Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-19

tute. The open f40ly yard run has attracted
such good performers as Reilly of George
town. who holds the worlds record for the
quarter-mile indoors; Long. the Yale crack
and Underwood OF New York Athletic
Club For the one-mile run Alex. Grant.
formerly of the University of Pcnnsylya MIA
but now running under the colors of the
New York AthleticssCiub, who holds the
worlds record for one mile, is the best man
Mof7n of Cornell aIM Underwood of the
New York Athletics ara the most formidable
of the other men entered in the long race.
The half-mile invitation will probably be
between Parsons OF Yafc and Walsh of Har-
ward Captain Clapp of Yale, intercollegiate
champion hurdler, Is entered. and should
show up well. as he has been doing some of
the best work of his career at the indoor
meets this winter, In the running high
jump Sam Jones' of the New York Athletic
Club, champion, is tho best man. Jones was
at the Georgetown meet last year and while
no did remarkable work, the handicaps
proved too much for him. and he was
obliged to be content with second place. In
the shot put Joe Curran is Georgetown s
strongest entry. He. got second place last
year. and will undoubtedly be in good con-
0ition tomorrow.
Relay races as usual, will be the particu-
lar feature of the meet. The eliminating
event of the evefIingE sport will be the
Georgetown-Yale race Both these teams
are very evenly matched and a great race
is assured The victory scored by the blue
OF Technology Saturday has greatly en-
couraged the men on. the heights, and they
confidently expect to see their team in the
van tomorrow night. Captain Reilly who
was unable to compose at Boston because
of sickness, will run last man against Par
sons of Yale, the former interseholastic
record holder. Cornell and Columbia will
fight it out in ons-inile race Last year
the Ithacans had things pretty much their
own way, but this time the Morniugside
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is sure to be interesting. Columbian and
Gallaudet had been paired, but the Column
bian students were unable to get their team
in shape. so the mutes were put in a three
cornered with the Georgetown Law
School and Johns Hopkins The WASH
ington Y. M. c. A. and the Baltimore Y NJ
c. A. have been matched. The local assso-
citation will also enter two junior teams
one of which will race the Boys Latin
School of Baltimore juniors and the
Friends Select School, while the other will
race the Franklin School and the Junior
Georgetown preps
The boat club race will bring together the
Potomacs of this city and the Arieis of
Baltimore. The Georgetown preps will be
classed with the Penn Charter School of
Philadelphia and Baltimore City College in
triangular relay. Feur of the local high
schools have been unable to organize fours
SO the Western, which is exceptionally fast.
will run the Commercial High School of
BROOKLYN, the present scholastic cham
plons- Professor Fontaine, formerly of the
Western High is in charge of the BROOKLYN
boys this season. A pretty struggle is
promised between the 18th Regiment OF the
New York National Guard and the WASH
ington, d. c., National Guard in the regi-
mental relay. Brown Prep. School of Phila-
delphia and the Tome Institute of Port De-
post will settle, their differences Just be-
fore the Cornell-COlumbia race is called
The great ravalry existing between the diff
ferent classes Will make the Georgetown in
terclass race very interesting.
James E. Sullivan of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union will referee the tourney, while
b. B. Ostheus of the New York Athletic
Club will be the clerk of the course. The
other officials are all good men, who will
insure the meet being run off without a
hitch. ts,;
The first, second and third prizes which
will be awarded to- the successful athletes
have arrived in the city and are on exhibit
ton in the windows of Shaw & Berry