Evening star., 1932-05-01
OLYMPIC TRyOUTS
FOLLOW CASEY RUN
i5-MiIe Jaunt Listed Next
Sunday-A. A. U. Lines Up
Stars for Meet.
BY r.. ID. THOMAS.

TN the matter of sustained ex-
element, probably no sport
offers more than foot racing,
and Washington shortly is to
be supplied with a bountiful lot
of it.
A week from today some of the
leading distance runners in the
East will gallop over the Mount
Vernon highway in 15-mile Dis
trict championship race, sponsor
ed by the Knights of Columbus,
and approved by the A. A. u, and
on May II, nine days later, more
national stars will strut in an
Olympic tryout meet in Byrd
Stadium, at College Park.
Both events are part Of the George
Washington Bicentennial sports pro-
gram, and one of them, the knights of
Columbus run, will be prelude to per-
haps the outstanding athletic event of
the Bicentennial, the national mara
thon championship TO be contested in
August, a race that promises to be an
international affair. 1t will be open
to all Olympic marathoners. The
star will sponsor this, abetted by the
A. A. u. and the Washington Bicen-
tennial Commission.
THE Olympic tryouts at College Park
4 will be the first outdoor night meet
ever held in this section, and II
successful may be a boon locally 10 the
most ancient of sports. The Cathohc
University indoor meets OF the last sew
eral years have done much to spur IN
terest in track and field, but the BrooK,
land institution has been prevented
from putting on truly oig-tlme anaI
by the space limitations OF itS gym.
Track meets are expensive. =. u mas
battled with a financial problem tnaI
might easily be overcome by accommo-
dations for a large attendance.
By means of the coming night meet,
the washington Olympic Finance Com
Ynittee hopes to raise considerable
portion of its quota Of the national
f,Ind. The District A. A. u, which has
direct supervision, Is bending every Ell
fort toward making 1t an attractive
show and has arranged for three lnVl-
tation events that should De replete
W1Cn SLAIS. lIcSC ID SAAS SgOSS
and l.5o0-meter runs and the 4oo-
meter hurdles.
ENTRIES will close Monday, May o.
E with Dorsey L. Grtf1th at Cathoilc
University and blanks may be oo-
tanned at Spalding's, the Sport Mari
ar from Dorsey. The regular events
win be the 100, 400, 400, 800, l,50o and
5000 meter runs, 11o-meter nign
hurdles, 200-meter low hurdles, run
ming broad Jump, running hlgn lump,
pole vault, 16-pound snotput' DISCUS
throw and javelin throw. Tne Dlstrict
chamnionEfips in these events viii be
ut stake. =. A..
J kin Edwards is chairman OF the
Managing Committee, which includes as
members: Richard Newby, William 4.
Russeu. president of the District A. A.
u: Dorsey Grif1th, Winfree johnson,
Maj w. C. Rose of the washington
OLYMPIC Committee, Geary Eppley'
Earle Weeks and Champ P1ckens'
athletic director Of the District b.
centennial.
A. A. u. registration may be made
with Charles Fyfe at $50 c street north-
west. Only athletes certified by the
A. A. u will be eligible.
ENTRIES for the Knights Of Column
u bus race vii close next Wednesday
with Charles Reynolds, Casey
athletic director, at the knights OF
Columbus Hall, 918 Tenth street
northwest.
Thirty-five entries for this event al
READY are IN hand, including that OF
Bill Aeee of Baltimore, the national
marathon champion and for three years
holder of the national 15-mile title.
Aese will attempt to set a world record
in next Sundays jaunt He Is making
faster time over the long routes than
ever before.
Following are the entries so far re-
ceived by Reynolds: Daniel Younger.
Phillip Jachelesk, Frank Denges Carl
Anderson, E. C. Herr, John Davidson.
William Agee, Conrad Staffa, Samuel
Kratxnan, William Peck, John Merson,
James Smith George Lotz, Wheaton
Pindell and Horace w. Lehr, all from
the Stonewall Democratic Club OF
Baltimore; James Smallwood, District
of Columbia National Guard; Arthur
Dewhurst, District Of Columbia Y. M.
C. A.; Edwin Schmidt, Sidney Click,
Charles s. Bothel, James L. Harrison,
John N. Booker, I. j. KareewSki, Eugene
Newton, Ernest Crosbit, Gilbert Most,
Ray Weinreich, Lee Roy Chaney, VIII
liam j. Spittle from the Cross Country
Club of Baltimore; Haskell Clark,
Joseph Lynch, Mike Lynch, Bill Greiner
and Jerry Looney, Washington knights
OF Columbus, and Jimmy Montague,
unattached.