Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Athletic News and Notes.

That was a popular move on the part
Of the athletic committee on a safe and
sane Fourth of July in arranging a set
of games for the colored athletes as well
as for the whites. Much favorable COM
| ment has been made concerning this step.
and plans are rapidly being perfected with
the idea of making this part of the pro-
gram as attractive as possible. Hand
some prizes will be awarded to the first
second and third men in each event. This
meet will be held al the same hour as
that for the white athletes, but at a diff
ferent place. probably on the Howard
University campus. which is one of the
best in the city. The following is a list
of events which has been decided upon
| For boys under fourteen years of age
Fifty-yard dash and 25-yard potato race.
Senior events-Seventy-f Vineyard dash for
novices. 100-yard dash. 4iO-yard run, $50
yard run, one-mile run, m-yard potato
race, 1U0-yard sack race and 75-yard egg
! race. Entry blanks will be issued in a
few days
Charley King Of the Washington Grove
Athletic Association is taking a fling at
all branches of sport. and seems to be
| making good too. 'Mugsy'' is now the
South Atlantic record holder in the broad
jump and the title holder of the 100e
| yard dash and 440-yard dash, indoor in
addition to having gotten third place In
| the running hop, step and jump event.
| In the coming outdoor games, which will
be held the 18th, he has entered, in addi-
| ton to the 10O-yard dash. the running
broad jump and the running hop, step
and jump. and the 56-pound weight event.
His friends look for him to do himself
proud in all of them. We wish him luck.
tered Smfthson in the 440-yard dash.
Pete" Herring in the half-mile run.
Dutch" Hildebrand in the mile and
half mile runs, W Brent Young. one of
their new men. in the half mile; Robert
son and Jack Sterrett in the pole vault,
Carroll Money in the weight events and
several other lesser lights in some of
the other events. Manager "Froggie"
Walker is out after that team trophy.
and it looks as if this team will have a
good chance Of landing 1t.
Local tennis followers have been hav
ing all of their favorite pastime theJ
wanted recently with the Chevy Chase.
the Middle Atlantic States champion
ships and the closed Chevy Chase tour
ney. Good play has been in order in
each of these Journeys and large and
enthusiastic galleries have been in at
tendance each day. This was a bad
year for the Doyle family, as in the
Chevy Chase tourney Conrad was de-
feated in the singles and he and his
brother in the doubles. Prior to that
defeat of Conrad's three different men,
bers of the family held as many diff
ferent titles, Harold E. being the Mid
die Atlantic States champion, while Louis
l. is the present holder Of the District
one.
Bloomingdale expects great things
out that way July 4, big athletic
carnival being on the program. Capt
Eugene Edwards, who has always had
such marked success as manager OF the
National Guard games. will be in
charge of it. A regular athletic pro-
gram will be pulled off. including a
| three-mile marathon. Handsome as
we'll as useful prizes will be awarded
the first three men in each event. No
| entry blanks will be issued. athletes
being expected to enter on the field
| The meet viii be under the A. A. T.
sanction. hawever, so athletes who
| compete need have no fear for their
amateur status.
Wrestling enthusiasts will get a
| chance at witnessing some good
matches in the near future IL present
plans mature. Capt. Edwards is now
| on the lookout for some good men to