The Washington times., 1913-02-27
Bob EIIer Will Face Strong
Field in the Fifty-Yard
Dash in Annual Games.
CORNELL WITHDRAWs ENTRY
Nviat or Hedlund May Be
Secured to Take Place of
John Paul Jones.

Not since the days when the ability
of Arthur Duffy and Bernie Wefers at
trected the best collegiate performers
in the country to Washington has there
been such a crack field of sprinters
pitted against each other as Will be
the case at the Georgetown games IN
Convention Hall on Saturday night.
In the collegiate ffty-yard dash will
be found Bob Eller, Georgetown's lead
er; James Wendell, captain of Wes-
leyan and New England sprint cham
pion; r. B. Thomas, the intercollegiate
100-yard champion, who is this year
al the head of the Princeton squad;
Don Lppincott, the Pennsylvania star,
who was a point. winner for America
in the Olympic games in Sweden last
summer; Carter Glass, captain of
Washington and Lee. South Atlantic
champion; Digges and Brigham, of
Yale; Stebbell, White, Farr, Piper, and
Horrax, Of Johns Hopkins; Horter, the
chant, who viii enter from the Hilltop
school, along with McGrath, McNally,
Surran, Brewer, and Costello; Cronley.
Mayer, Maxson and Guy, of Virginia;
As A.rlsn 1f Princeton; i.ss and nI1 pro9aoY froI
the university of Pennsylvania.
6utct So dIu Open
Practically the entire troupe of coli
leg1ats dash entries will also compete
In the nfty.yard open. in which Eller.
HprterI Lppincott, Thomas. Harland.
Wendell, Mayer and Horrax will start
from scratch. Against them will be
opposed In addition to the remainder
Of ths collegiate dash men, Costello
and Barrett. OF Georgetown: Dukes. of
Western Maryland; Phillips, of vir-
gtmaS Nsilsen. OF the Washington Ath-
let1c Association; Hughes, Bacon and
Moissan. Of the Fifth Regiment of Bal
timore; Allison. of the Baltimore c. c.
c.: Earth. Plenty. Coons, Guyon, Big
bean Goesback and Squirrel of Car
llslet Brockman and Prend, of the Bal
timore Central Y. M. C. A; Patter-
son. Of Gallaudet: Jones, the crack
Western High School sprinter; Hurley.
Prep. School; O'Neil and Lloyd. of
Richmond College, and Brent Young.
the former Washington Athletic Club
star. who is now performing for George
town
Besides these two dash events there
Will be two others, the scholastic and
novice. which will bring together some
OF the best school boy athletes in this
Field, the two cracks from Mercersbure;
academy, will run in the scholastic
fifty. as well as in the open dash num-
Der.
Cornell Is Out.
Manager Darr, of the Georgetown
track squad sent word today to the
Cornell authorities that he would be
unable to entertain them at the local
games and accordingly the crack ltha-
ca relay four along with John Paul
Jones will not be seen at the Blue and
Graz RapreR
In place Of Jones. Manager Darr IL
endeavorfng to secure Abel kiviat, or
Bedlund, the B. A. A. star, to start
from scratch In the mile event and
even though he fail TO secure either of
these men the other entries are of suf
ficient class to make the event well
worth going miles to see.
Officials for the Georgetown meet are
as follows:
Clerk Of the course-R. W. Kennedy.
Referee-Mike Thompson, Mt st.
Starter. J. McHugn. \. Y. P. A G.
Handtcapper-J. T. England, S. A. A.
Judges at finish-Bundick, S. A. 4. A.
u, chairman of New York commission;
Theodore Strauss, ]. H. u: Latrobe
cogswell. 2: A; c. Of Baiupore. G,; p
ment a A.; Charles King, washington.
y. c.; w. C. Thatcher, Washington,
Field tudges-Prof. e. Edward Beck
EFT, Washington Y. NJ c. A; Prof
Maurice Joyce. Carroll Institute; D. NJ
Hassett, Washington, D. c.: George
Potter, Washington Y. NJ. c. A.
Assistant clerks of course-L. A
Goldsmith. New York; J. A. Walsh. G.
u; Frank Gargan, G. q.
Soorers-William Peet. S. T. Milliken.
II. c. Byrd. Louis A Dougher.
Marshals-Dr S. Logan Owens. G. u;
Julius A. Peyser. G. U; r. W Loiehot
School: e. N. Gaynor, G. u.
Inspectors-J, T. Meany. s. A. A. A.
C.; w. H. Haliowell. Baltimore: Charles
F. Laysile. @. u; ]. F. Stovell. w. A.
"A.
Custodisns OF prizes-W. Ward Beam.
Philadelphia; James c. Madigan, G. u.
Tickets-J. D. Harrington, G. L.
Chairman OF ushers-J. P. Needham,
@. u.
Contestants tickets-J. C. Moriarity.
@. u.
Program-Charles ]. Mclaughlin.