The Washington times., 1917-01-18
WANTS DUAL MEET I
WITH NAVY'S TEAM
Catholic University Seeks In
door Games at Annapolis.
Other Engagements.

Catholic University is dickering
with the United States Naval Acad-
envy for an indoor dual track meet for
March 10. The Brooklanders want to
send q team to the Academy to engage
the Middies on the boards.
Coach Jimmy Mulligan says the af-
fair has been talked of for some time
and that there is every chance of the
meeting being arranged.
The Middies have several outdoor
engagements but few indoor meets.
In getting the meeting both teams
would be benefited for later out-of-
doors contests.
Meets Plentiful
Indoor and outdoor meets will be
plentiful this season. The Georgetown
games are the first to go on the card
for the winter. The Hilltop meets will
be held in Convention Hall February
II.
Four half-eentury dashes are includ-
ed in the program, one each for no
vices and scholastic athletes; an open
sprint and q championship race for
South Atlantic 1. A. A. runners The
half-mile run, 50-yard hurdle, running
high jump, and 16-pound shot-put for
South Atlantic I. A. A. titles will also
be contested.
In addition to the sprint, novices
will have a 600-yard run, while there
are six open events in all, including
the spectacular pole vault and hop,
step and jump, the latter a new feat
ure in Washington indoor games. Two
special events are carded for schools.
Hopkins Open Up.
Johns Hopkins opens up with a meet
in Baltimore in the Fifth Regiment
Armory on February "a. The Fifth
Regiment and Johns Hopkins have
combined again to hold their annual
AFFAIR which will be well attended by
Washington athletes
Following the Hopkins games come
the George Washington University meet
to be held In Convention Hall March 2.
The Hatchetites will draw the usual
number Of South Atlantic events. and
will stage several relays and events for
the schoolboys.
March ipds the big college teams
gathered at Philadelphia for the indoor
Intercollegiate. This meets promises
to be one of the biggest events of the
indoor season A week later the
Meadowbrook games will be held in
Philadelphia
Out Doors Thereafter.
April IL will mark the opening Of the
outdoor season. The University OF Vir-
Rinia has scheduled a. dual track meet
with Pennsylvania State College. The
Penn Staters will probably hook up
with either Georgetown or Maryland
State in a dual meet here later. as they
are on their Southern trip at that time.
Virginia and the Navy will hold their
dual games at the Naval Academy on
April 81 The affair Is an annual engge-
ment The following week finds Penn
SYLVIA entertaining schools and col
leRes at the annual Penn relay carnival.
Six Washington teams are planning to
60 to Penn
State Acts as Host.
Maryland State will act as host in
the annual scholastic meet on May 5.
Schools from Maryland, Pennsylvania,
and Virginia will take part in the af-
fair. On the same date the George
town track team will engage Johns
Hopkins in q dual meet.
The South Atlantic intercollegiate
meet and the Virginia intercollegiate
games are scheduled for May -. The
s. A I. events will probably be held
in Baltimore, although there is a
movement on foot to hold the games
here. Virginia colleges gather at
Blacksburg, Va, on the same date.
The high schools will have their
engagement on May II, the annual
meet being held between Tech, Cen
trail, Western, Eastern, and Business.
On the following week Tome stages
its games at Port Deposit. George
town and Washington and Lee have
arranged a meet for May 10 at Lex
ington, Va