The Washington times., 1902-02-16

The Georgetown University indoor ath
letic games. which will take place at
Convention Hall next Saturday evening,
promise to be the biggest meet of the
kind ever held in the South The entry
list is by far the largest in the history
of the university athletic association. and
the high class of the men has seldom been
equaled On any track.
The entries closed Friday night, and
the management is greatly encouraged
with the outlook. The athletes who will
participate are of the very highest rank
in the collegiate and athletic world, and
several records are in danger of being
smashed on the evening of Washington's
Birthday anniversary.
Relay Races "a Feature.
The relay races Will again be the great
feature OF the meet. Among the colleges
that will send teams fer the relay events
IS Pennsylvania which will be paired with
Georgetown, as heretofore, and this event.
of course. will be one of the most eXcit-
ing OF the evening. There is friendly
rivalry between the two institutions, and
both always put forth their best men and
efforts to capture the event. The George
town team is in fine condition for this
race, and the men are determined that
they will duplicate their performance of
February s, when they ran away from the
Hcly Cross team in Boston. Holland ami
Rieley are conceded to have run the last
est relays at the Boston games. and even
then they did not extend themselves. Both
are several seconds faster than their time
at Boston indicates. Pennsylvania is said
to have the fastest team the institution
has put on the track for several years,
and therefore very fast race aan be
looked for.
Cornell and Notre Dame.
Another race which is attracting more
than passing interest at Georgetown is
that between Cornell and Notre Dame.
These two teams are conceded to De two
of the very fastest in the collegiate
world and should make a rafting good
race. Notre Dame comes East for the
first time with a reputation to be envied,
and it is certain that the institution is
sending the best men that can be found
Some of the men hold records for several
events in the Western intercollegiate AS
ISOLATION. When the management of Notre
Dame first wrote to Georgetown. they re-
quested that its team be pitted against
the fastest team in the East, showing that
the Western boys have plenty of conf
dence in their ability TO win against any
body. Cornell is equally confident, and
will no doubt be pleased to learn that
she is to meet the crack team of the
West. This will, indeed be a duel be-
tween the East and West.
Williams Against Columbia.
The crack Williams College team which
defeated the Amherst team at Boston on
the Sth inst. will in all probability be
resentatives. and will make either of
them run faster than ever before TO come
out ahead. AT the Boston games the
Williams team ran the distance in 3
minutes and u seconds. only four-fifths
OF second behind Harvard's world rec
ord
Johns Hopkins and NiIIanoyH
Another relay race that promises to
be most exciting is the Johns Hopkins
NillanOva match. These teams are said
to be very fast, and are not only out to
win. but also to make new record for
the distance. There are several other of
the larger colleges entered in this event
but the management has yet to decide
upon the pairing of them.
InterschoIastic Events
The interscholastic relays will indeed
prove interesting. The list is headed by
the race for the championship Of the Dis
trict and it will be a fight to the tape.
This year there are five teams in the
race, as to four heretofore. BY a recent
decision OF the Commissioners of the
District the Technical School has been
made a separate institution from the
Central High School, and on this ac-
count the Centrals have not only lost
about two hundred boys. but also some Of
its most promising athletes, among them
two of the Central fast relay runners.
This Will make the race all the moro in
teresting and Central viii have to fight
harder than ever before to capture the
laurels. All the youngsters have been
putting in some hard practice lately. and
IT can be said that no team has any ap-
parent advantage over its rivals. The
Technical Will probably surprise their
former schoOlmates. and the latter expect
the hardest race OF their lives. II f. on
account OF the action taken by the author
tiles that the Central and the Boys School
of Brooklyn, n. Y, match was called of
by the Georgetown management. II was
realized that the Certrals would have
all they could do TO hold their own In
the District race, without battling for the
championship with the real champions.
While it is conceded by some that the
a boye mentioned teams Will fight il out
between them, these who have watched
the practice at Georgetown are inclined
to believe that the other three schools,
the Eas;erns, Business, and Westerns.
have Just as good a chance to win the
handsome prizes offered TO the winners.
The OUT town schools are sending in
large numbers OF entries for all the
events, snd especially the relay races.
Among the prominent ones are the
Pann Charter, Temple College Prep.
Friends Central, of Philadelphia, Boys
Latin School, Marston's University School.
and Deichman's School, Of Baltimore. The
penn Charter and Temple College Prep