The Washington times., 1906-01-28
ATHLETIC CLUB 1t' :
SPECIAL! RELAYS
Baltimore A. c. 20 Figure III
InterschOlastic Meet.
ALSO CHANCE FOR JUNIORS
BeImonts, Brooklands, and Iroquois -
Three -Cornered Match-Col-
leges Training.
ALSO CHANCE FOR JUNIORS

The addition of three more relay races
makes the program of the inteTscIolas-
tic and open handicap indoor track and
field games TO be held in Convention
Hall. February "A, the longest Of any
athletic meet which has ever been Civ
en- IN the District. There are now
seven relay races on the list OF events.
ana it is quite probable that two more
will be added before the entries close
The races added yesterday include an
intercity match between d team from
the Baltimore Athletic Club and one OF
the local organizations. The Baltimore
club sent an informal challenge 10 Man
ager Foley yesterday Offering 10 run
any Of the local teams at either one or
two miles II is probable that either the
Columbia Athletic Club OF the Y. II. G.
A will accent the challenge With GIL.
Herring Watson Loughran ana Con
ners the Columbia Club can form either
one or two-mile team OF much
strength
! Junior Club Championship.
In order to decide the championship
among the junior athletic clubs Of the
District. a one-mile relay has been ar
ranged between the Belmont Athletic
J
the IroouoIs Athletic Club. Among the
members of these clubs are some OF The
best OF the local high school athletes,
Cant. F.. s johnson. of the Belmonts.
being also captain Of the Business High
| School track team. There is little diff
ference in the speed and strength or
the three teams and a hard fought and
close race is anticipated The relay
team Of the Washington School fer
BOYS will be matched against one Of the
Baltimore schools.
/ George washington. GallaUdet and
Johns Hopkins are among the colleges
which viii be represented in the open
handicap events. Nearly two score OF
the G. W. L. men are working each af-
| Iternoon al the Washington Light In
lfaptrv Armory under the direction OF
| Captain LOrando. and Physical Director
Adams has almost the same number of
men at work in the Kendall Green gym
IuasilIun The fun strength OF the Hop
kins team will not be known untH next
Saturday night. when that university
| viii have it's annual indoor games in
Baltimore. The men who make the best
showing In the OrtOie City viii be sent
here for the Convention Hall games on
February "A.
Columbia VS.. Y. NJ. c. A.
/ The Columbia Athletic Club and the
| y. NJ c A viii be rivals for the best
showing among the senior clubs The
| Columbia Club has been strengthened by
the addition Of Herring. one OF the local
middle distance stars. and has now a
speedy aggregation OF athletes The as
sociation track team has members MD
of thirty. a majority of whom viii make
their debut in local competition at the
games on February "A. They are es-
pecialIy strong in the long distances.
with Woodward. last years Cornell
cross country champion: Scott Smith,
L.arzeIle. Garfield and Shilling. and have
good sprinters and quarter milers in
Royce and Webb. the latter recently of
the Columbus High School and the Ohio
State interscholastic champion sprinter
The candidates for the various local
high school teams have been working
easily on their own indoor tracks during
the past week. special attention being
paid 10 the DEVELOPMENT of relay team
runners. One of the most interesting
events of the program viii be the race
between the Business and Eastern High
quartets. These schools have never
been matched before in dual competi-
ton. and unusual interest has been de-
veloped among both boys and girls
| western and Technical Will also have
il ont together for the first time. and.
although the Georgetown team has a
smaller number of candidates than any
/ OF the others. their boys are strong.
with plenty of sand