Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
Yale the Swimming Champion.
Athletic News and Notes.

| Athletic News and Notes.
Since the federal games Of last Satur-
day night q question has arisen which
should be given careful and thorough
consideration before another set Of games
is pulled off In which q point trophy IL
awarded. It is this: Should an invitation
event, which, as the name implies, Is not
altogether an open one, as only athletes
who are invited by the management may
compete. be counted toward tho point
trophy7 Another question: II the invi-
tation event is to be counted and one OF
more Of the South Atlantic championship
events are also run in conjunction with
the meet, why should not. the South At
lantic events be counted also?
In the fight for the Presidents cup In
| the federal meet r. W. Gill came out
victorious. with nine points. having
scored second in the fifty-yard dash. open
and first in the fifty-yard invitation. To
| event does not seem exactly fair. In the
| first place, entries to this event are by
| invitation only, and secondly, 1t being
the only event OF its kind on the pro-
whereas the athletes in the other events
have but one.
To the disinterested party It looks as
II their kick is not without foundation.
1t is pointed out that the South Atlantic
events. which were not counted were Of
more open nature than the invitation,
and that II this event is counted the
South Atlantic ones should be counted
also. II the decision In either Of these
cases was reversed Gill would not get
the cup. If the invitation event was not
counted he would have but three points
to his credit. md a large number Of other
athletes would come ahead Of him, while
II the South Atlantic events were counted
won the South Atlantic quarter and the
ffty-yard open, which would give him q
total OF ten points.
While 1t Is not only customary. but en-
tirely proper. that managers or COM
mittees In charge OF games should make
their own rules. many a protest and un-
pleasant aftermath would be averted II
all of the rules and decisions Of the
management would be printed on the
entry blank published or explained to
the entrants in some manner before the
games are held.
Probably one Of the most spectacular
finishes Of the evening was that in the
teams Of the Advents. the Kendalls and
the Junior Richmond Grays, when Boss,
the last man on the Kendalls four. made
up at least thirty yards, and turned al
most sure defeat into victory. winning
by scant few inches. This youngster
ran fine race. and too much credit
cannot be given him for 1t.
Capt. c. E. smithson Of the Washing
ton Grove Club did not run to his true
form in the South Atlantic quarter. which
was due to the fact that he was a little
stale. on account of being overturned
Earl Is still good one. and he has many
| good race In him yet.
At last ex-Capt stratton of the Y. NJ.
c. A. team won an Individual event,
which Is. by the way. a worlds record
for It.. The event. the three standing
been competed for until this meet. Drop
| around at Thomas J. Fisher & Co.'s any
| time and he will be glad to tell you
about It.
That South Atlantic Association record
committee ought to come out OF its shell
| soon and let us know about those records
they have been considering for the last
few months. 1t won't do the boys much
good II they have to wait until they are
old men before they find out about them.
Manager McNulty of the GEORGETOWN
track team extended his date for receiv-
ing entries until last Thursday. He re-
large as the two meets which have al
ready been held here. only his will be
much better. Of course. The Blue and
| Gray games have always ranked high
| and classy entry list. this years meet
will be no exception to the rule.
The South Atlantic A. A. U. cross-coun.
| try championship was run off over the
Brightwood course Tuesday afternoon.
and the committee, and Mike Stuart in
particular. has been receiving congratu-
lations ever since on the clock-like regu-
larity In which 1t was run. Baltimore
carried off top honors, Dryer Of Johns
Hopkins winning the race. the Cross
Country Club carrying off the team
| trophy. The first local men to finish were
| Stecker and Fleming, who landed fourth
and fifth positions.
| Entries will close Thursday, March 3,
| for the joint games of the Johns Hopkins
and 5th Regiment Athletic associations,
which will be held In Baltimore on the
18th. This meet is one of the most popu-
lar OF those held in Baltimore. and a
large bunch OF local talent will be entered
The familiar adage, You're never too
old to learn" was brought home to
| Starter Mike Murphy in the Federal
games. in connection with the relay race
between the local National Guardsmen
and those of the 9th Regiment, Balti-
| has always been his custom in games in
| which he has OBLIGATED to prevent one
| sided races by starting men before their
turn. IL he thinks they are hopeIessiy
beaten. Generally this scheme works all
| right. but this time it failed and caused
| considerable argument. BY the time the
| first local man had finished running
| Baltimore was about half a lap behind,
and Mike started the next 9th Regiment
about forty yards too soon. Much to
his surprise. the Baltimoreans overcame
| the lead, and when their third man fin
| ished he was almost as far ahead as the
locals had been. There was nothing else
| for Mike to do but to start the last two
men even, which he did, and the boys
| from the Monumental ely came out
ahead. The race was protested, which
was to be expected. but as 1t had been
as fair for one side as 1t was for the
other the race was allowed to stand the
way the men finished.