The Washington times., 1913-02-18
HURDLES EVENT TO
Be WELL CONTESTED
invitation Struggle Brings To-
gether Some of the Best
Athletes in This Land.

James Wendell, captain of the Wes-
! Ieyan College track team and a men,
Der of the hurdling corps of the United
States Olympic squad in Stockholm
| last summer. will appear at the George
town games in Convention Hall on
March /. according to an announcement
made by the Rlue and Gray track
authorities this morning. Wendell. who
won the New England intercollegiate
hurdling championship last spring. Is
one Of the best-known collegiate timber
toppers in the country, and will enter
the dash events in the Hilltop games,
as will the 50-yard open and 50-yard
invitation hurdles.
With Wendell entered. the invitation
hurdles event will be one of the par
ticular features of the meet, as several
other prominent hurdlers have already
entered. In this event will be found
|, Bob Eller. GeorGetown's greatest point
scorer and 4, hurdler extraordinary
James Potter, Yale University's crack
timber topper, who defeated Eller in
Boston on February 5; Cronley, Nir-
ginia's star; Blackstone. the Blue and
Gray athlete who formerly ran for
Central High School, OF this city;
Horrax and McDonough, of Johns Hop
cracks from prominent universities or
colleges of the North. A handsome
loving cup has been offered to the win
ner Of this race and the competition is
certain to result in one of the hardest
fought events Jf the evening.
Manager Darr announced that he had
completed arrangements whereby
the crack track squad from Mercers-
burg Academy would participate in the
meet, entering men in every scholastic
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several of the open events. In the dashes
Mercersburg will be represented by
Field and by Robinson, the sensational
scholastic sprinter. who is reputed to be
even faster than Ted Meredith, the
Olympic star, who was Robinson 5
school last year: in the quarter mile
Mercersburg will have Dale, Bowman.
Brindle. and Humphries, while in the
shot put Mansfield will wear the colors
OF the Pennsylvania institution. In all
probability the Mercersburg one-mile
reIav team will be matched with some
college freshman troupe, although Man.
ayer Darr was undecided this morning.
The relay teams of Baltimore Poly
technic Institute and Baltimore tlts
College will meet again at the George
town games In the Monumental CITY
last Saturday, the Poiys defeated their
rivals by one step. in the most closeiy
contested relay of the meet, and Man
ager Darr is confident the second struS-
gle will prove to be equally close ana
bitterly fought throughout.
Newt Brewer. will give up his quar-,
ter-miIe training hereafter, and will
limit his activities to the dash events.
Brewer has the makings of depend
able quarter-miler IN MN; out |Sacn
MuIIiean deems IL advisable to have
the local boy continue sprinting alone.
in view of his excellent showing on Sat-
urday.
Connie McGrath is expected to take up
track work again in the near future as
he has practically recovered from his
recent Illness II the experience gained
last year is of any benefit McGratff
should be a point winner this season,
as he won several heats in 1872, although
he failed to place in any OF the hnals'