The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-30
Public Athletic League.

The Public Athletic League has sen
material concerning the athletics to bt
conducted this spring throughout the
state to the principal of every school il
the State
The athletic meets will be conducted
along the same lines as in past years.
The Public Athletic League will fur.
nish medals as prizes for the athletic
meets for each county as we'll as fol
the State Wide Olympic Meet. They
will send score sheets, entry blanks and
necessary instructions and forms for
! the principal of each school,
The county is to furnish the pro-
grams, officials and send the winners
| of the different athletic events at their
| countys expense to the Third Annual
! State Wide Olympic Meet to be held in
Baltimore. The Public Athletic Lea
que will secure entertainment for the
boys in the homes of BALTIC. school boys.
The same plan will be followed in
having each county conduct an athletic
meet in the spring with the co-opera-
ton of the Public Athletic League, and
at the end of the season. have a State
Wide Olympic Meet in Baltimore City,
Friday, June 8, 1917.
1t has been agreed that boys shall be
classified according to their age and
weight Boys who were 16 years old
on or before January 1st, 1917 are con
sidered as seniors. All other boys are
juniors. This should be carefully
watched, as some boys were entered as
Juniors who were II, and the taking
away of the medals caused some bitter
ness.
The Juniors are divided, according to
their weight. into four classes 80-pounds
and under, 95-pounds and under, 115-
pounds and under, and unlimited weight.
The latter class is to include boys who
are not yet Is years of age but who are
TOO heavy to enter the other weight
classes.
1t is unwise for boy to compete in
a higher weight class than his own, but
Ibis is allowed in order to make up a
relay.
Boys will be weighed on the day of
the meet in the costume in which they
are to compete and must not be over
weight.
No boy who has reached the age of 81 |
is eligible to compete. A boy must not |
represent his school after he becomes
postgraduate student. A boy must
have been a bona tide' scholar on Febru- |
are list, 1917.
A boy may enter only two events in |
one meet-one running and One tieid !
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.
The entire blanks will call Tor six
boys on each relay team and two team: |
may be entered in each weight class. |
Since it is believed that the lelay team |
requires more cooperation than does |
running alone, this event has double |
the number of points scored. That is |
the winning relay team is awarded ten |
points and the SECOND team six points, |
whereas lii other events the winner |
gets only five points and the second |
place winner three, third two, fourth |
one.
If school has entered twelve boys |
on its two relay teams and on the day |
of the meet only seven boys appear |
three of these boys may run in the in |
dividual dash of the weight class il,
which they belong: If all twelve boys |
appear four of them would have to 1un
in the dash of the weight class to which |
they belong since their relay teams
would be filled.
A boy on the day of the meet cannot |
be transferred from dash to relay |
in order to complete team. The |
proper way is to enter six on the relay |
team.
The Public Athletic League plans to |
have medical examination made OF |
the heart of every boy who completes. |
Twenty-Five hundred and seventy-fOur |
boys were examined last year in the |
counties.
The spring meeting of the Southern |
Maryland Agricultural Association will |
open at Bowie on Monday next and con-
tinue until April 18th. NotWithstand- |
ing the country is on verge of war,
old time interest is being shown and it |
is expected that this meeting will be |
one of the most successful in the his |
tory of the course The Baltimore |
papers report that al the hotels are
filled.
RIGHT MEN