Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
Although the running of Tom Smith a

Although the running of Tom Smith at
New York last evening was really the
opening Of the Georgetown track cam
paisn for the present season, the COM
peting of twenty-five of the Blue and
Gray runners at Baltimore next Saturday
evening will probably be taken as the
first substantial enGeavor toward attain
ing big honors. This squad will run in
the annual 9Th Regiment-Johns Hopkins
games. held in the Monumental City
Armory. At the same time the clay four
will be trying its speed against Holy
Cross and Boston College at the e. 4. A.
games In the Hub city.
The entrance of SO many men In one
meet will mean that a new epoch OF
track athletics has opened at the school.
Not for half decade has such team
been sent 10 any set of games by the
Hilltop institution and ali the more Sig
n.ficant is il that the same evening TIT
Blue and Gray will be represented
in the Boston Athletic Association games
after an absence of six winters. 1t was
in Boston that the Hilltoppers made their
greatest records in the past, and their
re-entrance there is being hailed with
much ado by the sporting press OF that
city.
Coach Foley will pick the relay four
this morning. He has been trying all
the candidates out during the past week,
and now believes that they are In mt
nearly certain that Gibbs, Martin and
Sprowles will make positions. while the
other place seems to BE- between Davis
and Mullgan. Should the latter decide
that he is in fit condition ne Is pretty
certain to be awarded the honor without
competition.
Many New Runners.
The squad of individual entrants has
been steadily getting into shape during
the past month and Coach Foley ex
presses himself as confident that some
Of them should do mere than or .inarily
well. Most of the entrants are youngsters
and many are new at the school, Because
OF this no adequate means have as yet
been present which might determine the
real worth of most OF item. They Will
all have plenty of opportunity of show
ing what they can do next Saturday
night. when their performances will be
closely wot.hed.
1t would rot be at all surprising to See
some or the colts come to the front with
:; lot O. speed. 1t IS ah,:ut due that The
i:i3e and Gray snoli1 have some good
men Oh the lists after two years of wors
uy Fo.ty. Last winter the runners did
unusually Well, AMI il is because OF this
more than anything else that the sup
pOftefS aHohB the students at George
town f,ci that they vii. emerge from
the carnival next Sa urday with thei..
share OF the points.
Caut Smiths cntra,,cc in the 10O-yari
hurdles II attracting more attention than
any of tie others because of the fact
that the race will decide the indoo- tim
bei-toppins championship of the sec:i1n.
Larry Martin of Virginia is to lie Smi:a =
most formidable competitor in this evert
Rivalry of tine intensest sort has existed
between these two for long while, and,
besides being race for title. the COM
in, :liaiC'i vii ak., take on the nature
OF a ratflc Irr supremacy between this
duo OF college stars.
Suspensions Feared.
! The one element that at present is be-
| ing feared at me school is the proximity
of the condition of suspensions 1t is
| well known that many OF the track men
are under the ban. although the names OF
F., these have not as yet been made public
Efforts to clear away all scholarship diff
! dcultiss by special examinations this
/ week may serve to remedy the trouble in
| some cases. but it Is pretty certain now
| that there VIII be few of the runners
!! who will ultimately be compelled to stay
| at home.
| The prep entrants are TO make their de-
but together with the varsity at the ORR
| ole city. The embryos have been train
! ing since before the holidays and have
received every advantage. as have the
! college men. Coach Foley says tina: a
couple OF them have the mal1ngs of ex-
! cellent runners in them, and will in a
| year or two prove valuable adjuncts TO
the varsity Golden. who is to comoets
! in the hurdles, defeated Tom Smith in
| the gym meet last December, this fact
| making 1t probable that he will show in
his coming race.