Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
MANY RECORDS
WERE SMASHED
Good Work by the School Boys
at Franklin FieId-Washinq-
tonians Disappointing.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


PHILADELPHIA, Pa. MAY 19-Records
fell on all sides In the fifth annual middle
states scholastic championships, held on
Franklin Field this afternoon, under the
auspices of the University OF Pennsylvania
Five middle states records, three of them
beating the best American interscholastfc
figures. were hung UP by the youthful ath-
leteA The most sensational work of the
day was the victory of G. Ii. whitley of
Lawrenceville School in the half mile his
time being l minute 81 % seconds. Whitley
went around the track like streak of
lightning. beating the best time ever made
previously by a school boy by 10 seconds.
In the mile run PAUL of Mercersburg
made a new record of 4 minutes "a 40 sec
onds In the 220-yard dash Wills of Mer-
cerSburg did % seconds fiat, and in the
220-yard hurdles Merrill of Hill School won
in 25 20 seconds, new American record.
The last record to be broken was in the two
miles, in which Hunter of the Central High
School won in 1017 As. setting Amer
lean record
Hill School of Pottstown was first with
score of 90 points, and Mercersburg was
second, with "a points. Brown Preparatory
School was third. with II points; Philadel-
phia Central High School fourth, with H.
while Penn Charter and Lawrencevlle tied
with 15 each.
Washington athletes failed to show I'D in
the manner expected. In the 1Oo-yard dash
Roberts of the Washington Central High
School failed to get place because of n
bad start. Schmidt of the same school was
one of the starters in the mile run, but the
pace was too fast for him and he finished
far In the rear.
In the broad jump C. P Davis of the Bal
timore City College was third. with splen-
did leap OF 81 feet 6 -5 inches, just Az
inches behind the winner. The summaries;
1oo-yard dash, interscholastic fnals-won by E.
Wits, Mercersburg second. +: 3. Ballard: Mer
Honsh, George school,. Time EN- 10 as seconds
Wills was later disqualified, and the other runners
ns sms sR foST psse OF
su9R s ,,ons P9 school, STs
[. q. Frantx T@wreneeyife: fourth, W. K Hun;
ter. Central High School. Time. minutes "a 40
44o-yar dash Won by W. Mursh Brown Prep.
Rn senso A Time s'f s ~ :eeon %.' sa'sa'
mi 11o-y sd hurdles; final heatmWop by Merrill
fh''a srs fourth
Hsydoei. Central High : school; third, Dwight.
Iawrencevile; fourth, Caesar, Hill. Time Is 20
Two-mile run-won by R. NJ. Hunter Central
High School; second Vincent, Mercersburg; third,
nal Time 10 minutes Il 40 seconds
sand ., nhwoR BY Whitley
ss sss TINE, i minute = = seconds; '
<St!dTu uasn-NOn Dy Wis, MercefSDurgi sec
ond Black. Mercersburg: third. Shoemaker, Ger
mantown; fourth. Roberts. Hill School. Time. q
seconds. Wills subsequently disqualified and
the next three moved up one point
220-yard hurdles tfinalsJ-Won by Merrill, Hill
School; second. Haydock. Central High School:
third Dwight, Lawrencevilie; fourth, Caesar, Hill
School. Time, 25 2-5 seconds
Twelve pound shot-put-Won by r. B. McCarroll.
Brown Preparatory School. Al feet II inches; sec
ond, F. J. Guetter. Penn Charter. Al feet III
inches; third r. H. Stein, Penn Charter, 40 feet
Inches; fourth. E. r. Rankin, Brown Preparatory
School 80 feet 10 inches
High jump-A tie for first between X. Merrill.
Hill School, and n. f. Talcott Hin School, at 8
feet inches third S. Hoffman Penn Charter 3
feet inches fourth, r. johnson, Central High
School, feet 5 inches.
Hammer throw-Won by E. Mercerau, Hill
School 154 feet IA inches; second, r. B. McCar-
roll. Brown Prep 145 feet II inches; third, d. C.
Low, Mercersburg, 1876 feet inches; fourth. W.
Coleman Hill School, 12s feet 3 inches.
Broad jump-Won by Talcott. Hill School. 81
feet IL inches; second, Towne, Brown Prep. School,
q feet 81 inches; third. Davis, Baltimore c. c.,
II feet 6h inches; fourth. Hoffman, Penn Charter
20 feet inches
Pole vault-Won by c. Bleistein, Hill School 10
feet 8 inches; second, Parke, Penn Charter. 10
feet inches; tie for third betwe en- Nelson Law
renceville: Conway, Penn Charter, and II. Parker.
George School. at 10 feet inches.