Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
GEORGETOWN WINS
AMID WILD CHEERING
Relay Race Run for the Cham
pionship of the
South.
Pennsylvania Quartet Easily
Defeats Cornell UniveE
sity's Team.

Amid the cheers of over 5000 persons,
the Georgetown University relay team, in
one of the closest finishes ever witnessed
in this city, defeated the crack team OF the
University of Virginia last night at Con-
,vention Hall, winning the championship OF
the south in the ninth annual indoor meet
of the Georgetown University. The race
was won by margin of about six inches.
In the intercollegiate championship relay
race the University of Pennsylvania easily
defeated Cornell University, winning by a
quarter of a lap. The feature of the meet
was the record breaking shot-put by w. w.
Coe of the University CT Michigan, who
heaved the 12-pound shot distance of
ffty-five feet. thus breaking the A. A. u,
south Atlantic division, record of f1ftythree
feet five inches. Upon the announcement
= that Mr. Coe had established new record
in this event, the hall rang for several
minutes with hearty cheers for the big
western athlete and many gathered around
and gave him hearty hand shake.
Fordham University was given a great
reception when it crossed the tape win
ner over the George Washington team in
the intercollegiate relay race.
When the Georgetown and Virginia teams
lined up on the tape. and it was announced
they would contest for the southern cham
pionshsp cup offered by Spalding & Co..
their team grand send off with George
town locomotive" yell. Cohen was the first
man on for the Blue and Gray, while Mar
bury went up for Virginia. At the finish
of the first relay Georgetown was ahead
by about four feet
Devine took the second place for George
town and Rector for Virginia. They were
sun about four feet apart, with George
town IN the lead at the second relay. In the
third OBoyle ran and Reid was on for
Virginia. The Virginia man ran a grand
race and was one yard ahead of his man
at the finish of the relay. The final spring
was between Montgomery for the local
men and BOsher for Virginia. On the first
lap the Georgetown man took the inside
on the first bank and shut off the south
erner getting an advantage, which he held
and won the race by a margin of about
six inches
The Pennsylvania Cornell Race
1t was a toss-up in popularity for the
pennsylvania and Cornell teams when they
went to the tape for their two-mile relay
for the intercollegiate championship. Cor
nell got of with a good start and was
leading at the end of the first relay by five
feet, but Pennsylvania came strong in the
second and led by about twenty yards at
the end OF this relay. which it easily held
and won by about a quarter of lap.
Fordham got OFF with a Jump and got a
slight advantage over George Washington
In their relay race. At the end Of the first
relay the Buff and Blue had about eyened
up matters and the second two men started
on practically even terms. Fordham finished
the second with lead of about four feet
, II increased this to fifteen feet and when
Lorando took up the running for the last
relay of the local team he could not over
take Gargan, who finished strong, and wor
BY about twenty feet.
Georgetown Props Disqualified.
The Georgetown preparatory junior sec
ond team finished first in the relay rae,
against the University, School and Emerson
Institute teams, but was disqualified be
cause one OF the runers failed to touch hi
team mate and the race was awarded to tn,
university team, who finished second. Tn,
Emerson boys got second place.
The George Washington freshmen team
did its best to uphold the bun and blu,
university in its race with the Georgetown
freshmen, and finished about twenty -fiv'
= yards to the good Brame was first up fo
the George Washington boys. and finished
with a lead Of about four feet. Field tool
UP the running and added several more feet
Birney, the third man, increased his lead
and Cowell, the last man, simply ran away
with the race. amid the hearty cheering O.
the bum and blue followers.
An exciting event was the relay race be
tween two midget teams Of the Georgetown
Preparatory School and the Universit!
school. In which the Georgetown boys cam
out victorious.
Navy team in the relay race against tn
Georgetown Preparatory team for the Pre-
~paratory School championship, fell on tn