The Washington herald., 1908-02-15


Three hundred and sixty athletes will
meet In track and field competition in
Convention Hall tonight at the fifth re-
newal Of the Federal indoor games
They VIII represent ffty-four colleges,
schools, and clubs OF twelve cities and
towns. Every class of athlete win be
there from the tiny midget in the grade
school. to the giant American and worlds
champions. and they viii compete in
twenty-eight events. fourteen OF which
VIII be relay races.
Probably never before in Washington
has there been so many CLASSY per-
formers on the programme OF an indoor
meet. At least four Of the athletes who
win compete tonight expect 10 be on the
American Olympic team in London. and
one or two others have a good chance TO
make the trip. Nor only IN the open han
dicap events, but in the contests for
school boys there Is the same high class.
and the Federal games Of 1908 promise
70 set a new standard for Washington in
the records that viii be made by the
winning competitors.
Leading the big bunch Of entries il rep
utatiOn and performance are Martin
Sheridan. of the Irish-American Athletic
Club. worlds all-round champion, and
Matt McGrath. Of the New York Athletic
CLUB, holder Of the American hammer
throwing. record. These giants win take
a try at the record for throwing the 90
pound weight for height and they will
also be in a special shot put Sheridan,
always a gluten for work. will try con
eiusions in three standing broad jumps
against four good local men,
HasIins in 1,OOO-yard Run.
In the lO00-yard run. Guy Haskins. the
University Of Pennsylvania intercollegiate
champion and record holder in the mile
run viii be pitted against a rattling fast
field, the best Of which is Thurlow, Of Eir-
gina, with record Of 200 Is for the half
mile. Carmeu, intercollegiate sprint
champion, is in the 50-yard handicap. and
a 50-yard invitation, and PAUL, PennsyI-
vania's phenomenal freshman mile run
ner, will start in the lorg-distance event !
One Of the most interesting Of the spe- |
cial events is an invitation pole vault
with Thrall. of Technical High School; |
Sterrett OF George Washington; Martin. |
Of Virginia; McMurray. Of Tome Instl- |
fute; and Ward. OF the Baltimore Young I
Mems Christian Association. All these |
men are hrst-class vaulters. not one of 1
them with a record less than 70 feet 6 /
inches.
OF the relay races the leading feature /
VIII be the two-mile handicap between |
the University of PENNSYLVANIA team.
composed OF Haskins, Jones Quigley. and i
Beck. and an All-WasEiugtOn team, made /
up OF Herring. Fleming. Giu, and Heald. |
and a one-mile race for intercity champ
fonship between Washington and Balti- |
more. The local quartet win be Brame. /
Smithson King, and Herring. and the |
Oriole city viii depend on DUker, Stoll- /
enwerck, White, and Sadtler. The |
Georgetown varsity reserve four has /
been matched against Richmond College.
and the Catholic University and St Johns /
College. of Annapolis. viii have their an /
nual dual relay tussel. The Philadelphia /
y. N. c. A., the Washington Y n. c. A, |
the District National Guard, Company G. !
and the Richmond Howitzers are classed !
together In a one-nlile event, and the /
fierce rivalry between the GurIey and /
Bloomingdale Athletic clubs will make /
the struggle for the intermediate champ |
ionship hot and close.
Race for Virginia Title.
Among the school races there will be
one for the championship of Virginia. be-
tween the Woodberry-Forrest School and /
the Episcopal High School of Alexandria.
Western High, Emerson Institute. and the /
Washington School are in another race /
and the Baltimore City College Brown
Prep. School of philadelphia, and Mary
land Agricultural College are classed to-
gether.- Georgetown Prep. the Friends
Select School and Business High have
relay teams. and the midgets and grade
school youngsters will have their annual |
championship battles
TWO trophy cups will be awarded. ore
TO the school scoring the greatest num-
Der OF points in the scholastic events. and
the other 20 the winning team in the
grade school relay championship The
latter is the Stnemetz trophy. and the
former is presented by the Alumni of the
University of Pennsylvania.
All the individual events are we'll filed
with first class runners. Jumpers. and
weight men, the sDrints, hurdles. and
skotput having the cream of the college
men and school boys. There are forty
five starters in the 50-yard handicap. and
eight trial heats viii be required TO sift
out the slower runners. CartmeH is
scratch man, and he will have 10 go
some to beat Rector, Randolph, Of Vir-
ginia; Hill and Stollenwerck, of HOPKINS:
Royce, Smith. and Martin, of George
town: Whitman. Of Pennsylvania; Hall. Of
Mercersburg. and Gill. of Tome.
In the hurdles the class is as high as
in any other event, with Randolph. Of
Virginia, Hill, OF Hopkins: Hartranft. of
Pennsylvania, and Hall of Mercersberg.
on the marks. Stipp, Of AIercersberg. and
Canister, of Baltimore. will make the
big fellows hustle In the shotput. and
some mighty good runners are likely to
be uncovered in the novice 600-yard and
S50-yard runs
To run Off the big programme promptly
and with every protection for the specta-
tors VIII be the task of Referee Orton. l.
Starter Mike Murphy. Clerk Chesley. and
the other members of the corps of Off
cials. The trial heats in the novice sprint
VIII be started promptly at 7:45. and the
schedule arranged calls for the comple-
lon OF the programme at IL O'Clock