The Washington times., 1907-02-23
High School Boys Will
Shine on Equal Foot
ing With Champs.
Sheridan Expects to
Break Record With
56-pOund Weight.
George Washington
and Virginia to Run
for Mile HOnOrS.

Athletes of nigh and low degree to the
number Of nearly 400 will compete in the
fourth renewal Of the Federal Indoor
Track and Field Games in Convention
Hall tonight.
The majority Of them will come from
Washington, Baltimore. and Virginia,
but there will be some from Philadel-
Ihia and New York. They will perform
in a program made up of thirty-three
events. twelve of which will be relay
races.
There will be champions among them.
chief Of whom will be Martin Sheridan.
the big hurler of weights Of the Irish
American Athletic Club of New York,
and the all-rOund champion Of the
world. Sheridan will do stunts with the
56-pound weight and other things, toss
ing the big weight for height I'm an at
tempt to better his own worlds record
figures Of Is feet inches.
Champion Runners.
Then there will be Charles Seitz, the
old Georgetown idol, and y. J. Cartme1,
Of the University OF Pennsylvania, one
the national and the other the inter-
- collegiate champion sprinter. and Melvin
Shepard, also Of the Irish-American
AluD. anu at lllflhlt N40Ad4ANfS NlAlADuA a
peer IN America
The relay races viii range from the
grade school championship. ia which
.Our teams are entered, through Eamut
Of midget. junior and senior high school
and prep contests. to the two big col
lege races, between St. Johns of An
napOliS and the Catholic University, and
the final event of the night, the race
at one mile for the college champion
ship Of the South. between George Wash
lnGtOn and the University Of Virginia.
Schoolboys in Limelight.
The schoolboy will be in the limelight
tonight equally prominent with the
champions and other big fellows. This
is his one night Of the year 10 appear
before his relatives and friends in ath-
letic contest. and he VIII take full ad-
vantage OF the chance
-Four grade schools of the District and
every high and prep. school in athletics
- this city ana Baltimore have entries
IN all the scholastic and most OF the
open. handicap events. in addition. the
cream of scholastic athletes Of the Old
Dominion have been entered The Wood
berry Forest School Of orange and the
Episcopal High School OF Alexandria
have been represented before. but Nc
Cures School Of Richmond is a new
conner and is said to have a strong
team.
Southern Newcomers.
The school scoring the greatest num-
Der Of points IN the scholastic events
will be awarded d silver trophy cup by
she District Alumni Association Of the
University Of Pennsylvania. Points will
Doe ,.rntcd-5 for firsts. for seconds.
ana I Tor thirds. except IN the relay
races which viii not count for points
toward the CUP
Probably the three scholastic events
Whch viii be watched with closest in
terest are the 5O-yard open, the half
mile run, and the one-milc run.
In the sprint there should be "a fine
struggle between Kemper. Of Central
High. and Stollenwerck of the Rows
latin School, Baltimore. each the best
III ms own city
Scholastic Stars.
Equally rs close and uncertain should
be the half mile between Dick and
Eagan, Of the Central High: Fulton. OF
the Baltimore City College: SadtIer. of
the BOYS Latin School. and FIowrree
of he Washington School for Bows. In
the mile run The work of Waldo Schmitt.
rated one Of the best schoorboy distance
runners of the year will be CLOSELY
watched. Doubleday of the EpjsconaI
High School, Alexandria, and Meek, of
McGuires School Richmond. are
counted TO give him the closest race.
The management announced this
morning that the doors Of Convention
Hall Ctll be opened at o'clock. the
first call for the first event given at
1;4O, and the games viii start promptly
at o'clock.
Through an inadvertent error it was
stated In The Times on Thursday that
the Georgetown and Virginia relay
teams would run at the Federal games
Tor the oue-mile championship OF the
South. What was meant was that
George Washington and Virginia would
be tho cOrtenders. as GeOrgetowrl's
team viii not compete before the George
town meet on March 9