Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25
LOCAL TEAM WINS
THE GREAT RELAY
Virginia Defeated by George
Washington University.
FLEMING'S EXCELLENT RUN
BY Wonderful Squirt He Left His
Opponent Far Behind.
SPORTS AT CONVENTION HALL
Fully Five Thousand Persons Wit
messed the Contests, Many of Which
Were Close and Exciting.
BY a Wonderful Squirt He Left His
Opponent Far Behind.
SPORTS AT CONVENTION HALL


The third annual interscholastic and
opeu-track and field games, given under
the auspices Of the Washington high
schools i'm Convention Han last night
was a. pronounced success and reflected
great credit ON Manager Foley and his
able corps OF assistants. Although the
immense seating capacity OF the hail was
not tested there were fully 5000 persons
present, and everybody hugely enjoyed
the exciting sport
There Were tweuty-six events on the
program. including running. jumping and
putting the shot. and there was not de-
faultiug number i'm the lot. everybody be
ing ON hand TO stand by their entries The
preliminary trials of the sprint races
should have started at 7:45. but were de
layed for some reason until five minutes
after eight. about the only flaw in the
evenings entertainment. The admirers OF
the sport began gathering at the hail
early as o'clock and when the doors
We're open at a mighty throng was on
hand to rush through the entrance. a de
tail of police were on hand and the big
crowd was handled going in and coming
out. without hitch Of any sort
Feature of the Evening.
The feature of the evenings sport was
the final number. "A two-mile race between
the University of Virginia and George
Washington University, which the latter
won 10y fully nifty yards after desperate
struggle 10y the local aggregation. The
two teams were made up as follows:
University OF Virginia.. B. NAPLES, cap
tain j. w Burke jr. T. NJ. McNagny and
a Gray.
George Washington Unlversity-S. 7. Lo-
randO. captain. W. s BabCock, r. +. Elem
ing and \ u. Stvers
The hero or The event was the dlmmutlVe
Fleming. The little fellow picked up q
handicap OF hfteeu yards. ana nj the Hnlsh
II Ills run was fully forty Yards in the
lead. Nc tralled behind Burke by about z
yard ON the fourth round and then Jumped
to the front like a shot from "A cannon on
the fifth lap and quickly left his opponent
far iD tua Fear. The squirt was so sudden
and UUeNueCted that the spectators were
first dumf1uuied and then so wildly en-
trusHSjic that tine noise reScmhlsd a
mighty hurricane.
Virginia in the Lead.
McNaeug aud StiNers were the first pair
away. and t., latter held the lead for about
two laps. when the Virgiuian shot to the
front and gained So rapidly that he was
twenty-five Yards Jo the good when he
turned the second relay over to Gray. Bah
cock proved boy of speed and stamina
lie went after Gray at merry clip. grad
ually wearing down the lead until ne hau
picked up about ten yards leaving the VIZ
gilman hft,eu yards to the good ON the nm
ish of the second relay.
The task OF everlasting Burke on the third
relay Boy the IN dget Fleming appeared
hopeless task but the crowd went wild as
the little fellow picked up yard after yard
and az the end of the second lap was trail
ing by only ward. Then came the sensa-
tioua! squirt, and Loraudo had an easy
thing of It on the final turn, Waples going
back at every lap, until at the finish fully
Fifty yards Of daylight was between him
ana George washington captain
When the event was finished several hun
dred of George Washington students rushed
ua The floor. and amid the uproarious
cheering carried their victorious team TO
the dressing room ON their shoulders. The
University Of Virginia defeated George
Washington recently IN Rlchmond by about
TWO yards, ana last night victory proved
"a happy reversal or that event The ume
made 81 10 WINE NOT phenomenal. was
very GOou Wheh II is considered that Lo-
Ianuo TOOK tHlhES easy on the maj relay.
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hercely contested event. the first three men
finishing with only an eyeIash between
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gramptn,, Of western Hlg5 scSool T.,
I.oyd ~ Western was third
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OF " procession irwin Hardy OF Noodberry
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