Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10

last Monday and Tuesday. when he cap
tured third place in the seventy-five-yard
dash and won the sixty-yard. scoring 8
points for the Maryland Athletic Club.
Gill Is the youngster who. as a member
of the Tome track team. won all of the
dashes in the big Federal games Of 1908.
landing the fifty-yard dash. scholastic,
open and invitation. His fine showing In
New York is nothing less than remark
able as he was stacked up against the
best talent in the country. II not in the
world.
Dutch" Lepper is feeling right chesty
these days, as when he won the 1O0-yard
dash in record time in the south Atlantic
championships last May he defeated Gill.
According to the new ruling which has
been recently adopted by the A. A. T..
must decide at the beginning of the term
whether they will represent the institu-
ton on the track or whether they In
tend to represent their athletic club. After
they have made their decision it will
have to stand throughout the whole
school year.
Currah. Smithson and King. who last
year were members Of the Buff and
Blues relay team. have decided to stick
1t is not generally known that the
Browne who is putting up such a great
game at left half for the Army. team at
West Point is Charles j. Browne. a for
mer prominent local athlete
Brownie Is a graduate Of Technical
High School, where he was a member
Of both the foot ball and track teams
On the track team he was one Of their
most consistent point winners, at one
time holding the scholastic records in
the pole vault and 22O-yard hurdles. He
was also one of the best men on the
relay team. His many Washington
friends are glad to see that he is making
good, and he has their best wishes for
his future success
Manager ]. Dixon Policy Of the athletic
department of the Virginia state fair de-
coco ca . at the last moment to call of the
Dig athletic meet which was to be fea-
tured In connection with the fair at
RICHMOND yesterday. No reason was
given for this action, but it is understood
that the small number of entries was
Already plans are being made for the
indoor season on the track, and literature
ID now being prepared for the seventh an
nual Federal games. which will be held
under the auspices Of the local Y. NJ. c.
A. the afternoon and evening of Febru-
airy 10. 1910. This will probably be the
largest set Of games ever held in WASH
ington. In the afternoon the scholastic
and junior events will be decided, and the
program will also include the champion
ship events OF the eastern section of the
Athletic League of North America: while
In the evening the regular open handicap
events will be decided.
Richmond College Athletic Association
has applied for and been admitted to
membership in the south Atlantic branch
OF the A. A. Z. Their delegates are ]. H.
Br!stow, w. II. jenkins and v. B. String
fellow. with F. G. Louthan. A. c. Simton
and j. c. Duval as alternates. Mr.. LOU
than. who Is the manager Of the track
team. announces the annual meet Of the
association. which will be held February
Il, 1910.
In addition to the two meets announced
above. the Georgetown and Johns Hop
kins games will also be held during the
same month. The dates have not been
decided upon as yet.
w. Brent Young had a busy day last
week at the Union Station Y. NJ. c. A.
meet. He won enough medals and cups
to run a little meet of his own. capturing
six first-place medals. one third-place
one. the handsome gold medal awarded
to the athlete scoring the greatest number
OF points and cup as q member of the
winning relay team.
the 44O-yard dash in the Presbyterian
games. and who was q prominent men,
Der Of the local Y. M. c. A. relay team.
Robert H. Walker has been elected
manager of the Washington Grove track
team. succeeding Walter F. Foster.
''Froggie" is just the man for the place,
and his selection is very popular one
with the athletes. He expects to call q
meeting in the near future at which time
arrangements will be made for indoor
training quarters, and a captain will be
elected.
The Washington Grove A. A. has
awarded the "G" to Robertson. who
scored in the pole vault In the Hibernian
games; Swing, who scored in the 22O-yard
In the Grove games and to Rose, who
was a member of the winning relay team.
Hugh Royce. the Y. M. C. A. dash man
and hurdler, Is thinking of quitting the
game. He thinks he is getting too old
and wants to stop before people begin
CHASING him as hasbeen. Hugh has
the right dope all right.
Young Fleming Is working hard at
George Washington. trying to get the
men out for cross country team. A
call for candidates has been made and
every day at 4:3O o'clock a bunch Of men
are at work at American league park.
Fleming and Lepper are among those
most prominently named as candidates
for the Hatchetites track captain for
the coming year. A manager to succeed
Newhauser will also be selected in the
near future. Wenderoth and keets being
likely men for the job. with the chances
favoring the former.
The Advents relay team is being i'm
proved and the churchmen should have
ITetty good one for the coming season.
Manager NARROW is one of their best
men and he expects to get several new
ones of known ability.
A match relay race at one mile between
the Washington Grove Athletic Associa-
ton team and that of the Y. NJ. c. A
would be a pretty one. Any one of the
meet managers would probably be glad
to put 1t on the program. The Grove
men are perfectly willing to run. so it's
UP to the Y. NJ. G. A. now.
LOUISVILLE RACES.
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