Evening star., 1899-02-04

also be provided with seats. The whole
of the balcony will b. reserved tor the
young people so that they may attend and
cheer their representatives,
Arrangements have been made to lay off
a ten-!aD track, thus producing a course
equal to that at Madison Square Garden,
New York The banks at the corners will
be abrupt, owing to the narrOWncSs of the
hall. The straightaway on either side will
be about 19S feet, but the snriuts will be
run down the ceEter of the floor. There
will be Il fifty-yard dash, with a forty-foot
| finish A novelty will be introduced in the
event known the potato race. This
closely resembles the popular game of that
name and Is a most wearing trial on the
competitors. 1t has been followed with
good deal of interest at the Boston meets
where the record for the event has been
repeatedly lowered. There Will be an at
! tempt made to establish a new record for
| the fifty-yard high hurdles with four
| flights. There is no record for the dis
| tance, the nearest distances being sixty
| and forty yards.
The events which will be open to all anna
| tcurs and which will be handicap events
| follow:
Fffty-yard run. 22O-yard run, 44O-yard
run, SS0-yard run, one-n1ile run, running
| high jump and shot put. The potato race
will be scratch and open to all. The closed
events will be: For collegians, JO-yard run
| (scratch). SStyard run (scratch). for school
| boys, JG-yard run (handicap), and SSO-yard
| run (handicap.)
| The team Races proposed will cause much
! interest Georgetown will be matched
! against thu University of Virginia and
| Columbian will run Johns Hopkins. These
| races promise to be close and we'll run
| An invitation will be sent to the University
| of Pennsylvania to send a team to run
/ the Carlisle Indian School The Indians
are not such good runners as they are foot
| ball players, but will put up a good race
/ if they accept the invitation
Gallaudet will be invited to meet the
| georgetown PreDS, and the Central E,aS
| ern and Western and Business High
| Schools have been matched.
An event which will be interesting will
be the ffty-yard run for collegians In
/ this Tewksbury, the University of Penn
| sylvania crack, and Mulligan Of George
| town will meat again. They ran sixty
yards at the recent games in New York,
| the former winning by a short space and
| another trial will show whether Mulligan
| is going to do anything at Mott Haven
| this year or not. The management will
| alsD invite Walsh Of st. Francis Xavier
| College. New York, who finished third in
| the same, to compete.
| great many men are out every day at
Georgetown trying for places on the team
| They are being watched by William H.
! Foley. the trainer. and J. E. Mulhgan. cap
| tain. The following is a list of the can
| didates:
For the sprints-McAuley. law; Wash,
| 1901; Barry. 1901; O'Shea, 1899: Fleming
| 1901; Keane. 1901; Finn, law; Owens, 1902;
| McAleer, 1900; Helm, law; Downs law;
Wolfe. 1901; Brown. 1900; Horsey. 1901;
Bud Smith. med; Devlin, 1902 and Multi
| gan, law.
| For the quarter mile are Kenna. law: Des-
| sez, law: Hirst 1902; Finn, law; O'Shea,
| 1899; Fleming, 1901; Walsh, 1901; Bach
| law; Downs, law; Lynch. 1902; Clarke, 1892
and Mulligan, law.
Among the half-milers and milers are:
| Dessez. law; Sheridan. 1901 Hlrst, 1902;
| Applegarth. 1899; Loughlin. law; Rice, law;
| Oracle. 1901: Franey, 1902. and Ruff law.
| Those training he
| lass, 1901 Horsey. 1901; NJ. L. O'Brien law
| w. II. A O'Neill, law; Hirst. 1902; McAu-
| ley law; Keane, 1901; Wilson, 1902, and
| Boden. law. For the high jump are Lough-
| lin, law; SOmmers. P. c.; Holt, 1902;
/ O'Neil law; Knowles, law; Ryan 1902;
| Colgin law, and Collins, law
| For shot-putters the men trying are:
Lynch. 1902; G. Long, law; Murphy, 1901;
| Walsh, 1901; e. A. Long, law; Moore, 1900;
| kenna, law, and Coombs, medical
| The most likely men for the relay team
| are: Muliigan. Dessez, Owens Downs,
| Walsh. Fleming. Barry. Sheridan. Hirst
| kenna, OShea and Lynch