The Washington times., 1905-01-26
HIGH SCHOOL MEET
PLANS COMPLETE
Ready for Saturdays Games
in Convention Hall.
TWO CHAMPIONS ENTERED
Seitz and Won Schroeder Are Leaders
in Their Respective Events-Ath-
letes End Training.

There will be greater array of ath-
ietic champions at the interscholastic
games in Convention Hall, Saturday
night, than has ever been together in
one meet in Washington.
No less than nine of the competitors
have won premier honors on the cinder
path at home and abroad in the past
year One of. these is the holder of
worlds record, and seven others hold
scholastic records in their specialties
in the sections from which they come
Seitz After Record
OF first rank among the list of en-
tries is Charles Seitz, of Georgetown.
| joint holder with the famous Lon
Myers of the 60-yard worlds record of
0:06 2-5. Myers made this record nearly
j twenty years ago, and Seitz is the first
Of long galaxy of sprinting stars who
has showed speed enough to go as fast
On Saturday he Will try to create
niche for himself in the sprinters' hall
/ or fame by making a new record for
the distance. He has completed his
training for the trial and is now in as
good condition and faster than ever
Won Schroeder, of the Georgetown
Prep School, is the Olympic inter-
scholastic pole vault champion, having
y
from competitors representing schools
in every section of the country. He
viii blossom out as a high jumper on
Saturday evening.
Scott in Half Mile.
Coming all the way from Pittsburg to
match his speed against that of his
Eastern rivals in the half-mile run is
Dumont Scott, of the Central High
School, of that city. Although only
nineteen years old, he has for two con-
secutive years won the championship
of his city and of western Pennsylvania
in the half-mile and one-rnile runs,
with records in both events faster than
any now held by Washington boys. To
meet him, and probably his strongest
competitors. will be two other cham
pions, Byrnes, of Technical High. who
leads the local boys in the aalf-mile,
and Conners, of Central High, holder
of first honors in the mile run and cross
country.
Byrne's record is but one second slow
er than that of Scott. and as the Pitts
burg boy is not as familiar with indoor
running as Techs champion, they
should be an evenly matched pair Con
horse in this event, for he has acquired
much speed since he WOE the Carroll
Institute cross country run on New
Year Day
Two Virginia Champions.
The Episcopal High School, of Alex
andria, has entered two holders ot
championships in Captain Marbury, The
best scholastic sprinter and hurdler II
Virginia, and also the holder of the DO
yard hurdle record for the Tome Insti
tute track, and W. W. Walker. thar
whom there is no better school boy shot
putter IN Virginia.
Baltimore sends a champion higf
Jumper in II. M. Riley, of the CITY
College, the best of the school higf
| Jumpers in the Monumental City
Even champions can be beaten, how
ever, and 1t will not surprise som'
people who say they know if none o
! these fayorites show in front at tn
finish. In the long list of entries Their
are several Iinheralded athletes who vii
cause trouble for some of the sup
posedly faster runners.
ALI the local boys have finished thei
training and all are reported in goo'
condition for some fast hard racing ol
Saturday night.