The Washington herald., 1910-02-18
PRIMED FOR GAMES
Advance Guard Of Athletes
Hit Town Tonight
FOR ANNUAL FEDERAL MEET
Coach KraenzIein Hopes to Win the
Trophy Cup with His MercersberE
MuIIisan to Act as Starters-PauIPs
Race the Last on Evening Card.

The advance guard of the out-of-town
athletes who will compete in the sixty
three events on the programme of the
Federal games tomorrow afternoon and
evening will reach Washington early this
evening, when Track Coach a, c. Kraen-
zlein will bring in from Mercersbers
Academy score Of hefty young runners.
jumpers, and shot-putters. Kraenzlein
has his heart SCI on mis- boys winning the
Franklin trophy cup, and is losing no
trick 10 bring them 10 the mark Saturday
afternoon perfectly tit.
r w. Bacon. f. II. Hastings, II. L
Wood and J. F. Wendell, the four mem
bers Of the Wesleyan University relay
team. which has been matched TO run
the Carlisle Indians will come down from
AIiddletown. Conn, on the Congressional
Limited, and Glenn Warner and his band
Of redskins themselves are due about the
same time These athletes. with all the
rest Of those who come from out of town,
will be at the Riggs House, which has
been made headquarters for all Federal
games visitors.
The University Of Virginia. Richmond
college, and all the Virginia school and
club representatives will reach the city
tomorrow forenoon. with the big Penn
ssylvania team, Johns Hopkins. Maryland
Agricultural College, St Johns College,
and all the Baltimore and other outside
school teams arriving about noon.
Referee Orton. Starters Murphy and
'AIulHgan. Announcer Beam, and Scorer
Bushnell will be here at noon, and all
the other officials for the afternoon events
have been requested to report at Con-
ventiOn Hall not later than ? o'clock, so
that the first heat may be started
promptly half an hour later.
Complete Programme at o'clock.
It is the intention OF the managers TO
complete the afternoon programme at 5
o'clock. and to start Billy PAUL, Of Penn
sylvania, intercollegiate champion, on his
journey for a new one-mile American
Indoor record not later than ten minutes
before Il o'clock. The Federal games
this year will change the usual order of
making the final event a relay race. and
PaulTs try for a new record has been
put on for the wind-up. Two local men
D. II. Hildebrand. of the Washington
Grove Athletic Association. and B. NJ
Galloway. of the Y NJ c. a, and Lee.
of Johns Hopkins, who won the mile run
at the George Washington University
games-Wiu have some very liberal hand
icaps on the intercollegiate champion.
with three of the QuaEers' own team
mates on shorter marks.
Lewis Tewanina, Carlisle Indian star
one of the point winners OF the American
Olympic team in London two years ago.
will be the back-marker and most noted
performer in the two mile run, in which
one of the largest fields Of the evening
viii go to the mark.
Indian in Good shape.
Tewanina, just now, is in as good
shape. and moving as fast as when he
was in London. In a ten mile run in
New York, three weeks ago, he covered
the distance in a trife slower than fifty
four minutes, and has a record of $50
for the two miles. With a tremendous
field in the 800 yards handicap events AT
night, it win be necessary to run the
event in heats, as well as the scholastic
middIe-dlstance runs in the afternoon.
Particular attention has been given by
the managers for the care of the mem
bers Of the grade-schoOl teams. A staff
OF six physicians viii be in constant
attendance at the entrance to the track,
and in the dressing rooms. TO keep a
sharp lookout on the youngsters and pre-
vent them taking cold when they have
finished their events. The supervising
principals of the local school divisions
will also assist the physicians.
The sale OF tickets Will continue at
spaldings, 700 Fourteenth street, until
Tomorrow afternoon.