Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1926, Page 61

K SP ORTS. THE EVENING AR, WASHINGTOX, 12 RALE €, WEDNES P Collegiate Basket Ball Campaign Here Will Get Under AMERICAN U. TO BE HOST TO MARYLAND IN OPENER fiflme to Dedicate Methodi | Also Play Friday, Opposing Washington and Lee Team at College Park. BY H. C. BYRD. OLLEGE basket ball begins on local floors tomorrow night. University of Maryland's quint comes in town to play the first game in the new @ymnasium at American University, i the latter using the contest as a dedi- eation of the building. The game will start at 8:30. American University’s team is made up largely of former local high school players, and Maryland's five also has the most of its strength in men who formerly held down jobs at Tech, Eastern or one of the other big schools that have their homes in Washington. Maryland also figures in the second game, as it plays Washington and in the opening contest of the lat- ter's trip. The game with W. and L. takes place at College Park Friday night, and then on Saturday night Catholic University pries open its schedule by meeting Washington and Lee at Brookland. In the two games it has scheduled before the holidays, American Univer- sity and Washington and Lee, Mary- land will be without its regular cen- ter, Donald Adams, who was injured in the foot ball game with Johns Hop- kins Thanksgiving day and has not et sufficiently recovered to be able to play. Adams came out of the hospital in Baltimore last week, and it is said by the specialist who has him in charge that he will be all right to en- gage in games after the holidays. American University, instead of be- ing a “soft” spot with which Mary- land expected it might open its sea- son, bids fair to put up a real fight end give the Old Liners perhaps more than they want. Last night the American team won its fourth straight ®ame, defeating Gattyshurg at Gettys- burg, 34 to 27. Bruce Kessler led the ‘Washingtonians in scoring, dropping four goals from the floor. Banta, for- mer Central High guard, and Elliott, who used to play at Eastern, both put up good exhibitions. Last year Al Witmer, Princeton basket ball coach, who, by the way, 1s a mighty fine fellow, on the occa- sion of the basket ball game at Col- lege Park between Princeton and Maryland, disputed for a considerable time the legality of the huddle sys- tem and claimed the Old Liners had no right to use it as it delayed the game. Finally the game went on and ‘"Maryland won. It used the huddie and got its plays off even more rap- idly than Princeton did with the old system of signals. Now here is an ex- cerpt from a dispatch from Princeton: “Al Witmer, line coach on the foot ball fleld, inaugurated the huddle sys- tem in basket ball here in the first practice of the Princeton tossers. ‘This is the first time the huddle has been used in basket ball by a major Eastern college. “Coach Witmer has been intimately connected with the success of the huddle in foot ball'as used by Bill Roper for the past few years and sees no reason why the system cannot be used on the basket ball floor before sts’ New Gym—Old Liners * Witmer has shown how really in- telligent he is by changing his mind. And incidentally, it might be mention- ed right here that there are few bet- ter basket ball coaches than Witmer and few men who turn out consistent- 1y better quints. North Carolina State College has decided to take advantage of the lengthening of the foot ball season by the Southern Conference and is try- ing to arrange a suitable game for December 3. The majority of schools this far up do not seem to ca pecially to extend their schedul vond Thanksgiving day, preferring to wind up with the traditional contests in which_they have taken part for years. Incidentally, December 3 around here is likely to find some very cold weather, though it usually is nothing compared to that in late No- vember in the northern part of the Middle West and in Nebraska, Iowa and Montana. The change in making it permissable to schedule foot bail games as late as the second Saturday after Thanksgiving was made pri- marily to help the schools along the gulf coast, where to play in Septem- ber is almost criminal. After next season, though, it is_very probable that December 3 will find several schools from this section playing games in the Far South. Coach Lou Little of Georgetown is forgetting about athletics for awhile. He has left Washington for his home in Pennsylvania, where he expects to spend three weeks. He will return to ‘Washington early in January. Little is following out what séems to be the program of most coaches, taking a vacation after the high tension of three months of foot ball. And, inci- dentally, after a coach goes through three months of what the averags varsity gridiron campaigh means he usually needs a vacation. A Maryland boy, Harold Bafford of Solomons, will lead University of Maryland on the gridiron next Fall. Bafford, who wis regular center dur- ing _the recent campaign, and also in 1925, was chosen at a meeting of the letter men yesterday. He came to the Old Line School from Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Bafford is 20 years old and a junfor. Catholic University dribblers will strive hard to repulse Washington and Lee basketers, who visit Brook- land Saturday night to furnish the Cardinals their first competition. The Generals trimmed the Brooklanders last Winter, 22 to 18, Among men likely to be sent into action for the Cardinals are Eddle Keale, Capt. Johnny Long, Jim Carney, Ray Foley, Bill Harvey, Bill Shields, McCarthy, Bill Linskey, Jim Kenney and Jute McMullen. Alumni of George Washington Uni- versity through a committee compris- ing Lewis Moneyway, chairman; Ed- ward Stafford and Harold S. Warner will entertain members of the 1926 foot ball team and their coaches at a banquet tomorrow night at the La Fayette Hotel. An interesting pro- each tap-off from center.” WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER ALVARY M. E, basketers scored an overwhelming vic- tory over the Central Presby- terlan Church sextet Mon- day night in the opening game of / the inter-church series, played in the Calvary gym. The count was 36 to 4. Superior court experience coupled with efficient team work gave the winners a decided advantage over the Presbyterian tossers, who have but ntly formed their team. Calvary Fumped into an early lead and the visitors never offered a serious threat to_overcome it. Misses Jolliff, Rice and Chaney divided scoring honors for Calvary. Capt. Selbe and Miss Hayden put in the two baskets credited to the losers. Line-up and Summary. ol . Selbe. rves—Calvary, Chaney, . R . Foule_Jollif, Rice. "~ el Chilton, Kim-: With four members of last year's wvarsity squad in their line-up, senior basket ball tossers at George Washe {Angton University outclassed the Soph- omores, 42 to 12, in the first round of the interclass tourney played last might in the H street gymnasium, while the Freshmen nosed out the Juniors, 17 to 11 The Freshman-Junior tilt was the first on the double program. This was anybody’s game until the last quarter, when the Freshmen pushed forward to win by a five-point margin. Marion Crumley registered 16 of the Winner’s points, while Louise Om- ke proved the backbone of the unior squad. . The Seniors were much stronger in the center field than their opponents, who proved accurate in the forefield | when scoring opportunities were of- fered. But these were rare, for the ball was kept at the other end of the fleld two-thirds of the time. Much Credit for the Senior victory was due to the excellent teamwork of Misses jackson and Massey, centers, who fed | he ball successfully to their forwards &nd put up an alert defensive game. The four class managers, elected rior to the opening of the series, are Seniors, Ermyntrude Vaiden and Katherine Shoemaker; uise Omwake; Sophomores, Julia nning; Freshmen, Naomi Crumley. { Tomorrow night the Seniors and eshmen will meet to decide the fix‘tarclu- title and the two losing s will settle the argument for sers honors,” according to Vir- nia Hopkins, coach. “!mmedu\bely after the holidays the warsity squad will be picked from the ranks of the 97 coeds out for pasket ball_and un intercolleglate Schedule of five matches will be run off. Line-Ups and Summaries. (17). Pogitigns. Juviops (11}, . Omwake Chisholm Miller Bradenbers ~ substitutions—Milholland for Sowers, Om- gnn"'}ur _xcuy--:E. ll:;l'(engnl"nt:: "Gk v (2 twos {1,1708) 0?1 Tree) Referee—Miss Soph's (36) .. Young be ews “Jackson Massey Gemaker Hastines “tor Jacke | ball Juniors, gram is planned. (8 twos). Vaiden (3 ws (8 _twos, 3 ones). one), Taylor (1 two. I son. Goals—Youn; twos. 1 one). Ma Motyka (4 twos, 1 one). Capitol Athletic b's basket ball squad will engage in a practice game with the Calvary M. E. Church team tomorrow night in the latter’s gym- nasium at 7:30 o’clock. Julia Aman, manager of the Capi- tolites, states that any other teams desiring prefeauon action can obtain a practice tilt with her squad by