The Washington herald., 1910-01-09

/ The shortest and what is expected to b,
one Of the most interesting and exciting
relay races ever run IN the District vii
be on the programme Of the scholasti,
section Of the Federal indoor games. Feb
ruaTy - II Will be for boys OF the frs
grade schools, and is tie first time these
/ youngsters have ever had an event all
their own in any athletic games in Wash
ington.
The distance Of ths race will be Sll
yards. or seventy-fvs yards for each
boy. and with such a short run fl is
likely the judges at the finish will have
their work cut out to pick the winner.
Present indications are that there viii he
at least fifteen teams entered in the race.
and Il may be necessary to hold trial
heats in the afternoon and the fnaI at
night.
The entry list for the District grade
school championship. open to all grades.
will be equally as large. in fact. it is
already certain that there viii be more
grade school boys competing in their
seven special events in the Federal games
the afternoon Of February 70 than have
been in any previous track and field com
petition.
In forty OF the school buildings OF the
District. teams varying in number have
already been formed. and the BOYS have
begun to train. The teams in which mana
gers have already been chosen Include the
following: The Maury, Hilton Congress
Heights. Orr. Van Buren,. Stanton. Add
son, Brent. Towers. WaHsch. Tyler. Len
noX, CrandaI, Buchanan. Grant, Car
berry. Twining, Abbott, Morse. Polk.
Henry, Gage Franklin. Webster. and al
the schools in the NTH division. in North
east Washington.
School Managers TO Meet.
One boy in each Of the other schools in
the city will be chosen as the manager
OF the team in his school. and there will
be a meeting Of ali the school managers
In the Y. NJ. c. A. building next Saturday.
The fremont Athletic Club is out for
the intermediate club championship. and
1t Is probable that they will have a strug-
gle for honors with the RayIiew, Me
mortal, Potomac. and other local clubs.
Since the recent fan games given by the
First Presbyterian Church. athletics have
had boom I'm that organization. and the
relay team Of that organization IS ready
to run for the church and Sunday School
championship, aud the management has (
announced that if at least three other
teams start the race will be put on the !
Virginia Athletes Coming.
Tie University of Virginia has accepted
NE invitation to send a team to the /
Federal games, and. besides having men
n the open handicap and invitation /
events, will send along relay team. !
which will be matched against one of the 1
Northern colleges, with a choice among 1
Amherst Hamilton Wesleyan. and Penn
'ylvania. Johns Hopkins will have a
'ig team in the evening events. and is
specially strong in middle distance run
lers.
lie runners in the big Northern coll
eyes who will be in the Federal games
VII have some good tests in the Irish
american games in New York on Febru-
ny .. and in the Boston A. A. games on
ne lZth' and when they get down to
Washington on the 18th will be in top
orm,
second supply of entry blanks was
ent out last week, and entries for the
iulNluual events will close February 10.
'i'h {. e. Beckett or W. G. Stuart, 1895
street.