The Washington herald., 1915-02-13
ATHLETES AWAIT
STARTERS GUN
Stage Is All Set for Big In
door Track Meet Tonight
at Convention Hall.
OLD RIVALS TO CLASH
Georgetown and Virginia to Compete
in South Atlantic Championship.
Large Crowd Expected.

With the stage set. the athletes gath
cred. and indications OF an immense out
turning of spectators. everything is i'm
readiness for the opening tonight at Con
ventiOn Hall of the seventh annual in
door track meet of the George Wash
ington University.
Prof +. c. Beckett. physical director
at the Y. NJ c. A. and official starter
tor the big affair. will fire the pistol for
the beginning of the opening event
promptly at 80 o'clock. The opening
number of the program will be the So
yard scholastic race and thirty-seven
other events will follow.
All Of the preparations have been COM
pleted and officials Of the affair impa-
tiently are awaiting the opening hour
indications are that the affair will be
the most successful ever conducted by
the Hatchetites. More than 3OO entries
will participate. four big South Atlantic
intercollegiate championship events are
scheduled. and seventeen welI-matched
and intensely interesting relays are fea-
tured
Athletes Arrive.
Athletes from out-of-town institutions
and organizations commenced to arrive
last night. but most of them will reach
tn" city this morning. The Baltimore
runners will come over this afternoon in
organizations of the Monumental City
are TO be represented at the meet.
Hundreds Of tickets have been sold at
Spalding's and Whites srorting goods
houses and by individual members Of the
George Washington University Athletic
Association, and II Is anticipated the at
tendance will be a record one An i'm
mense delegation of spectators will come
over from Baltimore to root for the Mon
umental City athletes
The principal feature of the meet will
be the one-mile relay between Cornell
and Virginia. These two institutions
have the best relay teams in the East
and their runners are men OF wide prom
inence. Cornell will be represented by H.
F.. Irish. F. II. Starr. J. S. Lewis and
y. B. Mehaffey. all speedy men.
Invites Alumni.
The athletic association at the U-nIver-
sity of Virginia is extremely interested
in the meet and has sent postal cards
TO all the alumni of the institution resid-
ing in Washington. urging them to at
tend the big affair. The Virginia athletes
will be given a warm reception here by
the alumni
Although Georgetown and Virginia are
not on any too friendly terms from an
athletic standpoint they will clash in
one of the foremost events Of the pro-
gram-the i0C-yard race for the South
Atlantic intercollegiate championship
Virginia will have three of her best men
In this number-A. s Mason. Norborne
Burkely aSld ]. II. Cronly. Georgetown
will enter five runners-E 8. Prescott.
Brent Young. D. H. Mccarthy. Frank
Wieser and Edward Stibbins. The rivalry
in this event will be intense. and the
race should prove one of the most inter
esting at the meet.
Students to Be Present.
Practically the entire student body
and faculty of George Washington
University will atte nd. Rear Admiral
Charles Herbert Stockton, T. S. n,
expects TO be present. Most Of the
will be in Section H. where
the Hatchetite roofing Will be CEN
tered The students have been prac-
tlcinE organized cheering for several
weeks. and they expect to give the
HatChetite athletes lusty support as
far as vocal exertion goes.
All the officials appointed by those
in charge of the affair have accepted
and have signified their intention of
being on hand for the firing OF the
pistol for the opening event. DR.. ].
w. H Pollard. president of the South
Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Asso-
citation and one of the judges of the
finish. reached the city yesterday aft |
ernoon to prepare for the champion
ship events awarded by the organiza- |
ion. He is stopping at the New Will |
ard.
Prof Leslie Cleveland McNemar, fac
llty director of athletics at George |
Washington. will be in supreme |
,harge. He will be assisted by How |
lrd w. Hodgkins. graduate adviser on |
rack activities, and by other officials |
IF the athletic associa ton.
Harold Keats. graduate of the uni
'ersity, former editor or the Univer- |
'ity Hatchet. student weekly publica-
ion, and manager of one of the pre-
'ious track meets, has been selected /
Is official announcer. Although a man
II diminutive stature. he has a stem
orian voice that will send the proc
amation of the results of the events |
o the uttermost parts of the big au-
iitorium.
Convention Hall has been placed in
yala attire for the, meet. The audlto-
'ium has been decorated with flags,
,ennants. and bunting, and the floor
las been put in excellent condition
or the athletes.