The Washington herald., 1908-08-30

/ J. c. Carpenter. the American runner
whom the London Olympic games officials
+ disqualified for alleged boring of Halls
welle, the British champion, in the finaI
I heat Of the $50 meters championship.
/ and whose shabby treatment stirred up
such fuss in this country and Europe
entered the quarter and half-mie runs
I in the Washington Grove track and field
games 10 be heId on Labor Day morn
i-g- This win be Carpenters first ap-
/ tpearance in competition in this country
since the Olympic games. and Will give
I the followers Of athletics IN this vicinity
their first chance TO see an Olympic
I winner IN action since the London games
Carpenter is Washington boy who
F learned the running game under Moake-
4 y at Cornell. and has been for three years
a point winner for the Ithacans in the
intercollegiate championships
( That the Washington Grove games VIII
be more successful this year than in any
I OF the other five years is evident from
I the number Of entries received. There
VIII be more than 100 individual athletes
[ in the thirteen events. and Baltimore
I viii be as numerously represented as
! Washington. Every athletic organization
Z IN the District VIII have men in all the
events and practically all the clubs and
Young Mems Christian associations in
the O-iole City are represented among
I the entries Besides these men from the
Two cities there viii be a very fair repre-
sentation from Montgomery County.
Over One Hundred Athletes Entered.
Probably the event attracting the most
. -
terest VIII be the oae-uiie relay race
for the championship Of Montgomery
County. This is a Exrure on the Wash
ingto1 Grove programme. and the town
teams are sometimes organized as early
as October for the race or the following
Labor Day with the fastest Quartet
which ever competed for the Foster
trophy Linden did not have much Diff
Guilty in winning the blue ribbon prize
last year. and having their team intact
they expect % duplicate the performance
Eocady week The Clsggett brothers.
former High Scao0l champions. Birnev
and Benedict are the men who VIII run
for the lower county town. There wiu
be al least three other teams IN the race.
and ksnsi1gton. Galthersburz. and Wash
irErCn Grove are determined 10 brsaE,
the winning streak of the 1907 cham
pions- kensinEron won the trophy two
successive years, and with Israel. Morse.
and Nar-lel as nucleus for the 1903
quartet believe they vii again show
thei- heels 20 the Linden and other
teams
GuTIey Athletic Clubs Large List.
The Gurley Athletic Club VIII be repre-
sected BY the largest number Of indi-
viduzi entries. with tvenJy-six men. Their
relay team VIII also be IN The open race
against The Washington Y " c. A and
Mount washington The Washington
Grove games VIII serve as good trv-out
for Sn1irLsCl. Young and King who are
10 represent The GGrlev club az the Junior
A A l. national cEa-p!Onshlps the
following week SuitEs1n VIII run in
the guarte--nile. King viii be ir the run
nins broad jump and Young in the run
ni1E high jump. Both Young and King
won places il the Junior championships
~ jamestown The Er0ok-and Athletic
Club. the local I. II C. A and the
B-1ouirG6ale Club VIII have strong dele
cations In The open events
From Baltimore there VIII be men IN
the weights and sp-ir-s representing the
Maryland and Baltimore athletic clubs.
while the Mount Washington club viii
have strong bunch Of middle and long
distance runners The Cross Country
Club VII make a speciality OF the half
mile and mile runs. and the Central Y
II c. A has some high Ieapers in the
pole-vault ard high jump. Young Gan
ster. Of the L0yola Club. who made such
a strong showing IN the Federal games
last year against the giant Stipp. VIII be
g 5lue-riob0l contender in the weights
The games VIII start al i O'Clock. local
athletes leaving here or the Baltimore
and Ohio train az SO Entries close on
Tuesday. September