Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-02
NEWS AND NOTES.

Announcement may be expected the
next few days as to the final selection by
the A. A. T.. of the athletes who are
to be sent to the national championships
at New Orleans next month as representa-
tives OF the South Atlantic Association.
DR.. D. f. Wiber. president of the South
Atlantic branch association, recently
wrote to the official Handicapped for q list
Of the athletes with the best records and
the following names were mentioned:
Royal w. Gill. Baltimore; c. e. Smith
son. Washington; Charles A. King. WASH
ington: W. Howard. Baltimore; c. Hor-
rax. Baltimore; J. MacDonagh, Baltf-
more; J. A. Sterrett, Washington; Brock
man. Baltimore; Stanton and Wiltshire,
Virginia: Fulton. Baltimore; Breyer. Bal
timore; Lee. BALTIMORE: Connolly Balti-
more; Barrett. Baltimore; Warner, Bal
timore; Tulley. Baltimore. and Larry
Martin, Virginia.
This list was gone over carefully by
Dr. Wiber, the present condition of the
men, their availability and their versatility
being considered. and the result shows
the first seven men mentioned above as
the most likely ores. These seven names
have been forwarded to Secretary-Treas-
urer James E. Sullivan, who is to make
the final selection, 1t is generally con-
coded that Gill and King are sure to be
selected. as their recent performances
cannot be overlooked. The other two men
been limited that the others do not come
up to the class of the national cham
pionship entries and that it Is just possi-
BILE that but two men will be sent. This
is more in the nature of gossip, however.
and may or may not be correct. In case
four men are to be sent, the remaining
two places viii probably be selected from
Horrax, Smithson and Sterrett. The def
mite selections are expected any minute
from Mr.. Sullivan.
1t is just possible that within the next
year q change will be made in the states
that arc now included in the South At
lantfc Association, and that North ana
South Carolina will be taken out and
added to some other district. These two
states have done very little in athletics
as members Of this association. and q
change might do them good and Will les
sen the work in this district.
Members of the Washington Grove track
team gave a straw ride" last week and
a very enjoyable evening was spent. They
left the city and rode out to fayetteville
to the home Of J. Willard Hall, where Re-
with ladies were Messrs. Snithson, King.
Stecker, Dennis, Berkeley. Hall. Camp
bell, Robinson and Little Dutch" Hide
brand.
Otney W. Stratton of the Y. NJ. c. A..
track team Is fast getting into condition
and expects to make this his banner year.
STRAIT will probably be elected captain
of the association forces this year. He
will have his work cut out for him. as
the Y. NJ c. A. has lost Stecker and
Young, two Of its best men. and their
places will he hard ones to FILL
George Dewey. the Central High School
dash man of last years team, Is now at
tending the University Of Pennsylvania
He expects to try for the track team at
that institution, and under the training
of Mike Murphy should develop into a
very good man.
The South Atlantic Branch Association
will probably get good slice Of the pie
i'll the next meeting of the national body.
which will be held in New York about the
middle Of next November. as it is very
likely that Baltimore will land the 1911
national championships and that Henry
G.. Penniman Of Baltimore will be the
next president of that body. II will be
remembered that at last years meeting
Mr.. Pennirnan withdrew his nomination
In favor of Everett c.. Brown of Chicago,
with the tacit understanding that the ex-
year. The delegates from this territory
have been instructed TO push his inter-
ests and unless there has been q change
in plans he will probably land the office.
jamie Young. the former Guriey .Ath-
letfc Club athlete. has been laid up with q
severe attack Of typhoid fever and Is just
getting around again. He will probably
have to remain out Of athletics this year