The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18
HILLTOP LISTS
EVENTS OF BIG
INDOOR GAME
Nearly 400 Athletes WIN COM
pete ii Track Carnival at
Convention Hall.

at Convention Hall WEDNESDAY
night will present an imposing ar.
ray Of Olympic stars, world and
American record holders. national.
intercoIle giate. and sectional cham.
pions and q number Of splendid
relay combinations.
The relays card VIII include e.
its principai features q one-Intle
match betwi IN the national cham.
pions New fork A. q, team and
q composite our to be drawn from
ton; PrinceIpn and Navy at one
mile; Unive kity Of Pennsylvania
and the UH kersity Of Virginia q
versity Of Pennsylvania at two
Gallaudet at one mile: Virgins
freshmen w. Maryland freshmen 81
one mile, and q series OF races rang
ing in length from three laps II
one mile between teams Of vaxi
Gus prep schools and high schools
OF the District, Virginia and Mary
land.
An invitation sprint series d
thirty, forty and fifty yards viii
bring together Bob McAllister New
Yorkss flying cop, the national 100
yards champion: Boots Lever
University Of Pennsylvania ace and
6O-yard championship; Eddie Far
rem, Of Fordhafn, former national
sprint champion and Bernie Wefers
jr., son OF the old Hilltop flyer 81
two decades ago and present
metropolitan dash champion 81
various distances.
LIST or STARS.
| Here are some OF the athletic
I1umfnaries obtained by the HilltoI
track management Tor the carnival
Joie Ray. member of the Las
Olympic team, greatest middle dis
lance runner IN the world. who hai
broken i've worlds records durini
the past three weeks.
Jimmie Connolly. Olympic George
town captain, holder Of worlds rec
ords for two-thirds Of 4 mile an.
1891 intercollegiate mile champion
Ralph Hills. Olympic. Of Prince
ton. intercollegiate shOt-put cham
pion, and member Of the grea
Tiger football team 0f last fall.
l s. Harrison Thompson, OF Prince
/ ton, worlds greatest alI-rOund ath
IIete, III present day competition
winner Of National Al. "A. u. all
round championship In 1919. 1872
and 1922, member Of championship
4 Princeton eleven OF last fail.
Harry Helm, of Georgetown bril-
liant youngster, who is staging |
comeback at the age Of nineteen
after having won national eel1iO
and junior two-sniIe championship
/ at the age OF seventeen.
| Johnnie Holden. q District boy
member OF the Penn two-mile team
that established new world recort
last spring.
Sid Leslie Of the New York A. c.
metropolitan 1000 yards champion
Jack Sellers. New York A. @,
metropolitan 6OO-yard champion.
Gegan OF Georgetown. nationa
/ junior 40 hurdles champion.
Planslxy of Georgetown, nationa
hop step, and jump champion, an,
Hilltop entry at the Penn relay
for Pentathlon honors, won thre
times by Bob LeGendre.
MANY OLYMPIC ENTRIES.
Among the entrants who wer
members OF the last olympic team
are Fay. Connolly and Hills. Thos
who have held national champion
ships are Ray. McAllister, Thorn
son, Helm. Taylor, Marsters, Far
rail-, Clark, Plansky and Gegan. In
tercolleg1ate tit1eholders are repre-
scented by Taylor, Hills. Beers ant
Connolly. Sectional championships
either metropolitan or South AT
lantic. are held by Wefers. Leslie
Sellers, McAllister, Beers, Booth
Marsters and Connolly. Those. whs
have world, national or secdona
records to their credit are Harri
son, Thomson, Lever, Ray, Con
molly, McAlIister, Beers and Booth
Complete track and field team.
will be entered by Princeton, Penn
/ Navy, Virginia, Maryland, John.
Hopkins and the District colleges
Penn Is sending twsnty-six men
| Navy twenty-five, Virginia twenty
Princeton ten and Johns Hopkins
eighteen. The full Hilltop squad
OF forty men viii be seen In Rction
Nearly 400 athletes, college, club
! and schoolboy, will compete. It II
the most brilliant aggregation Of
track and field talent ever assem-
bled in the NATIONAL Capitol.
The events will be a. follows:
FIELD EVENTS.
Pole vault--Open.
Putting 16-pound shot-Open.
Running high jump-ODen.
TRACK EVENTS.
6o-yard dash-Trials, open.
| 50-yard scholastic--Trials.
E0-yard hurd1es-Trials.
One-mlle run,
one-third mile reiay-MeKinieZ Man Nan
School.
Invitation So-yard dash.
440-yard run-Trials,
One-mile relay-Baltimore Gross Coun-
| try Club VS.. Fifth Regiment A. A.
600-yard novice.
One-mile relay-Univereity Of Virgins
va. University Of Pennsylvania.
bO-yard Open-Semi- finals,
b0-yard hurdlea--Semi-f finals.
Two-thirds-mtle relay-Ratimore Holy.
| teehntc Institute w. Fork Union Military
Ioademy va, Episcopal High School Va
| Mckinley Manual Training School'
6O-yard open-~Final.
Final-yard cholastic-Finals
B0-yard hurdles-Finals
one -half-mile relay-Mptphany A. A
vs., Eastsrn High school va AoA'nisS
Manual Training School,,
Invitation 40-yard dash.
A40-yard run--FinAl.
One-miIe relay--UniVerstty OF Mary
land freshmen Va. University OF virginia
Ona"miie relay-Baltimera CFoss CouR-
try club We. Washington Canoe Club vs.
Potomac Boat Club.
BSe-yard run,
VA. Hpiscopai High school w.. Baltimore
Poiyteohnio Institute.