Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-20
Athletic News and Notes.

Prof. Maurice Joyce, chairman of the
basket ball committee of the South At
lantic branch of the A. A. L.. Is now
making arrangements for the regular A.
A. u. championships, which will be held
either during the last part of January
or the early part Of February. His idea
is to make a kind of intercity affair
OF them, elimination contests to be held
in both Washington and Baltimore sew
eral days before the tournament. and the
winners of each class to be matched in
the finals, which will be held here.
Georgetown, with Vlyman. Sitterding,
Wymard and Kerwin; Carroll Institute,
with Kane and Connolly; the Memorials,
with Howard Foley as the headliner. and
Sellers, Gavin, O'Bien. Mulligan. Friel,
Goucher and Paseno, to say nothing of
the teams in the National Guard, Gal
laudet and Y. NJ G. A.. should be able
city hustle some. Baltimore has some
good ones, however, the Central Y. M
c. A.. the Doyle Athletic Club and the
Maryland Swimming Club being espe-
cially strong in the graphing line.
The recent step taken by Nathan J.
Cartmell, the former Pennsylvania
sprinter, in entering the professional
ranks brings to mind several other cases
where college athletes have turned coach
and have met with much success. Cart
NELL who is to train the University of
South Carolina track men, has formi-
dable record himself and has been win
ner in races of any distance from sixty
yards up to and including the 44O-yard
dash. The result OF his new venture will
be watched with much interest.
Among the successful coaches who
have graduated from the collegiate ranks
may be mentioned Dick Grant of Har-
ward, who is coaching Minnesota; Alonzo
Stage of Yale, who looks after the ath-
letes at Chicago; Bernie Wefers OF
Georgetown, who trains the New York
Athletic Club; Arthur Duffy, another
Blue and Gray man. who for a while
Hall Of Brown. who is with the Univer-
sity Of Washington: DR.. Charles H. Kill
patrick. DIR. A. G.. Kraenzlein, and sew
eral others who are not 80 we'll known.
AS has been repeatedly stated by The
Star during the recent controversy as to
what date would be selected by the
George Washington Athletic Association
for their third annual meet, February
has been decided upon. and this date has
received the A. A. U. sanction. Entry
blanks are already out.
This date will be a most excellent one
from the athletes point Of view. as it
will be right In line with the other meets
GoeEins OF the Blue and Gray basket
ball team Is playing his usual strong
game this season and his work has been
one Of the features in the last few
games Although he is rather light, he
is very fast on his feet and knows the
game from A to z. His team work
makes him a valuable asset to the Quint.
The federal games are already receiv-
foo dfnaronf
associations in this locality and requests
for further information and entry blanks
are pouring In. even at this early date.
The scholastic events are attracting
and Beckett state that this years entry
list in these events. which will include.
in addition to all our local and Baltimore
schools. the Central Manual Training
School and the Northeast Manual Train
ing School. both Of Philadelphia: the
Richmond School, Mercersburg Academy,
probably Lawrenceville, and numerous
others, will be at least five times as
large as that of last year.
The results of the weekly contests of
the Y. M. c. A. for Wednesday night are
as follows: Spring board high jump, won
by Stratton. feet inches; second.
Owens. 8 feet inches. Twenty-five-yard
ond. Locke. 32-5 seconds Pushing up
twelve pound shot, won by Jennings, 145
times; second. Schnare. 1O5 times.
In w. C.. Rathbone, Business High
School has one of the best dash men in
the city. This youngster always was
good and is improving every day. He
| should make them all hustle this season.
His last time out, in the Presbyterian
games, he won the 1O0-yard event with
ease.
d. A. De Lashmutt OF the T. NJ C. A.
| relay team is also some class as a
| swimmer. being a member Of the relay
swimming team which won the South
Atlantic A. A. U. championships last
year. He holds several Y. M. C. A. rec
ords and expects to make few more
this year.
The election of c. e. Smithson as cap
| tain of the Washington Grove Athletic
Association seems to have met with
popular approval Being captain Is get
| ting to be a habit with the speed boy"
as he also held this position when he was
| a member of both the Gurley and Bel
mont athletic clubs.
T. E. Halter. the newly elected man.
ger of the Hatchetites' foot ball team Ia
also an aspirant for track honors. and
| last year was considered very promis-
| ing man, as he ran several good races in
the $50 and cross-country events. His
duties as foot ball manager will probably
l keep MIN OH tue SiuoSi pain lille season.
He has the best wishes Of the track men
that he will make good In his new ven.
ture.
The Athletic Association of the Johns
Hopkins University of Baltimore has ar
| option Of February e for holding its
annual games These games are very
popular with the local men. and have
always drawn big entry lists from them
| The tentative list of events IL as follows
/ Inward dash, 220-yard dash, 4AO-yarC
dash. half-mile run. mile run. 7O-yard
hurdles. high jump. pole vault, sixteen.
pound put. and relay races. which will be
arranged to suit the contestants. The
meet will probably be pulled on In tho