Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-04-28
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
MAKES ITS REPORT
Recommends Cooperation With
Public Athletic League-Plans
for Each County.
TO CONDUCT A MEET.
Requirements for Boys Who Enter Con-
tests Badge Test for Boys and
Girls.

teSiS--- Dauge lest Tor boys and
Girls.
The following is the report of the
special committee appointed by DR. NJ.
Bates stephens, at Ocean CITY. Nd
and at this meeting of the special
committee. which was held at the
club, Baltimore there were present
Messrs Cook. Grimes. Holloway More
lock and Phillips
The committe. in view of the success
of the county school meets and the
Statewide Olympiad last year. recon-
mends that cooperation with the Pub
lie Athletic League in the conduct Of
athletic meets. be continued during the
ensuing year along the same lines with
a few additions. The Public Athletic
League will furnish medals as prizes
, for the athletic meets for each county
as we'll as for the Statewide Olympiad
The League will send score sheets
entry blanks and necessary instruct
/ ions and forms for the principal of
each school The county is TO furnish
the programs, officials and send the
winners Of the different athletic events
at their county's expense to the Secor1
Annual State vale Olympiad TO be
held in Baltimore. The Public Athletic
League viii secure entertainment for
the boys ia the homes of locals chool
I'm Baltimore city.
The same plan viii he followed in
having each county conduct an athletic
meet iu the Spring with the co opera
ton of the Public Athletic League and
az the'end of the season, have State
wide Olympiad in Baltimore. II was
agreed that boys should be classified
according to their age and weight
Boys who were sixteen years old. OF
or before January 1, 1916, are consia-
cred as Seniors All other boys are to
be considered as Juniors
The Juniors are divide according TO
their weight, into four classes-S0
pounds and under. 80 pounds and un-
der. 1l5 pounds ami under and unlim-
tied weight The latter class is to in
clude bows who are not vet 16 years OF
age,but who are too heavy to enter
other weight classes Il is unwise for
boy to compete in a higher weight
in order TO make up a relay. BOYS
viii be weighed on the day of the meet
i'm the costume i'm which they are to
compete and must not be over weight
No boy who has reached the age OF
q is eligible to compete The boy
must have been a bona fide scholar on
February 1, 1916. a boy may enter
only two events in one meet. one run
ming and one field event. He must not
be entered in two running or two field
events This is necessary in order
that the meet may be run quickly.
which makes more pleasure for both
spectators and competitors The en-
try blanks will call for six boys on
each relay team ami two teams may be
entered in each weight class. Since it
is believed that the relay team requires
more cooperation than does running
alone, this event has double the mum
Der of points scored.
If a school has entered twelve boys
ON it's two relay teams and on the day
OF the meet only seven boys appear.
tire OF those boys may run in the indi-
vidual dash of the weight class in
which they belong If all twelve boys
appear. four of them win have to run
i'm the dash of the weight class to
which they belong since their relay
teams would be filed A boy on the
day of the meet cannot be transferred
from a dash to a relay to complete
team. The proper way is to enter six
on the relay team.
The Public Athletic League plans to
have a medical examination made OF
the heart of every boy who completes
Thirteen hundred and forty-one were
examined last year in the counties
/ The committee also recommends the
| same badge test for the boys as last
year. for instance, a boy who jumps
feet 8 inches, pulls himself up to his
| chin four times and runs so yards in
9 seconds, will receive bronze badge
signifying that he has completed his
test.
In addition, for those who have won
the bronze badge in 1915, a second
grade test will be given. Each boy
who jumps feet inches, pulls him
self up TO his chin times, and on the
10 % seconds. will receive a silver
| badge. The committee also recon-
| mends a badge test for girls similar in
| character to the boys. Each girl at
| her school will do the first two tests
balancing" She shall walk beam 2
| inches (by 4inches by u feet long,
| from cetner of beam, walking back
/ ward to end without turning. walk
back 10 center: turn ami walk for
ward to end; turn and walk forward to
starting point; leg raising, she shall
/ hang from a bar similar to that which
the boys chin. she shall raise the legs
| straight to a right angle 10 times
On the ,lay Of the meet she shall be
able TO throw the dodge ball (15 TO IS
| ounces) from a line a distance of p
feet Bronze pins will be given to the
| girls who compete in this test
I t.