Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-05
FEDERATION MAY
BE FORMED In DISTRICT
Movement Being Agitated to Have Local
Athletics Governed by Local Men.
National Guards Prelimi-
naries Tomorrow.

the event The great Ithacan had run a
mile the evening before in mighty fast
time when he covered the last mile relay
as member of the Cornell four-mile
team. which broke the worlds record for
the distance in a meet in Buffalo.
In the race in the Georgetown meet
Jones fell heavily on the first turn, but
got up and Went at q fast enough pace
Tor the next two laps to- make up for tho
time he had lost.
Georgetown Is booked to play the Uni.
versity of Pittsburgh basket ball team to-
never before played in this city and their
coming will be looked forward to with
much interest. as 1t is generally thought
that the quality Of basket ball In that
section is above that which Is seen here.
To date the Pittsburgh team has made
an excellent record, but IL 1t defeats
Georgetown it will have to 60 its limit, as
the Blue and Gray five has been making
quite record for itself. The Hilltoppers
stand at present as the best team in the
South Atlantic section, having won an
undisputed right to that title when they
defeated Virginia last week.
The only two decisive defeats that
Georgetown has had chalked up against
1T this season are the ones suffered ct the
hands of st. Johns Of New York early in
the year and that received from the
Naval Academy Washington's birthday.
Both teams are among the best in the
country unquestionably. Virginia gave
Georgetown rather severe beating when
the Blue and Gray played In Charlottes-
Vile. but the gymnasium so favored Vir-
GINA that the game was hardly fair
criterion Of the strength of the two fives.
The spirit shown by the Georgetown
runners when they offered the PLAQUES
which had been given them through for
feiture to the Virginia team is deserv-
much cannot be said in praise Of the ac-
ton o. the Blue and Gray men. Realizing
that they had been fairly outrun, they
did not desire to take the emblems Of
victory by reason of some other factor.
1t was an excellent spirit for the
should win them popularity just as
great as If they had won the race.
The preliminaries for the National
Guard meet Will be held tomorrow. The
trial heats will be run off SO that there
will be nothing but the finals and the
relay races Friday evening.
The scholastic championship relay be-
tween Tech and Western has been ar
ranged. and the two teams will fight 1t
out for the leadership in q mile event.
The same men who ran for the teams in
the races Saturday in the Georgetown
meet will probably represent the schools
Friday. Both schools also have several
individual relays.
An anonymous communication relative
to an article appearing in these columns
yesterday ON the handicapping gave the
reason for the cutting down Of the handi-
cap OF the Virginia man In the George
town meet. It was claimed that the Vir-
ginia man misrepresented his record to
the extent OF a foot In the entry blank
that was sent in to the handicapper and
that it was not found out until just be-
fore the event came on. 1t was said
that the. Handicapped made the Virginia
man admit hfs MISREPRESENTATION and he