The Washington times., 1907-01-27
LARGE ENTRY LIST
FOR FEDERAL MEET
Washington, Baltimore, and
Virginia Prep. and High
Schools Busy Training.
CENTRAL HAS LARGE CROWD
Western, Tech, Eastern, and Business
Win Also Be Well Represented in
Convention Hall Games.

An army Of school boy athletes, of the
District. Maryland and Virginia. many
veterans, but a majority raw recruits,
will perform publicly for the first time
this season in Washington, at the Fed
eral Interscholastic and intercollegiate
games in Convention Han, on the even
ing OF Saturday, February q.
There We're more than 200 of them last
year. This year. according 10 indica-
tions, the number win be swelled by
the addition of al least 100 competitors
All High Schools Represented.
All the high schools and practically
all the prep schools of the District will
have boys in each open event Business
has a large squad of athletes working
every day under the direction OF DIT.
Hudson. Special attention is being paid
to the development of a relay team
to run against Eastern. Donovan viii
be captain on abe team. and the other
three runners will probably be chosen
from Davis. Haislip, LeTch. Laws,
Father, and Quinter The Commercial
School will also put ZanelH in the quar-
teT-mile open handicap and shot-put.
Welcker Ia the hurdles and 5O-yard
novice. Sprowls and Hannah in the
novice sprint. Powell in the novice and
open handicap sprints. ana shOt-Put,
Kause and Hennig ia the scholastic
mile run, ana keenan, In the high jump.
business viii also enter a midget relay
team.
Western High, always long on spirit
and fight, has an unusually large squad
at work. Captain OsgOod said yester-
day that there will be two midget re-
lay teams from his school The midgets
showing good form just now ara Palmer.
Randolph. Adams. Pennybaker, and
NOgle. Western viii also have Parker
Babcock, WinlOck, Morse. and Kiets for
The distance runs, and Captain OsgoOd
Radford. Michael. Hodgson, Campbell
Davy. Joubert. Flemming Donovan.
DuttOn. HiIlyer, A. Howard, and Parks
Tor the sprinJs. hurdles, middle dis
tances. and field events.
EasteTn's Outlook Is Bright.
Under the leadership OF Captain r.
Brown and Manager Clark the track
squad mustered ar Eastern High is
s-vonger than for several years. Cap
tam Brown viii 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
start in the sprints, McPhee. Arney. and
A. Brown are good relay men, and San
derson a fair half-miler, In addition
20 these men. Eastern win enter Van
Week, Reeves. Wagner. WoOdheld. Pap
son, DarrOW, Roberts, Fitzhugh. and
others.
The Technical School Will not attempt
10 put on a relay team, but viii have
some men in the sprinJs aud hurdles,
and probably in the mile run. Thrau is
training for the hurdles.
Central, as usual, has the largest num-
her of candidates al work. and is going
70 make desperate enort 10 win the
Pennsylvania cup. The Blue and White
school viii nave Carter, Fleming, Me
keever, CLANCY, Henry. Sherman, NJ.
Macdonald, Barnett, FisnbuTne, and
others IN the novice sprint Wilson.
Captain kempeT EurCh. CLANCY. and
Hamilton, hemper, and Mckeever ia
the hurdles, Mueller, Philips. Henry,
CLANCY, Carter. Clark, Forbes, Mar
shall and others in the 6J0-yHrd novice;
Dick. ClageJt. Eagen, and Bielasld in
the halt-mile rum Schmidt, The local
champion, MaNey, and Richards In the
mile run; Burch, Spransy, IWeedyl and
'Cy' Macdonald i'm the shOI-puJ and
50-yard open handicap Central IS FIG
uring On Captain kemper, Schmidt.
Wilson, Mckeever, Eagen, ClageJt, and
'-Cy' Macdonald 10 in the bulk of her
points There viii also be TWO midget
relay teams from the o street school.
School for Boys Is Busy.
The Washington school for Boys, un-
der the direction of 3. NJ. F0nJane. for
merry or the Episcopal High School,
have been getting into good shape. They
will have a senior relay team. probably
10 run the Episcopal High School, and
a number Of very promising men in the
open events. The Army and Navy
School and the Georgetown Prep School |
each has a good string Of sprinters and
distance runners
Of the Baltimore schools the Country
School for Boys and the City College /
viii send The biggest delegations OF /
competitors. The Country School has a I
good midget relay team which viii Z
-1-sasure strides with a quartet from /
The WoodberTy Forest School. ODER /
lowering, Bolton, and Simpson are the /
relay runners This school Will also en- I
ter Baylor and Simpson IN the novice
events. The city College has Martin. |
Riley, Rogers, and Hook for the sprints /
and hurdles. and the Boys Latin School /
Stollenwerck and others DeIchmann' S 1
ana Marston's viii also send some fast
runners.
WOOdberry Forest viii depend on Cap 1
tain Granger, Claiborne. A. Gait, and /
G. Gait I'm the sprintss MaFruder in the |
mile, and Thomas and Tappan in the I
middle distances. The nrst four BOYS
will probably also compose the senior |
relay team.
ChauingtOn in High jump.
The Alexandria school has a stronger
team than last year. with Charrington |
for the high jump and hurdles; Pendle- |
ton in the sprints; Lattane. Doubleday. !
and McClelland in the quarter mile; VIII |
liams In the weights, and Blanchard and !
TAYLOR In the middle distances. The re-
lay team viii probably be Lattane !
Doubleday. Mcclellan, and CharTington. !
The grade school championship prom /
ises 10 hl better than last year. In ad- /
ditlon 10 the lexington and Webster |
schools il is probable that there viii be |
al least two other grammar school |
teams entered.
Manager Foley said last night that il 1
is the intention of the management OF I
the Federal games This year 10 have /
every competitor registered with the /
Amateur Athletic Union Dr. D. r. 1
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