The Washington times., 1905-02-26

TOOK Inc lead. but lost II almost InTlS-
diately. and Fleming. Of George Wash
| ington, started with a lead of one yard.
! The pace was too strong, and although
he tried hard, he was passed by his
rival, losing the race by about five feet
/ Time. 2:53 3-5
High Jump Won by Scho1l.
The high jump was held to one side
of the running alleys. without interfer-
! ing with the other events. Eighteen
men were entered. SchoIl of the Mary
| land Athletic Club. won easily. with the
bar feet sM inches high. He cleared
the distance easily, and could. Il neees-
sary. have done several inches higher.
Carroll Institute Wins Relay.
Another. pretty event was tf,s. relay
between Carroll Institute ard tie Bal
| tilaore and Ohio Atssistic Club. of BAL
/. tiHaore. Carroll Institute went to the
! front early IN the race. which sFsas Ter
eight laps. The Baltimore and Ohio
men began TO creep up IN the fourth lap,
| however, and might have won w'I1ess
1erzog. who had caught and passsd his
opponent. fell and lost almost half Il
lap. Although painfully injured i5s the
fail, he arose and continued: bus With
out result. Too much ground had been
lost, and the local institution wen n
2.51,
The team from the University OF
asaryIand was at the eleventh hour sub
stituted III the place of the Mary laIaI
Athletic Club. IN the relay scheduled
to be held by the iatter institution and
ST. Jos1a.s College, Annapolis. At no
time during the eight la ps could the re-
suit be foretold- In the first lap. Mat
thews, OF the Maryland, fell and lost
! fully thirty yards The distance was
then on it was nip and tuck. The Mary
land runner finished in the lead, but his
team was disqualified and the race was
awarded To ST. Johns on foal
Handicap Shot Put.
Thirteen men were entered in the han
dicap shot put. Although putting from
scratch. Boyd, CT the University of
Pennsylvania. won. his best put being
Il feet ~ inches. 0'Gornlan. with
handicap CT feet, vas second, with II
| feet !. inches, and Cooling, OF Westers
Maryland, was third. with 20 feet 3-5
inches. His handicap was 6 feet inches.
44o-Yard Open Handicap.
/; Thirty-two men started in the li0 open
Handicap. So crowded was thu track
that the scratch men had but little oI.-
portunity to forge to the front. j. Z.
Hunt, of Hopkins, with a handicap of
twenty yards, in 81 seconds. He
won easily. looking back at his nearest
! competitor. Herring, of the local 7. NJ.
! c. A.
Mile Run Goes TO Sheca-d.
| Much interest was displayed in the
t mile run. contested in by men from
Princeton. several small colleges, ai2d
| the local high schools. The race, from
/ the start, was for second place, Shep-
! ard, of the Brown Preparatory School,
taking and holding the lead. Williams.
of Princeton. and Bryer, Of Baltimore
/ City College, had Il pretty fight for
! second, the former crossing the line
! few feet in the lead in 4:lS 4-5.
Jacob Tome Institute and the
] Georgetown preparatory school had
pretty relay which, though one sided,
was interesting throughout. The tear
t from Western High Sc5zoelS which was
entered in this event, Withdrew, ana
| only two men stared
montgomery, OF the Preps got "
! best start. but fell at the turn HIS
team mates tsIed hard to overcome the
lead thus afforded their rivals. but
were unsuccessful, Tome winning ia
a.44 Ia.
race particularly interesting TO
/, Georgetown was the Georgetown inter-
class relay Each coterie OF students
| lad its favorite, whom they cheered and
( urged onward. The race was hotly con-
| tested ana was won bv the class OF 1905
in $50
i That the athletes of Central High
school are not to be despised en- the
track was shown ia the race between
that restitution and the Baltimore City
College. Central took the lead III the
first lap and held it throughout. Only
/ onee-in the fifth iap-was the Balti-
more institution really dangerous. and
! when Central crossed the line in the
eighth lap. q winner by FIVE yards, the
air rang with Central cheers. Time.
2:46 3-5.
The half mile was rather slow affair
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