The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-22
EIGHT RELAYS WILL
REPRESENT CITY IN
BIG GAMES AT PENN
c. u, M. A. C., GalIaudet, G. W.
u, st. Adams, Central, and
Western to Compete.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Washington will be represented by no
less than eight relay teams In the an
nual Penn relay games to be staged on
Franklin Field. Philadelphia. next Satur-
day afternoon. Schools and colleges
here after weeks Of preparation will
pick their quartets for competition, and
from Indications more than half of the
entries to be sent up stand an excel
lent chance of landing honors.
The first part of next week Catholic
University. the Maryland Aggies. Gal
1audet, and George Washington will
hold final trials. Central, Western. and
st Adams have about decided upon
their teams.
st. Adams will send two teams to the
big relays. The first team. composed OF
brewer. Maxam, Carter, and Pridmore
will be sent against Mercersburg. the
Hill School, Huntington. Exeter. and
Andover for the preparatory school
champ ionship. The other relay team,
composed of Wallace, Morse. Hauser,
and brock. will be entered in the first
class OF prep schools.
Central will send its fast delay team
out fer the high school championship
Coach Foley's four won this race last
year. Birthright and Milstead. two
members of last years team, are COM
petmg again this season.
Western, George W ashington. and Gal
laudet are entered In classes for regular
competition. The Maryland Aggies ma
send two teams for races in the
special class.
Not in recent years has there been 40
much enthusiasm manifested in the
Penn games. The success of the Wash
1ngton athletes in Baltimore. Philadel-
phia and here in the winter meets
seems to have given the track game a
much needed impetus.
In connection with winter meets. II
might be mentioned that st. Adams
has received two big silver cups from
The trophies were won In the Meadow
brook games. when the relay team de-
feated Mercersburg for the first time In
seven years. and broke the scholastic
Brewer won the invitation 5O-yard dasf
against the cracks In the East, defeat.
ing Drew In record time.
Tome Institute announces the en-.
trance of the Washington high schools
IN the annual meet scheduled for May
20. As the locals hold their annua
championship games on that date. II
Will be impossible to send entries uI
to Port Deposit.
Some OF the schools competing Al
Tome will be the Cascadilla School. OF
ithaca. n. Y; the Yonkers High School
fonkers. N. y; West Virginia Poly
technlc Institute, Keyser. W. Va; Bal
timore city College; Park School Bal
timore; George School. Philadelphia
Friends School, Wilmington, Del: st
Adams School. Washington Friends
School, of Washington; Polytechnic In
stitute, OF Baltimore; Wilmington Con
ference Academy, Dover Del; Gilman
Country SCHOOL, Baltimore; Chester
High School. Chester, Pa; Anne Arun
del Academy, Md; Agricultural Higi
School, Sparks, Nd; Bel Air High
School; Cecil county. Chesapeake City
I Havre de Grace, TOwson, and Sudlers
willie high schools; the McDonougi
School, and Charlotte Hall.
Next week will lind n resumption OF
baseball for the high scnuols in PREF a.
ration for the series which starts NJ
the first wecl In May. Eastern. Tecl
and business have short trips throngl
N'rr!nis and Maryl2I"l. Western r
playing the strong Trinity 4. C. tesT
today at the Marlioi:e League grounds
Several strong ia ssLall players have
been lost through The recent advlseriei
in the schools. Central will probably
lose one or two players. Eastern Il
down, while Western. Business anc
Tech are expected TO drop one or two
from the ranks.
Many Washington follow ers of iracl
athletics and more especially tho Uni
versity of Virginia arc journcylng ovel
IN Annapolis today 10 see the Middie'
IN action against the Charlottesville
athletes. Pop Lanigan and his runners
expect to clean up this year In the out
door meets