The Washington times., 1905-04-30
WASHINGTON TEAMS
WIN RELAY RACES
Georgetown Law and Army and Navy
Props Victorious in Respective Events
at Franklin Field Games.

PHILADELPHIA, April 29.-The an
nua1 University OF Pennsylvania relay
carnival was held this afternoon at
Franklin Field under unfavorable con-
ditions Throughout the morning
misty rain put the track in poor shape
and after it had cleared up considerably
a cold easterIy wind blew down the
field to the discontinue of the athletes
and spectators.
The crowd was slow in arriving, hut
by the time that the schools and minor
college events had been cleared away.
there were fully 1900 persons in the
seats on the four sides of the vast
arena.
East and West.
With the exception of Harvard every
un: rersity and college Of prominence in
thG East and middle West was repre-
sented either in the relay races or the
special events, and the gathering of
athletes was in many ways the most
representative that has ever competed
in any one. set of games.
The dark blue of ale was carried to
the front in two of the championship
relays. the one and two-miIe events,
and Old Eli was but two yards away
tape in the four-mile championship OF
America.
While the East was strong and won
the majority of the races. the West
came to the front more prominently
sections competed.
Washington Teams.
Five relay teams from Washington
ran. and two of these won their re-
spective races. The Army and Navy
Prep School. under the coaching of ex-
Champion Wefers. made a most auspic-
sious initial appearance by winning its
race in the preparatory school class by
fully twenty yards. with the Chestnut
Hill Academy. second. and Blight S
school, third. Time, 3:50
In one of the fastest classes of the
carnival the runners of the Georgetown
Law School won with margin OF th!r-
~ yards, but after the race q protest
was fled with Referee Sullivan, which
will keep from the local runners, for a
time. at least, the gold watches which
ase awarded To the winning teams. The
Jefferson Medical College captain lodged
complaint against MulIigan, who ran
last for the Blue and Gray, on the
grounds that the athlete was not prop
erly entered, and pending an investiga-
ton of the matter the officials withheld
their decision.
Behind at Start.
At the start, Waldron. of New York
Law, got the jump on Georgetown, and
at the finish the Gothamites led by sew
eral yards with the Blue and Gray sec
ond and the jefferson Medical Schoo,
third Yoder took up the going fer ths
Washington team. but he was unable
to gain. and when McGettigan got the
touch he was about eight yards behind
his rival.
Before he had reached tt:c head OF
the back stretch McGettigan caught his
man, and when he hit the home
stretch he opened up until he gave
Mulligan a lead of about twelve yards
The last Georgetown runner simply
toyed with the ether teams. and
rompcd homo. thirty yards ahead in .
minutes and II seconds.
In Fast Race.
Neither George Washington nor Gal
laudet were able to get into the money
in their races, but the latter team put
up Il fine race and finished fourth well
up in the bunch The George Washing
ton team was badly handicapped by be-
ing on the extreme outside IN a seven
team race, but the Washingtonians
were contenders through the mile, and
finished strong. Strivers, Law. ard
the Babcock brothers were the men wao
made up the team.
IN the High School championship race
the Wendell Phillips School of Chi>s.