The Washington herald., 1910-03-05
READY FOR The GUN
Cream of Eastern Talent i'll
6. U. Games Tonight.
RECORDS LIKELY TO FALL
Pole Vault Mark in Danger, with
Nelson. OF Yale, ENTHUSIASTICALLY
500 Athletes VIII Take Part I'm
Various Events for Handsome
Prizes-Relay Races 10 BE Classy.

When the last runner in the great re-
lay race between Georgetown and Nir-
ginia in the Georgetown indoor meet shall
have crossed the tape tonight on the
track in Convention Hail. the curtain will
fan on one OF the biggest set Of track
and field events that has ever been held
in this section of the country.
With nearly 500 athletes, representing
every big university in the East and the
schools and clubs of seven States and
the District of Columbia, IL promises TO
furnish competition that will keep the
spectators cheering from the time the
starter fires the first gun until the hnal
event is over.
Beginning at 7;sO o'clock the star run
ners. jump. and weight men OF Prince
ton, Yale. Cornell. Pennsylvania. Column
bia. Wesleyan. John Hopkins Virginia,
Georgetown and many other colleges,
schools, and clubs viii fight it cut for
honors in the many events on the pro-
gramme.
Added to the individual events will be
nearly a score of the best matched re-
lay races that have ever been run in
Washington. Cornell and Pennsylvania
will clash in two-miIe event that should
be corker. and Yale and Princeton
fours will fight it out at the same dis
lance while Columbia is matched with
Wesleyan. Preceding these will be
bunch of others that are equally well
matched, and a fitting climax. the old
rivals. Virginia and Georgetown teams,
will meet in the last event carded.
Yale Star in Pole Vault.
The first opportunity ever offered the
sport lovers OF this city to watch pols
vaulter who has topped the bar at over
twelve feet will be afforded tonight
when Nelson. OF Yale. who has a record
of close to twelve feet FIVE inches. handles
the bamboo pole. That a new South At
lantic record will be established in this
event is almost certain, ana a new
worlds indoor mark Is not beyond posi-
bility.
Johnfy Gallagher. of the Brown Prep
School. of Philadelphia. is another attn
lete upon whom many eyes viii be TO-
be forced To start many yards behind
scratch in every event in which he is
entered-the 440-yard, the haf-mile, and
mile He will top off his work in these
events By running the final lap for his
team in a relay against Washington
Grove Athletic Association.
Probably the most famous OF the
Princeton athletes who will be seen In
action tonight is Eddie Hart. me foot
BAH warrior and captain of next years
eleven. He is entered in the shot-put.
and his huge frame will be easily recog-
nized-
". c. PAUL. the captain of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania team and the
fastest runner in the world at one mile
will run the final lap IN the two-mile
relay against Cornell. PAUL set up a
new record at the intercollegiate cham
pioRships last year for the mile. running
the most remarkable race in the history
of college championships and lowering
the mark to Az As, He also has a rec
ord OF LIS for the half-mile. and the
Ithacan runner who goes against him TO
the last lap of the relay will have a big
task cut out for himself.
Virginia Well Represented.
Besides the relay team which will race
Georgetown in the final event for the
championship of the South. Virginia will
have fifteen other representatives in the
various events Stanton. the great foot
ball player, is expected to garner many
points for the Orange and Blue in the in
dividual events, and he is also anchor
man on the relay team.
Georgetown will send twenty-five men
20 the mark during the evening, the big
gest and best squad that has represented
the Blue and Gray on the track since
the days when Georgetown was TO be
feared by all the colleges and athletic
clubs OF the country.
The Blue and Gray athletes will be well
supported Tonight by the boys from the
school and a big number of the alumni
who have come especially to attend. Du-
gal Pallen, OF New York; Ed Gately. of
Boston. and McGettigan. the famous
quarter back of the 1905 football eleven
are prominent among the vanguard OF the
Blue and Gray alumni. who are already
IN town for the occasion.
The ticket sale promises to be the
largest in years. The seats will be kept
on sale until late this afternoon at
Whites sporting goods store.