The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-03

The ninth annual games Of the
Georgetown Athletic Association at
Convention Hall next Saturday night
viii be a noteworthy event in the ANA
teur athletic history of this city The
high class, and the great number Of
the relay races. the number Of this
seasons champions and stars, both local
and national, who will appear and the
great struggle which Penn. Cornell.
Virginia. and Georgetown are expected
10 put up for the point trophy, give
this meet every promise Of being a big
success.
Penn and Cornell, in a two-mile re-
lay race; Georgetown and Virginia, in
a one-mile relay; Fordham and the
Catholic University IN a relay, and
Johns Hopkins and Western Maryland
are some Of the collegiate relays.
Wesley Coe. of the Boston Athletic
Association. the worlds champion shot
putter; Charles J. Seitz, Of the n. Y. A.
G., the holder Of a dozen records in the
shorter distances. and acknowledged az
the foremost Splinter Of the year, and
Cartmell. of Penn. the intercollegiate
champion in races this season; Green.
the Penn football captain and noted
track man. whom Mike Murphy predicts
viii defeat ELI Parsons. of Yale in the
intercollegiate this spring; Cartmell
of Penn. the noted flyer, who will try
TO wrest the 50-yard Invitation from
Champion Seitz; Sullivan. OF George
town: Quicker. Of NJ A. c.. and Kemper
& IL.
eX-GeorgetOwn quarter miller, and re-
garded by Penn as one Of the finds Of
the year. together with Wells and Con
ners. of Penn, two coming middle-dis-
lance men. who were interscholastic
champions before entering college;
| Waldo Schmidt. the high school miller
who ran a great race in the mile al
/ Convention Hall a week ago and =
/ l.. Watson. Of the District Guards, who
/ ran this distance well two years ago;
Randolph OF Virginia, against Green.
| Of Penn. in the high jump; J. S. Hin
and W D. Randoll. Of the Mount Wash
| ingtoR 4. A., and Smith, of Georgetown
/ Prep School, in the hurdles; Paul Her
ring. the local champion in the $40, and
Heffernan and O'GOrman. the George
I town heavy-weights, in the shot-put
against Coe, are some OF the more
/ prominent entries already received.
/ Besides the collegiate relays. which
are 10 be the feature races, as this is a
| collegiate meet. special matches have
/ been arranged as follows
Freshman Match.
/ The Georgetown Freshmen will meet
/ the George Washington Freshmen in a
one-mile relay, Georgetown Law viii
meet George Washington Law at the
same distance. and Georgetown College
and the graduate schools viii hold in
/ terclass relays.
/ The Georgetown Props. who are con-
sidered the fastest Of the local high
! school aggregations, are matched with
! the Army and Navy Prep School. which
was awarded the championship in this
/ class after the recent Federal meet.
! Business High VIII meet 4 Baltimore
! high school in q relay, and the George
/ town Juniors viii run Western Juniors.
A special intercity match has been
| arranged between Washington Y. NJ.
/ c.. a. and Baltimore Y N. g A. There
/ is great rivalry between these two
/ teams. and a hot race can be expected
/ between their athletes. A new idea is
/ being projected in the coming games. in
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/ fin a race from among the clerks of the
State. War. and Navy Department.
I Their entries are expected by Tuesday.
/ A little comedy. as well as some eX-
/ citement viii be introduced into the
/ evenings programme when the George
/ town midgets meet an all-high school
/ midget team in a short race, followed
/ Immediately by a match race between
4 The Jolly Fat Mems Club, of Washing
/ ton. and an ex-Georgetown team com
posed of football giants.
Race for HaIf-miIers.
The two-mile relay race between
! Penn and Cornell is something new in
Washington. and as Cornell has always
/ been the recognized collegiate cham
pion at the distance. and Penn has a
crack team of half-milers this year. a
close and exciting race can be expected.
1t is expected that the two great train
ers Johnny Meakley, Of Cornell. and
/ Mike Murphy. of Penn, viii both be on
! hand TO size up the others chances for
winning the intercollegiate in the
! spring.
Never has any of the Big Four sent
as many men 70 a Washington meet as
! Penn has promised TO send to the
! Georgetown games on Saturday. Those
I who know Meakley say that ne VIII
not be outdone by the clever Penn
trainer. and that he will also bring along
2 good string OF men to contest the
several events with Murphy's proteges