Evening star., 1908-01-12
HARRY KRAUSS.
Showing

| in this feature with Sterrett, Owens and
Whitten. Stefrett returned to Washing
| ton a couple of weeks ago from long
| trip through the southwest, and has been
| working in the gymnasium every day
He is the best of the southern college
| vauiters, with record of ten feet six
| inches, and. is rounding into top-notch
| form Owens was the winner of the
pole vault In the Labor day games at
| Washington Grove, and Whitten, full back
on the varsity eleven last fall, has had
/ a good deal of previous experience in
vaulting. Ward and Knulker of the Cen
! tral Y. M. c. A. of Baltimore Will make
| things interesting for the Buff and Blue
| trio, Ward being Sterrett's old rival for
southern championship honors. Virginia
will also have couple of entries in this
event.
The classification of relay teams was
| practically completed last night. although
Manager Fleming does not expect to close
all negotiations until Tuesday. One OF
the latest races arranged is one-ml!e
event between the Baltimore City Col
Alexandria, the challenge of the latter
school to the Central High School Of this
| city having been declined. The George
Washington VARSITY one-mile team will
run against Richmond College.
| The Gurley Athletic Club will have
| fourteen representatives competing in the
various events, including first and second
relay teams. The five men from whom
| the first quartet will be chosen are Smith
| son, the old Business High School star
quarter miller; King, Young. Brame and
Beall Smithson is probably the fastest
| quarter miller In the District. with a
record Of 81 seconds for the distance. In
| the middle states scholastic champion
| ships last May he finished second, two
/ yards back OF the winner, whose time was
| 80 % seconds. The Gurley Club will also
| have Hicks. Hildebrand, Galbraith and
| Fielding in the mile run; Brittson, Evans
and Hall in the sprints. and Tranney in
| the shot put.
| One of the feature scholastic events will
be the one-mile relay race between the
Western and Business High School teams.
There seems just now very little choice
| between the candidates for the two quar-
tets. although the boys from West Wash
ington have had more experience. Capt
Champion of Western will not make the
| final choice of his team until day or two
before the games but 1t looks as If these
boys will have the first call: Fleming,
Tanner. Curtiss, Max Hodgson and
Champion. Capt. Lloyd of the CONNER
cial School team has a dozen candidates
of about equal ability, and he will have
some elimination trials early this week
| The Bloomingdale Athletic Club will be
one of the most strongly represented of
the younger organizations. They will
have a one-mile relay team. consisting OF
Worley as substitute. Some Of these will
also be in the open events. and the
Bloomingdale Club will also have Corri-
| gan in the mile run, Morris In the sixteen
pound shot put, and Speedel, an old Cen
trail High School athlete. in the pole
vault.
Entries for the George Washington
games will not close until next Saturday
night, but Manager Fleming has already
received nearly half hundred.
| Entries should be sent to r. F. Fleming.
| 100 14th street northwest. The sale OF
seats will begin tomorrow at the sport
ing goods stores.