Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-08
Athletic News end Notes.

The Washington Grove Athletic Asso-
citation gets another crack in w. Brent
Young. who has just obtained his release
from the Y. NJ. c. A. squad. and will
be seen under the Grove colors i'm future
meets. The Groveites are slowly but
surely getting the majority OF Washing
toms best athletes, and this action seems
to meet with popular approval 1t has
long been the ambition of local track
followers to see Washington represented
by a good, substantial club, and this is
one means of reaching their goal. The
advantages Of having one good club in
stead of ten or twenty corner clubs
can be plainly SEEN as in this way the
locals combine their strength and are
better able to compete against the larger
clubs Of other cities, such as the Balti-
more, the Mount Washington and the
Maryland Athletic clubs.
In Young the Grovites get one of the
most promising young athletes in the city.
He has run several splendid races both
in the individual events and as a member
of the association relay team. With such
men as he. King. Smithson Che who is
going to retireD, Curran, Lepper, Thomp-
son, Leger. Sterrett, Curtis. Fleming. Hill
debrand, Robertson and several other
lesser lights, it is hard to see how the
Groveites can help winning most Of the
coming meets.
The management has decided not to
send any of it's men to the Central Y. NJ.
c.. A. meet of Baltimore the 21St, al
though it is understood that several of
the men will go on their own hook. Man
ager Walker has made up his mind to
land that South Atlantic A. A. U. cham
pionship and will send his full team over
for that meet. which will be held June IS.
The eyes Of all of the scholastic ath-
heir he To
Tome meet. which will be pulled off at
Port Deposit Md, May IA. This
meet is by far the most popular of the
scholastic year and always draws large
local entry list. Central has won it sew
eral different times, and judging from
the strength shown SO far this season
it will put in strong bid for top honors.
The friends of "Schlitz" Schlosser are
glad to see the big fellow get the cap
taincy of the Georgetown basket ball
team for the next season, as he is a fast,
hard worker. and knows the game from
A to Z. If any one can make a winner
of the Blue and Gray team he can. and
he certainly has our best wishes for
successful year.
The Memorial Athletic Club has recent
~ lost a good mat artist i'm Will O'Brien,
who has Joined the professional class.
Brien was one of the Memorials best
d
to that club. He lost his amateur status
two weeks ago when he took a fly at
Joe Turner. who WIS meeting all corners
at the Gayety Theater.
The Y. NJ c. A. is planning to take the
pictures Of the winners of the weekly
contests which have been pulled during
the past winter months. These pictures
will be suitably framed and put up i'm
the corridors of the association building.
Tine winners were Stratton, Owen and
Locke.
Entries for the Baltimore Central Y.
NJ. c. A. games closed Saturday night
with Manager Thomas Cornelius. This
will be the first outdoor meet Of the year
and a large crowd of local talent is eX-
pected to enter.
Ernest F. Wenderoth, the former George
Washington distance man, has quit ath-
letics and has taken up shooting. He
has been a member of the Hatchetites'
rifle team for the past two years and
is considered one of the best shots on it.
Club managers who are looking for a
good place for their outdoor training do
not want to overlook the speedway. Col
Cosby, superintendent Of buildings and
is granting permission to clubs
to use this space for training, provided
they make written application stating the
they want to use it. This is a new thing
for Washingtonians, and local athletes
want to thank the athletic committee on
q safe and sane Fourth of July for it,
as this committee is largely responsible
for the favorable action taken in the
case.
"Heinie' Lepper. the flying Dutchman
of the Grovites, has not come back to
the fold yet, and 1t begins to look as tf
he really intends to quit the game. AL
though his services will be missed, King
and Rathbone will be able to keep up the
d;.sh-end of the club in good shape.
Don't overlook that Business High
School Alumni meet of June 8. There will
certainly be some class to it.