The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-24
Relay Races Being Arranged
for Georgetown Meet.
BLUE AND GRAY VS.. VIRGINIA
Rival Colleges VIII Meet I'm Match
Race at Convention Hall Tourney
Have Young but Fast Team
Ready by Time of Meet.

/ the team might make its initial appear
ance IN this city at the coming George
town games on March O. Against Vir-
! ginia's fast relay four Georgetown will
lpit the strongest team it has had since
1904. when the Blue and Cray established
a worlds record for an indoor relay at
St. Louis. Besides Capt. Montgomery
and eX-Capt. Sullivan, easily the best two
men on last years team, Coach Reilly
has found "a couple of good men in
Devine and OBoyle. two freshmen who
came to Georgetown with sterling reputa-
tons from their prep schools, O'Boyle
ran on the team which won from Rich
nond College at the recent games at
Richmond, but Harry Devine will be
seen in this city for the first time as a
member Of the Georgetown team which
viii strive to down Virginia.
Dcvine and OBoyle had no easy time
making the Georgetown team this year.
TWO more freshmen-Miller and Conan
made fast time I'm their trials. and. in
fact, were members of the winning team
at Richmond this season Miller for
merry ran on the Cautious Prep School
team OF Buffalo. while Conan last sea-
son was a member Of the fast George
town Prep School relay team. These
two men VIII serve as subs to the varsity
and IN case neither man runs on the
varsity team that night both will be
found on the Georgetown freshman team.
which VIII meet the freshmen from
George Washington University In one
of the feature events of the meet. Be
sides competing with the Buff and Blue
team the Georgetown youngsters have
high hopes of carrying off the hOnors
IN the annual interclass relay race. IN
which they viii be matched against the
junior sophomore and possibly the senior
relay teams Of the college.
IntercIass Races.
This race promises 20 be OF unusual in
terest this year on account of the wealth
.of good material In the college classes,
and the spirited way IN which the young
STEERS have taken hold Of the track work
The race early conceded 20 the Juniors on
account of their good showing last year
now looks as 81 il would be taken by the
freshmen. The junior and freshman
teams reported last week The juniors
have Capt. SpaldiHg, who ran last man
on his team last season: Smith. McL.augh-
lin, and Reilly, who were also candidates
last season; Dowd. Moran. and Connolly
The freshmen, besides Miller and Cohen.
are Palen, Carlin, Shumm. Mckinney. T.
stuart, and Byrues. The sOphomores and
seniors are expected out early next week
Capt Doyle. Roache, and Mccarthy re-
main from last years senior class team.
and J. Stuart Burns. and COppinger are
also expected out. Capt Corcoran is the
only veteran on the sophomore team 4
good team can be formed, however from
the new candidates, who are Benzinger.
Lynch, La Plante, Culkin, Fitzgerald.
and Fitzpatrick.
As an innovation, law school teams from
Georgetown and George Washington viii
meet in q relay contest for the first time
In their history. The Georgetown law.
medical, and dental schools will also fea-
ture in an interdepartmental race as in
former years. Il IS reported that there is
some excellent material In the graduate
schools which is unavailable for the
varsity teams on account Of lack OF time
and distance from the training quarters.
The Georgetown Preparatory School
squad is the strongest aggregation which
has ever been turned out from that in
sttution, and is bound to give q good ac.
count OF itself i'm the March games. In
the field events the props can enter
Scheme and O'Kelly in the high jump. and
Cronin f. SiJterding and McQuan in the
shot-put.
Charles J. Seitz. the indoor champion.
who is entered iu the 50-yard Invitation
race against Cartmell, Of Pennsylvania.
Carter, Of Virginia, and Sullivan and De-
vine, of Georgetown. has already arrived
in Washington. He is training on the
Georgetown indoor track, and has offered
his services until the day of the meet as
coach TO the Georgetown Prep squad.
Coe To Compete.
Through the efforts Of Dr. Joe Reilly.
who knew the great shot-putter in his
prep days, the appearance at the George
town meet Of Walter Coe is practically
assured. This viii be the first appear
ance at a Washington meet of this
mighty champion who at different times
in his career has been associated with
the Tufts College of New England:
Michigan, of the West, and oxford, of
England. He is now appearing under the
colors Of the Boston Athletic Associa-
tion. AS opponents in the l6-lb. shot put
he viii have Hehernan and O'Gorman. Of
Georgetown, well known for their vic
tories in several Southern meets; Cloth.
of Virginia. Stuart, of George Washing
ton. Heffernan and OGorman, although
members of the same university. have
never met in an open meet, and there is
much speculation as 10 their relative
merits.
Joe Montgomery, the fleet Georgetown
captain, viii meet two worthy rivals i'm
the middle distance runs in Melvin Shep-
paTd, OF New York. and Jim Mulligan.
the former Georgetown quaFter-miler
but now wearing the Red and Blue of
Pennsylvania Mulligan and Sheppard
have appeared here on former occasions
and left a most favorable impression on
the Washington public. The Georgetown
runner lacks the experience Of the two
older men, but II is claimed by many
that in a handicap event he can beat
either one.
O'B0yle in the hurdles, and Devln and
Fitzgerald. in the high jump. up to the
present time complete Georgetown's list
of entries for the meet O'BoyIe has
shown rare form in the hurdles this sea-
son, and but for an unfortunate fall as
he vas leading the bunch at the last
hurdle would have captured this event
a. the recent Richmond meet. Devlin and
Fitzgerald have improved wonderfully
since last season in the high jump. and
both are expected TO win places in this
field event
BeeLIey with Cardinals.
St. Louis, Feb 2S.-Contrary to the ex-
pectauous of most of the St Louis base
ball fans, Manager McCloskey announced
to-day that Jake Beckley, known as "Old
Eagle Eye would be retained by the
team another season. Jake didn't have
very good luck last year and many looked
for him TO be released. but McCloskey
thinks Jake still can render the Cardinals