Evening star., 1932-02-21
FINE RELAY TEAMS
SLATED FOR RACES
D. c. A. A. U. Events Will Be
Run-Indoor Season Here
Near Conclusion.
BY H. c. BYRD.
A MILE relay between Prince
~ ton, Navy and Virginia is
[ \ carded as the feature event

annual indoor track meet. to be
held Saturday night in the big
C. U. gymnasium. This is the
first time an event of this kind
has been scheduled here since the
old days when two or three sets
of indoor games were held at
Convention Hall as the features
of Washington's indoor athletic
season; and such an event is
likely to be none the less attrac-
tive because of its infrequency in
late years.
Not only are these big schools to
meet in the main event, but IL other
colleges and universities also have men
entered The whole list of these in
cludes Navy, Virginia, Princeton, Mary
land Lehigh. Lafayette. Vlllanova,
Temple, Richmond, West Virginia
Wesleyan. st. Johns Seton Hall and
University of Akron.
Relay fours will represent other
schools beside Navy, Princeton and Vlr-
ginia, as well as goodly number in the
events for individuals. William and
Mary leads in the number entered, hav-
ing sent in entry blanks for 10 men.
More Than 800 in Meet
In all more than 300 athletes are to
take part. These will include, beside
those from the colleges. all the best
high and preparatory school students
in the section and virtually all the ath-
letic clubmen registered under the
Amateur Athletic Union in the Balti-
more and Washington sections. Indoor
championships of the District of Co.
lumbia branch of the A. A. U. will
be run off and official championship
medals given for the first, second and
third places.
Among the Princeton entries is that
Of M. w. Shepard, son of the Mel
Shepard who was the greatest middle
distance runner of his day. He was
one of the most brilliant Of Olympic
competitors two decades ago. II young
Shepard is half as good as his father
was, then he is an exceptional runner.
Two former Washington scholastic
athletes will be members of the Vir-
ginia squad, Abramson of Dewitt Prep
and Everett of Eastern High, the for
mer in the sprints and the latter in
the hurdles. AbranSon Is in his sec
ond year at Virginia, but Everett is
freshman.
In the sprint events Maryland will
have a freshman runner, who may be
something of a surprise if he lives up
to his record in high school, in the
person of Widemeyer. who came from
HagerstoWn High School. Widemeyer
holds the State high school record for
the century dash, 9 As seconds. 1t
is doubtful If he actually ran the dis
tance that fast, although he was
credited with the time, but there Is no
doubt that he is fast.
Program of 35 Events.
A total of IS events are listed be-
ginning with the heats of the 50-yard
low hurdles at 7:30 O'Clock and wind
ing up with 2-mile intercollegiate
relay race at 1870. The events are to
be run off on a time schedule, and
there are no field events to cause
delays
THIS week virtually marks the wind
L up of the local college indoor
sports season. Some few scattered
events are to take place the first two
weeks in March, but nearly all the
athletes will lay away their uniforms
after this weeks engagements.
Tomorrow University of South Caro-
lima comes here for boxing match
with Columbus University. The Game
cocks are very little known, but may
bring to Washington an exceptionally
good group of fighters.
Tuesday night Maryland plays its
last home basket ball game. having
Hopkins as its guests for the occasion.
The Old Liners are expecting to win
from their old rival, as, with the
absence of one of the Kelly brothers
from the lineup, the BaltimoreanS
have not been doing SO well.
CEoRGE WASHINGTON leaves
" Thursday on three-day trip with
which it winds up its court sea-
son. The Colonial basketers meet st.
Joseph's College Thursday night at
Philadelphia, St. Johns of Brooklyn
Friday and Rider College OF trenton,
N. j., Saturday. The local qulnt
should consider itself lucky II II pulls
two victories out of the three contests.
ST .Iohn's has a good five and Rider
College although a small institution.
is represented by a basket ball team
cood enough to hold its own against
good opponents. hor
Georgetown plays its final basket PAL
oame on its own floor Saturday nlgnt
with Carnegie Tech as us opponeni,I;;
The Blue and Gray knows that IL VIII
he against a school that Is turning OUT
some of the strongest teams In tne
country and that it Will nave ha.o ~.
going to paint victory tlnge 10 It's
basket ball picture.
HARYLAND goes to Atlanta Thurs
Nl day to take part in the Southern
Conference basket ball tourna-
roent The Old Liners may stay az
AtIanta several days until Tuesday OF
the following week, or may come pack
the next day, accordingly as they win
or lose in the early games. In DOWN
and-out tournament, no matter now
good a team may be, 1t may not laSI
longer than the first round, eSpeciany
If If strikes five that Is on edge ana
meets unexpectedly tough oppoSltlon.
MARYLAND probably will be repre-
Nl sented by only one man IN the
Southern Conference boxing tour
,oment at Virginia Thursday, Frloay
and Saturday OF the three men, men ~
exnacted to send. one. Frank iseman'
has heen blacklisted for being BACK IN
b;s Scholastic work and cannot take
,,art in athletics off the campus, ana
lin, Iouehran is i'll and probably Will
not he in shape. Bernard keener, IN
the 145-pounG class, may De Mary
lands only representative.
But there will be plenty OF men from
the other schools. The easing OF re-
strictions about the number OF men a
school may enter has produced an m
Aux of entries from schools tnat 90
not have full teams strong enough 10
send. The tournament has been ex.
tended to run three days instead OF
two 80 MANY entries have been re-
ceived by Jimmy Driver, Virgtn1as attn
1et,c director. who is in charge.
TT was the writer's good fortune to
know intimately Charley Pugh,
former Maryland athlete who went
out Yesterday in an airplane crash.
For four years the writer and Charley
a., c,oca association as coach