The Washington times., 1907-03-10


II was heart breakiug-that same race
between the two old rivals. 1t was any
body's race from start To finish. Ii
brought the huge crowd which filled the
hall TO its feet. sent it surging out into
the oval as the runners came into the
back stretch of their last lap with
scarcely a foot separating them. Who
would win? Rather who would get tine
place at the final turn. For so evenly
were the men matched I'm speed that
the whole outcome depended upon VINO
cut in at the turn. And the turns
played great part i'm this race-un-
fortunately this was true in a large
number Of the races last night.
Virginia Man Falls.
1t was evident from the very start
that there was going 10 be trouble, for
apparently both teams had been in
strucsod to avoid the banks at the turns
and stick close TO the rail. And in try
ing 70 do this one Virginia man fcll
and lost five yards and more than once
when K looked rs though the Orange
and Blue must go into the fore, the
Blue and Gray runner elbOwed his way
into tie lead Nor was Virginia alto
gether innocent Of Cffense along this
line. No protest was made on either
side And when O'Bcyle had fought his
way across the finish barely q foot
ahead Of Bosher, the Virginia man. the
runners were swept up in the great
cheering crowd.
The meet was the ninth OF the kind
that has been held under the auspices
OF Georgetown, and from the point OF
contests it compares most favOrably
with those that have gone before it.
In both running and field events, good
records were made, some were broken
Management of Meet Poor.
But the management of the meet has
several sins marked against II, both oi
omission and commission. in justice 1t
must be said that the events were run
of in quick time. But, unfort-
unately, both for the public and the
press. until the meet was half over. the
name of the event being run was 4
Conundrum. Also there was a great
crowd of newspaper men and officials
and competitors. on the floor. who
swashed to and fro like water in a
half-swamped boat, trying TO find out
what was going on, and incidentally
who had taken the trouble to get re-
served seats. And, see, who's here now!
A diminutive table with a marble top.
al. for the score of newspaper men 10
write upon. The management seemed
to have forgotten that a record Of the
meet for the public was desirable.
But while the Blue and Gray outdid
itself in the relay races, Georgetown
,trNy No. Of
points and the trophy which had been
offered. 1t was Johns Hopkins who
won this honor with "a points. and
Central High School. who took second
in this competition with Il. Maryland
Athletic Club came next, with IA; then
University Of Pennsylvania, with =
Georgetown had only 3 to her credit.
Penn Defeats Cornell by Yards.
Though the race between the George
town and Virginia relay teams was not
only the hardest fought, but the most
interesting to the audience, it was by
no means the only one which brought
the crowd up standing. Cornell had
come many miles to enter n team in a
two-mile relay race-the only one Of the
meet-against the University of Penn
sylvania. Cornell il was who took the
lead ii this race
Magoffin jumped ahead Of Jones al
the first turn and there he stayed
though at the last turn it looked as
though the Pennsylvania man must
close the gap. But the treacherous
bank threw him and though ne recov.
cred quickly, the Cornell runner haC
opened up five more yards when h,
tagged his team mate. But it did not
avail, for PENIS second man. Pluniby
closed the gap and led by dozen yard!
when he gave up the race to the mex
wearer of the Red and Blue. Plumb,
ran an excellently judged race Hi:
form was good and he had beautiful
stride. From that point on it was mere
~ question as TO how much Penn9l
vania would win by. EfAskins her las
man. crossed the finish fifty yards ol
more in the lead.
Another relay race that was Of NOR
interest locally even than the Penn
Cornell event was thai between Ford