The Washington times., 1902-02-21
READY FOR THE
STARTERS PISTOL
Entries Are All in for Tomor-
rows Georgetown Meet.
East Against the west-YaIe. Penn
~. Columbia. Williams. and VII
lanOya All send "Stars."

BY this afternoon everything will be in
readiness at Convention Hall for the big
track and field games to be given there
tomorrow night by Georgetown Univer-
sity. For several days a small army OF
carpenters has been busy shaping up the
track, putting in the banks at the turns
of the running track, and putting up addi-
ti0nal stands to accommodate the crowd
which annually witnesses these interest
ing contests.
Entries Are Nsmerous.
Manager Of Athletics NJ. J. Thompson
has been promised by the Official handi-
capper at New York that he viii have the
entry lists here by tonight
The entries number over 900 names and
include nearly all the Eastern track and
field men and a number from the West.
The latter will be represented by Notre
Dame University of Indiana, which will
have its crack relay team here. This
team has been paired with Cornell. and
their event will undoubtedly De one of
the big features of the meet.
Record Holding Sprinters.
The Western College will also have NJ
b. Herbert, its crack spTinter, who with
kinly, his team mate; Allen. of Pennsyl-
vsnia. and Blackmer, of Williams. will be
scratch men in the 50-yard hurdle.
In the 1O0yard event will come together
more ten-second men than have ever
toed the mark here, and will include
Duffey. Of Georgetown, the holder of
number of worlds records, and vino has
done the 100 yards in Q As seconds. as
often as he has in 10 seconds.
Yale and Columbia will be well repre-
scented by crack performers in sprint and
distance events.
Georgetown vs.. Pennsy.
Next in Importance to the great races
between Cornell and Notre Dame and
Williams and Villanovs comes the relay
race between Georgetown and PennsyI-
vania. The two are old rivals in almost
every line of sport, and this event will
be for blood. The local team will be
made up of Holland. Reilly, Owens. and
Edmonston or Abaticho. and viii give a
good account of itself.
Alec Grant in the Mile.
rency that Alec Grant, OF the University
of Pennsylvania, would not be here to
compete. The report was false, as Nm
agor Thompson has seen Grant and re-
ceived the assurance that the great miller
will be here to compete for championship
honors. He will have pitted against him
Newell. of Williams, and Uffendell. two
of the fastest runners in the country.
InterschOlastic and Y. VI. c. 4.
So numerous are the interscholastic en-
tries that each Of their races will have
to be run off in several heats. The rivalry
is very strong between local schools and
those pitted against one another will
make lively contests The out-of-town
schools will have strong team in the re-
lay events.
The local Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation and the Central and West
Branches of Baltimore will meet in
three-corner relay for intercity honors.
and their event promises to be a feature
Notre Danes relay team and Friends
Central School. OF Philadelphia, arrived
here yesterday and took practice at
Georgetown and worked like winners.
Williams College team will arrive this
morning and will at once proceed to lin
Der up at Convention Hall.