. The javelin throw will add three move for John Harvard.

Now just add up those points and if your figuring is correct you will note that Old Jawn seems pretty well set for 32 points. Just a slip here and a break there and who but Eddie Farrell and his tutees will take the turkey." --By Time Out