The Washington times., 1906-05-22
CENTRAL LOOKS
LIKE A WINNER
Should Capture Banner in
High School Meet.
QUARTER HARD TO PICK
Five Especially Fast Men Entered
Western and Tech Strong in
Field Events.

with the thirteenth annual inter-hiRh
school field and track games but one
day on. the athletes who will uDboId
the honors OF their respective schools
had their last active work Yesterday
afternoon. and today they viii take
things easy. as Bill Foley. who has them
In charge. is OF the opinion that they
should do nothing the day before com
peting
Although Central is not as strong this
year as last, from past performances of
the wearers OF the Dark Blue and
White, and from the large number OF
entries In most Of the events. the @
Streeters stand good show TO carry or
nrst honors. Kemper and Roberts.
through their showing at EpIscopsl
nlgh school and Tome, where they
We're placed In competition with some
OF the fastest sprinters OF this section IN
the 100 and 30. should have little from
PIE In taking these two events In to-
morrow's games
May Upset Predictions.
However. Osgood. OF Western. though
he has had but little experience. and
Phelan, OF the same schoO.. who is al
ms best IN the quarter, may upset all
calculations OF the wise ones and Yin
out One OF these two. or perhaps
Miller. OF Eastern. should place IN the
shorter distance. Griesbauer and Wann.
OF Tech, and Winnie Dumont, OF Bust
ness. while nOvices In these same races.
should also win recognition in the t-iaIs
at least
The winner OF the quarte- will be the
most difficult 20 pick. with such men
as Phelan, Wallace, Sherman, Wilson.
/ and Clagett entered No comment need
| be made, as they have all shown them
selves TO be nj for the distance The
! race Will probably be between Phelan.
last years winner OF this event and
Clagett, who has made a remarkable
record foT the season.
Fast Bunch in Half Mile.
Janus. OF Technical. should. in the
! half go TO the starS the favorite. as
Clagett VIII be tired after the quar-
ter. unless the time between the two is
Of longer duration than last year. Sher-
man. Wilson. and Dick the two latter
being the lucky ones last year. are also
IN the $50. and with a field like this
the winner will have TO go his limit.
and 1t is very likely that the record
made by Byrne. of Technical, two years
| ago. will be shattered.
Schmidt. of Central. should have
| things his own way in the mile. Still
he is up against Adams OF Technical
and Clagett. Birney. and Radford. Of
| Western. and unless his condition Is
perfect he viii have a hard race.
The 220 hurdles should be between
/ Kemper. of Central; Brown. OF Tech
nical. and Hamilton. OF Central. as
they are the only men IN the high
schools who have shown creditable form
over the jumps. Calico OF Western. and
Field. of Eastern. have been doing a
| little work on the side, however, and
are worth watching.
Central .yeak in Field.
II looks all Western and Technical in
the running high, the pole vault. and
the broad jump. The first two will un-
doubtedly be fought out between the
two schools. but in tie broad jump
! Clagett or Kemper may place
Because Of his showing in the recent
meets. il is generally conceded that Cy
| Macdonald of Central. will take at least
two of the weight throwing contests.
| but he IS pitted against Thompson, OF
: Eastern. and Mccarthy. Teachnicals big
| representative, and may be stalled.
The championship relay, which has
never been lost by the Dark Blue and
| White. should go TO Central again this
year. as II has more men 70 pick from