The Washington times., 1906-03-04

Both Georgetown and George WASH
ington went down TO defeat in the re-
lay race in which they took part in
the Eighth Annual Indoor Meet of
Georgetown University at Convention
Hail last night
The Red and Blue of Pennsylvania,
sustained by four feet-footsd 1roteges
Of Mike Murphy. triuwphed easily over
the Blue and Gray of GeoI getown;
while the relay team from Johns Hop
kins outstripped the four from George
Washington and won by half a length.
Both of the local teams were a sore
disappointment to the 1000 Washington
people present. The defeat of George
town at the hands Of Pennsylvania was
20 be expected. the Blue and Gray be
ing matched against Murphys men sim
ply because Yale declined at ths last
minute TO send its team. and Manager
Brennan did not wish to lose the event
in which the Red and Blue was entered.
G. w. U. Disappointed.
Something more than an overwheln1-
irg defeat was expected Of George
Washington, but Pierce, wTo ran the
first quarter with Stivers, gave Stewart
a lead OF fifteen yards. and each Sue
ceeding Hopkins man stretched THIS dis
lance until il was a half ?. lap at the
close.
The feature Of the two big relay races
was the stumbling OF Whitman, OF
she Pennsylvania team, who ran the last
relay against Captain Sullivan, or the
Blue and Gray. Receiving a lead Of
thirty-fve yards from Folsom, the long
Pennsylvania shot forward from the
starting point al a terrific speed Just
as lie was rounding the southeast curve
he stumbled and fell headlong. Il looked
as # the tumble would lose the race
for the visiting team. az Captain Sulh-
van was rushing toward the unfortunate
penusvIvanlan. Whitman showed splen-
AID nerve however. for the gathered
himself ,lp and after q short distance
rspa med his stride, and finished lar in
the van.
No Records Broken.
No worlds records were broken. and
only one was equaIed. In the Handicap
fftv-vard dash II. r Gore, Of the Mt
washington Athletic Cub. of Baltimore.
| with handicap Of FIVE feet, made the
! distance in 0:52-5 in the fourth trial heat.
Dick Dear was second tn the third
heat. with L. 3 Roberts. OF Central
High School. who had a handicap OF
six feet, ahead Of him.
! In the first seni-dnal Of the fifty-yard
! handicap young Roberts ran a dead
heat with Charles SeitZ, the champion
/ indoor .sprinter Of America IN the final
heat. however. Seitz won out Roberts
being a close second. The time was
OBS.
/ Dick Dear won first place in the fifty
yard collegiate. Seitz being second, and
S. E. Brittson. Of the Columbia Athletic
/ Club being second
/ Sheppard Ran True.
/ one of the events in which the great
crowd took unusual interest was the
one-mle race, in which Malvin W.
/ Sheppard. the champion indoor mile
runner Of the world. wearing the colors
of the Irish Athletic Club Of New York,
/ established d new mile record for the
South Athletic Association Of the A A.
/ L. Sheppard ran against big field,
every opponent having a big handicap,
not one being less than sixty yards
/ one by one he passed them all, amid the
+ thunderous applause of the crowd, who
followed his easy and magnificent stride
/ with amazemeut. Sheppard finished the
mile in minutes and 3 seconds. which
is not quite UP TO his previous records
The interschoIastic S00-yard run
{ brought out four Johns Hopkiss Uni
versity runners. who literally Jagged
around the track. They finished togeth-
e., not more than six OF eight feet sep
arating the entire bunch They were
rouudIy Kissed by the crowd for their
slow work. p. Brenton finished first.
and E. c. Lynch second. the time being
800.