The Washington times., 1902-06-22

Robinson, of the Golden knights, could
do no better than 4 feet inches.
Perseverance, fourth successive fiji 81
was wen by Jack Henderson, who hurled
the discus rs feet, Dick Ives getting sec
ord place. The scores OF the several
clubs were now as follc g: Persever-
arce. -; Golden Knights, 8; Rangers
8; invincibles, 8: Dauntless. 2.
One Of the Dauntless boys took the
final heat of the 75-yard dash. beating
out Sands. of the Golden knights. in an
exciting finish. Robert Van WORT won
the pcle vault. second place going to
the Inv,ncibles. The Golden Knights
took 10th places in the 220-yard dash,
making tfeir total number Of points 10,
against 13 for Perseverance
There were now but two events left
the two-mile bicycle race and the in
:erc.ub relay race. Perseverance would
have TO win both TO win the banner
given to the club scoring the greatest
number OF points.
The Knights entered Weston, their
crack rider. in the bicycle race. He
had won prizes in number of races,
and. consequently, looked upon the event
as an assured victory. Charley Olmstead
and George Graham. who had practiced
and trained faithfully. but had never
before rjdden in race, represented Per-
severance. At the crack of the pistol
the riders shot off in 4 bunch. George
Graham very unwisely took the lead and
paced the others for nearly the entire
distance. The result was that the
others remaining behind, were compare
lively fresh when the sprint began.
AS the bell rang for the beginning of
h. 1oot To- f,,r,, It. hoo
to the front. with Charley Olmstead
close after him. These two distanced
the others Immediately. for their pace
was tco hot to hoid.
Weston was slightly in the lead as
they raced for the tape. Charley leaned
over his handle bars, rose from his sad
die. and dug into his pedals in one last
effort. With a magnificent burst Of speed
he spurted past his rival and crossed
the tape a tires width ahead, amid the
frenzied shouts OF the crowd.
1t was now 1915 in favor of the
Knights, and the relay race would de-
eide the meet During the first half
mile the representatives OF the FIVE
teams remained close together. Harry
Hanford took up Pe-severance's third
relay, but Dick Ives, Of the lnvincibles.
started off at brisk clip, which left the
slightly ahead OF the other three con-
testants at the end OF his relay. AS
Wilbur Wheatley touched Harry and
took up the final relay the invincibles'
runner was yards ahead, and the other
three runners were right at his heels.
Wilbur ran as he had never run be-
fore. for he realized that his club de-
pended en- him TO win the race. and with
it the meet He made up his mind that
he would overtake the runner ahead OF
him at any cost. He started to sprint
the entire relay, as II it we're a short
dash instead of quarter of mile. The
figures ahead OF him grew nearer and
nearer. and when the last lap began
Wilbur was hardly a yard behind.
Soon it was the last hundred yards,
and Wilbur was still unable to pass his
opponent He could see the spectators
rising In their seats and he could hear
their shouts of encouragement. He felt
that he must and should win, but some
how it seemed that all his strength was
leaving him. He felt dull, dead pain in
his legs, and his breath came in short
gasps. His throat was parched, and
sharp pains shot through his head.
1t was the last 20 yards now, and the
Invincible runner also was showing signs
of exhaustion. Wilbur threw his head
back. gritted his teeth and plunged for
ward to the tape with an almost super
human effort. for his strength had left
him and only his nerve was keeping him
up. Just at the t7ish he passed his
rival and threw himself across the tape
into the arms Of his friends. who were
waiting TO catch him. a scene OF wild
enthusiasm followed.
Wilbur did not hear the jubilant cheers
of the Perseverance crowd, for he had
tainted. nor did he hear the voice of the
announcer declaring that Perseverance
had won the meet by one point: that the
Perseverance relay team had won the
silver cup, and that Wilbur Wheatly had
won the special medal awarded to the
athlete winning the greatest number OF
points,
Wilbur came around nicely in a few
minutes, feeling weak but happy. He
smiled family when he heard OF his
clubs triple victory. After hearty
supper and a good nights rest he was
all right again.
The banner was hung in the clubhouse
and the relay cup was put in a glass
case in one corner. The boys naturally
felt proud TO have defended the trophies
against all corners.
As the clubhouse was situated on the
rivers edge the boys recognized its ad
vantage for aquatic sports. They ac-
cordingly built pier and floats for boat
ing and swimming, and even organized
a racing crew.