The Washington times., 1911-12-26
NATIONAL INDOOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE
BIG ATTRACTION
Committee Has Arranged
One of Its Best Pro-
grams.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S-The leading
celebration Of this week in the athletic
world will be the National Indoor
Championships at Madison Square Gar
den tonight and tomorrow night. The
championship committee has arranged
a program the like OF which IL seldom
presented at any meet. The events set
for tonight will be completed then. and
no events will be carried over for
Wednesday night.
Tonight one of tho features will be
the two mile run, In which George Bon
nag, Louis Scott and '"Joe" Monument
are entered. For years 1t has been
conceded that in distance running the
United States was far behind her Eu-
ropean rivals. but within the last year
the distance men Of this country have
so improved that they are now more
than able to hold their own against the
representatives Of any nation. 1t ia
doubtful " any country in the world
could put trio in the field just now
that would beat the three above named
--Bonhag, Scott and Monument.
Ioo-Yard u Feature.
The Lo0o-yard run 10 another event
"hASh whA 1CdbuI0 TIC IIlc6Is x18IIy
Gissing. the present champion and re-
cord holder. will meet Dick" Egan,
Abel Kiviat. Karl Walther and ]. p.
Sullivan. Kiviat il in fine condition
and Is expected to beat the present in
door record OF I'm. lbs.
-Out-of-town athletes will be more
prominent in the ganSes this year than
over before. 8. c. Lawrence. the Har-
ward high jumper, will represent the
time ANNAPOLIS poi champion sprinter s and and
NJ. Ii. McDonagh, the hurdler, viii come
up TO compete from Baltimore.
The new law Of the Amateur Athletic
Union in relation to college athletes COM
Gustavus T. Kirby. president. and each
association Of the Amateur Athletic
Union notified to operate under the de-
cision of the president. will receive it's
rhe college men entered in these games
for their colleges will be compelled to
represent their colleges from now until
June 1. while those who compete for
their clubs Will have to represent their
clubs IN opea composition until June I.
after they have competed for either
their college or club. The men will have
to compete until June for the organi-
zation they select now.
Columbia ls Gamer.
Columbia University is a gamer by
this law. as Beatty, Ronsib. ind Brady
have elected to represent them. while
the New York A. c. has lost these men
until June /. Harry Babcock. captain of
the Columbia team. will compete for the
New York A. c.. and so cannot change
to Columbia during the present season.
The Irish-American A. c. loses the serv-
ices of Bob" Eller and Ed" Chap
man. who will represent Georgetown
University at these games.
Many Affected.
The other colleges which will be af-
fected by this new law are Harvard.
Cornell, Virginia, Amherst. Pennsylva-
mia and Dartmouth. Bickley. Moffatt.
Cummings, Gable and Jackson, of Har-
ward, will have to compete for Harvard,
and the Boston Athletic Association can.
not be represented by these men until
after June 1. On the other hand, d. b.
You lg, of Amherst. will compete for the
6GstOn athletic AssoG had Eo.,.
wards, Haydock. Burdick and MCGOWAN
and Dartmouth keeps ]. Dolan, who
cannot now represent the Pastime A. c.
The University of Virginia will be rep
resented by Capt. T. II: Todd. e. Coch-
Wesley Oler, Of Pawling school, will
represent the New York A. c. instead
Of his school, as will Lauer. of New
York University. w. @. Packard will
also So represent d,,ns It'll the New York A. C.
by this rule will be the New York A. C.
and the Boston A. A. The New Yorks
lose Beatty. Bonsib and Brady. while
the Boston A. A. loses many Harvard
men who have elected to represent their