The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10

An unusual amount of interest is being
manifested here and in other athletic cen
tres in the indoor track and field meet to
be held March 2 at Convention Hall under
the direction of the Georgetown Univer-
sity Athletic Association
The committee on entries is having
splendid success and if all promises are
kept the programme on the evening of
March will find each event full of actual
starters and little or no deadwood
Among the features recently agreed
upon was the relay race for the four col
lege classes. Another feature along the
same line is open to all college teams and
prominent among those who viii appear
are Columbia and Cornell, who have an
annual race and always agree to run it
off on neutral track. Brown Prepare
tory School will send down fast team TO
line up against some of our high school
teams.
1t is very probable that Annapolis and
West Point can be induced to send relay
teams. A race between the army and
navy would be a great attraction and the
presence of the teams would undoubtedly
draw out a big crowd. II would seem the
proper thing to make an annual race of
it and hold it here, just as the football
games between these institutions have be-
come an annual fixture elsewhere.
The events open TO schools will serve TO
draw out large entry list.
In the individual contests there will ap-
pear nearly all the crack performers OF
the country. and In the track events the
local flyers. Duffy. Minnehan, Holland.
Sheridan. Dessez, and Ford, will be kept
busy out-fOoting the visitors.
The result of last Saturdays race at
Madison Square Garden. where Duffy lost
the 60-yard dash to an unknown and almost
unneard of Splinter showed plainly that
the holder of the worlds records was not
in prime condition. Finishes" are his
strong card and it was at the finish that
he lost the event.
He viii give a better account Of him
self next Saturday night when he will
start in the special 40-yard race in the
games to be held under the auspices OF
the Boston Athletic Association.
Entries for the Georgetown games close
February q. with James p. B. Duffy,
Chairman of Games Committee.
The events TO be run of are:
Athletic eyents-j0-yard dash 220-y6Td
dash. 440-yard dash, one-mile run, 50-yard
hurdle running high jump. putting 16-
pound shot (al handicapsl, and a regi-
mental team race
Collegiate events-50-yard desh. SSo-
yard run, and relay races for colleges.
Events for school boys; open to all
schools in The United States-50-yard dash
Chandicap), SS0zyard run (haElicap), and
relay races.
Those called athletic events are open to
athletic" clubs and Y. NJ c. A. Both
will have large representations. and the
local y. NJ. c. A. hopes to have entries
in. every event.
Athletics at Y. VI. c. 4.
The baseball team Of he Young Mems
Christian Association demonstrated in
Baltimore last Saturday that it can win
as we'll abroad as al home and added an
other victory o the seasons string. II
handily defeated the Fifth Regiment team
to score of u to 6.
Much Of the credit for the victory is
due to Speare's splendid pitching, he hav-
ing thirteen strikeouts to his credit He
had splendid support and the whole team
felded and batted as If a championship
depended upon ii.
The Fifth Regiment team will play
return game here February %.
The indoor contests for the all round !
championship of the association have been
caIled OH temporarily ana instead OF the
games February S and %. the preliminary
trials for eligibility to entry in the Bal
timore Athletic Club and the Georgetown
Varsity games, February 16 and March 2,
respectively, will be held on the evenings
named.
The association championships will be !
taken up again March s, and the re- |
manning dates of the series are fixed for !
March % and April IL.
The basketball team will play the Cen |
trail Y. NJ. c. A. at Baltimore March 16 |