The Washington herald., 1907-01-20
SHEPARD WILL RUN
Middle Distance Champion
Enters Federal Games.
PENNSYLVANIA ALUMNI CUP
Quaker Graduates Offer Trophy for
Team Scoring Greatest Number
venti0n Hall, February 23-Many
Entries Expected from Baltimore.

Melvin " Shepard, Americas greatest
middle-distance runner. holder Of a string
Of records and championships. is the lat
est addition to the list of champion ath-
letes who will compete in the Federal
: intercollegiate and Interscholastic Track
and Field Games at Convention Hall on
the evening Of Saturday, February %.
In the race against Shepard it is ex-
pected that there viii be either Jones OF
Haskins, Of Pennsylvania. the former the
intercollegiate cross-country champion
and the latter the intercollegiate one
mile champion; Louis Conner. also of
Pennsylvania. and the former interscho-
lastic and former Southern A A l. one
and three mile champion; Harry Coates,
Of the Newark. y. J., Y. NJ c. A, n fast
miller. G. W. Griffith. Of Johns Hopkins,
the Southern intercollegiate champion,
and a score Of lesser lights
10 other American middle distance
runner within the last generation has
created such a sensation in athletic cir
cles as has Melvin Shepard within the
past three years IT was while "A stu
dent at the Brown Preparatory School
in Philadelphia that Shepard developed
his prowess in all distances from quar-
ter mile TO two miles IN the Middle
States Interscholasuc Championships. in
1894, Shepard, in one afternoon, ran the
half mile IN l:59 the mile in 4.31. and the
two miles in 9.57. He is now the national
champion, both indoors aud outdoors. IN
the half mile and mile runs, having last
September won the half mile event in
1.54 just three-6fths Of a second outside
the worlds record figures set up by
Charles Fitzpatrick ia 1885.
Charles Seitz. the former GEORGETOWN
star, and another national champion. who
viii run in the Gfty-yard open handicap
and the hfty-yard invitation, sent word 70
Manager Foley yesterday that he is max
ing special preparations for the Federal
games, and is going 10 make n desperate
effort 70 set up new figures for the half
century sprint.
Nirginia's Strong Team.
The distance Of the Virgin.a-George
Washington relay race for the intercol-
legiate championship Of the South will be
determined at a conference this week.
Virginia has in Burke. Guy, and Nc
Nagny, of last years team. three first
class qUarter-miiers. who. with the add
tion Of Marbury. would make a speedy.
well-balanced quartet IN addition 10
the relay runners, Virginia will send half
a dozen men for the open events.
4 silver trophy cup has been offered
by the University of Pennsylvania Alumni
Association Of the District for the school
scoring the greatest number Of points in
events open only 20 school boys. This cup
viii be given outright 10 the winning
school, points TO count FIVE for frsts.
three for seconds, and one for thirds.
Places won in the relay races will not
count in the scoring for the cup. This
is the first time that s trophy has been
offered in the District for points won in
indoor games, and it is the purpose OF
the Pennsylvania graduates to award
such a cup each year in the Federal
games.
An event which is attracting an unusual
amount Of attention among the young
athletes Of the District is the relay race
for the Junior club championship Two
additional entries were received yester-
day, one from the Olympia Athletic Club
and the other from the Gales Night
school Athletic Association The Olympia
team. headeL by Capt Owens. viii be
composed of boys VINO ran on the web
ster school teams in former years. while
the Gales Night School quartet will con-
sist Of four gritty youngsters who work
down town during the day and do all
their studying and training at night.
Manager Foley has received word from
Manager lowering, of the Baltimore City
College. and all the other Baltimore
school managers that they viii send over
strong, big teams. Arrangements are
pending for several relay races between
the teams OF the OriUle City and the
District