The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-26
LATEST NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE DAY IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
-Four Records Broken
In High School Meet
Central on Top With Technical Second.
Cook Proves Himself Best All-Round
SchooIboy in the District

Central High School yesterday re- I!
peated its time-worn stunt of winning /
the annual spring outdoor meet Of the I
Washington high schools. 1t scored 1
50 points; Technical was next, with ~; 4
Western was third. with 9; Business (
next. with I. and Eastern brought up I
the rear. with 3.
The largest crowd that ever Witnessed !
high school games in this city was on 4
hand, several thousand students attend 1
ing. Gaudy banners were gayly flung
&c what breeze there was. and cheers,
loud and long. arose from his school !
mates for the winner Of each event.
Tech Broke Records.
-Four new high school records were
established. three of them by athletes
from Technical. Du Came set a new
mark in the shot put, Il feet inches. /
and discus with 50 feet Y inch. and
Byrne clipped several seconds off the
best previous time for the haIf-mile
run. setting a new mark Of 2:17 80. The
other record was made by Cook, of
Central, in the broad jump. who in
creased the distance from q feet 1 inch
To 81 feet 2 inches.
Cook again established his reputation
as the best all-round young athlete in
school or club circles in Washington.
capturing more points than anyone who
competed yesterday It was mainly
through his work that the meet went to
Central Ke finished first in the 1Oo-yard
dash, won the 22O-yard dash. was first
in the broad jump. ran the last quarter
OF the senior relay race for Central and
drew away from his opponent. and got
second place in the shot put. OF the 80
points earned by Central Cook captured
b. and aided materially In getting >
more.
Relay Cinch for Central.
The features Of the meet were the
senior relay. 1OO-yard dash Junior relay,
and 220-yard dash. The three last named
resulted in excellent contests. and the
other attracted the interest Of all the
spectators, as It was the most impOr-
tant event Of the day. In this Central
scored an easy victory. Kipp led for
his school on the first relay, with Moss,
OF Technical, ten yards behind. Kelly
further increased the lead the next time
around. Mccormick held it in his turn.
and Cook walked away from Gedney,
of Tech. who was second. at least forty
yards behind the flying leader Business
was third, Colclesser winning show
money from his opponent by stones
In the 10O-yard dash Cook and WetzeI
put up as pretty a fight for supremacy
as was seen during the day. They were
on even terms nearly all the way, and
one had to be standing right In front
Of the tape to separate them at the nm
fish Phelan. OF Western, gave Cook an
other gruelling race In the 220-yard dash,
which elected unusual applause from
the spectators.
Field Events Close.
Several OF the field events were so
to toss a coin to determine upon the
winner. IN the high jump Smith and
Bacchus. both of Technical, each clear
ed 8 feet "a inches. and could get no
higher. Smith won the toss. and was
decided winner of the event.
A penny also had 70 be tossed Up TO
decide the winner OF second place In the
pole vault. and Hampton OF Central
won II from Phelan. Of Western.
Good Time in Hundred.
The 1OO-yard dash was run In second
to the fastest time ever made at a
high school meet in Washington Cook
covered the distance in only one-dfth
Of a second slower than the time made
by Dick Dear formerly OF Central. and
now the University Of Pennsylvania. The
time made Ly Cook was 10 Is seconds.
II IS the opinion Of many Of those pres
ent that II the race were run over Wet
eel would stand as good a chance of
winning II as Cook
Du Came was TechnicaTs premier
point-getter, he winning both the dis
Gus throw and shot put. BalIenger, OF
Technical. was looked upon as an easy
winner, but Big Ed sprained his knee
In baseball game last week and was
severely handicapped in all OF the events
in which he contested. Despite his han
oicap. however, he won The hammer
throw by good margin.
The Summaries.
Junior 75-yard dash-FTrst heat: Os-
good, Western. first; Hamilton. Central. |
second. Time. So. Second heat: Helm |
Western, first; RosemOnd. Technical, |
second; Time, SO. Finals: Helm. west
ern, first; Osgood. Western, second; !
Harrison, Western. third. Time, S.
Senior lOo-yard dash-First heat:
Kent. Central first; Walker, Technical. |
Central. first: wetzen. Technical. sec
ond. Time, 1L3. Finals: Cook. Cen
trial. first: Kent. Central. second; Wet
eel, Technical, third. Time. l01.
Kelly. Central, second; Sherman, Cen
trail. third. Time. 2:17 3-5.
220-yard hurdle-Kent, Central first.
Morse. Western. second; Kipp. Central.
22O-yard dash-First heat: Cook. Cen
trail. first; Phelan. Western, second.
Time. O:25 2-5. Second heat: Wetzel,
Technical. first: Smith, Technical, sec
ond Time. 0:26 2-5. Finals: Cook Cen
trial. first; Wetzel. Technical, second:
Phelan. Western. third. Time, 0:23.
Mile run-Connor, Central. first; Adj
ans. Western. second; Hendley. Central.
third. Time. 1855 2-5.
44O-yard run-Kelly, Central first
Loughran. Business, second; Wallace,
Central third Time. 0:54
Junior relay-Half-mile race Central,
first; Western. second; Technical, third
Championship relay-one mile. Central.