The Washington times., 1922-05-03
GAMES
GIVE PROMISE
ANOTHER YEAR
Successful Meet Saturday May
Mean Annual Affair for Ath-
Ietes Each Spring.
BY BRYAN MORSE.


Seven colleges, ten or twelve
scholastic teams. including the fresh
men and junior high team; a dozen
athletic clubs. including the famous
Boston A. A.; score Of American
Legion post teams, and the athletes
from Humphreys, Meade, FIT. Myer
and Ft. Washington, will make up a
full complement for the First An
nual American Legion games to be
held in the Central High stadium on
Saturday. The meet starts at IL
.. m. and will continue through the
afternoon. Far from being a tryout,
the meet Is assuming large proper
tions and bids fair in a year or so to
be a most attractive proposition and
Of more or less national interest
More than $50 athletes will enter in
the thirty-two scheduled events and
eight or ten additional relay races.
Among the colleges entered are
Georgetown, Gallaudet, Maryland,
George Washington. William and
Mary, Richmond, and the Naval
Academy. The schools will be rep
resented in Central, Western, Tech,
Eastern. Business, Episcopal. Con
saga, Woodberry Forest, George
town Prep. Richmond Military
Academy. Baltimore City. Alexan-
dria High and the Junior High.
The Boston A. A., with Cutbill as
q topliner, is expected. The Wash
ington Canoe Club, Manhattan A.
c., All Souls, and the athletes from
the various posts near Washington
will be included in the engagements
The American Legion posts are
supporting the events heavily.
while but five numbers are on the
program for the legion men some
thing like twenty posts have sent
entries for the meet.
Almost as many celebrities as at
tended the recent conference on the
limitation arms have accepted in
vitations to be present at the
games. President Harding, a lover
of good sport. has signified his in.
tention Of being on hand. Various
members OF the diplomatic corps
will be in attendance.
The list Of officials includes prac-
ticary all OF the best-known men
in Washington and Baltimore who
are capable and competent in run
ming a track meet.
NJ. J. Slattery. former Amateur
Athletic Union president, will be
the referee. James V. Mulligan
will be starter.
The successful running OF the
meet on Saturday will mean that
in future Washington will be pro-
vided with still another high-class
field and track meet. The outdoor
sport has increased in popularity
here to the point where the legion
meet seems to fill longfelt want.
The American Legion started work
he and those
charge have arrived at the point
where all that is necessary is a fair
day for the competition sure to prove
attractive.
The following Saturday Centrafs
&c" Club meet, the Wilson Menu
oriaI Games, will be held in the
atadium.. Practically every school
boy team in this section OF the
country will be on hand. As a
scholastic proposition this meet
Ia the best Of its kind south OF
Philadelphia.
Each wear the Wilson games have
crown in proportion to the point
where they can be regarded as the
big event for the youngsters in
track.
The meet conflicts with the Uni
versity of Virginia interscholastic
meet held at Charlottesville, Va, this
season but will draw many first
class teams away from the Old
Dominion men. Another year and
the two meets will be arranged so as
to be run on successive Saturdays.
Virginia tried to switch the South
Atlantic this year but was unable to
do that.
Upon request from one o. two col.
leges, the Charlottesville interests
attempted to make n chance in the
annual collegiate meet, but was un-
successful.
Incidentally. the South Atlantic
meet this year promises to afford the
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