Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-07
MANY LOCAL ATHLETES ENTER
+ MEET IN BALTIMORE SATURDAY
Schools and Clubs to Be Represented as
Well as Colleges-Johns Hopkins Am
bilious to Win Point Trophy.
BY II. c. BYRD.

BY n. c. BYRD.
| Washington will be we'll represented
in the first indoor track and field games
of the year Saturday night in Balti
more. Not only will all the colleges
! have representatives in the majority of
the events, but the schools and athletic
clubs are to have their quota present.
| Georgetown, Virginia, Catholic-Uni-
versity and Hopkins will make their
fight for the South Atlantic Inter-
collegiate Association relay title,
and Hopkins is likely to center
it's main efforts in the battle for
the point trophy in the open events
Virginia is pretty sure to show
best in the intercollegiate events, in
which all races will be scratch, and is
said to have the best chance to capture
the relay title.
Catholic University is certain to com
pete against Virginia and Hopkins ana
others in the relay championship, ana
possibly Georgetown, too. VIII be rep
resented in the champion mile event.
The Blue and Gray put forth its great
est efforts in the intercollegiate con
/ in those than any other institution.
it probably will do the same thing this
| week. Whether George Washington
will accomplish anything of note Is
difficult to foretell, but at least one
| man of exceptional capabilities Is
worthy of more than passing notice
Harry Semme. former Dartmouth pole
| vaulter.
| st. Adams. Western High, Central
High and Technical High will have relay
teams and individuals in competition. ana
each is expecting to accomplish something
above the average, st. Alba iii, $, , Mre.
| of the members of the relay. and the same
men in the events for individuals, should
score we'll and be one of the leading prep
schools of the meet If any scholastic
aggregation does better than the Eplsco-
| palans it will have to go at great pace;
| The Columbia Athletic Club has entered
| five relay teams. 1t will be dlft1cult ior
i Capt. Joe Davis and his/men are expect
| ing to win at least two of the events in
which they take part.
| The Maryland Aggies have entered two
relay teams and many of the individual
events. The Farmers expect to com
pete in dual race with some other col
| lege in their class in mile event, ana
also will be represented by half-r'!le
team.
| 1t is not to be denied that the Farm
ers have the best prospects for track
( athletics this year that they have ever
| had. The squad will be somewhat weak
in the sprints in all probability, but in
all the other contests should be ,i able TO
'ondary colleges in this section. The
broad jump. an event in which the team
always has been weak finds I,6 at least
capabilities. Speer. former Virginia
man, can do over twenty feet. and so
can Morris. a member of the squad
year ago. and Buell., who was at Cen
| trail last season. Shank. another new
conner. has record of twenty-five feet
eight inches i as member Of the o uni
/ Speidell. who graduated at Central
High last spring in the class with
Buell.. adds strength in the pole vault,
We're weak 2 year ago Speer Chapman,
Grace and Rich in the $50 and quar-
while Aitcheson in the mile and two
miles is above the average. Chapman
also probably will be run in the mile.
Morris. a member of the relay team,
will be used in the sprints and hurdles
| in the outdoor season, while SwartZ,
\ ,Axt, MurrelL. Posey. Rakemann and
I others should show we'll before the end
of the year.
The date on which Catholic Univer-
sity was scheduled to play the Uni
been changed. The Orange and Blue
quint was to have appeared here March
| 4. but at the request of Catholic Uni
versity the game was moved up to
! tHIS was uOI" TO dNOiu
| 8 conflict with the George Washington
1 University track meet. in which both
schools will be heavily represented.
| If there is any better all-round basket
| ball player in the south than Rock
well of Gallaudet, he has yet to be
seen in Washington. Rockwell is con-
sistently good in every game in which
he takes part. There seems to be, moth
| ing he is not capable of doing. and all
the time he is encouraging his team
mates to greater efforts Rockwell
lineup and is the fastest player the
Kendall Greeners have. He covers the
whole floor, playing the free guard,
and his work in general, all through
the season, stamps him as one of the
best men the south has produced in
some time.
/ Jim Collifower's Navy team got going
lin its real stride YESTERDAY running
up more than fifty points on the st.
Johns team of Brooklyn. ST. Johns is
NEARLY always represented by n strong
combination and that the sailors were
able to run up that many points is
evidence that some mighty good basket
ball was played. st. Johns is usually
represented by very strong combina-
ton.
There is quite fight going on at
Princeton against the present two
taking part in more than two branches
of competitive athletics in the same
scholastic year. The arguments for the
arbitrary rule as it stands at present
are cited and the flaws in its applica-
ton pointed out. 1t also is shown that