Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-20
SIX RECORDS ARE REDUCED.
EMMETT AND BURG Do SOME
FINE STUNTS.
Middies Defeat SWartlim9re In The Field
And Track Meet at The Naval
Academy Saturday.

The inidshipmeu track team defeat
ed the team OF Swarthmore College on
the Academy oval Saturday after
noon The score, based ON five
points TO winner and three points TO
second place man, was Navy, 81
Swarthmore, 80.
Five Academy records were broken.
Emmett, of Navy, lowered the time
for the $50 yard dash, and Burg, of
Navy, beat his own record for the
220-yard hurdles. Baker, for the Wis
iting team, clipped seven aud one-fifth
seconds off the Academy time of 4
minutes IS 80 seconds for the mile
run. Kruger, of Swarthmore, broke
the records in the shot-put and ham
mer throwing.
Saturdays event brought TO a close
most successful season for the mid
shipmen in field and track athletics,
the middies having previously down
ed Johns Hopkins University and
Carlisle Indians by good scores. In
Saturdays meet the middies carried
of all the points in the 22o-yard
dash, half-mile run and broad jump,
while Swarthmore got first and second
places in one eyent-440-yard dash.
Six Naval Academy records were
broken and another was equaled.
Three of tbs records broken were by
midshipmen.~
Chief among these was the pole vault
in which Stephenson, after winning
that event at 10 feet 6 inches, vaulted
against the record Mt that height made
by him two weeks ago. and he succeed
ed in clearing the bar at 10 feet in
ches. Burg broke the record in the
220-yard dash low hurdles, clipping
off three-fifths of a second from the
record of % SO, made by Walter Deck
err several years ago. Emmett, of
Navy, ran the half-mile in two min
utes and one-fifth of second against
the record of 2.3 l-2, made by him
some time ago.
Carey, the Maryland lad, ran the
220 dash in % seconds, equaling the
record made by himself last year. In
the mile run Baker, of Swarthmore,
made it in 1872 2-5, against the Acad-
envy record of 4.3S 3-5, held by Ran
kin, who finished second in the event.
The other records broken by Swarth-
more were the shot-put and hammer
throw, Kruger doing the trick in both.
He put the shot A feet, against the
Academy record of 40 feet 2 Sd in
ches, held by Midshipman Mcconnell,
who got second place, and in the
hammer throw he made 100 feet,
against the Academy record of 1T feet
% ga inches, held by Midshipman
Northcroft summary of events :.
Mile Run Baker, Swarthmore, won
Rankin, Navy, second. Time, 4. 81 30.
40 Yard Dash--Garrison, Swarth-
more, won; Henry, arthmore, sec
ond. Time, 81 seconds.
I2o-Yard High Hurdles--Shafroth,
Navy, won; Coke, ,Swarthmore, sec
ond. Time. 16 3-5 seconds.
100 Yard Dash--Carey, Navy, won
Henry, Swarthmore, second. Time,
10 seconds.
Half-mile Run Emmett, Navy,
won; Rankin, Navy, second. Time,
200 10.
800 Yard Low Hurdles Burg, Navy,
won; Coke, Swarthmore, second.
Time, % seconds.
800 Yard Dash--Carey, Navy, won
Burg, Navy, second. Time, % sec
onds.
High Jump--Oswald, Navy, and
Caldwell. Swaarthmore, tied for frs
place. Height, D #. 4 1-2 inches.
points divided, four to each man,
Pole Vault. Stephenson, Navy,
won; Williams, Swarthmore, second,
Height, 10 IT. 6 inches. lin exhibit.
ton, after the regular event, Stephen
son vaulted 10 feet 8 inches, breaking
the Academy record of 10 fl. 6 in
ches made by him two weeks ago..
ot-Put--Krueger, Swar L m o e.
won; Mcconnell, Navy, second. Dis
lance, A feet.
Hammer Throw Kruger, Swarth
more, won; lie Bourgeois, Navy, sec
ond. Distance, 100 feet.
Broad Jump-Burg Navy, won
Gates. Navy, second. Distance, q
feet 2 inches.