Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-17
LUNA PARK ATHLETICS
Handicap Field and Track
Events.
CREDlTABlE MANAGEMENT
Track in Poor Condition for Making
Fast Time.
NO HITCH IN THE PROGRAM
cold, Silver and Bronze Medals
Awarded to the Winners-No
Records Broken.
no HITCH IN THE PROGRAM

The first annual handicap meet OF tho
washington Athletic Club was held yester-
DAY afternoon at Luna Park. Va. The main
feature was the successful management
All OF the events were run off on Time ana
there was no hitch in the proceedings In
eiIe handieap events the handicaper was
roout rght IN his guessing work. No
records were broken, but the time in the
running races was good CONSIDERING The
poor condition of the track, which is a
new one - -
The winners received gold. silver and
| bronze medals in each event The arst
event was started at 2:30 o'clock and was
witnessed by a large gathering of snec-
IiloIs. II was loO-yard run and H H
core, Mt Washington Athletic Club Rail
tlmore. ~ yards, finally won. He had tied
with Charles j. Seitz scratch Georgetown
University Law School, but on the toss the
FORMER won. with Seltz second and Schloss-
err 8 yards, Washington Y NJ c A third
In the first heat of this event Seitz was
hrst, Harry M. Webb yards, Washington
I. M c: A, second; and r. F. LIE Mat. )
second heat, Frank Schlosser was drst n
IL seconds '
IT The second event was the lnterscholastic
lVV-yard run. Thomas l. Lloyd Western
Hlgh School, won; Simons, Army and
Navy preparatory School, and c. F. SMITH
son, Tea Tor second place and on the toss
IN the latter won. Time, 10 3-5 seconds
II. NJ
Byrne, % yards Washington Grove:
Louis Conner, scratch, Columbia Athletic
CLUB; second, and Wilbur Shilling. 40 yards.
Washington Y. NJ c. A. third Time K
minutes and % seconds.
\ In the 44O-yard dash. which was hotIy
contested, j. II. Sherman, II yards Column
bia Athletic Club. won; II. N. Clargett 8
yards, Central High School, second: A d.
Stivers, yards. George Washington Uni
versity, third. Time 50 seconds
Paul Herring, yards, Columbia Athletic
Club, easily won the sSo-yard run, with G..
E. Wilson, yards, Columbia Athletic Club
second and Thomas b. Sheridan. 40 yards
st. Leo Gymnasium, third. Time. 2 min
utes, 20 seconds.
Gore, yards, Mt. Washington Athletic
Club, Baltimore, who ran a fine race, COM
ing up from scratch and winning by fifty
feet. +. Schlosser, yards Washington Y
M. c. A, was second. and Harry M. Webb,
yards, Washington Y. NJ. c. A, third.
Time, q 81 seconds.
Field Events.
The first event was the shot put. r.
Schlosser, Washington Y. NJ. c. A., won
with five feet handicap; Edward O'Gorman,
Georgetown University. second. scratch:
Fred w. Finding. ST. Leo Gymnasium,
third, feet handicap. Distance. IS feet.
z inches. The high jump went to w. B.
White, scratch, Columbia Athletic Club:
second, F. II. Young. inches Gurley
Athletic Club; Albert b. Disney. inches,
9th Regiment Athletic Club, Baltimore,
third. Height, feet. inches. The broad
jump was an interesting event and was
hotly contested. A. ID. Stivers, l foot,
George Washington University, won; Fred
erick w Finding, inches. st. Leo GYM
nasium, second and Ward, scratch,
third. Distance, 10 feet, l01a inches.
The next event was a Junior one-half-mle
relay between the lie Droit Athletic
Club, Easton, Sherman. Wilson, Byrne,
and the Gurley Athletic Club, Egan,
Young, Hildebrand. Rose. which the for
mer won. The Dupont Athletic Club, Hose
Calvo. Thomas Lloyd, William Dick and
Robin Radford won the one-mile relay
race against the Belmont Athletic Club,
Borenstein, Howard, Johnson and Smith
son. The last event was exhibition one
mile relay between Herring, Sherman, Lo-
rando and Wilson. Sherman and Wilson
started and were on even terms at the first
half, when the next two runners started.
Herring, by fine spring in the stretch,
won easily. Time. minutes and II sec
onds.
1oo-yard run-H. R. Gore. Mount Washington.
see6nd sraes
third Time, 10 25 seconds
Western High School, first; G. 7. smthson, Bel
mont Athletic Club, second; simon Army and
' One mile he run~F n. Byrne. washington Grove,
first; Louis Connor. oolunbIa Athletic Club sec
third Time. INMATES % seconds
44oyard run II; sherman. Columbia Athletic
versity, third. Time, 90 seconds.
sS9yard run-Paul s. Herring. Columbia Ath-
letie Club. first G. f. Wilson. Columbia Athletic
Club second; Thomas II. Sheridan. ST. Leo Gym
nasiunl third. Time. minutes 20 seconds.
220-yard run-H. X. Gore, Mt Washington Ath-
letic Club first +. Schlosser Washington Y. NJ.
C. A.. second; II. NJ Webb. Washington Y. NJ. G.
A.. third Time, q SO seconds.
Shot puff. Schlosser Washington T. NJ. c. A,
first; E. O'Gorman, Georgetown University,
ond; F. W. Finding third Distance. 3s feet
inches.
High iump-w. B. White, Columbia Athletic
Club first F. II. Young, Gurley Athletic Club.
second; A. h. Disney. Fifth Regiment Athletic AS
socia ton, Baltimore, Md, third. Height. feet
inches.
Broad jump-A. D. stiyers, George Washington
University, first; f. W. Finding, st. Leo Gym
nasium, second; Ward, third. Distance, 10 feet
lola inches.