Evening star., 1911-01-26
GOSSIP OF LOCAL
AMATEUR ATHLETES

| Wnlo yesterday 1ndThcO tHS OAlCadA SAoS
ing Of the entries for the George Wash.
ington meet, the chances are that. the
bulk of the papers are yet to be received
from those who are to compete. About
1jO entries are in the managers hands
at present and it is estimated that al
least twice that number are yet to be
sent In. The local high schools have
not as yet filed their blanks and it Is
thought that a. squad of nearly hun.
dred will represent them. Many colleges
and athletic clubs that have signified theil
intention to enter teams have not beer
heard from.
Without a doubt the ceming meet viii
be the classiest affair ever held by the
!Hatchetites. Not only will every college
in this section, with the exception Of
Georgetown, be in competition, but some
of the best runners in the world are tC
come down from the north.
Fred Gibbs, the former Georgetown cap
tain, is showing fine form on the track
at present. BY the way he is working
out he seems to be almost sure of a posi-
ton on the relay four.
A big attraction in the Hatchetites
meet will be the relay race between the
Maryland Aggies and st. Johns College
of Annapolis. The two schools are bitter
rivals in every branch Of sport and the
student at the College Park school. The
last time the fours met was in Balti-
more, when the Farmers won by wide
margin.
1t is not known who is to be entered in
the George Washington meet by Central
| High, but It is more than probable that
| the mainstays of the Blue and White
| team. the men on whom Coach Foley will
depend to gather in the points. are Reuter-
and King in the dashes, Hamilton and
Kelly in the scholastic quarter. Hunt and
Bragg in the hurdles. and Currie in the
| high jump. 1t is not known what Tome
Institute will send down. but it is sure
| thing that the real contest for the scho-
lastic honors will be between these two
! schools.
Gallaudet will send relay team to
the University Of Pennsylvania relay car
nival this spring. Battiste and Brick OF
last years four are back, and it is
| thought that a fast bunch can be devel-
| oped II these two men again come out
/ for track work. Owing to the fact that
Battiste is the captain Of the base ball
! team. and Brick Is one Of the mainstays
| in the box, neither man may be avail
able for the cinder path squad. Brick $
leg still bothers him some. and it is
| hardly probable that he would be able to
run much anyway.
| Jack Martin the Georgetown sprinter is
going well this year. He is getting away
from his mark fast. and seems to have
1
able to hold up his end in the dashes.
The basket ball game up at the Arcade
last night between Gallaudet and George
town was the slowest affair imaginable
There was hardly life enough in the play
to keep the spectators from going to
| sleep. The one redeeming feature OF the
contest was the work Of Schlosser. 1t
seems as though 1t is an impossibilty for
any center to stop him, as he keeps toss
ing those baskets no matter who is in
front OF him.
The time trials for the Technical High
School relay team were held Yesterday
Ing on New York avenue that is being
| used by the Hatchetites for their training
quarters. Just what the men accomplished
| In the way Of time the ooacn would not
as good as was expected considering the
circumstances under which the team has
trained. Capt. Thrall was not present.
but he Is conceded place on the four.
position is Eckendorf, who played center
on the foot ball team last fall He made
the best time Of those who ran. Several
| or the other men were so close that the
other two positions will not be decided un-
! til the night Of the meet.
| The Washington Cross Country Club has
| entered team OF fifteen men in the
George Washington meet, including a
junior relay four. Capt. Holland and
in the ten-mile run over in Baltimore
New Year will run in the two-mile
event. and with the handicap that they
will receive should be able to make them
selves heard from.
Virginia and Georgetown are undoubt-
edly the best two basket ball teams in
this section. and when they meet next
month should furnish some mighty good
sport. In the final contest last season
Virginia beat Georgetown by one point.
and that defeat has ranked in the Blue
| and Gray ranks ever since Probably one
basket bali game in washington viii be
j on hand to witness the fray.
The Maryland Agricultural College has
been matched 1d. for the the Psnnsylyania re-
son, Ursinus, Gettysburg and st. Johns
Last spring the Farmers won the event.
The Business High basket ball quint
was no match for the Western five in
the formers gymnasium yesterday after
noon. The Stenographers were completely
outclassed by the Red and White aggre-
cation and did not have a look-in at any
time during the game The score of 35 to
IL tells the tale about right Lansburg
gave an excellent exhibition of goal toss
ing and defensive work.
i fremont Athletic Club has corralled a
bunch OF promising athletes during the
past few months. who will make their
debut as members Of the club in the
George Washington indoor games Febru-
ary 4.
i Prominent among the many is kempton
who last year captained the track team of
4 Fairhaven High School Of Fairhaven,
Mass. Kempton sprang into prominence
at the trials for the fremont first relay
team, held at the Young Mems Christian
time registered for the required distance.
i He. together with Swing. Rawlings and
Mahoney Of last years team, will make
j up the first fremont quartet. Besides
running the relay kempton will enter the
/ open dash events.
fremont will also put a strong second