The times., 1901-04-07
AMONG AMATEUR ATHLETES
Local Interest in 'Pennsy's' Annual
Outdoor Relay Carnival.
Probable Entries From This City.
Infantry's Game With All-Wasb-
ington Team-Corcorans May Play
at Atlantic City-GoiGcn Eagles.

Infantry's Game With Wash
ington Team-COrcorans May Play
nt Atlantic City-GoIdcn Eagles.
| To the Athletic Association of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania belongs the hon
or or having introduced relay races, that
most delightfully."- interesting and exciting
/ form Of contests.
First these contests took the form of
indoor races and became favorite from
the start, and now wherever they are
held they are the great drawing card of
the games. Latterly the indoor relay of
! the winter was followed by the outdoor
relay. Gradually the distances for the
mile relay is being increased, and a mile
/ for each cf the duartette is spoken of for
! early Introduction at Boston.
! The annual outdoor relay carnival at
| Franklin Field Pennsy's athletic home,
! will be held April q Already some thirty
! colleges and sixty schools have entered.
| Yale. Harvard, Princeton. Pennsylvania,
/ Cornell Columbia and Chicago have en-
tered teams, while Georgetown and Mich
igan are expecting to send teams
The two-mile race will be especially
! exciting. all of the above colleges having
signified their intention of entering for
this event especially. Princeton won this
event last year
Pennsy will have two teams In the
one-mie relay the big team will have
three of last years team-CoOk, Westney,
and Drumheller. The latter is a great
runner as he proved on the occasion OF
the Georgetown University games In
addition to these Tewksbury stands ready
for any event calling for speed and en-
durance There will also be a two-mile
relay race in which Stewart of this city
and Alex. Grant win appear The rest
Of the team win be selected from among
Bushnell, Standin, Brown, Klaer, Earn
shaw, and Israel.
1t will be especially attractive for the
local school teams, Of whom the acknowl-
edged leader in this line of sport is the
Central High School. Emerson Institute
and the Friends Select School are favor
ite institutions of learning which are
growing in influence in the athletic line
daily. All three may be counted on TO
send teams anxious TO meet such cele-
brated entrants as Marston's, Penning-
ton, Drexel Institute, and Temple College.
ATHLETICS AT Y. NJ c. A.
After quite an extended seeason of
training the members of the athletic team
of the Young Mems Christian Association
are taking a rest and the new work for
will not be taken up until next week.
Word has been received here that the
games committee Of the Johns Hopkins
Athletic Association has rendered a de-
cision favorable to the Y. NJ c. a. of this
city in the controversy over the relay
race held in Baltimore last month, and in
which it was claimed that members of
both teams were guilty of fouling. Ply
steal Directors Rideout and Beckett and
the members of the team are very much
pleased over the decision, not only be-
cause the team won the race, but because
it is held bIameless and retains its good
name for clean sportsmanship.
After nearly a-month and a half the |
final decision in the pole vault event |
started at the Baltimore Athletic Club |
games has been rendered, and Ravens |
burg, who was tied for honors, last week !
won out, clearing the bar at feet 10 /
inches, with an 1S-inch handicap added.
The candidates for places on the base |
ball team are taking practice right along /
and selections viii be made shortly. The |
work of the candidates is good and the |
indications are that the association will |
have a stronger team than last year.
CoRCoRAN CADET CORPS.
Since the Corcoran Cadet Corps defeat
ed the Light Infantry basketball team /
for the second time last week Manager
has worn broad smile and /
seems as much pleased as if he had land
ed the pennant.
Captain Heffner is being complimented /
on all sides upon the splendid work of his
team this season, and especially against /
the Infantry team.
The men are in good condition. and
their work is of high order. Their open
passing is very clear and in effectiveness
is not approached by any other team in
the league.
1t is suggested as these players under
stand one another so well, and as a result |
put up such a fast team game, that for
the good of the sport the team be kept
together as it is and next season it should
have no trouble in winning the pennant,
which it has so long and earnestly striven
for.
The candidates for the baseball team
will meet Captain Edwards next week
and arrange for putting a team in the
ield TO play local teams. The team Will
1ot become a member Of the District
League.
1t is quite probable that the basketball
cam will accept the invitation of one OF
he piers at Atlantic City to play a set
Jions of New Jersey.
LIGHT INFANTRY ATHLETICS.
Arrangements have been completed by
Neumeyer for the basketball
game to be played by the Washington
light Infantry team and the All-Wash-
ngtons. as announced last week. April |
A has been fixed upon as the date and
he Infantry Armory the place for the
ontest, which promises to be of unusual
nterCs
The Infantry now has lead for the
league championship and the opposing
cam will be made up Of stars from |
ach Of the other League teams
The lineup viii be rs follows:
Washington Light Infantry Corps: Lotus or
burnett, right forward; Deyin, left forward;
kendall or Taylor, centre; Lyl,1h Gates right |
ack; Shreeve (capt.), left back.
All Washington: Pearson Brick. Of Cor !
orans, right forward; DAILY. OF Potomacs left
onward; O'idgaH, Of GibTaltars, centre; Boyd, !
I Eastern Athletic right back; McQuadc (capt) J.
I VI. {. A, left back.
The Infantry received its second shock |
his season last week at the hands of the
'Orcoran Cadets through whom they have
Uttered their only defeats this season.
The team put up strong game in the
rst half. but lack Of practice told on the
laYcrs in the last half and they went TO
eces and lost. The players are natu-
ally sore over their second defeat but
i've the Corcorans credit for putting up
very fine game
Lotus and his goal throwing was miss
d. IT is a question whether the result
would have been changed by the substi-
ution of any players, although one Of the | 4
lembeTs believes that Taylor would have III
trengthened the lineup.
1t is proposed by the athletic commit
&c and physical instructors TO enter the
infantry athletic team in all local and