The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-14
BRAND-NEH RECORD
FOR FEDERAL MEET
Athlete Winning Three
Standing-HopS Event
Can't Escape Fame.
CARLISLE INDIANS
VERSUS WESLEYAN
One-Mile Affair With Veteran
Observation-Disclosures
Grays Coming.

Ten Of the best Jumpers IN the South
Atlantic district win compete in the
three standing hops on the evening
program OF the Federal indoor. games
IN Convention Hail next Saturday night.
and the winner viii cIeate Pa American
indoor record in the event.
For In the historical records OF the
Amateur Athletic Union there are no
onciaI figures for this event, and the
athlete who sets away with the blue
ribbon viii be officially named IN the
5sl0 athletic almanac IS the record
holder
Charley King, Wash lnEton Groves
star, and the South Atlantic broad-jump
champion. HOTrax, Of Johns Hopkins,
the former intercollegiate high-jump
champion; Morton Of the same college,
and Strstton, Of the Washington Y. n.
9 A, are the men with the best hop
ping records, all Of them having done
between ; and 50 feet
Standing Broad jump.
The standing broad jump for school
boys on the afternoon program is an
other event IN which there are no Off
clal figures, and the winner or which in
the Federal games viii have his name
1n this years aIma-4ac as the creator
Of a record. Thai the event 5 popular
among the boys is evident from the
number OF entries, representing ten
schools Gerald Connolly, the Baltimore
city College captain RathbOne, OF
Business High. Low, Of Friends Select.
Spransy, Of Technical High; Archer
Smith. Of Tome. Green, Of Mercersburg,
and Dawson. OF Rockville Academy top
the list so far as records are concerned
all these boys having done feet
or better There IS equal interest IN the
same event for grade school boys, and
the records Of one or two OF the younger
athletes are but q, trlffie worse in actual
distance than those OF their older broth
ers- Mead, Of Twining School; White
SnaTlvood: Hoge, Of Hyde, and Warren
Of Webster seem 10 be the most likely
candidates for hOnOrs-
The Carlisle Indian relay team has
Eeen matched aEaIas- Wesleyan Uni
ersity for a One-Uile race on the even
sur, program Wesleyan VIII have prac-
Elcally the same team which Two years
&C in the Georgetown games ran one
OF the fastest races which has been run
n the District Besides TIE relay team,
Wesleyan viii have Capt R W Bacon
su the ffty-yard handicap and invita-
ton. and Hastings IN the handicap
sprint
Six GTays Coming.
Six members OF the First Virginia
Regiment Of Infantry. popularity known
Is the Richmond Grays. VIII compete
IN the Federal games in a 1,2oo-yard re-
lay race, and in individual events. r
Y Klein, s Berg. H B KOenig- John
5[rausse. and J. D Policy. IT., are on
the relay team. with Berg in the 800
yard handicap, and kOenig and Krausse
in the fftv-yard open handicap and
ES0-yaTd novice, Policy in the fiftF-yard
dash and fifty-yard hurdle handicaps,
and L Payne in the SlLteeu-DOEnC shot
handicap and championship. All these
lien performed cTeditablv IN the Rich
mOnd College games last Saturday night
Payne scoring second in the sixteen
pound shot The relay team has been
ciassed with the BraddOck- Kendall, and
Advent Athletic Clubs IN race at lao
cards