Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-31
games committee deserve much credit for
their good management.

games committee deserve much credit for
their good management.
The meet resulted In a victory for the
Howard University boys. as they scored IS
points M Street High School was second,
with % points. The Baltimore High School
got third place, with % points. Armstrong
Manual Training School. fourth. 0 points.
Y. NJ. C. A, fifth, G points. High School
relay team. sixth. 5 points. Wilmington
High School, seventh. point. The District
National Guard, Oberlfn Athletic Club and
Diamond Athletic Club failed to get a place
in the finals, although several OF their rep
resentatives qualified in the trials.
The first event was 1o0-yard dash, for
graded schools The Jones School took first
place; Montgomery, second, and Banaker
School, third. The next event, a 10o-yard
dash. interscholastic. was hotly contested
and had large number of entries. First
place was won by f. NJ. Steele. Howard
University; ]. r. Hunt, Howard University,
second; Thad Peck, Baltimore High School,
third d. Boston of the Baltimore High
School won the 10o-yard dash. open; A.
Gainor, Y. NJ. c. A, second. A. G. Thomas,
Howard University, got first place In the
49, yard hurdle race H Hardy Armstrong
Manual Training School. second; D. Dish
man. M Street High School. third.
22O-Yard Dash.
The next event was the 22o-yard dash,
open. F. NJ. Steele. Howard University,
first; Thomas Jones. Baltimore High School,
second; J. r. Hunt. Howard University,
third. E. Gray. NJ Street High School, took
first place in the 220-yard hurdle race; L. C.
Dade. Howard University, second. In the
underground shot, open, event, C. Kyle.
Howard University. wos first place with
a heave of SO feet $40 inches. L Milton,
Howard University. won first place, with
the mile run, and on the last lap after keep
f1x loA
and came in a winner by a good fifteen
yards; w. A. Henderson, Armstrong Manual
Training School, getting second and Cow
ems Howard University. third.
W. T. Williams, NJ Street High School,
took first honors in the high jump, with a
leap of feet inches. There were but
three entries in the pole vault, ]. Brown
OF Howard University getting first place
Thomas, Howard University, won the broad
jump, with a jump of Is feet ~ inches
The next event was sSo-yard run, open.
w. Wilson, Baltimore High School. won;
L. c. Dade, Howard University, second.
Good Relay Race.
The most interesting event OF the meet
was the interscholastic relay race between
the NJ Street High School, Howard Uni
versity, Wilmington High School, Baltimore
High School and Armstrong Manual Train
ing School. in which the NJ Street team
won AFTER a nara struggle, the best work
being done by c. E. Francis, who, with
handicap of about twenty feet against
him. passed the field and gained ten yards
e. Gray won the twelve-pound hammer
throw with throw Of 80 feet 3-5 inches
B. Boston. Baltimore High School won
the 440-yard run. C. A. Kyle of Howard
University a close second, after pushing
Boston for first honors all along the last
lap.
The last event was a one-mile relay race
between the High School relay team Y NJ
c. A. and Diamond Athletic Club, in which
the High School boys came off victorious
by good lead. the Y. NJ. c. A. team get
ting second place by a close margin
Preceding the athletic games a base ball
versity and a picked team from the Arm
strong Manual Training and AZ Street High
Schools, in which the university boys won
by score of to 3.
Summary of Events.
1o0-yard dash-Graded sehools-Iones School
first; Montgomery School, second; Baneker School,
third. Time. OIL 3-5.
100-yard dash nterscholastic-F heat-J r.
Hunt, Howard University, first; L. Gray, NJ Street
High School, second. Time, OH 3s5 Second heat
IF. NJ. Steele, Howard University, first; l.. Nor
ris, Wilmington High School second. Time 0.10.
Third heat-Thad Peck, Baltimore High School,
first: R. e. Giles, Howard University, second.
Time, OIL Fourth heat-C. A. Young, Howard
University, first; Vim. jackson. Baltimore High
Steele, Howard University. first; ]. Il. hunt, How