Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23
Preparing for the Interscholastic
Field Day.
RULES GOVERNING The COMING MEET
Columbia Athletic Clubs Eight at
Annapolis.
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES

The managers of the coming iEter-High
School athletic meet, to be held upon the
Georgetown College campus week from
Wednesday, held a meeting at the Central
High School yesterday afternoon, when
they decided upon the following rulings:
!. All points not already covered by these
rules shall be covered by those Of the Inter-
Collegiate Athletic Association; but no
point of the intercollegiate rules conflict
ing with the rules herein adopted shall
stand
. The lists of entries shall be closed one
week before the day of the meet, Wednes-
day, May ~.
j. The chairman of the executive COM
mittee shall receive lists of entries and
send them Immediately on receipt 10 the
different schools
4. NO school shall enter more than five
men or start more than three
D. All protests shall be made within
tfree days after the lists of entries have
been posted.
e. All protests with reasons attached
snail be delivered in writing through some
member or the executive committee to
tue chairman OF same committee, who
shall Immediately send notice thereof to
the committee of the school to which the
person protested belongs.
:. All protests shall be decided at a
meeting or the executive committee to be
heid two days before the meet.
O. IN the case of tie the points shall be
decided evenly, but the prize shall be de-
cided by toss.
o. The officers of the meet shall he. One
referee, three track judges, three field
Judges, three timekeepers, one starter. one
clerk or course, with assistants; two meas
urers. one track scorer one field scorer
and an announcer
H. The fist prize i'll each event excent
We reiay race, shall count five points for
me school the winner represents: second
rlze two points, and third prize one Doint
school, ha
number OF points shall be adtltigci the
champion, and will be awarded The Even
Ing star trophy to be held for one year
ana contested for annually.
Officers of the Games.
The officers SO far selected to ofticiate
at the meet are: Mr.. Robert Dick DOUGLASS.
vice president of the intercollegiate Ath-
letic Association. referee; James A. Hend-
ley, Bernard Wefers and i.arl Ambrose.
track judges: Mr.. Mccormick, field Judge:
n: Lee, w. 3. Hibbs and Mr.. Spear, three
tlmekeepers; Geo. 7. Cox, starter: Pat
Wells. clerk of course; Harry English and
Emory wilson. measurers, and J. t. Jones
or The Evening Star. announcer
The preparations for the meet have al
most been completed, and by next We'd
nesday the entries will all be in and every
thing will be in readiness. Gold medals
are to be awarded the winners of the
different events, and silver ones to the boys
who come in second. Most of. the medals
have been donated by merchants and bus
mess men about the city
Prizes and Their Donors.
The finance committee reported the fol
lowing. in addition to those already pub
lished in The Star: Saks & Company gold
medal; karr's Sons, gold medal; Hanson,
successor to Smedtie Brothers, gold medal;
j. Desio. silver medal: S. Desio, silver
medal. and either a gold or silver medal
from the Times, Moore & IIeding Davi-
son, Gait and Goldsmith.
All of the prospective entries at the
Central, Western and Eastern are training
hard. and the boys intend to establish some
records that will take years to overcome
by succeeding high school athletes
College Games Elsewhere.
The Princeton College nine play Yale
again this afternoon at New Haven, but
their defeat by Virginia Wednesday has
somew hat discouraged them.
The Harvard nine play Pennsylvania this
Afternoon at Philadelphia.
Chicago University defeated Cornell yes
terday at Ithaca by 3 to ,. The game was
one of the best played there this season.
Cornell has now much better combina-
ton to put up against Pennsylvania and
Harvard. Young has ceased his witness,