Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
NOTED ATHLETES
IN FEDERAL GAMES
Cracks From Philadelphia and
New York Will Be in
Competition.

Guy Haskins of the University of Penn
syIvania. intercollegiate half mile, one
mile and cross country champion. and
holder of the one mile record. will try
for a new indoor record for the LOW
yard run at the federal games in Con-
vention Hall week from next Saturday
night Haskins has been running this
distance regularly during the indoor sea
son. and at the Pastime A. c. games In
New York last Monday night came with
in four seconds of the best figures with
out being pushed. In the federal games
the event will be handicap. and with
some of the best men in the south At
lantic division on the marks and treated
literally by the Handicapped Haskins Will
be pushed to the limit to win. He is
just now in top-notch condition, and
Mike Murphy. the Pennsylvania trainer.
in letter received here yesterday. says
he believes Haskns will better the exist
ing figures. The Quaker champion will
have Quigley and Beck and perhaps one
or two others of his own team in the
race and the pace is bound to be fast
from the start. Beck has a record of
1J1 40 for the half mile and qualified
for the half mile in the Intercollegiate
last year.
Haskins will also be a member of the
Pennsylvania twomile relay team. the
other members being Beck and Quigley
and Jones or Boyle. Jones was the In
tercollegiate cross country champion two
years ago. This team was originally
scheduled to run a handicap race against
George Washington University, but the
arrangement has been changed SO that
an all-Washington team will run against
the Quaker four. The local team Will
be one of the best for the distance which
has ever been formed here, the choice to
be made from these men: Herring. the
south Atlantic champion: Fleming of
George Washington and one of the best
men at the distance In the south At
lantic. Dick and Hildebran of the High
Schools. Falconer of the Gurley Athletic
Club, Head of the Y. NJ. &. A. and one
or two Georgetown men,
An invitation pole vault will be one OF
the special features OF the federal games.
with Sterrett of George Washington and
the south Atlantic champion. Thrall of
the Technical High School and the south
ern in.erscholastic champion. Ward of
the Baltimore Y. NJ. c. A, the best man
in the Oriole city. and Martin OF Virginia
who won the pole vault in the George
Washington games, for competitors. The
event will be scratch, and as all four men
are in prime condition there will be some
of the best vaulting that has ever been
seen in the indoor games here Ihe pole
vault will be one of the early events and
1t is expected will be completed by
o clock.
With the exception of Haskins, Sheridan.
McGrath and Cartmell perhaps none OF
the out-of-town athletes will attract more
attention than w. c. Paul., the Penn-
sylvania freshman distance runner. 1t
was as a member of the famous MERGERS
burg Academy team last year that PAUL
made record that has never been equaled
by O school boy. He won more scholastic
championships than any other distance
running school boy in the country and
smashed the American scholastic record
for the mile run. which was made By
Eddie Mills in 1898. At the middle At
lantic interscholastic championships last
May Paul ran the mile in 40 40, ana
in less than an hour later won the two
mile run in time close to 10 minutes.
He has been doing some very fast indoor
work this year, and Murphy regards nm
as the logical successor of Hasklns on
the Red and Blue team.
Martin Sheridan. worlds champion all
round athlete, and Mat McGrath. Ameri-
can champion hammer thrower, with
record Of 173 feet inches. who will com
pete in 56-pound weight throw for
height will also have several good men
against them in the special 12-pound shot
put and three standing broad jumps. In
the latter event will be Thrall. the pole
vault champion who has done about 30
feet: Jones of the Y. NJ G. A. and King
Of the Gurley A. c.. with a record Of bet
ter than 81 feet in the running broad
jump.
There are eleven classes of relay races
in the federal games. The classification
was completed last night. and no more
classes VIII De dOQpU. he arrangement
of races is as follows: Glass l, grade
school championship. with entries already
received from the Twining. Blair and Mon
roe schools; class > midget championship,
with entries already in from the fremont
A. C. and Georgetown Prep; class 3. Sun
day school championship; class 4, Junior
Club championship. with entries already
received from the fremont A. c.. Gurley
A. c. and Bloomingdale A. c. and Oiym
pia A. c.: class ), Western High School
more Country School juniors; class Is,
Washington School for Boys, Emerson In
stitute and Baltimore Country School:
class I. Episcopal High School and Wood
berry Forest School for the scholastic
championship of Virginia: class g. st.
Johns College 1Annapois) and Catholic
University of America: class o. Philadel-
phia. Baltimore and Washington Y. Nj. c.
A.; class TO- Baltimore-Washingto in
tercity championship; class II, University
Of PENNSYLVANIA two-mle team and All
Washington two-mile team (handicap).
That the Georgetown Prep team is go
ing to make a desperate effort to win the
Pennsylvania alumni trophy is evident
from the fact that they have declined al
offers of relay race for the purpose of
concentrating their entire strength on the
individual scholastic events. The young
Blue and Gray athletes have one of the
strongest and biggest track teams that
has ever been organized in the school.
and they expect to be in the running with
a vengeance when the final counting of
trophy points is made. The federal games
will also serve a tryout for the larger
number of new men on the Georgetown
varsity track SQUAD, and 1t is probable
that one or two of the Blue and Gray
auarter-,nilers will make a place on the
intercity relay team which will represent
Washington against Baltimore. The trials
for this team Will De leId Il week from to-
morrow.
The seat sale for the federal games will
open in the sporting goods stores tomor
row and entries will close Friday night
with ". G.. Stuart, 709 l1th street north
west.