The Washington times., 1902-02-09
Pennsylvania and the Local
Runners Will Be Matched
in One Big Event.
DUFFEY is IN FINE FORM
Many of the Cracks VIII Come TO
Fight the Events Which Did Not
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bia T.o-Niie ReInH-I. VI. {. \.
Teams VIII Compete for Interciiy
HOnors.

With exactly two weeks remaining be-
fore the big indoor athletic meet at Con-
venticn HaH. the Georgetown varsity
management is busy listing the entries
and arranging the special events that
will make the programme complete. and
is greatly encouraged at the large mum
ber of participants expected.
Men from almost all the principal ath-
letic clubs and colleges of the country
have signified their intention of taking
part in the numerous events, and more
than one record is in danger of being
broken 10 splinters.
Manager Thompson spent Monday and
Tuesday in Philadelphia and New York.
and succeeded in persuadng quite a num-
Der of prominent athletes TO come down.
All that remains to be done now is to get
the hall in shape. ard call the first num-
Der on the list, and for two or three hours
the Washington public will have the fin
est opportunity In its history 10 witness
high-class sprinters and jumpers.
Practice at Georgetown.
AS the time draws near. the number of
men training for the different events is
increasing. Two hundred or more men
are using the indoor track at the local
college. OF this number. only seventy or
more are of Georgetown. The manage
ment has thrown the track open to the
schoolboys OF the District. and all are TAX
ing advantage of this kindness. The high
schools send over the largest number of
aspirants and should make the inter-
scholastic events exceedingly interesting
for the outsiders.
The Emerson Institute and Friends Sc
1ect are not far behind in numbers. and
what they lack in this respect they make
up in quality. II has been settled that
the local high schools will have a relay
race all to themselves, as heretofore. Last
year this race was one of the most in
teresting of the meet, and the boys say
that it will be The same this year. The
Centrals won last year, but II is prob
able they will have TO go faster this year
than ever before TO retain the champion
ship.
The management has not definitely de-
cided yet who is to be pitted against the
Emerson and Friends but it is likely that
the other teams will be the Friends Sc
lect. of Philadelphia, and the Marstons
University School. Thus. the local boys
will have to exert themselves to keep the
prizes in Washington. But. Judging from
form, they stand very good show
Pennsy in the Relay.
The only race that has been settled def
nitely between the larger colleges is the
Pennsylvania Georgetown. These teams
have met several Tins in the past. and
the races have always been most exciting
and it is expected that this year will
prove no exception. The Georgetown boys
are in fine form. and the same can be said
nf hn lnhi In, :. ig
rumored that Pennsylvania has never had
such a fast team as this year. and unless
the local boys have something up
their sleeves" it is very uncertain about
their defeating the Red and Blue repre-
sentatiyes.
Princeton md Yale. Too.
Princeton and Yale will probably fight
it out and should succeed in keeping the
public keyed up TO the highest pitch of
excitement. Little or nothing is known of
the men who are to represent these ia
nous colleges, but il is certain that both
teams will be the best that can be
lected from the large number of candi-
dates, and a good race will be the out
come.
Columbia and Cornell Racers.
Columbia and Cornell will furnish the
race of the evening, as the greatest riv-
airy exists between the two, and as Co
lumbia has defeated the Cornellians in
the two-mile relay the boys from up the
State will strive to get revenge here.
Notre Dame and Holy Cross will most
likely be pitted against each other. pro-
vided the Boston team will consent. The
Westerners consented to come East pro-
yided they were matched against a fast
team, ana the management is certain that
will he diSannOinfpd in this
spect.
Flanagan The Worlds Champion.
Among the stars expected to appear is
one who seldom fails to break a record
whenever he makes the attempt. This
man is Flanagan, the champion weight
thrower The management is endeavoring
TO get Flanagan TO enter the sixteen pound
shot put. II he enters the event il is al
most foregone conclusion that he will
break the record. There are quite num-
Der of good men in this event, and Mr..
Flanagan>will not have walkover by any
means.
Handicap Too Much for Duffey.
The Georgetown boys who took part in
the Knickerbocker games in New York
last Saturday did not show up as well as
was expected. Duffey, who started in the
tiANs sesl u Adhi4AopB NdS lie
was running in very good form, but the
Handicapped evidently thought he was
faster than he really is The winner of
the event had handicap of seventeen
feet on the little champion, and was
never headed. Duffey will start in for
fy-yard special tonight at Boston, and 1t
is hoped that he will succeed In giving a
good account of himself. The relay team
will race the team representing Holy
Gross College, and a good race is looked
for The team to represent the Blue and
Gray is composed OF Holland, Reilly, Ed
monston, and Owens, with Abbattichio as
substitute. IT is thought among the stu
dents that Georgetown will win the event,
but Just how fast the local team is is not
known. 1t is hoped that they will prove
themselves to be OF the first class, as the
Students can then figure with some GER
tainty as TO what the outcome of the
Georgetown Pennsylvania race here will
be.
One of the events which promises to be