The Washington times., 1907-12-29
FIELD AND TRACK.


Cook, from the high schools. 1t was
rather notable for steady activity in
all lines OK track endesvor and for wild
ening the scope in the number of schools
added to the calendar for annual com
petition.
While the athletic authorities Of the
high schools failed to sanction the an
nuaI inter-scholastic meet, indoor track
suffered little in consequence, as the Fed
sral games included all the high school
athletes, and in addition Managers
Foley and Stuart brought here some
out-of-town men of national reputation.
The visitors appeared as advertised
but were chiefly notable for their past
performances and not for what they did
at Convention Hall on the night OF Feb
ruary 3.
Melvin Sheppard was n sad disappoint-
nent in the running event. Martin
Sheppard made a mark that will stand
for some time as p Washington record.
when he hurled A 56-pOund weight Is
feet "A inches. His own record for this
performance is 10 feet inches.
Centra's Great TriGfnph.
Central romped away with the score
point trophy. mounting up a total Of
| twenty-seven. while second place was
a tie between Episcopal High School.
business High and the Boys Training
School of Baltimore.
Virginia was the winner OF the head
line event. the relay with Georgetown,
by twenty feet. The next most impress
sive victory was that OF Schmltt OF Cen
tral. who made the field in the mile
look foolish. by gaining a whole lap
and the judges equally 80 when they
fired twice Al the wrong time.
Gurleys' victory in the relay, open
to teams In :he Sunday School Athletic
League, was the non-schOlastic feature
| The meet, as a whole, was an interest
ing exhibition, but failed to produce
any remarkable performances.
Georgetown Meet.
Two weeks later, on March 9, the
Georgetown games brought TO Wash
ington several relay teams OF more than
ordinary merit There was little doing
IN the long distance events, the fight
was essentially one OF relay races.
Georgetown distinguished itself by ak
ing three Of these one that with Vir-
ginia, brought the crowd 10 its feet. and
when O'Boyle fought his way across
! the tape. barely one foot ahead Of
Bosher, Of Virgin IA, the spectators
!
before the demonstration subsided.
Penn beat Cornell I'm a twO-mile relay
and GeOTge Washington was easy for
FOrdham in a one-mile relay.
Johns Eopkns won the meet with
a total OF twenty-fOur points, and Cen
trail High School stood second with
seventeen The Maryland Athletic Club
was entered In full force. and. al
/ though it's performances were disap-
| pointing In some events. II finished
| third with a tally of fourteen points
| The meet brought ou, a representative
contingent Of athletes, but suffered
] greatly from mismanagement and the
lack Of any management at all in many
| essential details
MacDonald's Three Records.
The premier outdoor event was the
! spring interhigh school meet. when Cen
/ trail men smashed three high school
| records and c. EtcDonald equaled a
I fourth. 1t was stil more of a walkover
! for the 0 street school than the Fed
| eral games. Central tailed "a points.
the highest number ever made in an
/ hter-high school meet, and Technical.
the only other point winner, made
! but 10
In the trio Of weight events Mcdonald
smashed the hammer. with 134 feet Il
L
Duganne's mark Of Il feet 6la inches in
the shot put In the discus throw ne
established a record Of 100 feet l inch.
which does not look TO be breakable
for some time to come by distanCing his
own record throw Of the previous year
by an even twelve feet Burly Hamil-
ton made the other record, q % seconds.
in the 220-yard hurdle Kemper, the
captain, won the century dash and I'm
iShed in the 200 some ten feet ahead OF
d L. ga~~
One other notable achievement OF the
Centralites was the victory at the Tome
meet. where some of the best scholas-
tic athletes of the country were entered.
Technical also sent team 10 Port De-
post, but only managed 10 score 3
points. while Central made 81 Ten Of
these were made by Dick. captain Of the
team for 1!T7-OS.
Central-EpiScopal Meet.
On May o. a new event was inaugu-
rated in the shape OF dual meet be-
tween Central and Episcopal High
School. The washington school added
another banner to its collection, winning
81 points to the Alexandrians' 40 The
Charlottesville trophy also went to Cen
traI I'm the meet given there by the Uni
versity of Virginia.
The track team developed by Central
laSI winter was Lnc strongest ever
turned out by a Washington High
/ School, and IL will probably be some
time before Central itself can produce
a duplicate.
The success OF the Gurley Athletic
Club. organized but little more than one
year ago. has exceeded all expectations
It's relay team broke the track record
on Labor Day for Washington Grove
and its individual performers have been
| equally successful At the same meet
! King was first in the broad jump. with a
/ leap OF q feet inches. Hildebra1d won
/ the mile the same day.
Promising Youngsters Developed.
! Smithson. Of the Gurley Athletic
Club. one Of the youngest athletes
/ in the District. has run some remark
able races At the Caledonian games
/ he won the 1OO-yard dash in 1915 sec
/ onds ard was defeated by only six
inches in the 440-ysrd dash at the Mid.
/ die States Interscholastic Champion
ship Games at Philadelphia. the winner
! of which established s record, so 3-5 sec
onds He vent with the Gurley Club TO
Jamestown and won the quarter there.
/ At the Caledonian Games this summer
Young broke the District record for the
I high jump by clearing feet inches
and captured third place in the National
Junior Championships at jamestown.