The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
CARNIVAL OF SPORT
All Events for G. w. t. Meet
Well Filled.
TWENTY-SIX EVENTS CARDED
Three Hundred Competitors from
Clubs, Colleges, and Schools In
This Vicinity VIII Compete in
Games at Convention Hall Next
Saturday-Sprints a Feature.

When the entries closed last night for
the George Washington University indoor
games. to be held in Convention Hall
next Saturday night, the indications were
that il would be one Of the most sue
cessful early-season affairs Of its kind
ever conducted "a the South In twenty
six events on the programme, there will
be nearly three hundred individual com
petitors, including entries from Johns
Hopkins. the University Of Virginia, the
Catholic University, George Washington,
the Maryland Agricultural College. nearly
all the local high and preparatory schools.
practically ali the schools in Baltimore.
and the leading athletic scholastic IN
stitutiOns in Virginia, besides the Gurley
Athletic Club, the Y. N. c. A., and half
dozen other athletic clubs of this city,
the Mount Washington Athletic Club, the
Baltimore Athletic Club Maryland Ath-
letic Club the Mccullough Club. Mary
land Swimming Club, Cross Country
Club. and several other younger organfza-
tions Of Baltimore.
List of Relays.
The following is the list Of relay races
as made up by Manager Fleming last
night: Two-mile college championship OF
the South, with Johns Hopkins, George
Washington. and the University Of Vir-
ginia one-mile relay. with tho Catholic
University. Richmond College. and the
Maryland Agricultural College; one-mile
relay between George Washington and
the University Of Virginia: one-miIe re-
lay, with the George Washington fresh
men. the Woodberry-Forrest School, and
Gurley Athletic Club. one-miIe relay. be-
tween the Baltimore City College and the
Episcopal High School Of Alexandria;
one-mile relay race. for the championship
Of George Washington University, with
teams from the Law School Medical
School. College. and Pharmacy School;
one-mile relay, with the Richmond How
itzeTs. Company g. District National
Guard, and Fort Myer Cavalry; one-mile
relay, between the Washington School
for Boys and the Country School for
Boys Of Baltimore. One-mils relay. be-
tween the Western and Business high
schools; 1,2l0 yards relay, with the West
ern High School juniors and the second
teams Of the Washington School for BOYS
and the Baltimore Country School for
Boys. SO yards relay. with four teams Of
midgets from the boys department Of the
local y. NJ. G. A; Loo yards relay. with
the Guriey A c. second team. the Baltic
Athletic Club. the Bl0Omingdale A C..
and the Baltimore City College second
team: 1,200 yards relay. with the Olympia
A. C.. the National Guard second team,
the Potomac A. c. and the Warwick A.
C: 100 yards relay, with the Y. NJ C. A.
juniors, fremont A. c. Blair School, and
the Baltimore City College
IN these fifteen relay races there are
forty-fOur teams. with 175 actual competi-
tors in this class Of events alone.
Leading Individual Events.
In the individual events the greatest IN
terest will center around the pole vault
the scholastic sprint, and mile run. ster-
rett, the George Washington star. and the
champion of the South. will be on scratch.
Ward. Of the Baltimore Y. NJ. c. A. and
half dozen other good men with fair
handicaps viii give the Buff and Blue
vaulter all he can do TO land in front
The one-mile handicap viii have some
Of the best men in the South Atlantic AS
soCiatiOn. including Capt BTentOn and
BTeyer and Grif1th. Of Hopkins. and Wen
deroth and Schmitt. OF George Washing
ton. the latter the old high school cham
pion.
The fight for honors in the scholastic
sprints promises TO be one OF the features
of the games, with such boys as Simpson,
Of the Baltimore Country School; Lloyd
Of Business High; Champion, Of Western
High; Hamilton. of Central High; Pendle-
ton. OF Episcopal High, and dozen other
/ fast ones to toe the mark.
The tickets for the George Washington
games are being sold at all the sporting