The Washington times., 1903-03-08
Fifth Indoor Athletic Meet
Most Successful in His
tory Of the University.
Many Ladies' Present.
Rain Did Not Interfere With
the Attendance, and All
Events Were Run Off on
Schedule Time.

Beneath inc glare OF hundreds OF null
u-colored electric lights. and the som
Der Blue and Gray banners waving DER
their heads 500 or more college stu
dents. representing almost every prom
inent institution ia jhc country. com
peted Cor the prizes offered at George
towns fifth annual indoor athletic meet.
held i'm Convention Hall last night
Thousands Of brothers. sisters sweet
hearts. AMI admirers crowded every bit
or available space and cheered their
1avorites-
The carnival was the best ever held
under tho auspices OF the Blue and Gray
institution. The affair was under the
direction Of Graduate Manager Michael
!. Thompson. lie is to be commended
srd complimentcd for his work in so
successfully conducting the affair
Long beforc-~l 30 O'Clock hundreds Of
pretty girls. wearing the colors of the
college or university they favored.
thronEed the hall and took seats where
they could watch every move Of the
athletes. The grandstands became a
mass OF yari-eoIored ribbons. banners.
fags. ana pennants. with the initial let
tiers of the institutions upon them.
Cheers for the victors
Whenever any extraordinary feat OF
strength. speed, agility, or staying pow
er was observed. the shriH yeIls and
cheers Of the vast audience rang out
and penetrated the uppermost inches
and corners of the spacious hall and
reverberated through the half hundred
or more steel rafters from which the
banners were hanging. Surprises were
numerous. and although il was a fore
gone conclusion that the meet would
surpass all previous events 'of its kind
ever held here. it proved more than had
been looked forward 20 by the most op-
timistic
As WAS expected the relay races
proved the feature OF the carnival. AL
most every college student who has re
Gently accomplished feat sufficiently
great 20 obtain for him recognition was
participant in the meet. and the spec
tators were given an opportunity OF see
ing a fine galaxy of athletes. Arthur
Duney The worlds champion short
distance sprinter was the center OF at
traction. and although he figured in
only enc event. he convinced those who
saw him OF his great running abilities.
The Seward handicap dash. in which
Arthur DuTey was entered resulted in
a defeat for the champion. All tho
heats were Iuu in something like record
time. Most O; them were won by George
town men.
Duffey had a hard time winning his
heat. and the semi-hnaI in which he
figured. He was entered in the first
with Kirkman OF Columbian. Bond of
Johns Hopkins. and two other fast men
Three quarters OF the distance was COW
~
out of the rear, and won by two feet.
Reilly the Victor.
He was closely pressed in this, heat
b Kirkmal. OF Columbian but Joe
Reilly pressed him harder in the semi
final. and was only beaten by the bar
est margin. When the FINAL was called
four Georgetown men toed the mark
DuTey. Reilly. Etchison. and Dohert -
Reilly had the outside. while Duffey
was in the center. He did not get start
cd well this time. but when he saw Rejl-
" tearing down the path. he frightened
every muscle. and was about one-h half
n foot behind when the latter broke
the tape The time was '3-5 seconds
one-tonth o. a second below the record.
II was 1880 O'Clock when the mea en-
tered in the 5O-yard handicap scholastic
tocd the mark After several prelimi-
nary heats and two fast scmi-fnaIs. r.
Miller. Of the Western High School a
promising athlete. won with Drumm a
close second. and r. Coppage. third The
time for the distance was > 4-5 seconds
Dobbs Ferry Boys Win.
The next event on the card was See
Mackenzie Boys school and the Mars
ton school. Of Baltimore. Both teams
ran we'll but the Monumental City lads
got left on the last relay and the Dobbs
Ferry BOYS won by unc-Quarter or a lap.
The Friends Select and !. NJ. G.. 4.
5unior race excited "A great deal Of in
terest also There were two Y. ". O.. a
teams I'm the race and although team a
won the race Friends school was de
cIarcd the winners because one OF SIS
runners was knocked down and team \
disqualified.
In thc onc-milc handicap run. Bower
Of Pennsylvania had a fGty-yard handi-
cap and led al the way and won handi-
J..
- walsh OF Harvard, who started from
n.ratch. finished second. while Gil
NJ. C.. A. with seventy yards
q The time was ZAP A..
.aore J. VI. G. A had an easy
race with the Washington
bbattschio OF the George
biol .ou tho race. His
the Filth Regiment. o.
Fails TO Show.
OF Pennsylvania led I'm
legiate rscc and won by
u finished first. Klaer sec
lonald OF Columbia third
gro star runner Of Penn
On this event but failed
rst time in the history Of