The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03


Race-Artbur Duffy Runs the Fifty
There was more and better athletics
| crowded into three hours last night at
| Convention Hall than is usually seen in
| Washington The third annual indoor
athletic meet of the Georgetown Univer-
4, sity Athletic Association brought together
| a galaxy of the brightest stars in the
| athletic world and the consequence was
| that the occasion was a record breaker
in more ways than one.
| A crowd of over 5000 people, many of
whom were college students with com
| patriots on the entry list. enthusiastically
| applauded the many deeds of athletic
prowess which were performed on the
board floor The athletes of Georgetown.
| who were in sense the hosts of the oc-
| casion, helped themselves to a fair share
of the glory. BY their victory over the
| University Of Pennsylvania in the relay
race the cup of joy aS the supporters OF
the Blue and Grey was filled to the brim.
BY far the most exciting and closely
| contested events were the relay races Ihe
race between Georgetown and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania teams, which was
| won by Georgetown, was the best contest
| for the fall of Drumkeller, the last runner
on the Quaker team. the finish would
/ have been hair-raisng. As it was. Hoi-
| land. of Georgetown, finished yards to the
good
On the second turn of the first relay
| Lynch of Georgeown, fell and lost con-
siderable ground. which WAS, however,
made up partially by owens in the next
relay Reilly, of Georgetown, was op-
posed to Brown. of Pennsy, and after "A
| game sprint caught his opponent at the
| beginning Of the last relay. What prom
| ised to be a royalty contested quarter
| mile between Billy Holland. of George
town, and Drumkeller, of the Quakers.
was spoiled when the latter fell on the
second lap. Holland then had practically
no opposition in the race and finished
easily amid the delirious yells of 500
| Georgetown rOoters.
The Columbia relay team. which was
defeated by Cornell at the Knickerbocker
Athletic Club indoor meet. in New York,
early in February. came to Washington
| looking for revenge. They, however.
| went away without it. for they were
| again beaten by the Ithacans. On the oc-
casion of their first meeting Cornell fin
| ished but yard ahead of the New York
ers. Last night the victory was a de-
| cided one. The first runner for Cornell
was E. II. Young. former Central High
| School boy. of this city. He earned all
kinds of plaudits when he opened ten
| feet of daylight between himself and the
| Columbia sprinter. This lead was main
| tained throughout the race by the other
| runners.
| The team race between the Washing
| ton High Schools brought great enthu-
| siasm on the part of large number of
| High School students. There was nothing
| to the race but Central. however.
| Two worlds records were broken during
| the evening. Arthur Duffy. of George
| town. in the fifty-yard special. covered
! the stance of board floor between scratch
! and tape In what was announced to be
| seconds fiat. The world s indoor record for
| fifty yards was set at IL seconds years
| ago by Lon Myers. the veteran Splinter.
| 1t was expected that besides Duffy there
would start in this event Tewkesbury. of
| Pennsylvania. and Deleado. Of the West
! Side Athletic Club. of New York. Del
! Sado was prevented from fulfilling his
i promise TO appear in this event on ac-
| count of an attack of illness, and the
| Quaker Splinter confined himself to the
| 50-yard hurdle race. which he won hand
| lily
The other worITs record to fan was
! badly shattered when Charles J. Lucas.
| OF Tufts College. clipped two seconds
| from the indoor potato race record, which
| he himself held. The record was % %
| seconds, but If the time made last night be
/
| seconds.
! The Grant brothers. alexander. of the
| T. ersity Of Pennsylvania. and Dick. Of
! Harvard. who are the best two distance
runners in the collegiate world, ran d
| two mile race for the indoor champion
| ship. Alexander Grant was apparently
much fresher than his brother who had
| started in the mile handicap earlier in
| the evening. He finished well ahead Of
| Dicl. Grant, who had little difficulty in
| defeating Mcdonald, OF the Cambridge
mo f.N-Ffn Of fa guIV~ Ia..V.
! starter.
Bernard j Wefers. the old Georgetown
| spriHter and eX-intercollegiate champion,
! fell far short of his record in an exhibit
| ton 22O-yard dash against time. He was.
| however, accorded generous applause
| when he appeared on the track.
Baxter the old University of Pennsyl-
| wanna jumper, fairly romped away with
| the high jump. He cleared the bar at
| six feet two inches Jones, of the Uni
Yersty of New York, with light handi-
cap was a poor second.
| Maxey Long, OF Columbia the king OF
quarter milers, started in only one event.
| He ran under the colOrs of the Twenty
| third New York Regiment in an exhibi-
/ ton relay. The Twenty-third was schcd-
| ulcd to meet the Fifth Maryland Rrgi-
nent of Baltimore. The latter l. am fail
ed to appear, however, and the rae went
| to the Gotham regiment by forfeiture.
| NJ. ]. Thompson, post graduate Of
| Georgetown University. formerly Of Holy
| Cross College, assisted by {. NJ Barry.
| 1902 the manager Of the Georgetown track
| team, had charge Of the meet, which was
| run off in record time. 1t was but 1899
! o'clock when the last event was con-
/ cluded. Mr.. Ben OtheuS, of Boston, acted
as clerk of the course. and kept things
| moving in such lively fashion that the
| trials and finals were run off without
| moments delay.
The track was banked sharply at the
| turns. where several falls occurred. No
| one was seriously injured. however.
The summary of final events follow: