Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07


was held up back of the circle and upon
them fully 1850 persons were crowded, all
anxious to get to the grounds 1t was
nearly 3 o'clock when the first heat of
the 1O0-yard race was run, and from that
time until 80 the people rushed into the
grounds in droves. The grand stand was
crowded with pretty misses and their es
cOrts, while the more ardent enthusiasts
took possession of the seats. nearer to the
field. Better weather could not have been
asked for, strong, cooling breeze sweep
ing over the campus from the south, and
the people who sat in the sun maintained
their position throughout the afternoon
without being worried with the heat.
The officers of the meet were: Referee,
Oscar p. Schmidt judges of track events,
F. j. Wisner NJ. B. Rdout, j. c. Sullivan
Cormick and Harry Fry; field judges Jo-
seph Drum, Joseph Lynch. s. r. karpeles,
H NJ. Suter and Frank Kerns; inspectors,
George Deslodge John Russell Maurice
Gelpi, r. Abbaticchio and Preston Edmon-
ston; starter. Joseph Reilly; clerk of course,
George Quinlan: assistant clerks of course,
Otis Drake. Harry Norman. B. ]. Ford and
Charles Cox; scorers, E. p. O'Donnell ].
A. McEroy, William Barnes and s. Hen
retty; announcer, Alexander Rourke.
The Western High School boys took the
greatest interest in the meet and worked
diligently for several hours trimming up the
right wing of the grand stand. which had
been allotted to them. All the uprights
were covered with the schools colors and
under the roof and along the front of the
stand large banners were hung. The fol-
lowers of Central stretched a large banner
in front of their section. the other schools
combining their display of color to flags and
badges.
AS Manager Thompson was about to or
der the opening of the meet. the strains Of
Way Down in Dixie" were heard and in
few minutes the Times Newsboys Band
marched into the grounds across the field
and then took up position in the small
md he rf,yhF Ilrrri p0 hn a
the band enlivened matters considerably by
playing popular airs.
Dick Bears Fine Work.
That fine athlete Dick Dear once more
led Central to the front and 1T is ques-
ton whether the colors of blue and white
would have been so prominent, but for his
prowess. AS runner and all around ath-
lete. Dear stands head and shoulders above
the other boys, he alone scoring Is points
of Centrdfs 81. Dear won the 100 yards
and 220 yards races and also the discus
throw. getting points for each event,
making total of 10 Dick was in unusual
ly good shape yesterday and gave indica-
lions of getting better instead Of going
back. He thoroughly understands all the
little points of an athlete meet and this
knowledge stood him in good stead In the
trial heats of the 100 yards run. To the
onlookers it looked as though Dear got
away from the start a little slow and the
TWO boys IN the neat nnlSneQ aneaO-O1 MIN,
which would have thrown Dear out the race
entirely. But he made a vigorous protest to
Referee Oscar P. Schmidt and his claim
was corroborated by the starter and the
heat was run over again and of course
Dear won out. There was great glee among
the students, at first, when Dear finished
third they saw points slipping out of
the grasp of Centrals, but when the heat
was ordered to be run over the Western
manager withdrew his boys as he knew
they hadn't a chance. Dear claimed the
Western boys had beaten the pistol and as
Starter Reilly backed up his protest, Ref
seree Schmidt had nothing else to do but
order another trial.
In the DO yards run, Dear did phenome-
nal work for the first $50 yards and spread
eagled the field to such extent that he
IMPLY -romped home. In the discus throw
he also proved the best, covering u feet and
inches. This is Bears last year in the
local schools and from this time on Central
will have to work hard to come out ahead
especially as Western has come to the front
with giant bounds. In Bristol, Central has
| a good boy. but it can hardly be expected
that he will be Bears equal. Dear goes to
Pennsylvania University and his future
work will be watched with interest.
Broke the Hammer Throw Record.
Another young man who attracted con.
| siderable attention was j. E. Ballipeer
who broke the record in the hammer throw
Young Ballinger is from the Technical
| School, and his victory threw the followers
| of the new institution into a state of great
enthusiasm. The hammer was thrown III
| feet 5h inches beating the best previous
| work of Curtis in 1900 by over, 8 feet Bal
| linger has big pair Of shoulders and ham
| died himself well while toeing the mark
| for the throw. He was cool. took the whirl
/ with precision and then with q mighty
| lift the hammer sailed ont Of Rallin0ar,a