Evening star., 1909-02-24
FEATURE HURDLE RACE.
Nine Star Timber Toppers to Com
pete in Special Event.


pete in Special Event.
After over a month Of negotiations.
Manager Corcoran has finally completed
his plans for what promises to be the
greatest hurdle race ever held in the
south, same to come of at the George
town meet of March 6. In all. nine
men will compete, the affair being strict
ly an invitation one. It will require
two heats to settle the supremacy
among the men, but they will not no.
tice this. as the special prizes which
have been provided are enough to at
tract the eye Of the most desirous.
The favorite in the race will probably
be Martin, the Virginia "wiz.," who has
not only gone through the season so far
without sustaining a defeat, but has al
70 broken the worlds record for the
1OO-yard low hurdles. q feat which he
performed at the Johns Hopkins games
in Baltimore. In addition to their
be represented by Randolph. who has
been acting as running mate to Mar
tin ever since the latter made his debut.
Yale will send two cracks down for the
special race, Capt. Howe and Robbins.
The bulldog leader got first place in the
22O-yard low hurdles at the intercollegi-
ates last spring, while his teammate
made third place in the high stick con-
test the same day. Cooke of Cornell.
also one of the Americans entered in the
London Olympiad last summer. and
Dwight of Princeton, who has made an
envious record for himself in the north,
are both looked upon as trouble makers.
Hartranft. captain Of Pennsylvania, q
place man in the intercollegiates. and
one of the speediest hoppers ever seen
in Red and Blue uniform, will repre-
sent the Quaker university. while
Georgetown will depend on Tom Smith.
the present record holder for the inter-
scholastic hurdles in the District, to hold
up the Blue and Gray's end of the fight
To complete the list Harry Hillman of
the N. Y. A. c., and a member of the
Olympiad team. has been secured.
There is no denying the fact that this
brought together at one time on any
floor and the local public cannot help
but congratulate the hilltop manager on
arranging such representative event. 1t
will be one in which the north will vie
with the south for the honor Of victory
and, as the names denote, the two sections
are to have their end Of the sport up
held by men, with topnotch reps.
Tewaninas victory in the New Orleans
Marathon has marked him as one of the
best distance runners in the country to-
day. He will be one of the Carlisle team
at the local meet where he will COM
pete in all Of the distance runs.
ZAP Copeland, the trainer Of Princeton,
is gong to bring down full squad OF
his best athletes in an effort to again
take away the point trophy. With Capt.
Gamble in the fifty and 22O. Bredemns,
in the shot-put and high jump, Dwight in
the hurdles and Vrezin in the pole-vault,
not to say anything about MCGEE. Frantz
and Dawburn, the Tigers coach should
come pretty near to realizing his ambition
Since last announcement two more re-
lay races have been added to the list
One of these is a novelty, being in the
way Of a special contest between midget
teams from the Georgetown Prep School
and Central High School. Techs desire
to meet the Episcopal High of Alexandria
is likely to be granted. in which case
the blacksmiths will have a last chance
to retrieve themselves against their rivals
from across the river
Entries are fast pouring in and from
now on the management of the games will
be kept hustling arranging the events and
setting down the names of the COM
petitors. In order that no detail, no mat
ter how small, may escape notice. the
work has been divided among a number
of assistants, each of whom will have the
care of a special department. The sale
of seats opened yesterday morning at
Hickman & Whites, where reservations
may be made for what promises to be the
biggest event of the indoor season in the
east,