The Washington herald., 1911-03-04

Of the South, Georgetown and Virginia
The Blue and Gray has bSen hoping for
months to win that event, and it must
be confessed that chances for such an
outcome are very bright. The Virginians.
though, are as speedy as ever, and hence
are being backed with odds in the bet
ting. The Charlottesville squad will
reach Washington at II o'clock to-day
They will stop at the Ebbftt House.
The other big relay affairs on the pro-
gramme are the Washington fnterclub
championship between the Washington
Grove and fremont Athletic Associations;
the District interscholastic championship
between the Georgetown Props. and West
ern High School; the one mile race be-
tween the Maryland Aggies and Rich
mond College, and the clash of the teams
Of Episcopal High School and the .Balti-
more City College. A number of smaller
races of this department will also take
place.
The announcement of the handicaps
yesterday caused the interstate athletes
about town plenty of discussion last even
ing, the subject being heard almost every
where. For the most part the figures
given out by Handicapped England were
satisfactory, and all are agreed that they
insure excellent competition in every
event Naturally a few kicks have come
up but these are so small in number that
they are hardly worthy of more than q
casual notice.
Point Trophy Admired.
The biggest topic of conversation in
connection with the meet is about the
point trophy. This handsome silver cup,
donated by Whites sporting goods store.
has been on exhibition for a week. and
has adr
who has seen It For it's possession
athletes from every school and club en-
tered, will strive in the individual events
and merry battle is sure to be the out
come.
( Princeton has been most successful in
carrying of this honor in the past. This
time, though, the chances for its acauisi-
ton seems to be pretty evenly divided
Detween Princeton, Yale, Johns Hopkins,
virginia, Georgetown, the fremont Ath-
Ieue Ciuo' and number Of smaller as
Sociauons. The fact that Yale has en-
tered such large team will serve 10
divide up the events pretty well, so that
10 PICK the more probable winner is ex
uemely precocious.
another factor that makes to-night's
meet interesting is the presence here ~
Capt. Hart, of the Princeton football
team, and Fitzpatrick Yale's aIl-Ameri-
can end. These two stars of the gridiron
VIII contend in the weights, being
matched in the same event Hart has a
one-foot handicap over his New Haven
competitor, who viii be forced to heaye
the shot from scratch. Barriocello.
Georgetown's famous end, is also to com
pete in this struggle.
Every Event Full.
oEvery event on the varied programme
is fuller than was ever the case before,
some of them smashing previous records
so badly that it is being wondered at.
The mile run viii start with more than
forty men toeing the mark, while the
SSO-yard dash viii have fully two-thirds
as many. All OF the scholastic races
are filled beyond what was expected
while the Sashes, open and collegiate.
have so many entrants that more heats
than usual win be required TO get them
out of the way.
The seat sale, which has been going
on at Whites. in Fourteenth street, ali
the week. will be continued up to 6
O'Clock this evening, after which time
the diagram win be removed TO the box
Office al Convention Han Ample accom-
fnodations have been made for the hand
ling of what win be monster crowd