Evening star., 1909-02-14
MANY STARS FOR
THE FEDERAL GAMES
Also Sixty-0ne Relay Teams to
Struggle for
Medals.

Worlds Olympic champions and record
holders in three events, worlds record
hurdler. the all-round champion of Amer
lea. three national champions and record
holders. five intercollegiate champions.
the cream OF the:craek team candidates of
Princeton: the University of Pennsylva-
mia. Virginia, Georgetown. Johns Hop
/ kins, George Washington. the Catholic
University, Villa Nova College and half
dozen smaller colleges. and representa-
tives of practically every high and prep
school track team south of Philadelphia
will be i'm competition In thrty-s!X events
in the sixth renewal of the Federal indoor
games in Convention Hall next Saturday
night
A iifteen-minute stereopticon exhibition
of pictures Of London Olympic events. by
F. r. Bushnell. official photographer OF
the American team, will round out the
big program. This will give complete
history of the trip of the American ath-
letes with scenes OF the events i'll the
stadium and a special series OF Marathon
pictures
Among the competitors in the eighteen
individual events will be Melvin Shep-
pard premier middle distance runner Of
the world. conqueror of Just and Wilson.
Englands best. in the London Olympiad
Mike, Driscoll of the Mercury Athletic
II.
! champion and record holder; Harry Porter
of the Irish-American CLUB, American
Olympic champion high. jumper: Harry
Hillman of the New York Athletic Club.
a member of all American Olympic teams
since 1890: Lawson Robertson Of the
Irish American Club, who won the 100
meter run from Rector of Virginia in the
Olympic try-outs; Bredemus OF Princeton.
winner of the American all-round cham
pionship and victor over Martin Sherl-
Ia OF fall Martin OF virginia. the
new worlds record 1nO-vard hurdler:
Whitley and Frantz of Princeton. two of
The best college half-milers: Smith of
Georgetown the best southern hurdler.
and Gill and Hall Of Mercersburg Acad-
emy, interscholastic champions.
The list of relay teams which Will com
pete in eighteen races IS. the largest ever
gathered In one set of indoor games, SIX
/ ty-one teams having entered from grade
schools. high and prep schools colleges
and athletic clubs. Chief among the
! events for colleges are the 2.OO-meter
race between Princeton and Richmond
! College and the ,.O0-metef races between
Pennsylvania and Virginia and George
| Washington and Johns Hopkins. Next
| Saturday night will be the first time a
miudle-distance relay team from Prince
ton has competed in Washington, and the
work Of the Tiger half-m'lers will be
| watched with unusual interest.
! The team will be chosen from these
men: Laird. McGee. Whitley. Frantz and
| Conser; with the probability that the first
| four named will run. Whitley and Frant7
| are intercollegiate point winners, but for
| ether men are new at the game. For two
years Richmond College has had top
| notch one-mile team and Coach DunlaE
! believes that Capt. Bristow, Lodge, Meek
! and 1ankford will give just as good an
account of themselves in the longer dis
tance
When Pennsylvania and Virginia come
| together it will be the first time the Char
lottesvile quartet has run against a
northern team in the south. The Quak-
| ers lave already beaten Columbia and
! Virginia defeated Hopkins two weeks ago
g., The result of the George Washing on Hop
kins race will have al important bearing
! on the relay championship of the south The
! Hatchetftes have been much strenst heneC
| Ey the addition Of Smi;hson. and now
I have tho fastest quartet which has rep
resented them for years The Catholic
! University and ST. Johns College of An
| na polls will have their annual relay set
/ 20 at Loo meters. and as both teams are
rrade up of green men the result of the
| race is decidedly uncertain.
Among tie classes of school races that
! for the District scholastic chamoiOnshir
/ with teams from Tech High. Western
/ High business High and Georgetown
! Prep will be a sizzler with the contests
! between Episcopal High and Woodberry
! Brown Prep Of Philadelphia and Balti-
! more CITY College of equal interest. The
| grade school and midget championship
! will bring together an interesting group
! of little fellows. The Baltimore Washing
| ton inrercity championship. the tri-etate
| Y. NJ c. A. race. with teams from Phils
! delphs. Baltimore and ,Eashingto and
| the tri-state military cha mpionship Will,
! the Richmond Howitzers, 9Th Regiment of
! MARYLAND and the District National Guard
ouartets in action, are the top liners in
/ the club races Besides there will be
| three good races for junior and second
| teams. having representatives from, the
| local and Baltimore v. NJ e. As. Gurley,
! fremont, Potomac, Erooklard Ascension.
! Advent Mccullough Baltimore Athletic
| and other local and Maryland organiza-
tions.