get- ting in touch with her a. the Leam- ington, Fourteenth _and Clifton streets, phone ‘Adams 7523. Junior hockey players of Trinity College captured interclass honors by defeating each other class team in the round robin series for the school championship. Seniors came second, with two wins and one loss; Sopho- mores third, winning one contest, and the Freshmen tralled, with a blank score. The Junior victory was attribufed not alone to their splendid team work and skill in passing, but to the spirit with which they followed up their attacks that enabled them to sweep through their opponents’ defensives consistently. Swimming and basket ball will oc- cupy the center of the athletic stage at Trinity after the New Year. Mer- maids will practice for the annual Spring meet, while the court en- thusiasts will start work in -earnest for the interclass basket ball tiits. The curtain will ring down on the George Washington hockey season with the stage set for a feast. The entire group of players will be hon- ored Saturday night with a banquet tendered them by the Athletic Asso- ciation in the women's building. The varsity squad will be awarded major letters for the first time in the his- tory of the sport at G. W., and the interclass cup will be passed over to the junior-senior team, 1826 cham- pions, by the ex-title holders, the 1925 freshmen. | Members of the varsity team will be | eligible for the G. W. club this year for the first time and will be enter- tained next week by that organization at a bridge party. 1G. W. U. COURT TEAM TO PLAY HARD LIST Univer- Two games with Catholic and sity and one each with Amer Gallaudet appear on the Georg ‘Washington basket ball card t an- nounced. The Colonials wi open their season at their gym Monday night, with Washington and Lee fur- nishing the oppositio Among the formidable members of the V. squad that probably will get action against thé Generals are| Wallace, Bland and Allshouse, for- wards; Viethmeyer and Haun, cen- Carey, Sapp, Perry and Motyka | Games on the Colonial card besides | that with Washington and Lee follow: | ber 2. Unl Delaware. 8. Gallgudet: Uni. 13. Lynchburg, Coll&v‘ Roand leco * (nending): 23, Viilan ; Western | Marvland: = February 2. “Davie: | . Ne Univerait) . ! William_and xlrv: Catholic C.'U.)} 28, Blue Ridge Bonaven| TWICK ENHAM, MIDDLESEX, England, December 15 (#).—Cam- bridge defeated Oxford, 30 to 6, in their annual intervaristy rugby mzl game, “ FOREIGN ATHLETES. THE GERMAN RUNNER WHO BROKE THE WORLD'S HALF-MILE RECORD — i B Y DONT FORGET Americans have been so success- ful in the fleld of sport that we sometimes forget that there are others. It is only when a Nurmi, or a Hoff comes along that we tumble to the fact that we are not altogether unbeatable. More recently it was Dr. Otto Peltzer, who startled us—and the rest of the athletic world—by breaking the long-standing world record for the half-mile. The good doctor stepped the half in 1:51 3.5 which shattered Ted Meredith’s mark of 1:52 15 made 10 years HOFF- NURMI-LENG ago. Incidentaly, Dr. Peltzer de- feated the great English runner, Lowe, in this race which was run at Stamford Bridge, England, dur- ing the national champlonships. Lowe had previously created a world record of his own when he bettered Mel Sheppard’s time for 600 yards, Lowe did 1:10 25, Shep- pard’s record had lasted 16 years! Recently a Swedish swimmer— Arne Borg, proved that he was a better swimmer than Weissmuller! They do say that Borg even slow- ed up and allowed the American ARNE BORG -the Swedish Swimmer| g CAN BEAT ~ WEISSMULLER L RIGOULOT —the Frenchman 1S THE CHAMPION OF “FORCE™ LEN-COCHET-BOROTRA~LACOSTE-FRIGERIO- ETC champlon to win the quarter-mile racé in the national championships at_Philadelphia. France, with Lacoste, has taken our tennis title, and also has Borotra, Cochet and Brugoon. Suanne Lenglen, who has turn- ed either pro or con, has been queen of the courts for the last 11 years. She outclasses all of her feminine rivals—including Helen Wills. Miss Joyce Wethered, the little English golfer, is without a peeress on the fairways. Rigoulot, a Frenchman, is the strongest man in the world. KIMBALL WILL HANDLE NINE AT CENTRAL HIGH IKE KELLEY has decided to give 'up coaching Central High's Lase ball team, and 8. T. Kimball, a former Eastern High diamond mentor, will tutor the Blue and White tossers next Spring. It is said that Mike, who will continue to coach foot ball was not especially enthusiastic about the base ball job. Despite that he developed some mighty