The Washington times., 1912-02-07
GEORGETOWN PREPS
WILL NOT ATTEND
MEET At RICHMOND
Track Team Too Inexper-
fenced to Make Trip
Profitable.

Georgetown Preparatory School will
not be represented at the big indoor
mee' OF Richmond College this wear.
Ihe athletic authorities of the Hilton
institution decided against sending a
team to the Virginia capital because of
lhe lneXpcrience Of the whole SQUAD
lin the exception OF Captain Childs
Inc IacuitY does not believe that green
men would he able to compete success
tiIly with the scholastic veterans Uho
VIII represent other schools, aCcordin1
70 the plans advanced by those in
charge OF Prep track affairs.
The whole team will be entered in
some r1ino" meet Of the near future
aud 1t any Of the Blue and GRAY Young
Sters show marked ability they will
iepresent the embryo collegians in sub
>epuent games, otherwise the George
town games will be the only meet in
which the Hilltop lads will perform.
SHOULD The squad show promise of de-
veiopinE into a speedy troupe. plans
WI! be MADE Tor an outdoor campaign.
be invited t" participate in some open
air games on the Hilltop field.
Expect Victory.
A victory over Western High in the
relay race on March 2 will practically
insure the continuation OF the track
season, and every effort will be made
d
relay four that will be capable of de-
feating the Red and White aggregation.
Captain Childs is the only man In
the Prep troupe hat is certain of win
ming place on The four, as the Pasa-
dena youth is outclnssing the newcom-
ers by big margin. The California
hov was a sprinter last winter, and had
started training for the dashes again
this year when Bob Ener, who had
cnaree OF the coaching until the man
sgement secured Gish foT the posi-
ton, recommended that he try the 40
yards. because his failure to get off
with the gun would practically eliminate
him as possible winner in such short
distance as fifty vlrds. the maximum
distance of the sprirts on indoor tracks.
From the very outset Childs was able
to step the quarter mile in fast time.
and now after three weeks or more
of training. the prep leader is fit to
give the best scholastic quarter mllers
Sf the District an awful fight for honors
in that event.
Shows Good Form.
Partridge g a newcomer to the track
team that IS displaying excellent form,
and bids fair to be successful as an as
pirant for a berth on the relay team.
Although this Is Partridge's third year
at the Hilltop Prep school. 1t is the first
that he ever came out for track work
Under the tutelagc OF smith and Ellcr
the basketball manager developed
rapidly, and the other candidates will
have to improve wonderfully if they
are to keep him from running a quarter
mile on the Prep team against Western
In the race at Convention Hall.
Mattison Is another green man who
has been showing no mean ability on
the board track, and is likely TO win a
place on the relay. Madison is a broth
er of John Madison, the veteran varsity
quarter miller, who recently gave up
school to go into business. The Younger
Mattison has all OF his brothers grit
and speed, ami promises to become a
fast man at the distance. lie has nice
form and appears 20 possess unlimited
endurance for this time of the track
year.