Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22
Athletic News and Notes.

Athletes are just awakening to the fact
that the athletic committee on safe and
sane Fourth Of July is doing a good work
and is getting good results. Plans are
fast being completed, and while the games
scale as are the municipal games of Bal
If successful. will probably lead to some
thing better in the future. One good
feature will be the classification of events.
This Will give the youngsters a chance
in both the track and the swimming
events to compete against others of their
own ages, and will not compel them to
stack up against their older and more
experienced brothers.
1he medals which will be award
ed to the winners OF the different
events will certainly be beauties, and
those getting one should consider them
selves lucky. 1t has been decided that
on one side of the medal will be the Dis
trict seal, with Municipal Games" in
scribed on il. On the reverse side will
be engraved the year of the games and
the event. This die is unusually at
tractive.
The subcommittee OH field and track
Will hold an important meeting this week,
at which time the program and list OF
events will be definitely decided upon.
Charlie King has just received his medal
for winning the South Atlantic title in
the 1OOyard dash 1t will be remem-
bered that this race was won by Royal
w. Gill. who was later disqualified De
cause he was not member of the South
Atlantic Association He has been rep
resenting Mercerberg Academy, which is
under the Middle Atlantic States Associa-
ton, and as the A. A L. rules prohibit
athletes from competing in championship
nj a nf Va hnA
are not members. he was ruled out and
King given the title.
Friends of Emery P EnZer, the former
won the Times News marathon last year,
will be glad TO learn that he is keeping
up the good work and has been winning
consistently in Durham. n. c., where he
now resides Last week he ran another
good race, finishing fourth in the annual
Smile run of that place.
Charles J. Browne, former Technical
High School athlete and scholastic record
holder of the hurdles and the pole vault,
is showing up well in these events at
West Point and is looked upon to break
the army records in these events before
the season is over
Entry blanks for the Business High
School Alumni Association meet of June
8 are now out, and an elaborate pro-
gram is planned. The following events
are on the program: I5-yard dash, nov
ice; SS0-yard run, novice; standing broad
jump. novice; 75-yard run for first year
students; 3OO-yard run for first year stu
dents; 1Gl-yard dash. open; 61O-yard
dash. open; one-mile run, open; 12-pound
shotput, standing broad jump and relay
race OF one mile. This is to be a strictly
scholastic affair. open only to bona fide
scholars of the high or preparatory
schools. The term open as used above
means to scholastic athletes only.
A good sized bunch of local athletes has
entered the Baltimore Central Y. M. c.
A meet which will be pulled off In Balti-
more next Saturday. They are expecting
to do great things over there. and their
work will be watched with much interest.
Among those who will take the trip are
King Smithson and Hildebrand.