The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
ON FIELD And TRACK
School Athletes Look For
ward to Indoor Meet.
COACH FOLEY MAKING PLANS
Indications Point to "a Big Year in
Indoor AfhIeties-Dr. Grant Says
Nearly Every Saturday from First
of the Year Until April Has Been
Named for Meets In This Section.

With the football season a matter OF
history. the interest of the athietically in
cIIned cOlIegians and high school boys Of
this city is centered in the coming field
and track campaign.
The applications for sanctions for games
are already pouring in on DR.. William
Grant. chairman Of the registration com
mittee, and it is likely that there will be
indoor meets on every Saturday from the
first Of the year to April AS usual. the
big events Of the local season viii be the
Georgetown and the interscholastic meets
at Convention Hall
Coach Bill Foley. of the high schools,
is already mapping out plans for the meet
for school boys and although he has not
yet decided upon the date, the games will
be held either on the second or third Sat
urday of February These dates have
been under consideration for some time.
but no definite action Will be taken until
il is found which day will be satisfactory
10 the Out-of-town Contestants who are
expected 10 compete In past years this
meet has been known as the high school
meet, and the contestants were nearly all
Washington boys: but the interest has
spread so widely that it has been decided
to hold an open interscholastic set of
games this winter, IN which school boys
in all sections of the country are eligible
to take part
No Training at school.
As yet there has been little training at
any Of the five schools. and no regular
a.. a.
expected until after the Christmas holi-
days. At the present time 1t appears as
though Central has the best outlook, al
though Capt kempeT will be obliged TO
rely largely for the strength of his squad
on secOud-string athletes from last year,
as most of the veterans have graduated
Browne, VINO was chosen captain Of the
Tech team. has left school 10 join the
Reyenue-Cutter Service, and with his de-
parture the school lost its best hurdler.
although in Thrall the Manual Trainers
have the best high jumper in the inter
scholastic league. Western has elected
Osgood. the only hoid-oyer from last sea
son, captain.
Manager Crummey. Of the Georgetown
team. is not expected to select a date for
his meet until just before the students
lHeave for the holidays. The Blue and
Gray games will be held early in March,
probably the 9Th
Meets in Baltimore.
In addition 10 these games. there will
be meets in Baltimore under the auspices
of the Baltimore Athletic Club. Johns
Hopkins University. and the Fifth Regi-
ment Athletic Association. These games
will draw their usual quota Of Washing
ton athletes
Last year the first indoor meets ever
( held south Of this city took place at
| Norfolk and at Richmond. Both We're
| held I'm horse show buildings, and while
[ they were successful the Young Men s
Club, which conducted the Norfolk affair,
| has decided 10 give uD the horse show
/ building this year and viii hold its games
at an armory which is centrally situated.
/ As the A A L. officials are particularly
anxious TO encourage every form of field
/ and track sport IN the South, every effort
will be made 10 get the pick of Washing
| ton and Baltimore athletes to 90 10 Nor
! folk and to Richmond for the meets in
those cities.
! The record committee Of the South At
| lantic Association Of the A. A L. has
/ iust issued complete list OF the records
/ for this section W. D. Dear. Central
/ High School and the University Of Penn
/ sylvania. in the 5o-yard dash. and f. NJ.
/ O'Gorman. Georgetown. are the only
/ athletes of this city, who have made the
/ best marks in their respective branches.
south Atlantic Records.
| The list Of records follows:
| 50-yard-d1sll 35 seconds. ". d. Dear
| l0J-yard-dash 10 seconds II. x. Tootle
| Z20-yar-l-dash . seconds II. X. Tootlc
| 440-yard-r1n. 81 IS seconds. J. T England
/ ss0-yard-run. POP %. z. ). Woodruff.
! Ouc-milc-run 4.35 - Ralph Baker.
/ Three-mile-uTn. 807. G. G. Kaufman.
l20-yard- hurde 90 hurdles, II. In, IS Is sec
/ onds J. :. Hill
219-yari-hurdlcs 10 hurdles #. in.), . i5 sec
/ onds J. \ Hill.
Running high jump. #. 4 inch. George b
/ SCbou
/ Running broad jump 2 # 81 in. ]. 8 Hill.
/ Running h0r-step and jump. IS r. ! inch. Ham
| klnefelter.
/ Pole vault II Fl. Il inch J. W Emig
] l2-lb shot. Il #. 2ia inches. +. n. O'Gounan.
l6-Ib shot 43 #. IL inches. Robert Garrett.
/ l2-Ib hammer. 152 It. inches. T. X. Barrett
/ l6-ih hammer. ia Il. g inches. T. X. Barrett
Sob weight lfor distance 30 f. 10 inches, T. X.
/ Barrett.
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