The Washington herald., 1909-02-20

With 100 athletes competing, including
I'VE Olympic champions. worlds record
holders in three events: men from Prince
| ton. Pennsylvania. Virginia, Georgetown,
George Washington. Johns Hopkins.
Catholic University. Villanova College
and two score schools and clubs OF New
York, Pennsylvania. Maryland, and the
District. the sixth renewal OF the Fed
eTal indoor games win be held in Con
vention Hall tonight. Eighteen indi-
vidUal events and twenty relay races
VIII make Up the programme.
The list of stars includes Melvin Shep-
pard. Olympic champion and worlds rec
ord holder in the s00-meter and 40
meter runs: Harry Porter. Olympic and
worlds champion high jumper; Mike
DriscoH. American two-nile champion;
John Bredemus. Of Princeton. American
aIi-round champion; Harry Hnlman. OF
the New York Athletic Club, AID Lawson
Robertson, Of the Irish-Ametican Club.
point winners in the London Olympic
games, and l.. F. Martin, of Virginia,
worlds record holder for the l90-meter
hurdles.
Princeton TO Send Ten.
There viii be ten men from Princeton
and as many from Pennsylvania. includ-
ing a relay team from each university.
Virginia viii send fourteen men. Johns
Hopkins. eighteen; Georgetown has en-
tered ten. and George Washington. If
teen.
OF the school teams. Technical High
has entered forty boys. including two re-
lay teams, Western High viii be repre-
Sented by twenty-five hefty lads and two
relay teams. Mercersburg Academy. the
Washington School for BOYS. Business
High. Georgetown Prep. Tome Institute.
Baltimore City College. Brown Prsp School
Of Philadelphia, Episcopal High School,
and ., oOdberry Forest School have boys in
all the scholastic events and many relay
races. In point Of numbers. Tech High
is the strongest contender for the Penn
sylvania Alumni point trophy. but the
quality OF the representatives 81 other
schools IS high, and may overcome the
handicap Of quantity.
In the list Of club entries the local
Y. N. G. A Baltimore Athletic
Club. Maryland Athletic Club. Mount
Washington Athletic Club. Baltimore.
Washington. and Richmond National
Guard Athletic Associations viii be rep
resented by their best athletes.
The Washington Y. NJ c. A has en-
tered nine relay teams. eight OF which
are from the BOYS Department
or the score Of relay races. those be-
tween Pennsylvania and Virginia, Hop
kins and George Washington. the Cath
olic University and St johns College Of
Annapolis. and the District scholastic
championship wi;h qUartets from
Georgetown Prep. Technical High. West
ern High. and Business High are the top
liners.
Probably no race on the entire pro-
gramme has excited more interest among
local scheoIboys than the District cham
pionship. and each of the four teams Will
have its fun quota Of noisy rOoters. The
Qusrtets are very evenly matched. and
there is such intense rivalry among the
scAools that the race wilI be sizz!er
from start 10 finish
For Virginia Championship.
The Virginia scholastic championship
race between Episcopal High and Wood
berry Forest. and the threa-c9rnered
event with teams from Maryland Agri-
cultural College. Baltimore City. College,
and Brown Prep School. viii furnish some
exciting sport. and the tri-State military
championship. with the Fifth MARYLAND
Regiment, District National Guard. and
Richmond HOwiJzers against one another.
has a mighty good look.
In the indiv.duai events. the high iuup
pole vault, 59-meter hurdles. 60-meter
handicap. and 3.00o-meter run will fur
nish some high-clsss performances. Harry
Porter is going after a new worlds in
door record in the jump. and there are
five men entered IN the pole vault who
have done better than eleven leet. Parker
OF Pennsylvania. and Vein. Of Princeton
having records o. Il feet 6 inches. Bre,ie-
mus. Of Princeton, and Sterret. Of George
Washington. are good fo- az Least II feef
8 inches. and there is sure 10 be new
Southern record when this event IS con
cluded tonight
Melvin Sheppard is on scratch in the
61s-meter run. with a field Z forty abead
Of him. and Mike Driscoll VIII start from
the post Of honor in the 3.000-meter with
a bunch Of twenty runners having handi- I
caps up 10 160 Yards
Keen Competition In Hurdles.
L. NJ. Martin. Of Virginia. the newest !
worlds record holder; Tom Smith. of
Georgetown; Hsrtranft. Of PENNSYLVANIA |
and Dwight, Of Princeton, will make 1
rafting good race in the 5O-meter
hurdle invitation, and Gamble and Daw- /
barn. Of Princeton; Minds. Of Penasvl- /
yania: Gil. Of Mercersburg; Goodwin. OF 4
Virginia. and Lawson Robertson, of the
American Olympic team. viii furnish
some class in the 50-meter invitation
Tun- Robertson and Harry Hillman are
going to make an attempt to better the .
worlds record for the fOrty-yard three-
legged race. with two teams of local 1
sprinters having good hsndicaps against
them
Midway iHSStle programme there VIII le
a ffteen-minute intermission, during
which sixty stereOpticon pictures illus
trating the trip Of the American olympic
team will be shown by Z. R Bushnell
the official photographer Of the team
These pictures show how the men trained
on shipboard and at Brighton. and give
the finishes Of all the events in the Lon
don stadium. with a special set Of pic
tUres Of the Marathon race.