Evening star., 1898-04-30
TO run At FRANKLIN FJEu.D
departure of the Central Htrh Scboo
Relay Team.

VI s"e central High School
Relay Team.
For the second successive year tho cen.
f1al High School of this city will be renre-
sented in the University of Pennsylvania.s a
annual intercollegiate and interscholastic
relay race meet at Philadelphia, which will
be held this afternoon at Franklin field
the pennsylvania athletic grounds All the
leading colleges and schools will be repre-
sented Last year the Central school team
astonished every enc by the easy way in
which they won their race, and incidentally
the national scholastic championship.
The team which will represent the school
In the Quaker city left the city yesterday.
accompanied by Trainer Foley and a num-
Der Of Central school boys. The contesting
schools are the same as last year, with
the addition of the Brooklyn. N. Y. High
School. This Is regarded as the fastest
high school class at the meet and the win
ming team is considered champion
me team which will represent the city
and the High Schools comprise George w
Curtlss, 9S captain: c. D. Young, '9S:
Percy Wilson, 1900; w. G. Stuart. '9S, and
Ray Saffold, 1900, substitute Captain Cur
tss is one of the best known school boy
atnleteS in the east. His success has not
been confined to victory over local COM
petitors, although he is District scholastic
champion In the running high jump pole
vault and 22o yards hurdles. He has
beaten the best jumpers and yaulters of
Baltimore and other cities At the Prince
ton University handicap games last Sat
urday. Curtiss was entered in the running
high jump and pole vault. Although
heavily handcapr ed in the latter over
a number of college men, the Washington
High School boy was an easy winner. In
the high jump the handicap was very un-
just, yet Curtiss finished third. He is con-
sGered the best all-round athlete in the
Iorfnr 20 =
seconds. He will run the second quarter
Young is another District scholastic
champion, being the fastest man in the
District in the 100 and 30 yards dashes.
his best figures being 10 2-5 and % As
seconds, respectively. He has not been
outside tine city to any extent. He ran in
the forty-yard handicap at the Boston COL
lege games in February, against the fastest
of college sprinters, and was only beaten
yard. At the quarter Young is among the
fastest in school boy ranks, having gone
the distance in fifty-three seconds Young
will run the third lap at Philadelphia.
The last lap will be run by Stuart, the
captain of Centrafs track team. He Is
well known among scholastic athletes,
being the present local champion in the
half-mile and mile runs. and also the Dis
trict ten-mfle champion. At the Boston
college meet in February he won the mile
run in 4:41, beating out field of twenty
starters. Stuart's best record for the quar-
ter is 50 As.
are Wilson and Saffold, who replace Run
and Farrow. Both Of these men has been
on the track but one year. but they have
developed into exceptionally fast runners.
Wilson. who will run the first lap of to-
morrow's race. Is considered Conner by
Trainer Foley. He has very pretty.
strong stride, ald is consistent reliable
performer, having made the distance sew
eral times in fifty-five seconds.
Saffold. the substitute. has yet a reputa-
ton to make on the track. This is his first
year in training. but his development has
been very gratifying to Trainer Foley.
Sanold will undoubtedly cut quite a figure