Evening star., 1909-02-07
HATCHET|TES MEET
TO Be A CORKER
Cream of College Athletes En-
tered in George Washing
tons Annual Event.

The crack OF the starters pistol at the
George Washington University second
annual indoor meet. to be held next Sat
urday night at Convention Hall, will in
augurate what will probably go down as
the classiest carnival of track athletics
ever put Oh the floor at the big audito-
rum. There have been filed with Man
ager Newhouser over $50 entries for the
affair. and among these are found the
foremost Olympic. college, club and
schoolboy athletes in the United States.
Heading the list are the great Olympic
stars of the Irish-American and New
York Athletic clubs. Hilman. Porter Ba-
con and Gissing. Hillrnan is entered In
the 5O-yard dash, the 5O-yard hurdle and
the 440-yard dash. Bacon IN the 50-yard
hurdles, the SSO-yard handicap and a 800
yard special race with Gissing Porter
will be seen in his great speciality, the
high jump. and the wonderful performer
has expressed a determination to at
tempt to break the worlds record OF 6
feet inches made by himself at the re-
cent Olympic games in London, England
The entry OF Jimmy Mullgan, formerly
of Georgetown. and William S. Wells,
formerly OF the University of Pennsyi-
vania, in the sprints and hurdles cannot
fail to increase the interest OF the spec
tators in these events.
All-Around Stars.
From collegiate standpoint the cream
OF the athletes from Cornell. Pennsyl-
vania Virginia. JOHNS Hopkins, Rich
mond College. Western Maryland and
George Washington Will be the attraction.
Cornell will be represented In the 80
yard dash by J. A. Stalfort, who is re-
ported to be one of the fastest men In
~ -1,,t-
colleges today. Stalfort will also per
form In the high jump and as he Is ca
pable of clearing the bar at close TO six
feet the battle between him and Porter
will be intensely interesting. Virginia
evidently intends to make every effort TO
carry the handsome collegiate point tro-
ply. as they have entered d squad of
nineteen men I'm the various events and
relays as follows: l.. L. Harding, jr. in
the shot-put and high jump: ]. Fl. witt
in the $50 and mile; A. Il. Emmert. in the
J-yard open, 5Oyard novice and the 40:
e. W. Holiday in the shot-put 5O-yard
hurdles, 44O-yard dash and high lump.
T. \. Davis. in the $50 and mile: B. r.
Cecil. in the shot-put: s. d. Gooch in
he 40 and so yard dash: j. ] King i'm
the Jh-yard novice. 60-yard open and 44O:
r. w. Burke, in the 5O-yard open and
the 40: George A. Caldwell In the 30
yard novice and the 44o: II. II. Thurlow,
yard hurdles and the high jump; L. J.
Martin. in the high jump, 90 yard hurdles
and pole vault; George b. Eager, I'm the
40 and $50: Percy r. Ashley, in the 90
yard dash and 40; A s. Cabaniss. n,
the O-yard novice O-yard open and 44O
| j. Q. Stanton, IN the 5O-yard open and
40 and Don Goodwin, In the iU-yard
! open and $40.
With this large array OF talent 1t looks
! like there ought to be something doing
for old Virginia in the way OF points In
! every event although Martin and Ran
dolph Will have strong proposition 10
| contend with in the hurdles and hiah
| jump In Porter and Hillman OF the late
| Olympic team. Johns Hopkins will be
| represented by such stars Stolenwerck
| Hunter, Breyer and Griffith and should
| be strong contenders in the finishes
/ Richmond College and Western Maryland
will be strongly represented, while George
| Washington will have an entry list sof
| twent y~fve men, and with such talent as
| Sterret in the pole vault, Sheridan in
the shotput, Lepper and Patterson in
the 6O-yard dash. Wenderoth, Birney and
Gill in the $50. Smithson. Dougherty and
lClagget in the 40. Fleming. Schmidt
Winlock. Smith, Truesdell. Conboy and
| Simpson in the mile. Curtis and Graham
| in the high Jump and Yager In the hur-
dies, II looks as if the Hatchetites Will
have to be reckoned with in the disposi-
ton of the intercollegiate trophy cup.
| Boys With Bells On.
| In the scholastic events will be found
I CONTINUED on Third PaGe)