capable players. These foot ball players of the past season were presented the circle T at an assembly today at Tech High School: Frank Stutz, retiring captein; Wil- son Hissey, John Ritter, Arthur Krie- melmeyer, Shaw Blackistone, John Snowden, Harry Mullen, Henry Ma: Donald, Ward Oehmann, Paul Howard Florence, Loren Pope, erick Mohardt, manager. ) The minor T was presented Robert Bailey, Howard Adcock, - Bradley Edebiut, Chester Mills, Charles Wolfe, Harry Slack, Basil Postlethwaite, Leo Winston, Dunbar Goss, Libert, John Griffith, Bert Osterman, William Shipman, Lewis Levy, Paul Guy and Paul Smith, assistant manager. Central High tossers who gained a 36-t0-22 decision over Foregt Park High tossers on the latter’s' floor in Baltimore yesterday were to face Strayer’s Busines College courtmen this afternoon on the City Club floor. While Forest Park was able to hold the Blue and White second-stringers well they were no match for Coach Coggins' regulars, and Burgess, Nee and Hurley, who started for Central, had little difficulty. finding the loop. The victors shot their reserves in after the first half which ended with Central in the van, 23 to 6. Capt. Woodruff, Weaver and Michael Hunt, veterans, and George Fletcher, 1927 base ball captain; Churchill Francis and Judson Bowles are the most formidable candidates for St. Alban’s School quint, that will open their season January 14, enter- taining Emerson Institute on the Wis- consin avenue court. Other dates ar: January McDonough home; 27, Central at home. February b5, Shenandoah Valley Academy, away; 15, Donaldson Prep at home Forrest Park at home; , Boys' Latin School, away. Hyattsville High basketers, who were to open their season this afte noon, with Woodward School tosser as their guests on the Hyattsville floor, have listed eight other games and may meet Rockville, Hagerstown and Frederick High Schools on home- and-home b If Hyattsville P combination Coach Leland Worthing- ton must develop it from a group that includes but one 1925-26 regula; Wilbur Wright. However, there z number of sturdy reserve tossers from last Winter at hand and Worthington likely will be able to develop a team d Prep at | capable of offering a deal of fight to most opponents. The Maryland schoolboys in this afterncon’s game with Woodward will be handicapped, as Capt. Wright and a number of dependables have just begun court work, after playing until Saturday with the soccer team of the AMERICAN AUTO HEATERS For All Cars HEAT “and plenty of it” ARMENTROUT’S 1710 14th St. & Tenth & Eye | 1333 57 school, which made a great bid for the State champlonship. In addition to this afternoon's game, Manager Mark Woods of Berwyn has carded contests as_follows: Saturday, St. John's at Hyattsville; Decemmer ‘20, Tech High at Hyatts: ville. January 7, Charlotte Hall, away; 12, Woodward School, away; 17, Devitt Prep, away; 21, Charlotte Hall at Hyattsville. February 4—Devitt Prep at Hyatts. ville; 12, Alexandria High at Hyatts- ville. Eastern High basketers were to en- tertain Clover A. C. this afternoon on the Lincoln Park floor. Business was to go to Leonardtown, Md., to meet Leonard Hall Academy and Central was to face Strayer’s Business College five at the City Club gym in other games carded today. A game be- tween Gonzaga and Baltimore Poly in the Monumental City is the only game of interest to the local school- boy group listed for tomorroy. Friday afternoon Western High will get its first test under fire playing host on its floor to Coach Jerry Park- er's Woodward School five. In other tilts in the local schoolboy circle Fri- v, Eastern will play @ return game with §t. John's to whom they lost recently, on the Saints’ court. Devitt will meet Business in the Stenog- raphers’ gym and Central will jour- ney to Baltimore to engage Baltimore City College five in other games on Friday. in the 135-pound local prep school basket ball league will start January 7. Woodward, Friends, Epis- copal High of Alexandria, and Dev- itt will comprise the loop. Each team will play six games and meet the other twice on a home and home basis. There also is saild to be a chance of the five public high schools forming a 185-pound loop. PRO COURT LEAGUE. STANDING OF TEAMS. Cleveland ashinzton Philadelphia Fort Wayne. . “hicago Rocheater Baltimore e LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS. Washingto 30: Philadelphia, 27. : “Baltimore. 