The Washington times., 1904-02-15
INDOOR GAMES
CLOSE AT HAND
GeOrgetOwn's Meet Is Less
Than a Week OFF.
PLANS ABOUT COMPLETED
Reilly Will Be in Condition to Run
Against Yale-Strong Local
Program.

Arrangements for Georgetown's indoor
meet. to be held at Convention Hall.
Saturday, February 20. are now prac-
tically completed. IT has been settled
that Pennsylvania will not come here
and Georgetown will race the Yale relay
team instead. Reilly. Sullivan. McCar-
thy, and Mulligan will run for George
town. while f. J. Clapp. champion in
tercollegiate hurdler; Buranpp, Parsons,
and another will represent Yale. George
town refused TO run Pennsylvania be-
cause the Quakers would not bar Tay-
lor. a negro. Without the services Of
Taylor the Pennsylvanians would have
but little chance of winning against the
fast Blue and Gray boys, so they de-
clined to come.
Joe Reilly, captain OF the local team.
has been out of the hospital less than
a week, where he has been confined by
an attack of grip. Joe WAS so weak
al the games of the Boston Athletic As
sociatiOn on Saturday night. at which
his team easily defeated the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology. He will
Saturday, however.
Duffey Injuries Foot.
Arthur Duffey injured his foot in the
final OF the forty-yard dash at these
games, and will withdraw from one Of
the sprints in which he Is entered at
the Georgetown games. Duffey Demon
strsted that he is as good as ever on
Saturday night by defeating all the
Eastern cracks in the forty-yard dash.
He was the only one who ran from
scratch.
Duffey, Reilly, Sullivan, Mccarthy,
and Dougherty will represent George
town in the sprints. Last year Reilly
beat Duffey in the final Of the sixty
yard dash in the Blue and Gray meet.
by several inches. Joe is one of the
best all-round runners in the country.
He can cover any distance from forty
yards to a quarter of a mile, IN fast
time. He holds the worlds indoor
said to be exceptionally fast az short
distances.
A Brennan and c. Donovan are
Georgetown's entries in the high jump.
but neither is thought to have a chance
OF winning against Sam Jones. the in
tercollegiate champion, who viii be here.
Long distance runners are scarce at
the Blue and Gray University. Pease
and Lorando are the only ones who
will start in the mile
Creamer and Curran will put the 16-
pound shot for the local collegians
Sheldon, the ex-Yale crack.
NOlumDlan-G Gd1duQel Reldy.
The relay between Columbian Uni
versity and Gailaudet College, both of
this city. will attract more than passing
interest Columbian Is the largest insti-
tuition of learning in the District, and
It would not be surprising if more Co
lumbian students turned out than
Georgetowners. The Orange and Black
and Mutes both have fast teams, and
each is confident of winning.
Another event which will be watched
with interest is that between the Ma
tional Guard of the District and the
Fifth Regiment of Baltimore. At the
Fifths last meet, the local boys won
The Washington Y. NJ c 4. will be
pitted against the West Branch Y NJ
c. A.. of Baltimore. and the Potomac
Boat Club. of Washington. will run
against the Ariel and Arundel Boat
Clubs. Of Baltimore.
High Schools Entered
The local high schools VIII have no in
door meet OF their own this year. but
the various schools will enter men in the
Georgetown games. Unlike the custom
in previous Georgetown meets. the high
school boys Will compete among them
selves. whereas formerly they had TO
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