The evening times., 1899-02-04
COMING ATHLETIC
EVENT IN This CITY
Georgetown University to Hold
an Indoor Meet.
To Take Place in Convention Hall
Oh March ii.
Manager Dufy's ED1rts Crowned
With Success-Crack sprinters
to Meet.

an indoor meet in this city of such pro-
portions as to attract the attention of the
collegiate world and TO demonstrate that
the Washington college is valuable friend
of amateur sports of the field and track.
This desire was never realized, however,
owing TO various causes. The principal OBJ
lection was the great expense that would
result from such an undertaking. The
managers in the past did not think that
results would warrant the risk OF an IN
debtedness of nearly $1,000.
This year has made a difference. Mr..
James p. B. Duffy, of Rochester, y. Y,
the manager of the field and track team,
has proved himself a hustler. When he
suggested such meet, the executive COM
mttee was very much in doubt about Civ
ing its consent. but Mr.. Duffy soon brought
abOEt a decision by raising nearly $500
among the students to be used in paying
of any expense not satisfied by the re-
ceiptS of the meet.
This expression of confidence from the
student body was most encouraging as 1t
was subscribed in two hours. AS result
all forces have joined hands in an effort
| to push the enterprise to a successful is
sue. 1t is the intention TO sustain the
high standard set by Georgetown as an
encourager of field and track athletics by
affording local collegiate scholastic, and
other amateurs an opportunity to show
their abilities. The general public will
have their tastes satisfied by a varied list
of special attractions. Team racing will
be made a feature and local teams will
compete as well as college teams of stand
ing.
To Encourage Athletic Work.
prominent motive of the patrons OF
the meet is to encourage the school boys
and the young men of the various high
! and academic schools in their athletic
work. Special events viii be open TO them
! and every effort will be made TO bring
out the abilities of the youngsters.
! A great many of the leading friends Of
! amateur athletics have been called in
! TO consultation and have promised their
! best efforts to interest the public in the
event. Washington has never seen any
! thing of its nature before and the novelty
! will probably bring out large attend
/ ance. 1t is hoped that the meet will be
/ held annually and - certainly will if the
/ public back it properly. On January l3
/ almost 5000 people attended the games
! held in Madison Square Garden New
| York. In Boston TWO monster meetings
are held annually at which thousands Of
| people cheer the competitors, and on
March l, at the Academy OF Music. Phla-
! delphia, Will seen a big meeting held un-
| der the auspices of the newspapers of the
| city. Two more big meetings are sched-
uled for New York city. From these
facts the promoters OF the local meet
argue that Washington surely should be
| able 10 support at least one meet
The games will be held in Convention
! Hall on the evening of March IL 4 10
lap track will be measured and the cor
ners Will be banked. The largest indoor
track in the country has always been the
one at Madison Square Garden. New York,
and il measures ten laps to the mile.
| From tFi seer hat excellva,
opportunities will be afforded the com
| petitors for good work. The banking of
the corners Will be abrupt because of the
| narrowness of the hall There will be a
| straightaway OF 19S feet on either side
| and the spectators will see some pretty
| brushes as the runners come into the
| stretch II was the intention of the man
. agement 10 provide for dash Of sixty
! yards. but this distance was shortened 10
| fifty in order TO allow longer finish for
| the runners.
Reservations for Spectators
The gallery will be reserved for the stu
that they may effectively cheer their rep
resentatives in the various events. In ad-
dition to the double tier of seats now on
either side of the hall there Will be placed
| three tiers and at the upper end of the
hall, where the temporary stage is usually
seen, a large bleacher will be erected. This
structure will seat four hundred people
and will contain the choicest seats. T, on
them the occupants will be able 10 lool
right down on the finish of every event
The start of all the dashes will be at the
entrance end of the hall and the finish Jus
opposite An excellent feature about Con
vention Hall is that every seat in il il
good for the purpose of this meet. Ther,
is no part of the hall that is out of thl
range of any spectator with the exception
| of some of the back seats in the gallery
Every seat will be numbered and reserves
and large force of ushers from the stu
dent body of the college Will see that th
holder of coupon gets what he paid fer
The events which will be open TO al
amateurs and which will be handical
events follow: Fifty-yard dash, 22O-yar,
dash, 440-yard run $50 yard run, one mil
run, running high jump, and shot put
There viii be one open scratch event,
potato race. The closed events are: Fo
collegians, 50-yard dash (scratchl, SS0-yar
run tscratchl; for school boys, 5G-yac
dash (handicap), and SS0-yard run (handi
cap).
A novelty in the line of athletic event
| will be the potato race. This is a recC Q
niZed sport of the American Athlati
Union and is very much the same as th
old picnic favorite. The only difference
that a finish of fifteen yards back of III
cans is required The sport has been fol
lowed for number of years at the Rosto
meets and always affords exciting finishes
The team races proposed will cause nuc
1 mi viii ha
against the University of Virginia and Co
| lumbian will run Johns Hopkins. Thes
races promise TO be close and we'll run A
invitation will be sent to the University q
Pennsylvania TO send team to run tn
Carlisle Indian School. The Indians a
not as good runners as they are footba
players but will put up a good race if the
accept the invitation. Gallaudet will
invited to meet the Georgetown Preps, an
the Central, Eastern Western, and Busi
ness High Schools will be matched
Crack Sprinters to Meet
An event which will be interesting vii
be the 50-yard dash for collegians In thi
Tewksbury, of the University of Pennsyl
vania, and Mulligan, of Georgetown, vii
meet again. They ran 60 yards at the re
cent games in New York, the former win
ming by short space, and another tria
VIII test Wnethef Muillsan is going TO q
anything at Mott Haven this year. Th
management will also invite Walsh, of S
Francis Xavier College, New York, WIN
rap third in the same race
A great many men are out every day q
Georgetown trying for places on the team
They are being watched by William
Foley, the trainer and J. E. Mulligan, cap
tain. The following is list of the cand
dates: For the sprints-McAuley, law
Walsh 1901; Barry, 1901; O'Shea, 1895
| Fleming, 1901; Keane, 1901; Finn, Law
Owens, 1902; McAieer, 1900; Helm, aaw
Downs, law; Wolfe, 1901; Brown, 1906
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