The Washington herald., 1918-04-07
CAMP DIX TEAM
ISSUES DEFY
These Service Runners
Challenge Any Track Out
fit IN the Country.

A relay team which IL open to chal-
lenges from any service camp in the
country II entered In the United Serv-
Ice meet to be held under the auspices
OF The District War Camp Community
service In the stadium of Central
High School April %. This team Is
from Camp DIX. near wrightstown.
N. J., and IL made up Of former col
lege stars, men who have run for the
past three years under college colors
and are now serving Uncle Sam as
members of an engineer regiment at
Dtx. B. s. Walton, of the University
OF Illonois. Is track manager Of the
Camp Dix team
Lieut.. r. Craig. former intercol-
legtate champion wrestler at Penn
state University, has entered q squad
OF twelve marines from the Marine
Corps training camp at Quantico. Va,
and claims that despite the ambition
Of the men from Camp Dix to win
the meet, his marines. are going to
walk on with the honors. Camp Dix
has entered over thirty men in the
meet and more are expected to enter
with the avowed intention Of carry
ing on the point award.
An elaborate entertainment pro-
gram has been arranged for the men
IN the service who will compete IN
the meet All the athlets will be en-
tertained at dances the night Of the
meet at two Of the Capitals leading
hotels, and Sunday morning they
VIII be taken on a twenty-mile auto
mobile drive over the bouleyards
along a route which will bring into
view all the administrative and ex-
ecutive buildings with the Capitol and
the White House. The automobiles
VIII be furnished by patriotic resi-
dents Of the Capital.
The entries now include men from
the aviation training camp at San
Antonio, Texas; Eddie Mahan,
former Harvard athletic star, now
stationed at League Island, Phila-
delphia, Pa; 'Untz' Brewer, dash
champ from Camp Meade, and a
squad Of men from the nearest
army cantonment to Washington:
ten men from Pelham Bay Naval
Training Station, led by William
F. Gowlon, athletic director at the
station and including the O'Boyle
brothers OF Georgetown University
a contingent Of ten men from the
Fortieth United States Engineers
at Camp American University, led
by Harry C. Connell. broad
jumper from the University OF Penn
sylvania, and containing at least
two men who have won distance
events on the Pacific Coast
The executive officer OF the Dis
trict War Camp Community Serv-
ice expects an entry list containing
over 500 names and has made ar
rangements accordingly. All sorts
OF events along fines intended to
train the men for the bigger fight
in France are planned, among them
being dashes of all distances up to
the quarter-mile; distance runs of
a half-mile and mile; hand grenade
throwing, an equipment relay race,
a tug of war with ten men on a
side. a bayonet charge race, broad
jump, high jump and standing broad
jump and an obstacle race.
The meet is to be under the d.
rect supervision Of Joseph E. Ray
croft. in charge Of army athletics.
and Walter Camp, of Yale Uni
ysTsity. in charge OF navy athletics,
There will be no admission fee for
men IN uniform, but civilians will
be charged a small entrance fee.
the funds from which will be used
to purchase athletic equipment for
the men in the various branches Of
the service.