The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-10
TEAM RACES
Relays Will Be Feature of
Federal Indoor Meet.
RIVAL SCHOOLS ARE MATCHED
Georgetown VIII Enter Four Teams
in the varsity RaciRg Against Rich
School Classes VIII Meet in Special
Event-High school Teams Trials.

There will be four relay teams from
Georgetown In the Federal indoor track
and field games in Convention NHall on
February 3. All of them will run one
mile
The Blue and Grays varsity quartet
has been matched in a race against Rich
mond College, and there viii be a con
test for The championship Of the law
school with teams from the first, second.
and third years as competitors. Two
weeks ago in Richmond. Georgetown's
varsity runners defeated the Richmond
College team by ten yards in one of the
most exciting relay races ever run in the
South. The men from the Virgiia cap
ital charge their defeat to an unfortunate
fall Of Luck their third man, which lost
them quarter of a lap. and they are
confident that il an accident does not
happen to any of their men IN the Fed
eral games they will trim the local col
legians- That both teams are anxious 10
get at each other again is evident from
the fact that the day after Manager
Foley proposed the race the managers Of
both teams had accepted the proposition.
The race between the three classes Of
the Georgetown Law School promises
TO be one Of the most hotly-fsught af-
fairs Of the programme The classes have
been secured for good runners. and the
candidates have been working steadily
for two weeks. 1t Is said the frst-year
class has very fast bunch. Their best
men are Kelly. Devine. DOnney. Crane,
Mudd, and Drury. The second-year team
will probably be chosen from the follow
ing: Doonan. 3. McKenna. Nash, Pie
Ian, Green. Leahy. and Ganney. The
choice for the third-year team has mar
rowed down 20 Corgsn, Paddock, Column
bus, b. McKenna. and Connolly.
Georgetown Props Matched.
In addition to these four teams the
Georgetown Prep School has been
matched against the Woodberry-Forrest
I School. Of Orange Va, for a one-mile
senior race Counting in these races
( there IS now total Of sixteen relays on
the Federal games programme which,
with the seven open scholastic events,
I five open handicap events, and three spe-
cial events. in which Martin Sheridan.
olympic champion. viii be the star. there
/ is "a grand total Of thirty-one events on
the programme.
Manager Foley received word yesterday
from Manager Turner of the Western
/ Maryland College, that this institution
viii be represented I'm the games this
/ year for the first time. Western Mary
/ land has a good high jumper in Wheel
/ ton. o good sprinter ia Turner. a speedy
middle-distance runner in Mack and
! some husky. lively quarteT-miiers in Mar
Gus. Brown. and RanzeT. Their relay
/ team may also be- matched in q Onc-milc
race against another Southern college
Some Of the schools which VIII be rep
/ resented In the relay races have already
I bad their trials. and the others viii give
/ the candidates their final chance the lat
ter part Of this week. Probably the great
/ est excitement Is among the youngsters
who are trying for the grade school and
midget teams This is their one chance
/ o.. the year 10 make a public appearance.
and they are preparing for it accordingly
I The team OF juniors Of the Country
School for BOYS. Of Baltimore, who VIII
run match race against the Woodbury.
/ Forrest School viii be composed Of
Robert Ober. Nelson Bolton. r. r. Simp-
/ son. and /. LeveTing with Dudley Carol
/ for substitute.
The senior relay teams of Western
Eastern, and Business High schools VIII
/ be picked the middle of this week. and
the final choices for the quartets Of the
Washington School for Boys George
town Prep and the Army and Navy
+ Prep will be made on Thursday or Fri
/ day.
/ Entries for the games viii close next
Saturday night. but Manager Foley ex-
poets TO have most OF the names by
Thursday or Friday. The seat sale viii
BEGIN tomorrow morning at the sporting
/ goods stores.