The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
GUY HASKINS READY
VIII Try for New Record at
the Federal Games.
PENN TO SEND 4 FAST TEAM
He'd and Blue Two-mIie Quartet
VIII Run Against AII-Washington
VIII Include College. school, and
Club Teams-Georgetown Enters.

Guy Haskins. Of the University Of Penn
sylvania. intercollegiate half-mile. one
mile and cross-country champion. and
holder Of the one-mile record, viii try
for new indoor record for the 1000
yards run at the Federal games in Cor
vention Hall a week from nest Saturday
night
Hasirins has been running this distance
regularly during the indoor season and at
the Pastime a. c. games in New York
last Monday night came within four sec
oEds Of the best figures. without being
pushed In the Federal games the event
viii be handicap. and with some Of the
best men in the South Atlantic Division
on the marks and treated literally BIZ the
handicapper, Haskins viii be pushed %
the limit TO win.
Haskins will also be a member Of the
Pennsylvania two-mile relay team. the
other members being Beck and Quigley.
and Jones or Boyle. Jones was the in
tercOliegiate crOss-cOuntry champion two
years ago. This team was originally
scheduled 10 run a handicap against
George Washington University. but the
arrangement has been changed so that an
Washington team win run against the
Quaker four. The local team viii 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, one OF the best men
at the distance in the South Atlantic:
Dick and HildebTaEd. Of the high schools;
Fa.coner of the GuTley Athletic Club;
Heald. Of the !. ". G. A.. and one or two
Georgetown men.
Crack Pole yauIters.
An invitation pole vault VIII be one Of
the special features Of the Federal games.
with Sterrett. Of George Washington. and
the South Atlantic champion, ThraU, OF
the Technical High School. and the
Southern interschoiastic champion, Ward,
Of the Baltimore Y. n. c. a. the best
man in the Oriole City, and Martin. OF
Virginia, who won the pole vault in the
George Washington games. for competi-
tors. The event viii be scratch.
With the exception Of Haskins, Sheri-
dan. McGrath. and Cartmell. perhaps
none OF the out OF town athletes viii at
tract more attention than ". @. PAUL.
the Pennsylvania freshman distance run
neT II was as d member of the famous
Mercersburg Academy team last year
that PAUL made q record that has never
been equaled by a school boy.
Martin Sheridan. worlds champion all
round athlete and Mat McGrath, Ameri-
can champion hammer thrOwer, with a
record of 173 feet inches, who win COM
pete IN a 6-p0und weight throw for
height viii also have several EOOa men
against them IN the special l2-p0und shot
put and three standing broad jumps IN
the latter event will be ThraU the pole
vault champion, who has done about %
feet; Jones, of the Y. ". c. A, and King,
OF the Gurley A. c, with q record Of bet
ter than p feet in the running broad
jump.
Eleven Relay Classes.
There are eleven classes Of relay races
IN the Federal games. The classification
was completed last night and no more
classes will be added The arrangement
Of races Is as follows; Glass /, grade
school championship. with entries already
received from the Twining Blair, and
Monroe schools; class midget cham
pionship with entries already IN from
the fremont Athletic Club and George
town Prep; class g. Sunday school cham
pionship; class J. junior club champion
ship. with entries already received from
the fremont Athletic Club. Gurley Ata-
letic Club BIoominKdale Athletic Club,
and Olympia Athletic Club class g. Wes-
tern High School second. Georgetown
Prep juniors. and Baltimore Country
School juniors. class g. Washington
School for Boys. Emerson Institute, and
Baltimore Country School; class :. Epis-
copaI High School, and Woodberry-
est School for the scholastic champion
ship of Virginia; class s. St. Johns Col
lege tAnnapolis). and Catholic University
Of America. class 9. Philadelphia. BalIi-
more and washington Y n c. As,
class 10. Baltimore Washington iDterCity
championship; class II, University of
Pennsylvania two-miIe team and all
Washington two-miIe team (handicap}
That the Georgetown Prep team is go-
ing 10 make d desperate effort 10 win tho
Pennsylvania alumni trophy is evident
from the fact that they have declined all
offers of a relay race for the purpose Of
concentrating their entire strength on the
individual scholastic events.
Tire seat sale for the Federal games viii
open IN the sporting goods stores to-
morrow. ano entries will close on Friday
night with W. G. Stuart, ZOE Fourteenth
street northwest