The Washington herald., 1922-02-17
HOPKINS OFFICIALS
PLANNING SPECIAL.
EVENTS FOR LEGION.
Match Races Between
Washington and Balti-
more Posts.

events Tor athletes OF the Americhh
Legion posts. both in this city and
In Washington. are being planned
for the Johns Hopkins-Fifth Regi-
ment indoor games and relay car
niyaI on February IS, It was an
nounced today by Theodore Kistler,
secretary Of the games committee.
A half-mile relay has been arr
ranged between Tank Corps and
Serg. Jasper posts OF Washington,
Kistler said. From inquiries being
received from local posts IL seems
likeyl that, an intercity relay will
be stagedJf for the legion men.
Two other novelty affairs have
also been booked for the armory
meet Six teams from the Hop
kins, unit of the Reserve Omcers'
Training Corps are entered In q
big mile and half-mile intercom-
pany relay. This Is the first time
Maj Garey's proteses have. entered
a public athletic meet as repre-
sentatives of the Hopkins unit, and
II has stirred up lively interest
among the cadets. 80 =
Ten Hopkins fraternities- have
also been entered for a special
half mile Internationally relay. This
Is also subject for much campus
talk these days at Homewood.
Army In open Event..
Both the Third CORPS, Area Of the
army and the United States Marine
Corps at ouantico are entering
men for the open events in the
games. Already about thirty-hve
army athletes are booked. No
event has yet been arranged 10
match these two rivals in a relay
or other special. AFFAIR. but their
followers are anxious 70 get an in
tercorps race.
Many additional entries were re-
ceived this morning for the armory
games-the time limit for registTa-
ton having been set oficially for
tomorrow. These entreis include
athletes from many OF the big
Southern colleges as well as local
prep schools in this city and Wash
ington.
The Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology. which will meet
Princeton in a mile relay, is enter
ing Capt Yardley c. Chittick, W. B.
Quincy. J. W. Poole and W. L.
Smith. who carried the Tech, colors
over the line FIRST against Harvard's
much Wanted runners in the Bos-
ton A. A. games two weeks ago.
Tech also scored a big victory this
season over Penn STATE, pu, vas
nosed out by Syracuse University
by one-nfth of q second in the mile.
Fsrdham E.tries.
Fordham is entering wheaty,
Nelson. Farrell, Nolan. Mouney and
Carven in its medley relay with
Georgetown
Washington and Lee is entering
W. Leroy Ward in the high jump
and pole vault in the open events.
ward Is star performer at the run
ming high jumps. Washington and
Lee Is also entering the mile relay
IN the s. A. ]. A. A. championships
and is sending several men for the
loo-yard. sso-yard and mile open
runs.
Fifteen youths from the McKin-
ley Manual Training School and
twelve from Western High. in
Washington, are entered for vari-
Gus interscholastic events. Wood
berry Forrest School is sending Ave
representative.
Special interest will be conferred
upon the performance of r. c. Bird,
who Is coming up from the Atlanta
(Ga) Tech High School to enter
the 1oo-yard. 44o-ysrd and special
600-yard interscholastic. champion
ship. Bird has cleaned I'D first
place in several big school meets
In the South recently, and his rec
ord shows him to be running con-
sistently at 1912 seconds for the
10O-yard dash and "a seconds for
the 220.
Penn Meets Navy.
University of Pennsylvania has
entered the Johns Hopkins Fifth
Regiment indoor games and relay
carnival on February IS, it was
announced today by Theodore Kist-
Ter, secretary of the games COM
mittee.
Penn Freshmen will meet the
Navy Plebes in a mile relay. In
addition Penn is entering ten ath-
letes for the open handicaps events,
including George Brunder. star
pic games. he has entered the
AV-POehu ohohpul. ne Quiet Gil
trants are G. s. Woodside and A. E.
Rose, in high jump; P. Forsythe
in high jump and pole vault: ].
w. Temple, in pole vault: ]. H.
Thurman and E. A. Hamer. in shot
put: N. B. Sheriff., in pole vault,
high jump and 100-yard low hur-
dies; s. ]. Needs in high jump and
pole vault, and G. Powers, in low
hurdles.
Penn State announces that Larry
Shields, WHO will run In the medley
relay against Navy, is also entered
in the special 1,ooo-yard varsity
club run. H. H. Hile, who holds
the Penn State record for the 800
yard low hurdles and held the ma
tional junior championship in 1919,
will compete in the 100-yard low
hurdles. in which he will be pitted
against George Trowbridge, the
Olympic and former Princeton star.
Episcopal High School and the
Mckinley Manual Training School,
both of Washington, are lined up
for a medley relay-half- mile, one
mile and two-mile. City. College
will take part in the two-mile race,
making it a three-corhered AFFAIR.
and 1t is probable. that Central
High School. of Washington, may
also be added for this event.
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