Evening star., 1900-06-02
cENTR4L'sNcfoRf
Win Fifth Annual Meet by One
Point,
WESTERNS GREAT SHOWING
Three Records Broken by the
Sturdy Athletes.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS

The fifth straight victory was marked up
to the credit of the Central High School
athletes yesterday when they made top
score in the inter-high school track and
field sports on the Georgetown college cam
pus. Thirteen events were gone through
with to the delight and excitement of a
big crowd of onlookers The close score
added zeal and zest to the occasion. In
years gone by the Centrals have generally,
made top score with wide margin separat-
ing the other two school teams. But this
yeaI the Westerns came forward with a
rush and it was only by the narrowest
margins that they finally won out. The
scores were as follows: Centrals. 40; West
erns, As; Easterns, 20.
The lads were in such good form that
several of the school records were broken
and in many cases the figures were very
close to the best made. Dear of the Cen
trails carried off the 22O-yard dash in
twenty-three seconds. reducing the record
by one full second. his work being Of the
clean-cut machine order and being
pretty sight to watch. In the hammer
throwing contest Curtiss of the Centrals
knocked five feet off the record by hurling
the projectile JOG feet through space. W hiie
the EaSterns came in a bad third In the
meet the school has the honor of putting
forward one record breaker in Kennedy,
VINO threw the SnOC nlTty-StNeh 1eSl anu
four inches The former best record was
thirty-five feet ten inches. HodgkinS con-
trbuted to the glory of the Westerns oy
establishing a record for the discus throw.
his figures being ninety-tWO reet 1our ana
a half inches.
The one-mile relay race was the last
number on the program and as usual eX-
cited the most interest. The three schools
result the finish was most exciting and
thrilling the Westerns man. Canaga, com
ing in first by a few feet over Dear. the
latter making up twenty yards lost by his
predecessors and contesttng neck ana neck
with the winner for several yards.
Following are the summaries of the
events:
10O-yard dash-Winner of each heat and
second man in fastest heat to qualify. First
heat Caldwell. first; knight, second. Time,
10 30. Second heat. Boggs. first: Garges,
second Time. 10 3-5: Third heat, Dear
first: Buell.. second. Time. 10 2-5. Final.
Dear c.. won, Boggs. W., second; Buell.
c.. third. Time, 10 %
One mile run-Bielaski, W., won; Brad
shaw. f.. second: Marsh, E.. third Time
30. Orton. LIE Breton Bird and Hodgklns
also started.
High jump-Curtiss. c.. won: Guy. E.,
second; Scudder c.. third. Distance feet
inches Buell.. Caldwell. Pullman. Bote-
Ter. Weigntman and Kennedy also tried.
44O-yard run-Canaga. W., won: Hilder.
E.. second; Williams. c.. third. Time, 90.
Finley. Speake and Nicholson also ran.
220 yards, hurdle-Coldwell. W., won;
Kennedy T.. second; Merrick, c., third
Time y -
22o-yard dash-Dear. c., won: Boggs. w,
second: Knight. c.. third. Time. %. Bride
and Coyle also started.
Shot-put-Kennedy, E., won: Brush. C..
second: Caldwell W., third. Distance. 81
feet inches.
Discus throw-HodgkinS. W., won: Tit
man. w, second: Kennedy. E. third Dis
tance ~ feet AZ inches. Curtiss, Dear.
Caldwell. Barnard and Bradley also threw.
Pole vaut-Brush, c., and Henderson,
tied: Huck, w, third. Distance. feet .
inches. Kennedy and Parker tried.
Broad jump-Brush. c., won; Caldwell,
w. second: Curtiss. c.. third Distance.
~ feet 3 inches. Huck. Kennedy and
ssO-yard run-Bielaski. W. won: Tower.
c.. second: Boggs. w. third Time. 22o.
Marsh, Yoder. Jones. Scudder, Bradshaw
and Castell also started.
Hammer throw-Curtiss. c., won: Cald-
WELL W.. second: Barnard. c.. third. Dis
tance. JOG feet Hodgkins. Woodward and
Kennedy also entered.
One mile relay race-Westcrn, Canaga.
Coyle. Finley and Boggs, won: Central.
Dear. Curtiss. Bristol and Buell.. second;
Eastern, Hilder. Bradshaw, Kennedy and
Bradley. third. Time. 3.41 1-5.
Central scored six firsts. four seconds and
seven thirds: Western. six firsts, five sec
onds and three thirds: Eastern. one first
four seconds and three thirds. Five points
scored on firsts, three on seconds and
one on thirds.