Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-07
ANNUAL TRACK MEET
First Event Under Auspices
Va. Episcopal High School.
CEN TRIAL q. S. WINS
LOCAL SCHOOL TEAM CARRIES
OFF FIRST HONoRS.
Maryland, Virginia and the District OF
Columbia Send Athletes to the
Holly Fought Contest.
specia, CORRESPONDENCE Of The Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 6, 1905.
The first annual interscholastic track and
| field meet given under the auspices of the
| Episcopal High School of Virginia on the
| grounds of the high school near this city
| this afternoon brought together the ath-
! letic representatives of the principal high
| schools and academies of Maryland Vir-
| ginia and the District of Columbia and fur
| nished some of the finest contests of physl-
| cal skill, training and endurance ever seen
| in Virginia.
| With the advantage of fair weather and
| temperature which, while pleasant to the
| spectators, was not warm enough TO aoo
| discomfort to the work of the contestants,
| all of the events were handled with pre-,
! cision and alacrity which greatly pleased
| the onlookers and reflected the highest
credit upon the executive ability OF the
| athletic management of the school.
| A distinct feature of the affair was the
entire absence of any discordant occur
| renee. The various events, while contested
| to the limit with ardor and enthusiasm,
| were utterly free from evidences of acrl-
mony on the part of the participants In
| all cases the decisions of the referee ana
| judges were accepted as final, and IN only
| one instance-a dead heat in the loo-yard
dash third class, was there tie result.
| On all victors alike the applause OF the
| numerous gathering of spectators was
| heartily bestowed.
| Central High School Wins.
Nearly a thousand people most of whom
were Virginians, followed closely the
| numerous events from until O'Clock.
and cheered long and Justify when, after
| the meet was over, it was announced IN
| Jiggett Hall that the first honors for team
| work had been carried off by the sturdy
| representatives of the Central High School
| of Washington.
| were carried 20 the front in so many OF
| the important events that a final count
showed 81 points in favor of that lnstltu-
ton, which was far in advance OF the ! .Eo
| ures credited to any other contingent, the
| Jacob Tones Institute of Port Deposit Nd,
| being second with total of 40
The most exciting event of the day, and
| that in which the honors were, perhaps,
more highly priced than in any other single
| contest, was the relay race, Whlch was
| captured in brilliant fashion by the Ep1s-
copal High School. Owing to the intense
| excitement and spectacular value OF this
event it was placed at the last OF the
regular program, where it furnished a
| GROWING finale to the spirited struggles OF
| the preceding hours. In this event the VIZ
ginia school team showed marked superior1-
ty. its last relay man, Marbury, sprinting
across the line with great lead over all
the others.
The Opening Events.
The regular schedule opened at o'clock
with the running off of several heats Of
the 1OO-yard dashes the 220-yard runs, the
half-miIe races and other distances. In the
final trials of these events the results We're
as follows: 1O0-yard dash, list class
Gamble ]. T. l., winner; Hardy, w. F. s.,
second; Latane, E. II. s., third and Sex
| ton j. T l., fourth. Time. 10 1-5 seconds.
! Half mile, LIST class-Wiltshire, B. l.. S,
| winner Sherman, c. II. s., second and
| Byrne. T. H. s., third. Time, 2 minutes and
S 80 seconds.
go yards, I'd class-Stollennerck, B. L. S,
| winner; Rosemond, T. H. s., second;
Roemer, B. L. s., third, and Shade, T. H.
| S. fourth. Time. "a 80 seconds.
High Hurdle-Needham, w. +. S., winner;
| Wiltshire B. L. S, second; Bird, b. L. s.,
third. and kearney, f. H. s., fourth. Time,
| Is So seconds.
| Quarter mile, LIST class-Low, J. T. l.,
winner; saxton. j. T. /, second Marbury
| E. H. S. third and Kemper, c. II. s.,
! fourth. Time, % As seconds.
| 100 yards. I'd class-Duker, b. G. c., win
ner; Osgood, w f. s., second; Shade, T.
H s., third, and Jones, j. 7. l., fourth
Tine, 1888 seconds.
| 800 yards, third class-Smithson c. H. s.
winner; Gutman, B. c. c., second: kearney,
E H s., third. and Sadtler, b. l.. s., fourth.
Time, - 1-5 seconds.
221-yard hurdle, first class-Gamble, j.
| T. l., winner; Kent, c. H. s., second;
Morse, w II. s., third Fourth falling to
| qualify. Time, 81 seconds.
220-yard hurdle. second class-Hamlton,
c. H. S., winner; Browne, T. II. s., second;
Clagett, C. H. s., third, and Duker, b. c. c.,
fourth Time. 20 4-5 seconds.
Quarter mile. third class-Smithson, c. H.
S. winner; Gutman. B. G. c., second; War
field, ]. P. s.. third. and Pendleton, E. III.
s.. fourth. Time, 81 seconds.
One mile, first class-Connor c. H. S.,
winner; Byrne, T H. S, second; Clagctt,
| C. II. S, third. and Wood, E. II. S., fourth.
| Time minutes and % seconds.
| 100 yards, third class-Gutman, B. c. c.,
| and Smithson, c. H. S., ran a dead heat
| for first place. with Hugh. ]. P. s., third
| and Sadtler, B. L. s., fourth. Time. IL
| seconds. Later the tie was run off, Gut
| man winning by narrow margin.
| DO yards, first class-Low, ]. T. l., win
| ner; Cook, C. II. s., second; Sexton, ]. T.
| l., third, and Hardy, w. F. S., fourth
| Time, % 3-5 seconds.
The Relay Teams.
| Relay team-Episcopal High School, win
| ner, Georgetown Preparatory School, Wood
berry Forest School and Marstons Uni
| versity School competing. Marbury, E. II.
| S., winner; Wallis, NJ. u. S., second. Time,
! minutes and 80 seconds These teams
were composed as follows: E H. s., Daniel
| Cough. Latane and Marbury; M U. S.,
| Stevenson. Wallace. Bevans, Brooks, Sis
| son; G. p s., Mohn, Blandin, Tierney; W.
| p. s., Calf Needham, Addison and Hardy
| The following were the winners of the
| heats in the various distances: 100 yards
| first clasS-Flrst heat. Kent, G. II. S. win
| ner; Low, c. II. s.. second Time II Sec
| onds. Second heat: Hardy W. F. S. win
| ner; SaXton, ]. T. l. second. Time. 10 2-5