Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-17
FARMER ATHLETES.
Maryland Aggies to Be Heard From
in RELAYS and Spirits.

COLLEsE PARK. Md. January IT,
Track work at the Maryland Aericultu-
raj College began immediately upon the
return of the cadets from the holiday
season. and Team Manager w. ID. Nun
son and Capt. a. c. Adams are putting
the ambitious Aggies through strenuous
stunts each day. Over twenty-five men
answered the summons and have entered
upon their work with an enthusiasm
which augurs we'll for successful year.
There are seven formidable quarter of a.
mile sprtnters trying for the relay team.
Adams, MuIson, Kemp, Burns, Duckett.
Towers and Norris. OF these Adams and
Munson were members of last years re-
lay team, which was the best bunch of
sprinters the college ever turned out. The
present Indications arc that Munson will
run the first lap and Adams the last.
This is the way they ran last year, and
on the form displayed by these men
there does not appear to be ground for
experimenting that they will be compelled
to relinquish their jobs this year. The
other two members of the team have not
been selected. Kemp. however, is a first
class man. having captured the inter-
scholastic championship of Maryland last
year in the quartermilc dash. Norris
Is displaying great form, and has pre-
viously shown his worth by winning a
number of races in local meets The
but arc showing up well, and any Of
them would probably make good on the
relay team.
Manager Munson declares that the
chances for good team were never bet
ter and lie expects that this years
sprinters will do better work than the
1909 aggregation. The most important
relay event, aside from the run against
| the Aggies' old rivals. st. Johns College
of Annapolis. will he when the team
meets eight colleges OF the Agriculturists
standing at Philadelphia in the annual
relay games of the Pennsylvania Tniver-
sity- Last year Maryland Agricultural
| College won against ST. Johns relay
team, and came out second at Phiiadel-
| phia. Pratt Institute of Brooklyn. secur-
| ing first place. Other colleges competing
we're Franklin and Marshall. New York
City College, Ursinus College, Gettysburg
College and st. Johns College of Brooklyn
The time of the relay race for this meet
was 3.43 2-5. The Aggies who will try for
| the short dashes and medium length runs
are L. Demar,o, III. Allen, W. G. Cole,
c. E. Hamilton. p. X. Hatton, Cramer.
Wilson Stewart, Rogers. Saunders. Au-
gustus and Waters The long-distance
| men are CLANCY, Trimble. Cortelyou and
Strickland. These men have all had ex-
| perience in track work, CLANCY being an
exceptionally good man at the fifteen
| from Maryland Horticultural College to
receive medal ID a marathon race con-
Quoted by a Washington newspaper sew
eral months ago.
The college will enter its relay team
and number Of other men in about eigh,
| meets this season. The first of these viii
be the George Washington University an.
| nual indoor meet February ); next, Rich
mond College meet at Richmond, February
IL; the Federal indoor meet. February 10
the Georgetown, Johns Hopkins. 5th Regi
ment and Pennsylvania University, this
dates of these not being as yet known. A
relay race will probably be run with st
Johns College. Washington College
Richmond College, Catholic University and
New York City College. Besides these
matches efforts are being made to ar
range races with a number of other col
leges. In the first meet all of the candi-
dates will be given a chance to prove
their worth. Adams. Munson. Morris
Kemp and Burns Will be entered in the
dashes besides running the relay in this
meet.
The lack Of a suitable traek for indoor
practice at the college is keenly felt, bu,
even with this manifest handicap. the Ag-
gies expect to turn out general all
round good team, one that will capture a
number of events. 1t is not improbab BILE
that the Maryland legislature. now in ses-
| sion, will be asked to provide a sufficient
appropriation for the construction of an
indoor track, as the development of the
athletic spirit at the college is regarded as
one of the best assets it can possibly
have. And what benefits the college nat
urally helps the state at large.