The Washington herald., 1911-02-20

Half a hundred of the best long-dis-
tance runners in this section will COM
pete In the annual six-and- one -haIf-nfe
South Atlantic cross-country champion
ship run which will be held at Bright
wood, D. c.. beginning at o'clock next
Wednesday afternoon. This is the largest
number of entries ever received for the
cross-country championship, and the COM
petition for both the club trophy and IN
dividual honors promise to be unusually
close and hard-fought
There Will be three clubs in the hunt for
the team trophy-the Washington Cross
Country Club, the Fifth Regiment, of
Baltimore, and the Baltimore Cross Coun-
try Club The local organization has en-
tered thirteen men, the Fifth Regiment
six, and the Baltimore Cross Country
fourteen The Washington and Baltimore
Y, NJ. c. As, Washington Grove Ath-
letic Association, Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, and the Standard Athletic Club
are among the other organizations repre-
Sented.
For the first time since the cross-coun-
try championship has been established
Johns Hopkins University will not be rep
resented by full team, and will not be
a competitor for the team trophy, having
only two men, Lee and Reside, entered.
Both men, however. will be strong con-
tenders for individual honors, with
Stecker. of Washington Grove; Elphin-
stone, Of the Baltimore Cross Country
Club, and Eisenhardt, of the Fifth Regi-
ment
The run will start from the Brightwood,
and the course will extend across the
helds toward Piney Branch, return
ing on the Military road. The complete
list of entries is as follows:
Z. ]. Kearney, Standard A. c., Wash
lngton; W o. Post Washington, Y NJ
c. A; Edward DonneIIy, unattached; :;
Howard B. Ricketts,, Washington Y. NJ
c. A; H w. Benton, Washington Cross
Country Club; Fred Thuee, Washington
Cross Country Club; Z. c. Mccall Bal
timore Y. NJ. c. A; w. R Collegeman.
Washington Cross Country Club; John D.
Bolac, Washington Cross Country Club;
E o. Dakin, Standard A. c., Washing
ton; Fred Reeves, Standard A c.; H G.
Hullfsh, Washington Cross Country Club:
G. D. Kicker, Washington Cross Country
Club; Harry Fiddesop, Washington Cross
Country Club; G. w. Holland Wash
ington Cross Country Club; w. H. Scho-
field, Washington Cross Country Club;
E ]. Beller, Washington Cross Country
Club; F. L. Renner, Washington Cross
Country Club; r Z. Williams, unattach-
Country Club; Richard Mansfield, Wash
ington Cross Country Club; c. White
baltimore Cross Country Club; H. c. El-
phinstone, Baltimore Cross Country Club;
c Burns, Baltimore Cross Country Club:
H T. Reuter-, Baltimore Cross Country
Club; F. L. Korge, Baltimore Cross
Country Club; H Ryan. Baltimore Cross
Country Club: J. X. Kelley, Baltimore
Cross Country Club; T. George, Balti-
more Cross Country Club; f. A GeIler,
Baltimore Cross Country Club; M J.
Dukehart, Baltimore Cross Country Club;
J. n. Geipe, Baltimore Cross Country
Club; ]. J. CaIlan, Baltimore Cross Coun-
try Club; ] L. Sullivan, Baltimore Cross
Country Club; L. c. Schultz, Baltimore
Cross Country Club; Ralph S. Martin,
Fifth Regiment; Clarence Maggie Fifth
Regiment; C. ]. Eisenhardt, Fifth Regi-
ment; R. E. Carson. Fifth Regiment;
John McLaurine, Fifth Regiment: D.
Miller, Baltimore Y M c. A: J. B. Rec
side, Johns Hopkins University, and
Frederick c. Lee, Johns Hopkins Uni
Versity
The officials are as follows: Referee, ].
Edward Tyler. jr., president South At
lantic Association: judges at the finish,
Henry G. Penniman, ]. J. Rettaliata,
James A O'Shea- and W. c. Stuart;
timers, J. r England, W. C. Thacher. J.
V. MuIligan, E. c. Crane. and c. z. Ed
wards: starter. C Z. Beckett: clerk of
the course, DR.. w. B. Hudson: scorer
A. Mcdonald; judges on the course, c. A.
Watson, ]. J. Farley. o. w. Suatton,
Harold Keats, J. K Mossberg, c. H.
Dampier, J. E Haas, DR.. J. ]. Kaveney.
Frank Young. Charles King. NJ. A Joyce
J. A. Keene, Charles Orme. Gardiner
Orme, Harry W. Long Nils Hansen, w
w. Tenny. G. H. White, Chase Taylor,
J. f. Meany, and c. E. Smithson.