The Washington times., 1908-01-12
RELAY
--LATEST IDEA FOR
FEDERAL GAMES
VS.. ALI
Baltimore Two More
Outsiders.

An intercity one-mile relay race be-
tween teams representing Baltimore and
Washington Is the latest feature added
10 the program of the Federal Indoor
Games. TO be held in Convention Hall
on February Is.
Although intercity races have been run
in Philadelphia and New York for sew
eral years, this VIII be the first event
between quartets representing the ORR
ele City and the Capital. The teams
win be made up Of runners who are
residents of each city, regardless of the
club college. or school Of which they
may be members. and the four fastest
men VIII be chosen. The work OF the
qaarter-milers in the early games VIII be
closely watched, and the form which
they show then viii largely determine
the choice. There are enough speedy
440-men in the local organizations 10
form two good one-mile relay teams
and the selection Of the fastest four will
be a difficult job. Picking the Oriole
contingent viii be just as hard a task.
Penn Charter and MercersbuTg.
THAT there is greater interest than
ever among school boys in track attn
letfcs. and that the Federal games will
have a larger and more representative
list Of entries, is evident from the num-
Der Of inquiries received by Manager
Stuart from managers Of school teams,
especially of oUt-Of-town institutions.
Penn Charter School. of Philadelphia,
and Mercersburg Academy are the
schools which have most recently indi-
Gated that they will be represented.
Penn Charter and Mercersburg are
headliners in scholastic athletics in the
East, and If they send enough men viii
add greater interest and uncertainty to
The contest for the Pennsylvania alumni
trophy
1T looks as if the Central High School,
which won last years trophy and cham
plonship so handily, will be pushed 10
the limit to capture this years cup.
The MeTcersburg athletes are coached
by Kraenzlein, the worlds record
holder in the high and low hurdles, and
Il was this school which produced Tai
bolt, the young giant Cornell freshman
Who last year made a new worlds rec
crd Of POS feet for the 12-pound hammer
Penn Charter. coached by al Sharpe
the old Yale football star. was the
school which sent Vetterlein and Ten
hey TO Princeton and Rogers TO Cornell
The last was runReF-up to Taylor wher
he broke the intercollege quarter-mile
record last year.
Country School Challenge.
The Country School for Boys, of Bal
timore. has challenged Episcopal High
School and Woodbury. Forest School Il
a Junior relay race az 500 yards, and
81 is likely that both these teams viii
accept Manager Simpson. of the Coun
Try School for Boys. is a Washington
boy and the victory Of his team agains
these same schools last year was on
of the most popular triumphs Of th'
night
The management of the Fedora
Games will this year give handsome sill
yer and bronze plaques to members o
winning relay teams, instead OF the Gus
tomary medals. which will be awarded
for first. second and third places il
the individual events. These plaques
consist OF sterling silver and solid brOnz
plates. with raised figures of athlete:
and laurel wreaths, the plates TO b,
mounted on solid oak blocks about I
foot square. The plaques viii be made
TO hang on the wall or for use as table
or desk ornaments.
Entries for the Federal Games vii
close on February :, with W. G. Stuart
700 Fourteenth street northwest