Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
Athletic News and Notes.

This miscellaneous fling of charges in
A. A. L. circles has not amounted to
much after all. Action may be taken on
some of the charges, but most OF them
will be tabled and forgotten. as they are
of such a weak nature that it can be seen
on the face Of them that they are not
worth bothering with
The most important case Of the whole
bunch is that Of H. c. Byrd, who was
suspended for alleged professionalism.
This case will be gone into thoroughly
and no stone will be left unturned to-
ward reaching fair and just decision:
"Curley" is accused of having played
professional base ball as a member of the
Reading team in one of the minor
leagues. He claims he was not MEM
Der of this team or, in fact. OF any team
of the professional class and has brought
out several strong points in his favor.
The A. A. L. is going to thrash this mat
ter out. and il it is wrong 1t will, of
course, place 'Curleys' name back on
the list among the chosen" If. on the
charged he will be given the most Sc
we're punishment-a permanent suspen-
sion-which will throw him out of ANA
teur athletics forever.
Although the loss of Byrd from it's
track team will be a severe one, George
town should join with the A. A. L. In
bringing the matter to head. No school
or college can afford to have on its roster
the name Of any athlete whose amateur
status is questioned. and the Blue and
Gray should take its stand now, as 1t has
in the past, for pure athletics.
nual wrestling championships of the
South Atlantic Association. The wrestling
committee. consisting of Prof. Maurice
a. Joyce chairman and Messrs. Griffith.
Stratton, Doyle and Sullivan. announces
that the following classes will be on the
program: Bantam weight los pounds and
under; featherweight, 115 pounds and un-
der: special weight. 125 pounds and un-
der: lightweight. 135 pounds and under:
welterweight. 145 pounds and under; mid
dleweight. 1JS pounds and under. and
heavyweight. over 15S pounds. The reg
ulation A. A. L. championship die medals
will be awarded the winners Of each
class In n way this will be an intercity
affair. Prelimnaries will be held Tues
day evening, March 8. 1910, at Doyle's
gymnasium, Baltimore, and at Carroll
Institute. Washington. and only those
who have qualified in the prelminaries
will be allowed to compete in the finals.
All bouts will be run off strictly under
the A. A. u. rules for the current year,
which will be construed to mean that
pin falls only shall count. The weights
and holds and all other Information in
this regard may be found in the A. A. u.
manual. The finals will be held at Car
roll Institute March IL at $50 pm. En-
tries close March 3.
The fremont Athletic Club four got it in
the neck In their race in the George
Washington meet, being defeated by the
Raylew Athletic Club four. Guess this
broke Manager Stokes heart. The win
ners. with Tansll. Knight. Middlekoff
and Morris, look pretty good.
HorTaX, the crack high jumper Of the
Johns Hopkins track team. was formerly
with Williams College. 1t was as a men,
Der of this team that he won the east
ern intercollegiate championship for four
successive years.
Entries closed Friday for the south At
lantic cross-country championship, which
will be run off over the Brightwood course
Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock. Chair
man Stuart reports that he has an I'M
usually classy entry list, which includes
all of our local and Baltimore cracks.
The fight for the team trophy will prob
ably lie between the local Y. NJ. G. A. and
the Baltimore Cross Country Club. The
former, with Capt Stecher. Galloway.
Shaw and several others, and the Cross
Country boys with the Elphinstones, John
ME Bolac, winner of the New Year run,
iMoDonagh and Hutchinson, are unusually
strong this year. and the rivalry which
has always shown itself in former dis
tance events means that the men from
both teams will fight from the drop OF
the hat
The Federal games OF last night. with
Gil contestants. making over 1.1OO en-
tries. were the largest set OF games, with
but one exception. which have been held
in the east in recent years. This meet was
easily the cream of athletic events which
have been held in this section of the country
for years. and Managers Stuart and Beckett
a raceivinD ftang nj lcfd
for the businesslike method In which they
were run off.
An interesting item which comes from
Central High School is to the effect that
Manager Achilles Burklin of the track
team has been deposed by the athletic
faculty of the school. No reason is given
for this action.
The South Atlantic branch has decided
that Washington. with the cross country
championship. the wrestling champion
ships, and large share of the events for
the field and track championships. has
had more than its share for this season
and SO has changed the swimming cham
pionships from this city to Baltimore.
The swimming committee. DIR. J. E. Cat
ley (chairman) and Messrs. Cornelius.
Meaney. McBain and Harding. is now
planning to pull off this affair in the Gen.
trail Y. NJ. c. A. tank Baltimore, during
the month of April. The regular events
will be on the program and the cham
pionship medals will be awarded. Fur
Their announcement will be made when
more definite arrangementsshave been de-
cided upon.
How does it happen that NJ. J. Is. Nc
Donagh of the Baltimore Cross Country
Club is back in harness? The last thing
we heard about him was his suspension
by the A. A. L.
Entries for the Ceorretown games close
with Manager McNulty tomorrow night.
Send them in. boys. the more the merrier.