The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-17
ENTRIES ARE CLOSED
Programme Being Arranged
for Federal Indoor Meet.
RELAY RACES THE FEATURE
Total Number of Events, Including
Field Competitions, VIII Be Thirty
three-Martin sheridan VIII At
tempt 10 Break worlds Record
for Height with Weight.

Entries for the federal indoor games, to
be held in Convention Hall next Saturday
night, closed last night with total
number OF Individual competitors larger
than have ever before competed in in
door games IN the South. Already entries
have been received from $40 school, club,
and college athletes in Maryland. Vir-
ginia. and the District and, with the
belated entries which will come in from
Out-of-town schools and colleges on Mon
day morning. the list viii total nearly
400. With a great many of the boys and
men In more than one event the grand
total IN the various events will be more
than 500
For the first time in the history OF
athletic sport In Washington the 56-pound
weight viii be thrown for height. Martin
Sheridan, Of the Irish-Arnerican Athletic
Club and all-round champion of the
world. VIII make an attempt 20 break the
worlds record for this event. Sheridan
already has the record to his credit, with
10 feet inches. in q letter received
from him yesterday ne said he has been
throwing the weight higher than sixteen
feet consistently in practice during the
last two weeks. and is confident he will
make a new record in the Federal games.
Besides Sheridan entries for the Fed
eral games have been received from
Charlie Seitz, formerly of Georgetown,
and the 100 yards champion of the United
States and Canada; \. J, CartmeH, OF
the University of Pennsylvania, the inter
collegiate champion at 100 and 20 yards
and Melvin Shepard, of the Irish-Ameri-
can Club. New York, American cham
plon in the half mile and mile runs. Seitz
ana Cartmeu viii be in the 50 yards in
Vitation. and Shepard In the one mile run
handicap
Many Scholastic stars.
Schoolboys to the number of 30 from
Baltimore, Washington, and half a dozen
cities and towns in Virginia, have entered
iE the various events for scho0lboys
and the contest for the University of
Pennsylvania Alumni point trophy prom
ises TO be close.
Five teams have been entered in the
grade school championship relay race, as
many teams in each of the two midget
relays, six teams in the relay race for
the junior championship of the District
and five teams for the Sunday school
championship. Eastern. Business. and
Western High schools the Army and Navy
Prep, the Washington School for Boys
Georgetown Prep, the Woodberry-F Forrest
School. the Episcopal High School OF
Alexandria, and the Country School for
Boys of Baltimore have entered senior
relay teams.
Among the colleges that have entered
men in the open handicap events are
Pennsylvania, Georgetown, George Wash
i1gtOn,- Virginia. the Catholic University,
ST Johns OF Annapolis. Johns Hopkins,
Richmond, and Western Maryland.
One-miIe Championship.
The star track event OF the night will
be the one-mile relay race for the cham
pionship OF the South, between George
Washington and Virginia. Last year Viz
ginia beat George Washington at two
miles. but the Charlottesville team is
confident of scoring a victory this year
Georgetown has Withdrawn its varsity
relay team from the match race with
Richmond College, and st. Johns College
has been substituted. In his letter q
Manager Foley, Manager Crummey, OF
the Blue and Gray team said that on ac
count of the condition of the men and the
smallness OF the squad, it was deemed
advisable to withdraw the relay team
but that Georgetown will be represented
10y individual entries. The Catholic Uni
versity has entered five men in the 50
yard handicap, and Semmes viii take a
try at the 50-yard invitation.
In the open handicap events and In,
special events with Sheridan, entries have
been received from the National Guard
Association, the Belmont Athletic Club
the Y. NJ {. A., the Baltimore Athletic
Club, the Mount Washington Club. OF
Baltimore; the Maryland Athletic Club
and several other clubs and associations
OF the OTiOle City. Tie BclmOnts and tho
District National Guard teams have beer
matched in one-mile relay race, and
both organizations have entries in each
Of the open handicap events.
Not counting the heats in the dashes
and hurdles, there is a total of thirty
three events on the programme, sixteen
of which viii be relay races, ranging
in distance from 60 yards to one mile
Referee orion viii have a conference
with the officials half an hour before the
games begin, and the management has
arranged a schedule which calls for thu
running of of all the events i'm three
hours.