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portant, of the season will be the South
Atlantic indoor championships, which will
be held in the 9Th Regiment armory. Bal
timore. January IA, 1910. This will be the
first indoor affair OF the South Atlantic
Union. although the outdoor champion
ships have been a fixture for several
years. The probable list of events is as
follows: 1O0-yard dash. 220-yard dash
440-yard dash, sS0-yard run, one-mile
run, 7O-yard hurdle race, 220-yard hur-
die race. 16-pound shotput. running high
jump and pole vault.
The Washington Grove Athletic Asso-
citation has obtained winter training quar-
tiers in this city, and about December ID
Manager Walker will have his charges at
work in the basement of Pythian Temple
The groveites are going out for every
thing in sight in the track line this year
and the men are starting IN training now
with the intention of showing the Balti
more clubs what real track team is.
Maager Walker has the South Atlantic
indoor championships in mind at the pres
ent time, and says that the point trophy
for that meet is just the same as won.
He is also going to give the relay team
particular attention, and expects to have
one of the fastest in the south. 1t will be
selected from Smithson. King. Hide
brand, Curran and Rose and Swing OF
the second team.
OH Tie LylNS topper Oh
the Blue and Gray squad. is getting In
condition at Ryan Hall and expects to
have very successful season, as he has
been keeping himself in good shape.
The Y. NJ. c. A. closed cross-country
run, which was pulled off Thanksgiving
day, brought out some likely material
for it's long-distance team, the winner
+. C. Morse being practically unknown
before the event His showing was I'M
usually good, and Capt. Stecker is much
pleased with his work. Crawford and
Galloway, who captured second and third
places, are also new ones and should
prove to be useful additions.
The Ascension Church Athletic Asocia-
ton viii put d relay team in the field
this year and its followers expect great
things of it. 1t will be selected from
G. Holland, William Davis, Jack Wood
Charles Jones. Louis HUMPHREYS and sew
eral others. Last year this team entered
but one race, running n close second to
the Potomac Athletic Club four in the
Georgetown meet, and beating teams
from the Advent \. G. and the Cleveland
Park A. c.
Since the Potomac Athletic Club made
such big noise claiming the District re.
lay championship last year we have not
heard of 1t. What's the matter? 1t mus,
George Regis. who is representing
Georgetown University this season il
basket ball is one of the greatest de-
fensive players ever developed in the
south: always alert and quick to take adj
vantage of another players weakness he
is a tower of strength in feeding the bal
to the forwards. Last season he played
with the Y. NJ c. A. team when 1t won
tie South Atlantic A. A. U. champion
ship, and in 1907 he was a member Of the
I'd Regiment, n. G. D. c.. quint, which
carried off the top honors for that season
Two other former I'd Regiment basket
ball cracks who are performing we'll this
Southeast Branch, Y. NJ. c. A. quint
Both are playing good. strong games. and
their work Tuesday night, when the
strong Carroll Institute team went down
In defeat, was one of the features.
George Washington is at last getting
busy with its track team and the athletic
council has appointed Ernest Eaton as
manager He is said to be hard worker
and just the man for the place. He has
already called d meeting for this week. at
which time captain will be elected and
plans for the annual indoor meet will be
made. Rumor has it that the date to be
selected will be February 5, but this has
not been verified.
Jack Gass, who has been refereeing the
high school foot ball games with such
success. will be in Washington during the
coming winter. and expects to act in a
like capacity in most of the important
basket ball games of the season. He is
an authority on all matters pertaining to
both basket ball and foot ball, and is con-
sidered very capable official.