The Washington times., 1906-05-13

PORT DEPOSlI. No Nay lS--Ine
fourth annual interscholastic field and
track meet held under the auspices OF
the Jacob Tome Institute took place to-
day on the athletic field Of the school at
Port Deposit. Md
The weather y rs ideal and the track
in excellent shape. The largest crowd
that has ever witnessed an athletic
event at the institute was present. in
cluding many spectators from both Bal
timore and Washington.
Gamble. of Tome. broke the pole vault
record. with a vault Of 10 feet inches.
and McCarroH. of Baltimore. set a new
mark in the hammer throw with 134 feet
5 inches.
Baltimore Men Protested.
Because of a protest entered by the
Boys Latin School, of Baltimore.
against two men, Gutman and Martin,
OF Baltimore City College, who took
first and second respectively. in the
Junior 220- yard dash. it was impossible
for the officials TO announce the winner
Of the championship banner. The men
were protested as being above the age
limit for these events. II they are
thrown out. and DR.. Grant chairman OF
the South Atlantic division. of the A
A L. states that II is probable that
t4iNN via bts NilG CtAlIdl CCnODls
Of Washington. wins the pennant with
total of 3 points against p made by
the Baltimore City College athletes. not
counting the s tallies scored by Gutman
and Martin.
The handsome solid silver cup which
Is presented each year to the man scor-
ing the greatest number OF points went
10 c. P. Davis. Of Baltimore City Col
iege. with two firsts and a second. Davis
won the running broad. and the 1OO-yard
dash, and was second in the high jump.
Ed c. Kemper OF the washington Cen
traI High School, was second for in
dividual honors. with first in the 220-
yard hurdles. and second in the 1GO-yard
dash which gave him total Of s points.
Washington Men Fared Well.
Besides the work OF Kemper. the other
Washington athletes who were entered
also did well. The 1Oo-yard brought out
perhaps the best field. Duker and Da-
Wis, r. c. c.; Kemper and Leo Roberts,
both Of Central. all qualified for the
finals. and in a killing finish. after
leading all the way, Davis broke the
tape barely an inch ahead OF Kemper
and Roberts. who finished in that order
The mile, while taken by the repre-
sentatives of a Northern school went
10 Frank Byrne, who formerly attend
ed the Technical High School. The
field was so large in this event that
the starter decided 70 set the men off
their marks IN two rows Byrne had
a good position near the pole In the
first row. but Schmidt, Centrars only
entry in this race. was not so luclkv
and drew seventh place from the pole
in the rear line
Byrnes' Beautiful Race.
Byrne led off at the start with a
squirt. and Schmidt at the first turn was
trailing along about sixth or seventh
Just before the turn into the stretch
for the first lap Byrne faltered slightly.
and Meyer. of Philadelphia. took the
pace. which he held for the next round.
Schmidt, with his machine-Iike stride.
rapidly worked up to second place and
the former Technical man. appearing
all IN, dropped back TO fourth. The
runners held this position, with the rest
closely punched in the rear. until tho
starter fired his pistol for the last lap.
when Byrne quiakened his pace. and
before the turn into the stretch was.
neck and neck with O'Dcnnel, Of Ralti-
more, who had gradually forged to the
front, and the Dark Blue and White
runner a good third
stretch Byrne. who had kept his killing
pace since the start of the last lap,
gained slightly on O'Donnel. Schmidt.
who had begun his squirt a little late
and was tired from hts exertions in
passing the crowd at the start. re-
doubled his energies. and in a heart
breaking finish beat out O'Donnel. a
few feet in the rear Of Byrne.
Clagett Ran Well
Wallace. Clagett and Sherman were
the only Washington men entered in the
quarter, At the last moment, Sherman
was not allowed 10 go in on account
of his condition, and Wallace decided to
save himself for the half mile. In this
as in the mile. there wero too many
contestants and il was necessary TO
start them in two banks. Clagett far
ed badly and drew a place in the second
bank, but easily took the lead on the
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