The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-16
Ebent Scheduled for Today,
and VIII Be the Largest
Ever Held IN the South.
THIS City Well Represented.
OUer 225 Athletes VIII Take
part, and If Is Thought
That Oper 5000 Persons
Will Be Present.

The biggest track meet ever held in
the South will draw hundreds of
people to the Jacob Tome Insti-
tute. Port Deposit, today. Two hun
dred and twenty-five athletes from TWEEN
ty-three different schools, 375 entries,
between thirty and forty running races,
including fourteen relay races, are sta
ttstics giving briefly some idea of the
magnitude of the occasion.
Washington is represented in entries
from Georgetown University. George
town Preparatory School, and the Bust
ness High School
Where They Come From.
Baltimore sends large quota The
City College, Country School, Boys
Latin School, Polytechnic Institute,
Deichmann's Preparatory School, Mars
tons University School and Friends
School will all send competitors. Sew
eral Baltimore men, too, appear in the
list OF officials. Five teams will come
from Philadelphia. They are German
town Academy. Delaney School, Brown
Preparatory School, Temple College
School and Central High School.
The other schools entered are BeIair
Academy, Belair; Cecil County High
School. Elkton; Central High School,
South Bethlehem, Pa; London Grove
Friends School. London Grove Pa:
High School, Wilmington, Del: Will
mtngton Military Academy; Yeats Insti-
tute, Lancaster. Pa, and, of course, the
Jacob Tome Institute.
VIII Last Four Hours.
The big meet began promptly at
1:30 p. m, and will last about four
hours. There are 60 entries for the 100
yard dash; so for the 22O So for the
quarter: % for the half; 80 for the mile:
% for the low hurdles, and u for the
high hurdles. In the field events the
shot-put has 80; broad jump, 80; ham
mer throw, 8; pole vault, 12; high jump,
r. Fourteen relay teams will race in
three classes. divided according to speed
shown in past records. In Glass come
the Boys Latin School, Baltimore;
Georgetown Preparatory School and
3. own Preparatory School: Central High
School and Germantown Academy, of
Philadelphia. In Glass Will run Bal
timore Polytechnic Institute; High
School. Wilmington; Wilmington Acad-
envy, and Central High School of South
Bethlehem Glass c consists of Deich-
mann's School and Friends School. of
Baltimore; Belair Academy and Cecil
County High School. The relay teams
will run under colors, and not Under
numbers.
Prizes to Be Awarded
The prizes will consist largely of
handsome die medals especially design
ed for the meet First place wins a
medal of gold. second of silver and third
of bronze. Gold medals will be given,
too. to each member of winning relay
teams and silk banner to the team
as a whole. Silver medals will go to
relay teams IN second place. The school
winning the meet will carry away a silk
banner. and the athlete gaining the
largest number of points will be honored
with a beautiful silver loving cup
List of Officials.
Referee-Dr. George W. Orion. Phila-
delphia-
Clerk of Course-Dr. John s. French,
Tome Institute.
Starter-George s. Robertson
Track Judges-R. Curzon Hoffman, jr,
Johns Hopkins University Fred C.
Blanek. Johns Hopkins; Charles A. APP
pleman, District of Columbia
Field Judges-Harvey S. Stone. Johns
Hopkins University Medical School; p.
E. Tomkinson. District of Columbia C.
H. Jones, Tome Institute; J. H. Curran,
Tome Institute.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS P. Smith, Tome
Intitute.
Timers-Frank H. Lee. Philadelphia;
G. Milton Abbott, Philadelphia: Thomas
Cornelius. Central Y. NJ. c. A. Phila-
delphia.
nspectors-Thomas Kistler. Friends
School, Baltimore; C. \. Ewing. Tome
Institute; G. B. Fernald. Tome Insti-
tute; DR.. c. J. France. Tome Institute.
Scorers-S. S. Gaylord. Tome Insti-
tute; J. w. Nudge. Tome Institute.