Evening star., 1908-01-26
EMINENT ATHLETES
WILL Be SEEN HERE
Sheridan, McGrath and Has
kins Among Those Who Will
Take Part in the Federal
Games Next Month.

Martin J. Sheridan of the Irish-Amerl-
can Club. all around champion OF the
world and Matt McGrath of the New
York Athletic Club tconGueror OF lhe
mighty Flanagan in the 16-pound hammer
throw. and the present American cham
pjou weight throweD Will meet in TWO
weight events, and Guy Haskins OF the
University of Pennsylvania. intercollegiate
half. one-in!le and cross-country cham
MON. will run in the one-mile handicap and
on the Pennsylvania two-mile relay team
at the federal indoor games in Conven-
fion Hall on Saturday. February 10.
Sheridan and McGrath will compete
early in the evening in d special tweiFe-
pound shotrut with best men OF the south
Atlantic division and near the end OF the
rrosram the two New York giants Will
meet in a special fry ysix-pcund weight
throw for height in an attempt to make d
new record for the event. sheridan VIII
also be in a special three Stahulhs oiodu
jumps against several local ana oaitiiii'4'
jumpers. .., ,..+,,o,
The fact that these men, with tartniei,
the Pennsylvania captain and intercoilesi-
ate champion at 100 and 10 YARDS al
practically certain OF beinS meihVeis VI
The American team which Will compete III
+ha Jondcn OLYMPIC games In July makes
their appearance IN the federal games
most interesting event The work OF ohet
idan in the Olympic games at Athens III
1906 will not soon be forgotten, Tor IL was
IN those events he scored more points
than any other man in competition ana
almost as many as all the other metiipel ;
of the American team complned- AZ 'iie
National A. a. I. CHAMPIONSHIPS III
jamestown last September Sheridan won
Tie discus throw in both the American ana
Greek style. completely outclasslnS ms
competitors including big Ralph Rose the
worlds champion shot-putter- In le,ter
which Manager Stuart received from MN
Yesterday the champion says:
had "A tryout last night and find that am
i'll better condition than ever l thlnk NC
Grath can break the record FOR the DO
pound weight for height some OIL US are
sure TO do it very soon.
Record May Be Broken.
Although McGrath is an all-round
weight man, his specialties are the fifty
six-pound weight for height and the SIX
teen-pound hammer throw. He won the
indoor national championship in the for
mer event last November, beating Sheri-
dan only an inch and half. and the
aIl-round champion is anxious TO get an
othe- chance at his rival. With f1erce
but friendly rivalry between the two big
fellows, il looks as If Sheridan's predlc-
tion concerning the breaking of the RECORD
will be made good. McGrath mas rec,
ord of III feet for the sixtee en-pouna
hammer Although slightly taller, he Is
built very much on the same lines as
Flanagan. who is his cousin.
Haskins is the fastest amateur mile
runner In the United States. and only
two other Americans have ever made pet
ter time for the distance. 1t was at the
intercollegiate championships In Cam
bridge last May that the Quaker flyer
ran the mile in 4.2O 80 breaking a rec
ord. which had stood for twelve years
After a rest Of only forty minutes Has
kIne went out and won the half mile in
l.571-5. and by so doing won the cham
pioriship for his university. The versa
fili.y of the man was well demonstrated
in November, when he won the inter
colieElate cross-country championship.
Neither Haskins nor McGrath has ever
competed in Washington, and their ap-
pesrance IN the federal games Will be
a notable event In local athletic circles.
The Relay Races.
Tie Pennsylvania two-mile relay te am
on yEhich Haskins will run the final re-
lag Ntll have as the other members
Jones. cross-country captain, Quigley and
Hartranft This team will run handi-
cap relay race against George Washing
ton and probably also John Hopkins
With three weeks more for training the
Hatchetites will be in first-class condi-
ton and should give the Quakers close
call for the honors. Handicap relay
racing is a new game TO Washington. and
the George Washington men are deter
mined to make winning start.
Besides the two-mile relay there will
be a one-mile event between the Catholic
University of America and st. John $
Cole ge Of Annapolis. st. Johns beat the
Brookland University In the federal games
last year by very narrow margin, and
as they have lost Harrison, their former
captain and fastest man, 1t looks as II
the suburban quartet will have more
than an even chance to wipe out last
years defeat.
The men.who will run on the teams
which will represent Washington and Bal
tniore in the intercity one-mile relay will
be selected this week. Smithson of the
Gurley Club. and Herring, the South At
laatic champion, seem to be sure of
making places on the team. with the
choice for the other two places sesting
among Smith Of Georgetown Prep. Dick
and Hamilton Of the Central High School,
Sehlosser of the National Guard.
Head OF the Y. NJ. c. A. and Tanner Of
the Western High School Baltimore has
Harrison of the Mount Washington Club, !,
Stollenwerck and Stewart of Hopkins ana
Bruins and Sadtler. also of the Mount
Washington Club.
Fourteen Relays on the List.
The federal games will do land ONCE
business In relay races this year. So
many requests have been made by school
and club teams for races that Manager
Stuart announced last night that the clas-
sification or teams must be closed not
later than next Saturday night. There are
already fourteen relays on the program
The George Washington games last
night furnished good opportunity for
trying out the young athletes of the
schools who will be leading contestants in
the federal games for the Pennsylvania
alumni trophy cup. but there are a num-
Der of out-of-town schools not represented
then whose representatives will cut very
much or figure In the struggle for the
cup. Both the trophy cup and the indivd-
ual prizes will be on exhibition in the
sporting goods stores the latter part OF
this week and the sale of tickets will be-
gin at the same places d week from to-
morrow.
Entries for the federal games will close
Friday. February I. with w. q. Stuart
11J 18th street northwest.