The Washington times., 1907-02-21
Relay Teams Are Well Class
ifled-Special Invitation
Events Attracting
Notice.
FLOOR TO BE KEPT CLEAR
Officials Will Make Every Effort to
Make Meet Success-Seitz
and Cartmeu in so.

In point of entries and quality of the
athletes who will be seen at the Fed
eraI Indoor Games at Convention Hall
on next Saturday night, the meet should
be one of the most successful and big
gest affairs Of it's kind ever held here.
II only remains for the management and
the officials to hold up their end Of the
affair to assure the patrons Of wit
Messing the best indoor meet pulled of
in Washington for years.
The entry list has at last been COM
pleted and the program Is now being
made up. The list is exceptionally
large. relays being the feature. There
will be between fifteen and twenty of
these interesting races, and in every
one the mana cement has shown great
judgment and care In CHASING the
teams According to past performances
of the four pitted against each other,
the majority, If not all Of these events,
should be closely contested.
Georgetown Virginia Relay.
Not only will local enthusiasts have
their fill of relays and competitions be-
tween the many different local organi-
zations and schools. but they will have
the privilege of seeing for the first time
Georgetown and Virginia in a one mile
race for the championship Of the South.
Last year during the indoor season all
sportsmen deplored the fact that these
two institutions were at odds and could
not be brought together. but now that
the schools have patched up their differ
ences the wish VIII be gratiied
While 1t has not been possible for the
management to find a competitor to run
Centrals first team, the Dark Blue and
White Will be represented by a junior
and midget four.
For the $50 school, college. and club
athletes who Will compete in the Fed
eral indoor games in Convention Hall
on Saturday night. this is the day when
the finishing touches are put on the
work of training.
The sprinters have taken their last
dash. the distance runners their final
jog, and the jumpers and weight men
have had Their last try-Out. The out
of-tOwn athletes have already begun to
arrive. Charley SeitZ, the old George
town Splinter and national champion,
6ot I'm last night; .Connors, Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, will come down
tomorrow morning, and Sheppard. Cart
NELL and Sheridan Will arrive at noon
on Saturday The teams from BaIti-
more and other nearby points will come
in on Saturday afternoon.
The special box in which Martin Sheri-
dan will make his trial for a new
worlds record for a 56-pOund weight
for height, has been completed, and
VIII be put in place on the floor Of the
hail Saturday morning. The gigantic
weight which Sheridan uses in this
event arrived in Washington this morn
ing, and has been placed on exhibition
in the window Of Stinemetz & Co. at
the corner Of Twelfth and + streets
Attached 10 the big ball is a triangular
shape iron handle. In throwing the
weight Sheridan catches the handle with
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tween his legs before letting go.
In the special 16-pound shOt-put Sheri-
dan Will have as competitors 3. J. Hef-
fernam. of Georgetown; W. II. Michael,
Johns Hopkins star weight man, and
one Of the best in the Southern inter
collegiate association; II. NJ. Stuart, who
has recently created furOre among
George Washington athletes by his great
work with the weights, and II. Robins
of the Boys Latin School, Baltimore,
who although only schoolbOy, has de-
feated many big college men.
Sheridan will also take a try at the
against him will be W. 5. White. of
the National Guard. one Of the best
local running high jumpers; F. H
Young, Of the Gurley Athletic Club, and
p. J. Hefernam, of Georgetown. The
latter, although heavy man, is very
light on his feet
The meeting of Seitz, the national
champion. and CartmeH. the intercolle-
giate champion. along with Semmes. of
the Catholic University: Duker. a for
mer Baltimore schOolboy star: Tread
way. of Johns Hopkins and Marbury. Of
the University of Virginia, viii make
this one Of the best contested and in
teresting races on the program.
One of the latest relay races arranged
is between the Baltimore City College
and Episcopal High School. of Alexan-
dria. for one mile. Episcopal will have
Latane. Mcclellan, Charrington. and
Pendleton, and City College will depend
I nWprinU EnlTn0 Rodgers and
W. X Martin
Manager Foley announced this morn
ing that the first call for the JO-yard
novice, will be given at 7:40, and the
first heat run promptly at O'Clock. II
is the purpose OF the management to
keep the floor clear of everybody but
officials and competing athletes. and ii
is expected that a strict enforcement of
this rule. which was so effective last
year. viii aid the rapid conduct of the
games to great degree.