The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
Local Prep Squads Larger
Than Ever Before.
ARE DEVELOPING RELAY FoURS
All OF the High schools VIII Have
Men I'm Each Open Event at the
Federal Games, While Four VIII
BE Represented in the Relays,
Midget Events VIII Be Feature.

/ have boys in each open event at the
/ Federal meet at Convention Haul, Feb
ruary %.
business has a score OF athletes
working every day under the direction
/ Of DR.. Hudson. Special attention is
being paid to the development of a
relay team TO run against Eastern.
/ Donovan is captain, and the other three
runners will probably be chosen from
Davis, Haislip, Lerch. Laws, Father,
and QUinter. The commercial school
viii also put zaneln In the quarter
mile open handicap and shot-put:
/ Welcker in the hurdles and 50-yard
novice; SprawIs and Hamman in the
| novice sprint; Powell in the novice and
open handicap sprints and shot-put:
/ Kause and Hennlg in the scholastic
mile run, and keenan, in the high jump.
Business VIII also enter one midget
relay team.
] Western High, always long on spirit
and fight, has an unusually large squad
at work Capt Osgood said yesterday
/ that there will be two midget relay
/ teams from his school The midgets
showing good form Just now are
Palmer. Randolph, Adams. Pennybaker.
and VogIe. Western viii also have
+ Parker, Babcock. Winlock, Morse, and
/ Kiets for the distance runs, and Capt.
/ OsEood, Radford. Michael, Hodgson,
/ Campbell, Davy, Joubert, FIemminE
/ Donovan, Dutton, Hillyer, A. Howard
/ and Parks for the sprints. hurdles, mid
/ die distances, and field events.
Under the leadership Of Capt r
Brown and Manager Clark, the track
/ squad mustered at Eastern High is
/ stronger and more numerous than for
| several years. Capt Brown will be In
/ the scholastic sprints and the quarter
mile; Farmer. the football captain
/ looks good for a place on the relay
/ team. and viii also compete IN the
/ sprints; McPhee. Arney, and A. Brown
/ are good relay men. and Sanderson a
/ very fair half miller. In addition 20
/ these men, Eastern viii enter Van
/ Week, Reeves, Wager, r WOOdfeld,
/ Papson, barrow. Roberts, Fitzhugh,
and half a dozen other boys in the
/ various open events.
Tech in open Events.
/ The Technical school will not attempt
/ TO put on a relay team, but will have
/ some men in the sprints and hurdles.
and probably In the mile run. ThralL
/ the High school champion, is expected
70 be very dangerous in the hurdles
Central High. as usual. has the lars-
! est number Of candidates at work and
is going to make a desperate effort 70
win the Pennsylvania cup. The Blue
and White school Will have Carter,
Fleming. NcKeever, CLANCY. Henry,
Sherman, Mcdonald. Barnett, Fish
burue. and others in the novice sprint;
Wilson. Capt. Kemper. Burch, CLANCY.
and Philips In the J0-yard open; Corey,
/ Hamilton, kemper. and McKeever in the
! hurdles; Mueller. Philips. Henry,
CLANCY, Carter, Clark. Forbes, Mar
shall. and others IN the G00-yard novice
/ Dick, Clagett, Eagen, and Bielaski in
/ the half mile run; Schmidt, the local
/ champion; Maxey and Richards I'm the
mile run; Burch, Spransy, and Tweedy
/ in the shot-put, and Fishburne. Wilson.
and Kemper in the 50-yard open handi-
/ cap. Central is figuring on Capt KEN
/ per- Schmidt Wilson, McKeever. Eagen.
/ Clagett, and FishbuTne TO win the bulk
/ Of her points. There Will also be two
midget relay teams from the o street
school
/ The Washington School for Boys
/ track candidates, under the direction
/ Of Coach B. NJ Fontaine, formerly of
/ the Episcopal High School, of Alexen-
/ dria, have been getting into good shape
/ for the games. They will have a senior
relay team, probably to run the Episco-
pal High School, and a number Of very
J promising men in the open events. The
/ Army and Navy School and the George
/ town Prep School each has a good
/ string Of sprinters and distance run
! ners who are likely to snatch away the
I trophy cup.
Virginia Teams.
/ The WoOdberry-F Forrest School and
/ the Episcopal School Of Alexandria are
the leading Old Dominion contestants
| for the Pennsylvania cup. Woodbury.
Forrest viii depend on Capt. Granger,
/ Claiborne. A. Calf, and C. Calf in the
/ spirits; AIagruder in the mile run, and
| Thomas and Tappan in the middle dis
/ tances. The first four boys will prob
/ ably compose the senior relay team.
The Alexandria school has a stronger
/ team than last year with Charrington
/ for the high jump and hurdles Pendle-
I ton in the spirits; Latane, Doubleday,
and McCIeIland in the quarter mile:
/ Williams in the weights. and Blanchard
and Taylor in the middle distances. The
/ relay team viii probably be Latane.
Doubleday, NIcClelland, and Charming
/ ton.
The grade school championship prom
/ Uses to fill better than last year. In
addition to the lexington and Western
/ schools it is probable that there will
be at least two other grammar school
| teams entered.
Manager Foley said last night that
it is the intention of the management
Of the Federal games this year to have
every competitor registered with the
Amateur Athletic Union. DR.. D. Z.
| Wiber, the local member Of the regis
/ tration committee, at 1929 F street, is
in charge of the registration.