The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
GAMES ARE POPULAR
National Guard Meet Will
Be Brilliant Affair.
RELAY RACES A FEATURE
Four-cOrnered Fight for Champion
ship of Nearby Army Posts Be-
rine Barracks, and Washington
Barracks Should Be Interesting.

As the time for the twelfth annual
meet of the National Guard Athletic AS
sociation draws near. it is evident that
this years carnival of games will eclipse
any meet ever held by the Guardsmen.
Relay races of which there will be n
plenty. will be a feature Of the night 5
sport. and the rivalry between the diff
ferent competitors and organizations TO
skirmishes will be the rule instead of
the exception.
One of the relay races which will I'M
doubtedly be the hardest tussle of the
evening is that between the various army
posts around Washington. Teams from
Fort Meyer, Fort Hunt, Washington Bar
racks, and Marine Barracks, represent
ing the calvary, artillery, Engineer Corps,
and marines will be pitted against each
other. Another feature race is a closed
affair between the Fifth Regiment, of
Baltimore, and the local National Guard.
Because outside athletes will be barred
from participating in the individual
events, the meet is attracting much at
tention here among the followers of the
numerous clubs. The diamond ring, Of
fered TO the man making the most points,
is also proving big drawing card, and
it is stated the list of entries for the
open events will break all records.
Event No. 10, special team for
two men teams, will be new to Washing
ton. Under the rules, the two men on
each team can run as far as they like
or as short distance as they wish, pro-
vided they each run a quarter-mile, until
the two miles has been covered.
PreIiminaries on March o.
Preliminaries will be run OF on Thurs
day, March 9. for all of the events, thus
doing away with the long and tedious
heats seen at most meets, besides per-
mitting the athletes TO be at their best
for the final race on Friday. In past
years this feature of the National Guard
meet has been very favorably commented
on by the spectators, who appreciate the
efforts on the part of the National Guard
management to provide for their COM
fort.
Without. the obstacle and potato races
the National Guard meet would not be
the same, and as these features have
lost none of their appeal to the average
person. they are again on the pro-
gram1ne. The same applies to the wall
scaling event, when teams of four will
race against time in scaling a high
wooden structure.
AS the meet Is an A. A. T. affair, the
rules of that association will apply. The
board of directors of athletics of the
National Guard reserve the right to hold
trial heats on Thursday evening in case
there are more than four entries in any
of the open or closed events.
The officials for the meet will be as
follows:
Hooorary referes-Maj. E. b. Neumeya. y. c.
d. c.
Referre@Mr. W. c. Stuart.
Judges Mr. W. c. McKenney Lieut. w. b. HBd-
son. and MesrS. II. v. shurtli6. z, s. HerFig. W.
H. wetze and Mr. Heoyx.
TimeTs-Mr. W. c. Thacbe. Lieut. 4 H. Men
meyer. F., Mr.. 5. NJ Fa,cunfr H.. and Capt Sam
uel Shreeve.
Starter-Mr. C. Edward Bcckett.
Clerk-Iieut W. L. Hazard.
Assistan. cierk-Iieat- II. y. STALL
ScoreT-yr. c. A.Watscn.
Marshal-capt. ID. S. Richmord
Inspcctors-CarS. u. S. Biiss. Capt. John y.
Brooks Lieut.. J.. n. SchiosseT: Mr. Birch and Mr.
n. r. Woriey
Announcsr-Aiy Oiesnder Roef M
Custodian Of prises-Mr g. J. Tucker,