Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04
OLD RECORDS BROKEN
Indoor Athletic Meet of Johns
Hopkins.
ENTRIES NUMBERED $50
Washington Boys Made an Excellent
Showing.
CAPTURED SEVERAL EVENTS
swarthmore College Carried on the
Honors, With Total of Twenty
Points Scored.
CAPTURED SEVERAL EVENTS

BALTIMORE, Md, February 3-The
! tenth annual Indoor meet of the Johns Hop
kiBs University Athletic Association held
| in the new 9Th Regiment Armory tonight
was decided success from every point of
view. The large and spacious hall was
taxed TO its utmost to accommodate the
record-bresking crowd. sfo'
The entry lat was record breaker In
that it summed up TO a total OF $50
This list. besides including the usual
quota OF entries from the local Prep
schools, colleges. athletic clubs and Y NJ.
{. As. CONTAINED large number Of en-
tries from out-of-town colleges the moro
important OF them being the University Of
Pennsylvania, University of Virginia,
! Georgetown, George Washington Univer-
sity and Swarthmore College.
Excellent Showing by Washington
The Washington entries made an excel
lent showing, carrying off top honors In
several events
Three new records were made Two of
these were made by s Baker of Swarth-
more College. ard the third by Joseph s.
Hill of JOHNS Hopkins. Baker made a rec
ord by doing the mile in minutes 36 -
seconds, thus beating the mark he made on
the same track I'm December of minutes
Al seconds, while IN the half mile he Gov
cred the distance in minutes 4 seconds
flat
Hin established Il rev record by covering
the 1oo-yard hurdles in II Is seconds.
These VIII go down as new district rec
ords OF the South Atlantic Association
while 1t Is probable that Hills Will be
counted as a worlds record for this event
The local university Was not SO fortunate
IN winning this meet, since her best men
were saved for the relay race with Virginia
However. she captured Il points, thus win
ming second place, while Swarthmore Col
lege captured the meet with total of ~
points
All Events Holly Contested.
The events We're all holly contested, and
much interest was centered around the re-
lay races
The Growing event of the meet was tn,
relay contest between Johns Hopkins and
the University OF Virginia, which was wen
by the latter.
Cunts ran first for the locals. losing 4
few yards. Pesce. who ran second was
unable TO make il up. Hunter, running
third. gained slightly and Padgett made n
game effort TO overcome the Intervening
space. but missed 1t by II few yards This
was the last event run and the enthusiasm
shown SO great that the officials had
great dff1cuity in Keeping the crowd back
Summary Of Events.
The following is a summary of the
events:
Relay race one half mile--wsshineton School for
boy BOYS 81 rauis ssaool and Georgetown Prepare
Whitcside. Bard; Briton and Mccartney
One Go mile TTe .andcapmR J. Baker, c. won;
w, third. Time. 4.36 -.
One emil, mile re. rsayLBo Latin School won from
One -hundred,ysrd dash. handcap-Fnals-E C.
hemper' III s.. won; R. y, Pbelan C. II. s.
lo0,yard dash dnteIs.holssticJ- Finais-G zelg.
leF b st {; g: won; n paker d g c. second;
4io-yard dash handicap II. Gore Mt W A. C.,
Yards; won; W. RocIhinger b. c. C.. second:
one-haA- mile relay Marston's University School
won; Baltimore County School and Friends School.
One mile Baltimore City College. won. and
Western High School of Washington. Time.
sso-yard tscratrh-J. Baker. s G. won; s
I.orando, G. W; W, second; z. Herring {. A. q,
1o0-y yard dash tInyitatlonl-S Hemie s c. won:
George 2 Sutton r e., second; c. z. Sutton, 4.
C.: third Time. 10 - seconds.
100 yard hurdles anal heatsl-Flrst heat. 5.
Hill, J.. H. L, won; knight, J, II. T., second.
NJ. Black. !. II. l.. second. Third heat-W c.
Boettinger, B. A e, won; g. ". Smith. =. G,
second.
Midget relay race GAO yardsl-Boys' Latin
School. won; Friends school and St Pauis School.
one-mile relay race-Central Y. NJ. c. A, won;
Washington Y. NJ. c. A.. second.
1oo-yard hurdles thnals Joe Nm, J. II. u. won;
c.. third Time. II Is seconds.
22o-ysrd dash. hspdieap-B; l. Nslker. Central
c.. second; s. j MesIy. Mt Washington A. c..
third. Time. - ;;5 seconds.
440-yard dash Observation-Disclosures. W. Troupe, Is.
l.. s. u yards, won; Z. c. Wallace. c. II. c..
second c. p Davis, X. e. c., third. Time, IS le
seconds
one half mile relay race-MacCabesDs. won: Gar
rett Athletic Club, second; Presbyterian Athletic
Club, third. Time. 30 %.
1spognd shot Pntmk " Maxwell u; s c. TOs'
u, third Winning put, ~ feet inches.
Running high jump. NJ Russell, Iniyers y OF
Virginia t4ls inches handicap, won; J. NJ. Black
second; ]. E. Aneer, W B., T. NJ {. A, third.
Winning jump feet 10il inches.
Pole vsnlt-B. l. Nelker, c. Y. ~ c. A. g
inches), won Ii. s. Gamble, j. T. l. second; ii.
ID. Ward. c. Y. NJ. L. A, third. Winning Jump
10 feet inches.
One-mile relsy-Western Maryland College, won;
Temple College, second Time, S.42 25.
Two-mile relay University If Pennsylvanis, won;
George Washington University, second Time,
$50 3-5.
One-miIe relay-Unlverslty of Virginia. won;
John Hopkins. second Time BAL 2-5.