The Washington times., 1902-04-13
Colleges Ready to En-
courage SchooIboy
Athletes.
PENNSYLVANlA'S Big OPEN MEET
Standing of Teams in Various
Local Leagues.
INDOOR SEASON IS CLOSING
Standing of Y. M. C. A. Ball Pla ers.
Probable Entries in May a. Contests.
Program of Guards Track and Field
Games-Potomac Boat Club.

Many of our best athletes have come
from the schoolboy ranks, and that fact
is being more and more recognized by
athletic clubs and colleges. The former
are each year adding numbers to the pro-
grams of their meet, open only to juniors
or schoolboys, and the colleges, never
very long in taking up new features in
the interest of athletics, are doing the
same thing in their open meets.
Yale was the first to look earnestly into
the matter, and having gone over the
field thoroughly, has decided to foster
Junior athletics to the extent of giving
meet open to schools and academies only,
and the big affair will be held next month
at New Haven, and will draw TO its
entries from all the schools in the East
which encourage athletics. and it prom
ises to be the biggest AFFAIR of the kind
ever held in this country. The Central
High, and probably the Western High and
Emerson. viii be represented.
Pennsy in the Field, Too.
Second only to the Yale meet will be
the one open to schools to be held by the
University of Pennsylvania at Franklin
Field, Philadelphia, on May %. The af-
fair will be championship meet, and Will
be open to all schools Of the Middle
States. which comprises all of New Jersey
south of New York Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Delaware, and the District Of
Columbia
Among the prominent schools which will
inh
School, the public and pay schools OF
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Baltimore, and
this city, which latter will send entries
from Central and Emerson Institute, and
the School for Boys.
The Events and Prizes.
The events which will be contested are
the same as in the intercollegiate meet
and include the following: One hundred
yard dash, 220-yard dash, quarter, half
mile and two-mile run, 120 and 220-yard
hurdle. high jump, broad jump, hammer
throw, shot put and pole vault. Gold,
silver and bronze prizes will be awarded
10 the winners, and team medal will be
given to the school winning the most
points at the meet. Points will be scored
lust the same as in the intercollegiate;
five for first, three for second, two for
third and one for fourth.
All entries must be In before May =,
and the number of entries from each
school in one event is limited to four.
Dickinson's Invitation Meet.
The athletic management of Dickinson
College OF Carlisle. Pa, has de-
cided also to come in line with meet
for schools.
Its affair is to be an invitation meet
next month and Invitations have been
sent to the following: Mercersburg,
steelton High School, Harrisburg High
School, Dickinson Seminary, Chambers
burg Academy and St. James Academy, of
Hagerstown, Nd, and the schools of this
city.
Arrangements are being made for the
reception and banquet of all the visiting
contestants. The prizes offered will be
banners-one to the team winning the
relay race and one to the school scoring
the highest number of points.
The following events will be open to
both college and preparatory schools:
One hundred yard dash, 120-yard hurdle,
22O-yard hurdle. one-mile run, broad jump,
pole vault, 12-pound shot, 12-pound ham
mer and 2-mile run.
Standing of the Teams.
One after another OF the local leagues
is closing its season and the members of
The various teams are anXiously awaiting
the publication of the averages by the
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