Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
GOSSIP OF LOCAL
AMATEUR ATHLETES

Some OF the relays carded for the
Georgetown meet tonight are sure TO b
the best Of the year While It 10 impooe
sible to tell correctly which team will b
returned the victor In the different con-
tests. because many things enter into
race indoors which are liable to upset the
dope on the men composing the fourA
still a close observer OF the conditions
can give a pretty accurate guess as to tho
probable winners in the different classifi.
cations.
Yale will most likely win the two-m!ls
relay from Princeton. The Tigers are
seldom a good match for the New Haven
aggregation at the distance. While 10
would seem that Cornell should trim Wes-
leyan. IT is highly probable that IL Wes-
leyan presents the fast quartet IL did
year ago IL Will win from the Ithacans.
The chances are that Georgetown will
not win from Virginia. The Hilitoppers
have not had the work that the Charlotte
vile four has. and neither have they had
the material from which to build a team.
II the Blue and Gray team defeats the
Virg.nians tonight Coach Foley and tho
four men who compose the team will 10
deserving OF the highest honors that
Georgetown can bestow upon them. The
big club relay OF the night will be tho
dual race between the fremont Athletic
Club and the Washington Grove Athletic
Association. While this race has been
advertised as being for the championship
of the city, 1t will, In fact. be for the
championship of the south. as there Is 70
other club organization that can compare
with either OF the two mentioned foure.
Washington Grove should win by q vida
margin. The Maryland Agsies are not
likely to be defeated by the Richmond
college quartet.
Judging by the number OF candidates
who are out for the different high school
turned out this spring In the scholastic
league: Not much has been heard from
Cathedral. but II is more than likely
that Coach Green will be there with q
good aggregation OF ball tossers when
the season opens. He has one OF tho
best pitchers In scholastic circles in Todd,
formerly OF Western High. and IL he can
get together eight men who can give him
any kind of backing at all he should be
able to hand lemon to the majority Of
the other scholastic institutions.
II the quality Of the material which IS
out for the base ball team at George.
town University is any criterion OF the
team which Is to be turned out at that
school this year the Hilltoppers should
have little trouble winning practically all
the games they play.
Last year, with not half the material
that Is at present out for the in and out
field positions. 1t was confidently said
that had just one good pitcher showed
up tHe team nave lOSl a
game. If this is true of last season IL
seems that IL should not be much trouble
for the Blue and Gray aggregation to
walk away with almost everything in the
collegiate world this spring, as there are
at least four men out for the team at
present who have shown themselves to be
good twirlers-in fact. just about as good
as is generally found in the college ranks.
Every man who Is running on the
Georgetown relay team tonight is admir-
ably built for indoor rum ng. Small,
fast men with short strides. every one
of them, just the sort of runner to take
to perfection the sharp curves on the
Convention Hall track.
Some of the handicapping done for the
meet tonight looks Ike big joke. For
instance, Childs of the Georgetown prep
school is placed on scratch with Patter.
son of the Baltimore City College in the
scholastic 50-yard dash, while Rathbone
Of the Business High School Is given two
feet hand cap. Childs is also given one
is given seven feet Golden and Rath.
bone are experienced runners, while
Chlds has done nothing on, the track.
Some other instances are just as glazing.
Either the hand capper is unfamiliar with
the abilities of the different men or else
those men have misrepresented them
selves on their entry blanks. Another
fault would seem to be in placing Yale
men on the marks with big handlcaps.
II would seem from the quality of the
athletes turned out by the northern uni.
Versities that they should always be
placed on scratch when competing in this
section
Pittsburg's new outfelder Max Carey.