Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-14
FIELD AND TRACK SPORTS
Athletic Games to Pc Held at Association
Park September %.
Exciting Contest for the Shield Prom
ised-some 81 the Local Entries
The officials.

The pentathion championship games of
the Eastern Division, Athletic League OF
North America. to be held here September
81 will be under the auspices of the local
Y. NJ c. A., and will be given at the Asso-
citation Park. corner of 18th and c streets.
There will also be ten open handicaps for
athletic clubs, schools and colleges. The
eastern division inc udes cities as far north
as Albany and Buffalo and far west as
Pittsburg. 1t is expected that representa-
tves will be present from all these sec
tons. which will make the entry list one
of the largest of any games ever held in
Washington. The games committee of the
Washington Y NJ c. A, which has charge
of all the arrangements has to erect a
grand stand in front of the tennis courts.
Seats in this stand will command an ad-
vantageous view of the whole field and es-
pecia,ly Of the finishes.
An Exciting Contest.
The committee has also had made q very
handsome hand-carved shield, to be award
ed the championship team. Points in the
championships will be scored according to
the pentathlon system, and men scoring
200, 800 or 100 will be awarded bronze, sill
yer and gold medals. respectively.
The contest for the shield is going to be
very exciting between teams from Balti-
more. Philadelphia, New York, Washing
ton and Wilkesbarre. OF these Wilkesbarre
is the darkest horse and nothing is known
OF their exact strength. But the fact that
they are wi ling to compete against such
good men as come from the Central
Branch, Baltimore Y. NJ. c.. a., and the
Central and Pennsylvania Railroad Branch
Y NJ. {. AS of Philadelphia is good in
dication of their ability. BESIDES these there
VIII be teams from the north which must be
counted on, so that the result vii be I'M
certain until the last event has been de-
ciGed.
Some Local Entries.
The local entry list will be quite large
including men from the Carroll Institute
Georgetown University, Central High
School. Columbian University and Wood
side Athletic Club. The representatives of
the after organization will be watched
with especial interest, as it is the first time
the club has been represented in open COM
petition. But the work of the Woodside
athletes in club games has been so high
class that their performances on the I'D
VIII De among the best. McElhone, in the
nish jump, pole vau t and broad jump, and
wilson, in the haif-me and mile runs
nave been doing especially well of late
ana are expected to be in front at the fin
ish. Dowe,l and Lowry tarnham are two
other Woodsde men who are in good form
.ne former in the running broad jump and
the latter in the sprints and high jump.
carroll Institute has several first-c.ass
weight men, and DajY in the mile run
! should give a good account of himself
Captain Muliigafl of The Georgetown Uni
versty track team will represent the blue
ana gray In the sprints. He will have with
MIN Sheridan and Dessez, who are both
last IN the half-m4ie ard mile runs.
FROM the crack team of the Central High
ochool will come Capt.NDick Dear and sew
era. OF MS best men. While Spaulding and
MelSS Will represent Columbian in the quar-
night. TC
Track and Field officials
The referee witr C. H. Hepburn, the
secretary of theta. LIN. A. The inspec-
tors are A. Wesley Grafton, j. p. Tade,
W. p. Buell. and r. r Smith, all of the
Y. NJ c. A. The track judges will be Maui
rice Joyce of Carroll Institute, W. II. Nc
Dermott of Johns9 Hopkins and w. II. Jose
or the l.. A. w. The field judges will be ].
II. Doyle of the Potomac Boat Club. j. p.
=. Du1y of the Georgetown University
Athletic Association and A M. McCor-
mack.
The timers viii be W. Cortiss, ir.. of the
Woodslde Athletic Club J. r. Elder of the
7. a. e.. j. I. Crossey, J. A. Heydler and
j; Woerner. ir. The starter will be w. H..
foiey or Georgetown University. The
clerks OF the course viii be NJ 3. Rideout
ana e A. Holton, the physical director
and the assistant director, respectively, of
the Y. M. c. A. The field scorer will be
Robert Farnham, jr.. of the Woodside Attn
The track scorer will be o. P. Schmidt
OF the Potomac Boat Club. The pentathon
scorer will be j. r. Cornelius of the Bait
more Y: M. c. A. The measurers will be
T.. M Wilson and H. English of the Cen
trail High School. The field marshal will
be ). e. jerks Of the Y. NJ. c. A. The OFF,
oaai reporter will be q. B. Wilkins Of the