The Washington times., 1908-06-19

| chance tC cover themselves with glory
and medals when the annual outdoor
| championships OF the South Atlantic
Association Of the Amateur Athletic
Union are held at HOmewood Field.
Baltimore, tomorrow afternoon, begin
ming at , p. m. sharp.
! DR.. d e. Wiber, chairman of the regis
tFation committee of the South Atlantic,
and other Washington boomers, have
/ been working overtime to get a strong
| representation from the Capital In the
meet, and have succeeded. They have
! aug up the best talent in the District
/ with the exception Of several college
men who are not in town, and IL would
/ not be surprising If they carried on the
! honors of the meet At any rate, they
| can hardly fail 70 make q most excel
/ lent showing and give field and track
/ athletics in the Capital a great uplitt
HOme-Bred Talent.
! The games held at American League
! Park in this city, on Decoration Day,
We're in a measure trials for the meet
of tomorrow, and showed that the South
| Atlantic has nothing 10 be ashamed of
/ In tho way OF performers, considering
that none Of the clubs in this section
/ are given TO signing up Pacific coast
and other athletes from afar by pro-
| curing them jobs which pay twice as
much as they are worth r The men who
/ will do stunts at HomeWOOd Field to-
morrow are all home-bred material. IN
! the sport for the fun of the thing, theI
good the exercise does them and the
! enjoyment their friends get out of the
| exhibitions.
! Al tnat they are not dead ones by
any means for some OF the best ath-|
| letes outside OF the big PROSECUTING
! clubs tn New York are in the S. A. A.
! championships ana, while worlds rec
| oTds are not likely 10 suffer 10 IS very
| probable that new marks for this dis
! trict OF the A. A. u. viii! he set
Strong Distance Combination.
The Washington Grove Athletic AS
/ ISOLATION makes a strong bid with Louis
! G. Common. who made such a reputation
! last winter on the Wesleyan relay team.
and ". G.. ThraIl, one OF the best pole
/ vaulters Washington has produced IN o
/ long time.
Connor is in the mile and half mile
/ both OF which look like pickings for
| Washington. He will have his troubles
I in the half-mile beating Steve LOrandO,
/ the George Washington University re-
! lay and distance runner. now with the
{ Gurley Athletic Club VIII DICK, one or
/ the best runners the Washington high
/ schools have ever produced and captain
! Of the Central track squad last year,
now with the GuTieysi T.. J.. WenderoJh,
/ Of the GuTleys, and Thomas White, OF
I the BlOOmingdales.
/ The fly in the Washington ointment
| in this event Is J. q. Carpenter, Mary
! land Athletic Club. a Cornell University
/ man, who will be on the American team
| at the Olympic games this year. and
/ who was a star al the Washington Cen
l trail High school four years ago An
| other obstacle is Pete Herring, also
/ Washington boy, who represents the
/ Mt. Washington Club. OF Baltimore
Even if a Washington club is not cred
/ tied with the winner Of the meet,
/ Washington product Is almost sure 20
land q.
Talent in Mile
! In the mile with Conner are Wender-
/ 9th. Loranda, and 3. n, Hildebrand, all
/ of the Gurley A. c. WH Dick, .. Z.
/ smithson and II. G. Byrd, also ali Of
| the GurIeys. are all In the 44O-yard.
where they run against Carpenter
again
] &. F.. Hamilton and j. a. McKee,
/ both Of the Gurleys, are the Washing
| ton entrants in the SZO-yard hurdle, an
! event not so much praCticcd here. ".
D GIL OF Tome Institute. IOTandO and
/ Robert B. Fleming, the game little
! George Washington UutVeTalJy relay
/ and distance man. all three now wear
/ Ing the Guriey cOlOrs, VIII stack against
CLASSY talent in the nve-mtle. but have
| a fair chance TO bring home the bacon,
Spransy's Hard Job.
Byrd. Of the GurIeys. is the only
! Washington man in the 22O-yard dash.
| in which Carpenter also bobs up.
Temple Tweedv, OF the Gurleys, IS
! alone for the Capital in the 16-pCund
! shot, but Will have the job Of HE life
/ 10 beat Tom Barrett and the other
/ Baltimore old-timers.
/ NJ. r Spransy, still another Central
/ High athlete. in GuTley COlOTs. is the
| solitary WashingtOnian in the 16-pOLnd
| hammer. where ne will have 10 get up
| early in the morning TO beat G. c.
/ Cooling. one OF the best Baltimore ham
/ mer throwers of the younger genera
] ton.
/ ". p. White. of the District National
( Guard, and F. II. Young, of th- Cur
/ leys. are i'm the high Jump.
Sure of Points in Vault.
! Washington gets a good look-in for
/ the pole vault. with two OF the three
/ entries They are ThrRH. OF the Wash
! ington Grove A. A, and Jack Sterrett,
! the best field event man George Wash
! iEgtOn University ever had, now In
! those same GuTley plumes. The only
/ butter-In on this Washington sCciable
1 is II. D. Ward, of the Central y. NJ
| @. A, Of Baltimore, who, sad to say,
| is quite a nifty performer, and SHOULD
/ make both the Capitalites extend them
! selves.
Stelzner's Busy Day.