2. %5: Fort Wayne, 25. GAME TONIGHT. Philadelphia st New York. Washing S AMES TOMORROW. ashington Rohestor at Croveamcre: ; GAMES FRIDAY. chest Cleve RO ieant- GAME SATURDAY. New York at Rochester. —— COLLEGE BASKET BALL. American University, 34; Gettys- burg College, 2 27. Ohio State, 38; Ohio University, 26. COLLEGIATE TOSSERS TO PLAY BOAT CLUB ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 15. —Washington Collegiates, one of the strongest basket ball combinations in the Capital City, will make their third appearance on a local court tonight at the Armory Hall, playing the Old Dominifon Boat Club quint at 8:30 o'clock. The Collegiates lost a 25-to-24 de- cision to the St. Mary's Celtics, city amateur champions, at the Lyceum, but bested the St. Mary's Seniors in a closely contested game. In their last game the Dominion oarsmen won from the Potomac Boat Club of Washington, 34 to 24. Alexandria High School goes to Manassas, Va., temorrow afternoon, where the Swavely Preparatory School team will be played. St. Mary’s Celtics are to entertain the Western High quint of Washing- ton here Saturday at the Armory Hall at 8:30 p.m. St. Mary's Seniors will play a prelimfnary.” Alexandria Fire Department’s eleven won the city unlimited title, defeating the Virginia Athletic Club, 6 to 4. In a preliminary game the Alexandria Fire Department Preps trounced the Pirate A. C., 13 to 0. R O PALACE TOSSERS REST AFTER BEATING PHILLY Palace Club tossers rested today in preparation for their clash with Bal- timore tomorrow night in the Monu- mental City. Next week they leave Washington for a trip through the West meeting the Detroit team and Cleveland, lead- ing in the pro circuit. Palace nosed out Philadelphia at the Quaker City last night by a 80 to 27 count, with” Kennedy in the stellar role. He shot two fleld goals in the closing minutes of play to put the Washington quint in front after they had tralled the greater part of the game, At the Bign of the Established 1803 Special Orders Placed Including Dec. 20 Will Be Delivered Dec. 24 SUIT OR OVERCOAT ,.l'urdue, 40; Indiana State Normal, 27, Depauw, 41; Bardley Tech, 27. HAWKINS Fourteenth Street 14th St Main 5780 —Made as you want it by our own tailors. $ 2 7.50 s 550 Were $40 to $65 Values Sill Lind To order 345 Mertz & Mertz Co. 342 - FORDHAM ELEVEN ADDED TO GEORGETOWN LIST Georgetown University's 1927 foot ball schedule was rounded out today with announcement that Fordham will be met in New York on November 19. The list now numbers nine games, although Hilltop officials have not selected an opponent for jovember 26. If that date can be filled the team will go through a 10-game season. GRIDMEN GET READY FOR TITLE CONTEST Undisputed possession of the unlim- ited sandlot gridiron title is the goal | of Waverly and Mohawk gridiron warrlors as they drill for their en- counter Sunday afterncon at 2:30 at Clark Griffith Stadium. The game is the rubber meeting, as they have met twice, each winning a victory. Early in the season the Waverlys triumphed by the margin of a fleld goal and a few weeks later the Hawks turned the tables, win- ning 13 to 7. Mercury Juniors and Friendship gridiron warriors will settle a long- standing question of supremacy, and, incidentally, decide the District 125- pound champlonship, in a game to be played Sunday, probably at Union League Park. Managers of the teams will meet tonight to arrange details. Friendship gridmen will work out to- night at Fifth and L streets south- cast. Disputing the claim of the Peerless eleven to the 116-pound District foot ball title, the Anacostia Eagles are seeking a game to settle the question of supremacy. Caton of the Eagles may be reached at Lincoln 3133. Crescents, beaten by St. Stephen’s for the 135.pound championship, has challenged the victors to another game for Sunday. PO SPRINTER AND SKATER TO RACE AT 50 YARDS NEW YORK, December 15 (#).— Can a runner whip a skater at 50 yards? The question will be decided tonight at the Iceland rink when Alan Helffrich, three times holder of the National A. A. U. half-mile champion. ship, matches strides with the flash- ing skates of Paul Forsman, holder of two sprint skating records. Helffrich, while not a sprinter, is extremely fast over the short dis- tances. DECLINES COAST GAME. BELLEFONTE, Pa., December 15 (#).—Carl G. Snavely, coach of the Bellefonte Academy foot ball team, has announced that the academy had definitely decided to reject the prop- osition to play the Tallaloosa, Al High School at Los Angeles, Calif. either on Christmas or New Year day. ¢ NAVY’S ROWING OUTLOOK EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT Four Regular Members of Last Season’s Crew Are Available and There Are a Dozen Other Clever Oarsmen for Squad. NNAPOLIS, December 15.