The Washington times., 1906-12-16
DATE ANNOUNCED
FOR INDOOR MEET
Annual Games at COnVen-
ton Hall Set for Feb
ruary q.

College. club. and school boy athletes,
OF Washington. New York, Philadelphia
Baltimore, and several cities in Virginia
will meet In the fourth annual carni-
val Of track and field sports at Conven-
ton Hail. on the evening OF Saturday.
February %.
In order TO give these games a great
er distinction among athletes and the
general public, Manager Foley deter
mined to give the carnival a permanent
name. and it will hereafter. be known
as The Federal Indoor Ipterscholastic
and intercollegiate Track and Field
Games"
Athletes from colleges will compete
ir greater numbers this year than pre-
viOusly. For the first time since the
games began Pennsylvania Will send
down some runners. Manager Foley
had a talk several weeks ago with Mike
Murphy. the QuakeT's famous trainer.
during which the track coach promised
to send half a dozen of his best men
TO the Federal games. Il is likely that
Cartmell, the intercollegiate champion
spTinter; HaslSins, the intercollegiate
champion mile runner, ana Jones, the
intercollegiate cross country champion
will be three of the Red ard Blue team
II Monat, the former champion high
jumper, and Captain Whitam, runner
up in the intercollegiate spTints, are in
good shape. they Will also be sent down
Manager Foley Is also making an effort
to secure the attendance of a Pennsvl-
vania relay team. This will probably
be a one mile quartet, with another Of
the big colleges as u competitor.
Princeton May Come.
In addition to the Quakers it is like
ly that there may be some athletes from
Princeton, Manager Foley has been in
communication with the Tiger track
manAgement several weeks. and ex-
pects that Trainer Flood will send two
or three men to represent the Orange
and Black.
A strong delegation of spiked-shoe
athletes from the University Of Virginia
is expected again this year The two
mile Southern intercollegiate champion
ship relay race between the Virginians
and the George Washington team was
the star event of last years carnival,
and arrangements are being made for
another relay race between the two
universities. II is likely that Virginia
VIII again elect 20 try conclusions with
the Hatchet runners at two miles. Both
the Charlottesville and the local univer- |
sity VIII have a number OF men in the
open events.
Manager Foley has sent invitations to |
Johns Hopkins, the Western Maryland
University, Mt. st. Mary's College. st. |
Johns College. OF Annapolis. and Wash |
ington and Lee University, and Il is
thought all these institutions will have /
some representatives in the various |
events
Scholastic Relay Teams.
All the local high schools, the Friends |
Select School. the Army and Navy Prep, |
Georgetown Prep. the Washington /
School for Bows, and several other local /
schools viii enter relay teams and boys I
In the open scholastic events 10 measure |
strides with the best athletes of the |
schools, ana the preparatory |
Of Virginia.
Manager Foley has secured DR.. George |
W Orton. Pennsylvania old long-dis-
tance champion and manager of the
Quakers' relay races, as referee. DR.
Orton has had a long experience as ref
cree and has a reputation for the speed
and snap he injects into the conducting
OF big games.