Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-11
Indoor Track Season Opens ooow-Chcago Sox May Get
FIRST INDOOR TRACK CONTESTS
ARE BOOKED TOMORROW NIGHT
Local Schools to Be Well Represented in
Baltimore-C. u. Basket Ball Squad
Disrupted Through Failures
In Examinations
BY II. C. BYRD.

The first indoor track and field games
of the season in the south Atlantic sec
ton will be held tomorrow night in
Johns Hopkins University and the 9Th
Regiment Athletic Association. Press
reports indicate that there will be sew
eral northern institutions represented,
besides those in Maryland and the
District of Columbia and farther south.
Perhaps the strongest aggregation of
athletes will represent the University
of Virginia. Virginia is throwing its
full strength into the game with the
hope of not only winning the southern
intercollegiate relay championship but
south Atlantic Intercollegiate and the
open events as well. Twently-three
men are to wear the Virginia colors.
perhaps the largest squad that has
ever been sent to Baltimore by that in
stitution to take part in an indoor
meet Virginia has men entered in
everything and is probably figuring on
capturing the point trophy and getting
more than it's share of honors along
every line.
Washington and Lee also is to send
not likely to show very well in COM
parison with those of Virginia. 1t is
probable that these will he the only
institutions south of Washington which
will have men in competition.
From Washington will go an eXcep-
tionally large squad. 1t is likely that
more athletes than have ever repre-
scented the capital in the indoor meet in
Baltimore will be on the floor tomor-
row night. Georgetown has sent in en-
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Ole University. George Washington
is to have some men in competition
and Catholic University also will have
some mighty clever performers doing
their best to get points. 1t had orig
inally been the intention of the Brook
landers to enter their relay in the
championship event for southern hon
ors, but the illness of Keene prevent
ed them putting their fastest combi-
nation on the floor, and it was decided
it would be best to have their men
run in the events for individuals.
ST Adams not only has entered A re-
lay four which promises to be excep-
tionally fast but will have men in
events in which they are practically
certain to show we'll unless handi-
capped SO heavily that it will be i'm
possible for them to accomplish any
thing much. Brewer probably can beat
any sprinter in the south, but will have
to overcome lot of handicaps to do
so. MaXam and Carter are others to
be considered. AS far as the entries in
the scholastic events are concerned, 1t
seems that Brewer and Maxam ought
to come near cleaning up, and it will
take a mighty fast relay combination
to beat the four which represents the
Episcopalians.
Central High. Technical High and
Western High are to have squads in
the meet. The first mentioned will
| likely be represented by. a larger ag,
gregation than any of the others and
may be expected to show well in any
of the events in which it takes part.
The Maryland Agricultural College is
to have fourteen men in competition
run against Virginia. Hopkins and the
other schools in the championship ra ce
The teams in this class are much faster
than those against which the Farmers
sides these four the Aggies will have
a second relay team and a lot Of en-
| tries in the open and intercollegiate
contests.
are the northern schools which will
have men in the meet, according to
published reports in the Baltimore pa
pers.
The two basket ball games played by
local college teams last night were de-
cided by very close margins. one being
won and the other lost; Georgetown
Institute by 80 to %. and the George
Washington five was victor over
Temple University by % to "a
The victory of the George Washing
ton quint was something of n surprise.
After the defeat of the Gallaudet ag-
gregation by Temple it was not gener-
ally expected that the Hatchetites.
| heretofore regarded as a much weaker
combination than the Kendall Green
ers. would be able to earn a victory.
vet they did SO in a very commercial BILE
manner. The team showed much better
form than usual, its work as a team
being away above anything evidenced
by it so far this season. It was due to
the fact that the Hatchetites played
well together that they won, and, of
course. they took better Advantage of
their scoring opportunities than the
visitors
Almon did some splendid work at for
ward for George Washington. his play
in every particular being good He
performed in something like the way
| he did last year. when he was regard :
ed as one Of the best forwards in the
south. Almon threw seven goals from
the floor.
The Virginia Polys owe their victory
over Georgetown more to the brilliant
play of an individual than anything
else 1t was Engleby's work which
gave the visitors the margin which en-
abled them to finish in the van. That
player held down the position at right
forward, and he held it down in the real
sense of the word. Engleby, besides
proving the spirited leader Of the team.
scored fourteen points himself Harry
Kelly was the best oint-getter for
Georgetown, tossing the ball into the