Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23
Athletic News and. Notes.

Don't forget that entries for the George
Washington meet close Tuesday with
Manager Eaton. Judging from the man
ner entries are now pouring in, this af-
fair should prove very successful one
As il is the first of the season, managers
of several Of our local teams are using
this meet as means of trying out their
men and getting a line on their material.
Get them in early, boys. and avoid the
rush.
Sherman. the Dartmouth Splinter, who
was kept out of the intercollegiates at
Cambridge last year on account of a
| strained tendon, is shaping his ends to
close up his college career by winning
| this year in at least one of the events.
Several of the local newspapers have
recently published articles referring to
Curly" Byrd as being candidate for
the Georgetown relay team. While it may
be perfectly true that Curly" is can
dldate in as far as his own desires are
concerned. lie has been permanently sus-
pended from the \. A. L. for profession
| alisn'. and, consequently, under no con-
sideration will he be allowed to repre-
sent either the Blue and Gray or any
other team in organized athletics
Entries for another meet close this
week. Saturday night Manager F. Gar
rett Louthan of the Richmond College
Athletic Association will close the entries
for his games. This meet, which comes
the Saturday following that of the
Hatchetites, has always been popular
with local athletes, and has generally
drawn largely from Washington in the
way of entries. This year, however, it
looks as If Washington Grove and the
TremontS will be the only local teams to
compete. and it will be up to them to
hold up the Washington end of the game.
King, the Washington Grove athlete,
has developed into some class as a
bowler. and is now a member Of the Ma
tional Bowling Alley team. His stunts
around that locality are the talk Of the
town.
Speedy Earl Evans. the former Cur
ley Athletic Club athlete, expects to rep
| resent the National Guard Athletic Asso-
cation team this year Speedy" says
he is going to show US some real run
ming, and for US to keep our eye on him.
Owing TO a combination of poor health
and lots of studies. "ieinie'' Lepper. the
crack dash man of the Washington Grove
Athletic Association, has decided to keep
out of active athletics until the outdoor
season. We've heard this tale before,
however. and don't take much stock in it,
The wear and tear of the simple life
will probably be too hard on the German.
and il is probable that no more than one
meet will roll by without him az an en-
trant.
The opportunity offered to the school
youngsters by the Federal games is being
grasped in manner which is highly
gratifying to the management and which
has exceeded its fondest hopes. and inter
! est is being shown in these events from,
the smallest scholar up to and including
the supervising principals. Every after
noon the new banked track of the boys
department of the Y. NJ. G.. A. is literally
packed with young hopefuIs'' from the
different schools who have ambitions in
the running game. so much ambition, in
fact. that 1t keeps the instructors busy
preventing them from overworking them
selves. The Monroe, Sampson ketcham
| Phelps. Smallwood and Curtis schools
| have shown marked enthusiasm, and the
! fight for the handsome "SteinmetZ" tro-
| ply. which is on exhibition at Spal-
| dings. will probably lie between members
| of these schools. The kids have de-
! cided to pick out colors for their schools
| and each team will be dressed alike in
them with the letter on the shirt front
just like the big college athletes. These
games will probably he never-to-be-for-
| gotten event for Il good many of them
and they are looking forward with no lit
| tie Impotence for the great day to ar
rive.
Two more meets have been sanctioned
| by the A. A. u. and the two Saturdays
| following the Georgetown games have
been selected as the dates. The Johns
| Hopkins University Athletic Association
which had selected February g. has de-
I cided to postpone it's meet until either
March Il or 10. 1t will decide definitely
in a few days exactly which one of these
dates II wants, and the remaining one
| will be given to the 9TH Regiment Ath-
| letic Association. Further particulars
| will be given at later date.
| Capt Earl Smithson of the Washington
| Grove team claims to have discovered q
weight events. Smithson claims his FIND
| is putting the iron ball around the 40
yard mark. Trot him out, captain. and
! let's look him over.
| Coach Bill Foley is getting his George.
| town charges in shape, and it is an
| nounced that at least eleven men will be
/ ready for the Federal games, and prob
ably more. Tom Smith. one of the best
/ timber-toppers of the South Atlantic AS.
ISOLATION, will be among them, as viii
| also kerwin. McQuail, Weser, Sitterding
/ Martin, SchlosSer, Boernstein and severa
others who are reported as doing good
| work.
| Arthur j. Decker. who won the hurdle
! event in the Presbyterian games las,
year. has not decided whether or not he
will continue in athletics.
| 1t is reported that Hugh Royce will be
! seen running under other colors in his
| next meet. If Hugh has saved all of his
| running shirts from the different organi
| cations he has represented he must have
| quite large and varied collection.
|
1t is very likely that Manager staIlings
I l.