— The season of rowing at the Naval Academy is being an ticipated with™ even greater interest than usual, as the showing of the crew during the next two years will mean much for the standing of the Navy in a sport in which it particularly wishes to excel. Bob Butler, who assumed charge of rowing at the begininng of last sea- son, made a fine start, winning all of his preliminary races and finishing second to ‘Washington by 5 feet at Poughkeepsie. This season he should do even better work, particularly as the squad is most promising. Though the coming season will be an important one, the Navy is looking forward to 1928, which will be an Olympic year, and is trying to pre- pare for a crew which will be able to represent this country in the big in- ternational race, as it did with suc- cess in 1920. Of course, Yale, the win- ner of 1924, will try to gain this honor. The Naval Academy has at present 16 men who look of the type from which strong crews are picked, though others may develop as the sea- son progresses. Included in this num- ber are Tom Eddy, Born, Broadbent and Bagdanovitch of last year's var- sity crew. Eddy is regarded as the most powerful of the college strokes, and is captain. The others are un- usually powerful and capable. Lingdell, Stukey, Freeman and Ol- sen, strong substitutes last year, are again on hand, as are Hoerner and Glein, experienced oarsmen who had to leave the squad last season on ac- count of {llness. Hoerner, center of the foot ball team and weighing 190 pounds, is an extremely powerful lad and perfectly bulit for an oarsmen. He was rowing in the varsity last year when taken ill, and is expected to régain his season. Of the plebe crew of last season, the coaches pick Strong, McClure, Lincoln, Anderson and Dowling as possible varsity material. They are all strong lads, who picked up the rowing game well last year. Woer- ner, a very strong and athletic youth and one of the foot ball tackles season, did a little rowing last year, but will get to work in earnest this season. By 1928 he should be a val- uable oarsman. ‘While the Navy will lose much of its material by the graduation of the class in June, but, fortunately, the class which entered last year, the members of which are not eligible for the varsity this season, contained much rowing material, and Coach Butler has picked some 10 or 12 who seem to be of the proper kihd for varsity oarsmen. Butler will start in the tank with his plebe oarsmen early next month, and begin work with his varsity squad two weeks later. Both squads will get on the waters of the Severn as soon as weather conditions permit. There is much regret that the Navy will not meet Yale this year, but the season of 1928 will bring them to- gether in the Olympic tryouts, as both are ambitious to represent this country. The schedule: April 23—Massachusetts Tech (var- sity and junior varsity) at Annapolis. April 30—University of Pennsyl- vania (varsity, junior varsity and freshmen) at Annapolis. May 21—Syracuse (varsity, junior varsity and freshmen) at Annapolis. May 28—American Henley at Phil- adelphia. It is expected that the Navy will meet Columbia, Princeton, Pennsyl- vania and Syracuse in the Henley, and it will also row in the Pough- keepsie regatta, the date of which has not yet been set. CROSS-COUNTRY RUN LIST CLOSES TODAY Entries close today with Milton L. Dennis, 1707 Massachusetts avenue, for the South Atlantic A. A. U. cross- country championship run, to be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock over a six-mile course in Rock Creek Park, under auspices of George Washington University. Willlam Agee, crack harrier of Em- orywood Athletic Club of Baltimore, who has won the event the past two years, will be in Saturday's jaunt, along with such outstanding hill-and- dale men as G. R. Gwynn of Johns Hopkins_University, Hurd Willett of George Washington, Walton Shipley of Aloysius Club and Sam Martin of Dartmouth, a former Western High star. Other sturdy hikers entered include last | James Sternsdorff, Nelson Plerce and John Davison of Emorywood Club; ‘William Baker, Floyd Pomeroy, Ralph Brown and Sherman Johnson of George Washington. There also are a number of men entered from the Y. M. H. A., South- western Club and Cross-Country Club of Baltimore. ‘Wardman Park Hotel has placed dressing rooms at the disposal of the runners. 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