Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13
Athletic News and Notes.

Preferring charges seems to be all the
rage In athletic circles these days. Every
one is taking a hand in it, and it is get
ting 10 be almost as much Of fad APP
| pendicitis Is In high society. However,
| 1t comes in nicely at this time, as 1t gives
us something to talk about during the in
| terval between the George Washington
| and the Federal meets.
| An important meeting of the Amateur
Athletic Union is scheduled to be held
| tomorrow evening at o'clock, in tn.
! parlors of the Baltimore Athletic Club.
at which time the whole athletic situation
Will be thoroughly discussed. further re-
| ports will be received. further plans out
| lined. and the first steps toward straight
ening out the tangle Will be taken.
AS far as can be learned, no new de-
vclopments Of any Importance have take.i
place,nor are any likely to until tomor
| row evenings meeting, at which time,
however. the wool should fly
Regarding the rumor to the effect that
Virginia. Johns Hopkins. Pennsylvania.
Georgetown and George Washington
would not enter any men i'll the Fedora!
games, there's nothing in it. Georgetown
and George Washington will stay out it
at both these institutions discloses the
fact that they have no athletes 10 enter.
Despite the many rumors to the contrary
the Blue and Gray has but about four
| men in active training, while the Hatchet-
ties. with the exception of John Fleming,
have not one athlete OF any marked a5ii-
ity. This is sad but only too true state
Of affairs. AS far as Virginia, johns Hop
kins and Pennsylvania are concerned
these schools will be represented in full
force.
Another small item, but one which will
not be made part of the charges against
the manager of the HatchetiteS' games.
which has been called to one Of the ANA
teur Athletic Union officials attention by
letters from several persons. is the fact
that dancing was scheduled to mmedi-
ately follow the meet, which was to be
over bys11 O'Clock. and to continue until
Il. Somehow. like the standing high
jump, 1t was omitted from the program.
One young Romeo writes to the effect
that he brought his Juliet especially for
this part of the program, and that he feels
as II his money was parted from him un-
der false pretenses. This is small mat
ter. 1t is true, but managers should be
careful to carry out their promises to the
smallest detail. as failure to do all tina;
they advertise not only hurts their own
games, but athletics in general.
The Y. n. c. A. has conner in W
Brent Young. who is d member of the re-
lay team. in addition to being a good
two-twenty and quarter miller. He was
considered a good one last year. and has
steadily improved to such an extent that
now he is one of the mainstays Of the
team.
Archie Randolph. who has been repre-
senting Virginia in the high jump and
hurdles for the past four years. is now
= member of the Baltimore Athletic Club.
That relay race In the George Washing
ton meet in which Wash ngton Grove
came out first, with the McCulloch Ath-
letic c ub Of Baltimore in second place,
reminds US of the old days when the
Gurey A. c. and the AcCullocns were
such rivals. The latter team defeated the
Gureyites the last time the two met and
it must have felt good to Curran. King and
Sm.thson. three former Gurley men, to
turn the tables on their old rivals. The
Grove team. by the way. is one Of the
best in this section of the country and
could give Virginia's first team a good
run for its money
A. c. Adams, who has been the mainstay
of the Maryland Agricultural College
team for the last few years, is now back
at the college doing business at the old
stand He Is the best quarter miller
with the possible exception of Curly
Ex-Capt. Stratton of the Y. NJ. C. A.
team is congratulating himself on the
''headwork' he used in making his way
through the bunch In the 44o-yard event
of the George Washington meet. Start
ing from the 1O-yard mark he managed
to fight his way through the big field to
fourth place. "Headwork'' IS all right in
it's way. "Strat.' but little more foot
work would have gotten you more.
Forrest Stanton, the flying Virginian, is
certainly some runner 'Nuf ced."
Speaking of athletes. they don't come
much better than Charlie King Of the
Washington Grove Club. 'Muggsy'' won
the 5O-yard open event in last weeks
games with very little trouble, and was q
member of the relay team which came
out victorious. In addition to this he is
hard man to beat in the broad jump, the
2O0-yard dash, the quarter and the shot
put. Some class here. Amt it?
That high jump event in the Buff and
Blues games brought out some OF the
best jumping that has ever been seen in
Washington. At one time the bar was
up to six feet one inch. Burdick finally
won the event by clearing six feet. with
HORROR the second man, with five feet
eleven to his credit Several others were
but a few inches lower.
Entries close soon Tor the A. A. L. cross
country run, which is to be pulled off
February %. This run will be the most
important of the year, as it will be for
the championship Of the South Atlantic
Association. which includes Delaware. Vir-
GINA, Maryland. West Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and the district
Of Columbia. AS 1t will be a scratch event
It should be close and exciting through
out. Capt Stecher and John Fleming are
looked upon to have the first two places
~ hal txuN
be worth going long way to see. The
start and finish Of the race will be at the
Brightwood terminus Of the 18th street
car line The course will be out 14th
straof r., fha Military road thence ACCESS