Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-25
BIG ATHLETIC MEET
CoIored Public Schools and
Howard U. Event On Tonight.
HOWARD DREW WILL RUN
List of Entries Large and Embrace
Many Visiting as Well as
Local Athletes.

When J. V Mulligan, starter of the in
door athletic meet of the colored public
schools and Howard University. pulls the
.gger of his starters gun this evening
4; Convention Hall he will usher in the
gest affair from the standpoint of au-
: -nce and entries that these institutions
have ever held Because Of the large
number of entries the management was
compelled to drop several events
Howard P. Drew, champion Splinter Of
the 100 yards, will enter a special invita-
ton event along with Roy Morse and
Herman Foster of New York. Morse and
Foster have been Drew's closest contend
ers in the races in New York and more
recently in Hartford, when Drew made a
record in the seventy-fve-yard dash.
Local Stars Entered.
In local circles Harry Martin, the
champion hurdler of Howard University,
and also a Splinter; Parker and Smith
of Armstrong. and Duckett Of st. Au-
gustine's Athletic Association will pace
the boards in an effort to uphold the local
door mile and half-mile is well known
in high school circles. Entries also are
in from the National Guard, the Boy
Scouts and from several members Of the
metropolitan police department.
The several relay events, especially the
one entered by the College of Jersey City,
promises to be among the most exciting
on the program because Of the records Of
the entrants.
Events and Entries.
Event No. 1-50-yard elementary school. linn
tied weight-Birney School, Hoffman, Harrod.
Campbell: Stevens School. Whitney. Jones.
Brooks. Shorter; Magruder School. Brown;
Payne School, Douglass. Turner; Mott School,
Washington, Tibbs. Peterson: Cook School.
Pickett. Fountain; Garrison School. Curry. Ed
ridge. Metn. Washington: Bruce School, Neal.
King. Wright. johnson. Cozzens; Lincoln School.
Event No. @5o-yard elementary. unlimited
washington; Payne School. Gray; Mott School.
Clark. Watts: Cock School. Armond' Proctor;
Event No. s-5o-yard acknowledgements
Alien Street. Murd Bos
ton: Street. Ford. Thornton. Jackson. Griffin:
Armstrong. contee. Devine. Mckinney. Gray.
Event So; 4so-yard collegiate,.,Howard Uni
.ss'ity: Williams win pinderhushe' Martin; Hamp-
aty. williams. Scott. II. Williams. Martin.
Foster. Roy Morse, Howard Drew. scratch; st.
Aisysias. Duckett; Astoria A; A.. Jones
Event NO. o-oc-ydIu scnoldstiC--&onuHieFcidl
High School. Thompson. Jackson; NJ Street,
Contee, EggIeston; Street vocationai School.
Event No. 744o-yard. open.HcwsHd Uni
yersity. Smith. Love. Coleman: Salem -Crescent.
Cyprian. Greenfield. Burke: unattached. Scott.
Even, No. Final Of event No !.
Event Event No. No. 1ns Ct Ct even: event &c.
Event No. 11-Finai Of event No. T.
nereisl High. Ward. Robinson, Johnson. Beatty;
Cardozo Vocational Robinson. Thornton, Lamp
sss sah
liams. Greene Jackson Mayo
Event no. no. ons IF SS > Street vee.
tionsi; T. Jones; Morgan College. Merry. John
Ing: St. cyprian, Adams; St Aioysius. Davis;
Armstrong. Gray, Smith, Evans; d. c. n. G..
Event No. 1e-5o,yard hurdle. schoIastic-com-
mercial High. Taylor; 81 Street. Hayes. Bush;
Armstrong H. ThGEhtsn Msk sn1si
University. Holmes. Martin, Pinderhughe.
Event No; ls,seo yard novice seholasti C.
vine: N Street. billiard, Cole. Grimm. Chambers
w.,hbarn;; slaughter: Commercial, Hacket,.
,9n ten, Normal and Inau,'risl Iasi.'uis. barsss.
Miller Morgan College. Johnson; Howard. Love.
Event No. 2o-soo-y.rd relay. BOY Scouts
Troop No. go s, Ross Parker. Miller. Jackson:
Troop No. 5o2. Walker. Craig, Jackson, Vaughn
Troop No '!s. Br4cs Bu1dy, Adams; Moore
Event No. @1Church relay.st Augustine
Ereas So aa9Soy aai ' dass invitation.
srra,ch-saism, Crexeent HowardP Drew. Roy
Harry Martin, Mayo williams; st. Augustine.
Event No. 2344oyard run. scholastic-Arm-
strong; l Lawis Bell. Thsrnton. Conrad McKin-
Event No. 24-3oO-yard relay. elementary
school. soib. elass-stevens school, Allen, Rich
ardson. Jenkins, Falls, Aisop; Birney School.
Payne, Tinker, HOFFMAN, Jones. Atkins. Mott
School, Wiseuan. Harry. Roberts, Brown,
Berry: Cook School. Green. Coleman Tibbs,
Marlborough. Fucker; Lincoln School. Sims.
Event 40. 25-GOo- yard relay race. elementary
school. 80 pounds-stevens School. whitney.
Sawyer Roberts. Chapman, simms; Mott school,
Johnson. Cobb. Robinson. Washington, Clarke
Cook School. Hansborough. johnson. Hopkins,
Lang. podson; Lincoln School. Borne. Lomax.
Event No 2s-soo-y.rd relay. elementary
E ssnooi: H. IL. po1nd..psyne School Douglas.
smith. CLARKE. Peterson. Baylor; Cook. PICKETT.
Le.nos. Thompson. Fountain Edmonds; Bruce.
Neal. Wright. Mason, King. johnson.
school. unlimited weight-ster~ns school, West,
Iomax. Farley. Cogsdel Mays: Msgrude;
School. Washington, Hancock. Mcknight.
Event No. 2s-Basket ball game, Howard
Uniser:ity vs. Lincoln University: Referee
Event No. 29-High school cadet relay. 200
yards-Company A. N Street. Akers. Blsckston
Washburn. Williams: Company 3, Richards
son. chsmhsrs: Company Z. Armstrong Strong Cant Cant
Hughes. Edwards. Foreey. Holton; Company F,
sromn. cSn M, Curtis. Griee; Company =
Event No. 30-Nation.l Guard Inter-Compsny
relay. 100 yards-Company A. Lawson, Gar
ID. PoindsAtss. smith. Clsmons; Company B.