The Washington herald., 1909-01-31
PRINCETON TO ENTER
VIII Invade City for the Big
Federal Games.
ONLY LOCAL APPEARANCE
Relay Teams to Be Picked in
Forfnight-BaIsimOre Runners Are
Coming Over-SchooI Boys show Up
Well in Training for Big Events
Here on February 20.


including the all-round champion Of the
United States and a relay team, vii
invade washington. February p. 10 com
pete in TIE Federal Olympic games n
Convention Hall With the exception OF
games at Trenton later In the season this
viii be the largest and strongest squad
Of Orange and Black athletes who have
been sent from the lair o. the Tiger for
indoor competition II viii be the first
and only appearance Of any Princeton
track athletes IN Washington this win
ter. and the men who have been entered
are the pick OF the candidates for the
team. At least FIVE OF them are very
probable point winners IN the intercolie-
gate championships next May
Capt. r. A. Gamble and ". l. DswbSrn
win run in the sprints- Capt. Gamble,
who is a son Of Senator Gamble, OF Mon
tana. is one Of the fastest and most con
sistent sprinter in college ranks For three
years ne has been a point winner in the
I intercollegiate championships IN the 10
I and 20 yards runs. Dzwbarn is q sen
Tor who was discovered BY trainer
Copeland last fall Two weeks ago IL
New York be won a % yard novice IN
l. 3-5 seconds, which made the athletic
sharps Of Gotham take notice. Copeland
believes he viii win the intercollegiate
+ fUrlong this year
! Champion Bredemzs Coming.
John Bredemus. who beat Martin Sheri-
dan. ElIery Clark. OF Boston, and half
dozen other big fellows in the su-srOund
championship Of the United States last
fall viii represent the Tigers in the invi-
tation pole vault with C. Vein. Both
these men have done over eleven feet IN
doors. and with Sterret. Of George Val
lington. Parker and Pickles. OF Pennsyl
wanna. and Ward. Of Baltimore. ali com
peting and all good for eleven feet or bet
ter. new figures for the Southern record
are likely to pc set up IN the hurdles
Princeton viii be represented by n
! Dwight and in the high jump by " F.
Taicott. both good performers. " L
lMcGee. with a record better than ten min
utes for two miles. viii be in the S.0ss]-
meter run with DriscoIl, the national two
mile champion. Paul Of Pennsylvania,
Brewer. Of Hopkins: Fleming. OF George
; Washington. and score OF other COCA
men. Princeton VIII also have l. Frartz
for two wears an intercollegiate point
winner: A. N. Conger- and y Bassett u
, the Ga9-meter Tgn against Shepard. the
Olympic champion: Baker OF Pennsyisa-
MA: Herring the South Atlantic cfan2-
! uion: ThurlOw. Of Virginia and a iot o.
other fast ones. and BaSSett ana Consei
/ in the So9-meteT novice
Tho invitation fifty-meter dash vii be
of Z
: games. with six OF the fastest sprinteTS
in the East Soing to the mark R "
lGiu. of Mercersburg Academy. who Won
sU three sprints in TIE 1893 games Gam
be and Dawbarn. OF Princeton; Minds,
of Pennsylvania. Burke. Of Virginia, anc
LAWSON Robertson. Of the I-ish-ArneTlcan
p Ciub the man who beat Rector IN the
OLYMPIC try-outs. are the probable start
srs Gin. Gamble. and Robertson al
have records Of 10 seconds for 100 yards
3 ana the other three men are only
shade slower. although Minds and Burke
are better at the shorter distance
A. Great Three-ieEEed Race.
In their trial for the seventy-yar'
tbree-legge6 record. Harry Hillman and
: Lawson Robertson will have some stiff
pacinr from three other pairs of rUR
:, ne-s with good handicaps- Stratton an'
s sampson and Duncan and Cooley, OF M
2 Y N. c. 4. track squad, pave been en-
u tered in this event. and the other I've
Is men viii probably be Baltimore runners
In q letter received from HillmSn yester
u dav he saws he and Robertson equaie
= the American record in a trial last week
: and with three more weeks for training
- .hAv are sure OF setting up new figure
G. for the distance
Both the Baltimore and WashiHgto'
;, teams which viii run for the inter-city re
81 t1sv championship viii be picked q
q February Is. Joseph T England, who D
: IN charge Of the Oriole quartet. expects 6
= have a much faster combination taai
= that which was beaten by the local run
ners last wear The trials for the Wash
= inrton team viii be held under the direc
3 ton OF the Federal games management
Is ON the track in the I. N. c A gym
g nasiru. With ali OF last years tear
- eligible and al least ten fast new mer
the fight for places viii be close an
3 hard fought
y Promising Local Lads.
n Nearly all the local schools had try
80 outs for their track squads YESTERDAY
= Some particularly promising runners de
veloped in the Business-Wssteru dEs
81 meet. and In the events OF the Technics
es High games. and there viii be nearly i
boys entered in the Federal games frol
these three schools alone. While II
2; number of entries from the Washingto