The Washington herald., 1907-03-11
GEORGETOWN MEET NOTES,

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who made quarterback on the All-Ameri-
can fogtbJll team two years ago, viewed
she sport from the iufeld
TIE Georgetown Preps were represented
by more athletes than any other single
organization. Judging from the number
of juniors and midget Preps, there is
plenty of embryo material In store for
future varsity teams.
Hetfeld. Of the Catholic University. was
reinstated shortly before the meet com
meHced. He was suspended some time
ago FOR competing under an assumed name
az Richmond, but upon investigation the
A. A. T.. found that De had explained the
circumstance TO the assistant clerk of
che course before he went 10 the mark,
and the ban was Immediately raised.
Central Branch Y. NJ. c. A, Of Balti-
more withdrew from tne race with the
District National Guard and Carroll In
sthUte was substituted The CAROLS had
lot been IN training, and were in no
shape. so the miitiamcn won as they
pleased.
Considerable adverse criticism was heard
when SeitZ. oi the New York Athletic
Club, withdrew from the 5g-yaTd invita-
tion. In the other dash he beat the gum
and got two false starts in the invitation.
His opponents refused TO avail themselves
Of their rights ia having him set back.
but even then he refused 10 run. SgitZ
is this season going better than ever
before. and the crowd would Ike 20 have
seen him az his best against Cartmeu, OF
Penn, the intercollegiate champion.
Coe was i'm great form for his assault
ou the l2-pouud shot record. and could
probably have added few inches TO his
distance had he not been told that he had
succeeded IN establishing a new world
record As was told in yesterdays
Washington Herald. the record is s. feet
. inches.
Jack Sterrett. Of George Washington,
had a ran OF hard luck in the pole vault
Although he was in good form he made
seyeEl attempts Ia get over TIE bar at
10 feet s inches, and barely tipped the
rod. Each time il fell after he had
struck the floor.
For an aggregation without any stars
of the first magnitude, Johns Hopkins has
easily the best field and track team in this
section When the Hopkins squad enters
an event and misses first prize one of the
Marylanders can usually be found either
second OF third.
nearly ten years. the management has not
yet solved the problem OF keeping the in
field cleaEed and giving the spectators an
uuobstructed view of the events Ii
seems shame that such good meet
should he maugd by the presence in the
oval of couple OF hundred inexperienced
and incompetent officials. alleged news
paper men. and athletes who are not COM
peting, cutting of the view of the hun
dreds OF spectators who have paid good
prices for seats. Dr. Reilly. the referee
tried hard to run the games properly and
made the most of a thankless task, but
until the Georgetown management does
away with some Of the titular officials
and get competent men 20 conduct the
affair, the same trouble will be expert
enced in the future. Yale. Harvard,
Princeton. Pennsylvania, and other lead
ing universities have found after years
of trials that proper conduct of athletics
by undergraduates, without the assist
ance or advice of alumni boards, is an
impossibility, and until Georgetown
authorities come to a realization Of the
fact that her system OF administration Of
athletics is all wrong, Tepetitions of Sat
urday's mistakes are to be expected. Man
ager Crummey did well considering the
burden which he was forced TO carry. but
he is a victim of an old system which has
been a distinct failure ever since the ad-
visory board was abolished and the under
graduates have attempted to run things
according 10 their own ideas.
DIR. Grant, chairman of the S. A. A.
registration committee, has issued the fol-
lowing statement concerning the eligi-
bility Of Haskins, of Pennsylvania, in the
two-mile relay race:
in order that the public may under
stand the discussion in regard to the
Haskins case I beg to state briefly the
facts governing same.
"Haskins can run in any intercollegiate
association games or in any event be
tween purely intercollegiate members in
which games or events he comes under
the intercollegiate ruling. He is ineligible
TO compete under the A A L rules. and
cannot run in any events which are open
exclusively to 4. :. L. members.
The Intercollegiate Association con-
siders that events open only TO colleges.
members Of their association, come under
their rules, and not under the A A. L.
rules, even though the games are held un-
der an A. A. L. sanction.
About forty local athletes who COM
peted Saturday viii participate in the