The Washington times., 1906-02-11
Colleges viii Enter Teams
for First Time.
CENTRAL HAS NO OPPONENT
Midget Relays TO Be the Feature.
Many Entries From Athletic Clubs.
Officials Are Named.

University OF Virginia will appear in
Washington at the open handicap inter
scholastic games in Convention Hall,
Saturday, February p
The Virginia quartet viii compete in
a One-mile race for the intercollegiate
championship Of the South against
George Washington and Johns Hopkins.
The Charlottesville men defeated Hop
kins in Baltimore last Saturday night.
but the race was so close that Hopkins
IS satisfied il can turn the tables. The
George Washington four will be the
dark horse
The final makeup of none Of the fo,rs
viii be known until next week. but if IS
quite likely that both Virginia and Johns
Hopkins viii depend upon the same men
who represented them at the Hopkins
games, These were Grey, PincK, Mar
bury, and NAPLES for the Orange and
Blue, and Padgett, Hunter, Perce. and
Cunts for the Black and Blue Fletcher.
former Western High runner. has a
good chance to displace one of the reg
uiar men on the Virginia team. George
Washington will pick her runners from
Captain Lorando, Fleming. Stivers, Ster-
rett, and Stevens. n addition 10 the
relay teams. Hopkins and Virginia will
be represented by a number OF men in
the open events.
Four Relays on Program.
Besides the Virginia-George Washing
ton-Gohns Hopkins race. three other re-
Jays We're also added to the program
yesterday. These are a two-lap race
between the second team of the West
ern High School the second team Of
Georgetown Prep, the Friends Select
School, and the Country School for Bows
or Baltimore; a two-lap race between
teams made up of first-year bows ONLY
OF western, Eastern, Business, and Cen
tFaI High schools, and a one-Iap mid
get race" for the smallest BOYS in the
same high schools. Midget relay teams
are entirely new features of arhIetir
games in Washington. The little fel-
lows are working just as hard and
faithfully as the older boys, and it f.
believed that the Introduction Of this
event VIII be Instrumental in creating
new and healthy interest in physical
development among the smaller bows If
the local schools
Eeklngton was the first TO send in its
entry for the grade school relay cham
pionship of the District. and although
thelr boys are green at the running
game they have developed a sDeedv io3
or youngsters, under the leadership of
Capt. Henry HenEig
Clubs Well Represented.
All the athletic organizations Of Wash
lngton and Baltimore will be well rem
resented in the open events The Co
lunbia Athletic Club of this city seems
the most formidable in the mile run
having Connors. who pushed Baker. of
SWarthmOTe, hard in the Johns Honkfne
games week ago. when Baker broke
the Southern \. A. u record. The BaI-
tmore Athletic Club viii send over six
men, the Maryland Athletic Club the
same number, the new Mt Washington
Athletic association. of Baltimore. a big
bunch OF stars, including Randall. Mealv
and Gore in the sprints and 40 wards
and the local Y. NJ @ A VIII TeI-s
among its entries Webb and Rovce in
the sprints, SChlOsser and Riley i'm 7be
SehEir1ieer, and Woodard, Garfield. and
ton team, which defeated the Baltimore
J. NJ. c A in a One-mile relay at BaItf-
more last week, has been matched
against the Baltimore Athletic Club for
The same distance.
No Opponent for Central.
So far the management has been un-
able to secure an opponent for the
central High one-mile relay four It
had been previously arranged that the
y streeters would run the Baltimore
CITY College boys. but it has since been
learned tnat the Monumental City lads
viii be unable. for reasons not given. TO
enter against the dark blue and white
men, Captain Wallace of the local four
is much put out because of this fact and
says that II seems strange that q match
cannot De arranged with the George
town Preps, since. that school defeated
the High School boys in BaltfD9Ore AT
EGTFh kaUrmaNr On NJ fe.wr -
ago, and If the Preps won't race some
other Washington iIfstitr=ion Wallace
suggested yesterday that a possible
mafcn- and one which should be hofIx
contested, would be between his team
and that from the local Y. NJ c. A.
me list of officials was completed
iast night. and practically the same men
VINO conducted the games last year so
oIedltably viii be in charge on the 24th
Ihey are headed by NJ. B. Rideout
physical director of the local Y. N q
4. This viii be Mr.. Rideout's last an
Ieafance at an .hletic event in Wash
ihston' as he sails for Paris a week
iater ia 20 act as general European organ
lZer Tor the Y NJ. C a Mr. Rideout
VIII oe assisted at the games by a
SOIPs OF men who have all had exper-
fence IN othciating and, whose appear
ance on the floor is a guarantee that
there viii be no irritating delays or
any confusion.
The Oficiais.
i-~ I'm kANtC AASl~ pI ADe OtnCldIS
as follows: Referee. NJ B. RjdeoUt
Washington y. NJ c. A Starter.
George s. Robertson, Baltimore. Judges
at the finish, c. Royce Hougb. IInf-
Versity of Pennsylvania; DR.. ID r Wi
Der, Amateur Athletic Union; DR. G 7
owens, Georgetown University; Charles
Seitzs New York Athletic Club. Timers.
a q. Kerr, New York Athletic ClIlh,
Rudolph Jose. Washington. " NJ
Biome, Baltimore Athletic Club; Wright
Curtis, Washington; Patrick Dempsev
Phll5adelphia In charge OF field events
5. ". Stinemetz. Washington Y n n
a Assistants. Arthur pevlin. Neyv
York city; DR., G. Harris White. Chica-
go. Inspectors, c. Z. Beckett, WISH
fngton Y NJ. c. A: Z F. Brennan
GEORGETOWN University. W ]. Turken,
ton, George Washington University.
Capt. Z, G. Edwards, D. c. National
Guard. Clerk of the course, A M Ches-
ley. Assistants, n. d. Staples, George
Washington University; ] L. Goodhue,
Washington Y. NJ. C 4. Announcer
Percy S; Foster, Washington y
NJ. c. A Chief marshal DR. s
X. karpeles, National University
Chief usher, Col. Ralph standiford,
High School Cadets. Custodian OF
prizes, W. p Bowie Washington