The Washington herald., 1909-02-07
RELAYS TO FEATURE
FEDERAL GAMES
Fiity-fiVe Teams Booked fOI
Seventeen Events.
CLASSIFICATION IS ANNOUNCED
Pennsylvania and Virginia TO Oppose
Each other for First Time in His
tory-scbooIboss Afforded ExceHea1
Chance to Display skiII-EpIxeopaI
High and woodberry Forest.

Fifty-five relay teams will compete
in seventeen races In the Federal
Olympic games in Convention Hall or
the night Of February %, making
total OF more than zoo athletes IN relay
races alone. That was the situation
when the classification of teams was
completed last night. and. with another
week before the final closing of entries
there VIII be several more teams added
to the list
The classification Is varied enough 70
satisfy the taste Of the most fastidious
athletic connoisseur. The grade-schosl
boy. with his first pair Of running
shoes. and maybe little bit Of stage
fright. TOO. viii fight for the champ
ionship OF his class; the midgets. lin
tied only in height. viii have cham
pionship all to themselves. Then Up
through the junior and intermediate
club teams. TO the big teams from the
universities. every style of form and
speed viii be developed in the fierce
rivalry OF the longer races
The North vs.. the South.
Pennsylvania and Virginia viii meet
in the first relay race ever run in the
Federal games between a Southern and
a Northern college. and the first race
that Virginia has run in the south with
a Northern team.
The pennsylvania Virginia race will bf
the final event Of the night. and a III
ting wind-up Of a programme 5amme5
with actien.
No less interesting. from a local stand
point. viii be the races between III,
teams Of Georse Washington and John.
Hopkins universities, and the Catholi
University and St Johns College. q
Annapolis. The Hopkins quartet VII
/ probably be composed Of the same mo-
who gave Virginia such a hard rub las
Saturday, although Il is probable tha
the order OF running viii be changed
Among the long list Of scholastic re
/ lays. Jne District scholastic champion
! ship. open 10 all schools in the District
and the race between WOodberry. Fores
and the Episcopal High School for IN.
championship OF Virginia, are attracting
( the most attention At least FIVE srs
| probably six. teams OF anxious youngste-.
VIII so 10 the mark IN the event for u.
/ championship Of the boys department d
/ the local i. N. c. A. and there VIII D.
al least four midget and grade schoo
/ combinations
Classification Announced.
The classification as completed las
night IS as follows: Class /. so meters
grade school championship: class . 81
meters. midget championship: class
200 meters. junior club championship
class I. 12oo meters. intermediate clul
championship; class ;. so meters. boys
/ department. Y N c. A championship
class s L290 meters. Episcopal Hici
School, Woodberry Forest School. clas-
| :, loo meters. Trement Athletic Club
Potomac Athletic Club. GurIey Athleti
Club. Brookland Athletic Club. seconc
teams; class S. L2a0 meters. Distric
scholastic championship class 8 ~
meters. Brown Prep. School. PhiIadel
phis; Maryland Agricultural College. Bal
/ timort City College: class 10. Iso0 meters
! Tri-State military championship. FYftI
Regiment OF Maryland District OF Co
I lumbia National Guard. Richmond va.
/ Howitze-s: class i. 100 meters Emer
son Institute Washington School 70
Boys: class =. I3o0 meters. Philadelphia
| Baltimore, and Washington Y II c. 4
teams; class I2, 100 meters. senior clul
/ championship; class I5. 100 meters. Cath
1 Ole University and St Johns College O
Annapolis. class IS. Johns Hopkins Uni
versity and George Washington Uuiver
sity; class L. University Of Pennsylvania
and University Of Virginia
Entries FOR the individual scholssti,
and open handicap events viii close mex
/ Friday night with ". G. Stuart, @
Fourteenth street.