Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-02
TRAINER FOLEY ARRIVES.
interest i'm Athletics Aroused a
GeOrgctOyyn Untycrnfty.

Georgctcwn Uni~crsity.
The arrival of Trainer William Foley at
Georgetown University Thursday night has
aroused and renewed all the latent interest
and energy in athletics at the institution,
and henceforth sport may be expected to
boom in all its phases.
The first event of interest will be an anna
teur bicycle meet. TO be held on the college
track Saturday, October IT, in which all
the local amateurs will be entered, besides
a large number of outsiders. With Fred
Schade Gaw), Jimmy" Moran Qawl, Dan
ne'niller. special student; Halstead daw).
and Alexander, all fast riders, Georgetown
will more than hold her own.
Following this meet, three weeks later.
Saturday, November @. an invitation track
and. field meet will be held n.the college
field, in which ii is expected that the lead
ing universities will enter teams. The Uni
versity Athletic Association Is confident of
the participation of teams from Column
bian and Pennsylvania, and looks forward
to the entrance of at least one representa-
tive from Princeton, Yale and Harvard.
The events will be the 100-yard run, 220-
yard run. the quarter-mile run. the half
mile run, mile run, pole vault, high Jump.
running broad jump the 220-yard hurdles
and mile and half-mile bicycle races. Gold
medals are to be awarded to all first place
winners and silver ones to second place
men. The athletes already at the univer-
sity form the nucleus of a strong team
and assure their alma mater of a good
showing in the matter of points. The
prominent men who have returned thus
lar. and who will enter the contests, are:
Julius Walsh, '9S, the fast short distance
sprinter; Frank McAnerney, '9S, and VIM.
Maloney, two excellent hurdlers, the latter
also being a good man in the dashes: Geo.
Lyons, 1901, fast quarter and half-miler;
5. Logan Owens. 1901, promising man at
the short distances and the hurdles: NJ
Malsl, 1901, strong broad jumper; Chas.
Claiborne. 80, an excellent man at pole
vaulting and high jumping. and L. Maggie,
a good mile runner.
Besides these men, the students count on
the early return of Bernard ]. Wefers the
peerless Splinter, who has been doing such
wonderful work all the summer. and the
probable attendance of John Flanagan the
champion hammer thrower, who has also
done exceptional work during the season
just closed, and Long, the champion quar-
ter-miler. -. 80 = ~.
With the attendance this year of wefers
and Long, in addition to Lyons and ].
Walsh, Georgetown will undoubtedly have
the champion relay team of the country
With this expected array of talent, George
town may be looked forward to for many
surprises during the season of 'g7-'9S
Star Foiatc-'s New Record.
In one of the most sensational races ever
seen On the Illinois state fair grounds
and in the presence of over G0Oo0 people
Star Pointer yesterday afternoon at Spring
field, defeated Joe Patchen, his formidable
rival and in addition lowered the worlds
pacing record for a race, making the mile
in 300 ID. The fastest mile heretofore
made in a race was i'm 2:o1, which was
made at Indianapolis on September is by
Star Pointer, when he defeated Joe Pat
chen.
The time by quarters-First, 0:29 81; sec
CEd LOO; third, 80 IA; mile, 200 1-2
Scnade Wins Eour Mara
Fred Schade of Georgetown University
is still keeping up his winning gait in en-
deavoring to equal Zimmerman's great
record. By winning all the open and handi-
cap races at Roanoke yesterday he sweIIed
his record up to sixty-one first prizes
His wins were as follows: One mile
handicap; time, DID. One half-mile open:
time, LOS Is. Three mile handicap. time
TIA, state record. One mile open; time,
2:19
The Janey-Beckwith Contest.
The Eureka Athletic Club of Baltimore.
whose club house was burned to the ground
Thursday morning, has secured tenn
porary club house for the twenty-round
battle between Jim Janey Of Washington
and Lon Beckwith of Cleveland. The quar-
tiers secured are at Hesse's Park and the
club house formerly used by the Empire
Athletic Club will be brought into service
The management of the Eureka Athletic