Evening star., 1925-02-20


him the marvel OF the running trat
strive for another mark in a 3000-
his race has not been definitely deci
However, Nurmi will not have
Hahn. who only last Saturday set
! american middle distance star; Jir
now doing the best running of his c
half miller, and Ralph Hills, Washir
pfonships. and other notables Of trae
that are to get under headway prom
Hugo Quist. Nurmfs manager, has
announced that his protege would
like to travel over the 3,o00-yard
Eoute here, but in arranging for the
Efnn's appearance in Convention Hall
Quist reserved the right to change
the length of the race at the last
minute. If Paavo holds to his origi-
nal distance he probably will be sent
against Verne Booth, former Johns
Hopkins star, now with Millrose Ath-
letic Club of New York; Ilmar Prim
and Gunnar Nillson of Finnish-Amer-
lean Athletic Club of New York, and
William Cox, member of the 1924
olympic team and scholastic cross
country champion.
Nurmi May Change Distance.
Should Nurmi elect to run at mile
-snd he may care to do so, as he
probably is anxious to regain the
record Hahn wrested from him last
week-some Of the stars who are en-
tered for the 1,5o0-meter race may be
switched from that event to the long
er route as the Finn's opponents.
Whatever distance Nurmi may name,
though, for his test. all of his opposi-
tion will be literally handicapped
khat he may be given good oppor-
tunity to establish a new mark
One Of the high lights of the car
nival will be the 1,500-meter invita-
tion race, in which Ray, Hahn and
Connolly are entered. Ray is bent
YEpon winning and breaking a record
Tor this distance, but may find victory
hificult to achieve. Ray has been
Suffering from cold for several
days, although he expects to be in
prime condition tomorrow night
However, he will encounter in Hahn
a runner at top stride just now, and
In Connolly an opponent more for
midable than ever. Whoever wins in
this 1,5oO-meter race will have scored
a notable victory.
More keen competition is likely in
the s00-meter invitation run, in which
Marsters of Georgetown will be op-
posed to such stars as Allan Hellfrich
Of Penn State and Ray Watson of H.
inois Athletic Club, or Dodge, an
other Midwest flyer. Contestants In
this race will not stop at the 500
meter mark, but will continue to the
half-mile point, in an effort to better
the mark for the greater distance.
Other invitation numbers on the
program are the 4o-yard and 1875
yard dashes, In which Boots Lever
and Farrell Of New York-Athletic
Club, among others, are to compete,
and the 4o0-meter and 500-meter
runs that will bring out Dodge. Bur-
CESS, Driscoll, Devanney. Ascher and
Watson. Other noted runners will
fill these fields.
Eight Open Events.
Eight open events have been listed
and the cream of the athletic talent
~ this part OF the country as well
As some of the finest of other sec
tions have entered for them. Charley
Pugh of Maryland, Thompson of
Georgetown and Cummings of Vir-
ginia will have handicaps over Lever
in the half-century sprint. Thorpe,
former Fork Union Military Academy
runner now sporting University of
Richmond's colors, Is scratch man in
both the quarter and the half. Sturdy
fields are opposed to him in each
event.
Cox of Rochester is scratch starter
town in the 2-mile race. Tyree,
former Central High School runner.
and Rowley,. both of Navy, will be
among Cox's opponents. Jack AL
berry, who won the South Atlantic
( 4. A. U. Emile indoor title at Balti-
iAore Wednesday night, promises to
he one OF Helms strongest opponents
in the longer run.
Two races for scholastics only are
- h
letes of high and preparatory schools
Of Washington and the South Allan
tic territory generally. There will
be a 50-yard sprint and race for
novices at 600-yards. The latter
event used to be a feature of George
town meets of some years ago and
always was well patronized by the
schoolboys.
Three field contests are scheduled
' They are the broad jump, the high
Jump ard the shot put The winner
of the broad jump will compete with
Bob LeGendre, former Georgetown
athlete who set a world record for
the event in the last Olympics, in a
.pecfaI match. Hills of Princeton
nsul be scratch man in the shot put
2he high jump is expected to result
in keen competition. In the leap Ior
height. the performance OF Adoiph
Bond. Eastern High School boy, Will
he viewed with interest. He won the
,,irh iump at Richmond last week
at feet 10 inches and has been
doing better than that in practice.
Relay Races on Card.
Perhaps dozen relay races, away
Interesting, will be staged. ras' oo
Iepe teams will be here Tor coHpe
t,tion. Virginia's four Is 10 pc syn
against that of Pennsylvania Prince
tom and Navy quartets will engage ~
a match and Maryland will be seh'
.rainst its old rival, Johns Hopkins
William and Mary may compete with
team of runners from the ohi
varsity of Richmond.
There will be two relay races foI
accal high schools one at mile and
snother at half that distance. East
Arp and Tech probably will be the
only entrants in these, as Central, the
only other school now fostering in
door track, has not organized any
relay teams.
Fork Union, Episcopal and Balti-
more Polytechnic Institute are to
clash over the mile route. So are
Gonzaea and the Georgetown Props
other preparatory schools may be
matched for races over short routes
washin gton Canoe Club is to en-
counter it's formidable athletic rival
the 5th Regiment of Baltimore, In
a mile race. Their duels were fea-
lures of meets hereabouts last Winter
Aloysius Club also is to be sem
against some club quartet
Georgetown's mile and two-milt
teams are to engage in a special race
at = distance expected to balance the
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