The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-22
CAPITAL RUNNERS
STAR AT COLLEGE
Scholastic Athletes Bear
Varsity ColorS TO Bril-
liant Victories.

A study of the records shows that
the Washington High Schools have pro-
duced some of the best runners in the
country and that this year many OF
these men viii be seen in the big East
ern meets carrying the colors of col
Ieges in the athletic world
No less than nifty athletes who have
attended one of the local schools in the
last four years and participated in the
local scholastic pastimes are now mem
bers Of the largest colleges and uni
versities in the United States.
Football seems to be the sport in
which the majority have attained prom
inence, but still a large number have
gained more or less distinction at the
cinder path game and rank high in this
sport as do Field, the former Eastern
High man, and Cunningham, of Cen
trail Field while at the local high
school, annexed several medals for his
work in the low hurdles beside being
twice a member of the victorious Light
Blue and White relay team and it IS
not improbable that he viii be out with
the Yale track squad as soon as the
football season is finished.
Kent's Brilliant Record
Kent. Central captain several years
ago. has been elected captain OF the
Wesleyan track team for the coming
season. He has been seriously in late
", but is expected TO be in condition
for the winter camp,..sn by the time
training starts at his school. While in
the high schools Kent was ranked with
the leaders and was the most consistent
winner that O street had Cnat year.
In
school he COPIED the intercollegiate
quarter and similar feats of this kind
have placed him among the first ranks
in college track.
Dear is another Centralite, who en-
tered Pennsylvania and made the team
every season after his freshman term.
Dear still holds several high school
records and was the sensation at Penn
sylvania in his first try at college track
With the exception Of Arthur Duffey,
who by the way was also a local school
runner Dear is probably the fastest
sprint runner Washington has ever
turned out. In several Of the big meets
in the North he finished second to the
redOubtable CartmelI, one of his team
mates.
Crack Distance Man.
distance
man, who ran on the Wesleyan team.
and had bright prospects Of representing
Pennsylvania when he was taken sick
and had to abandon all work. II will
be remembered how easily the former
Central man took all of the distance
events while at the o street school. and
his work this season as a member of
the George Washington squad will be
watched with interest.
Bryan. Farmer, and Brown, a trio OF
Eastern's mainstays on the track sew
eral years ago, have also come to the
fore at the colleges which they are now
attending. Bryan, in the weights. was
always a close runner-up to big Cy
Macdonald, when he was In his prime
at the weight game. and his work at
Leland Stanford University has been
OF excellent caIiber Farmer and Brown
are at the University of Michigan. and
are expected 10 show well in the win
ter's performances.
e. W. U. Prospects Bright.
With these holding up Washington
prestige elsewhere there is still a very
efficient nucleus left here to gain laurels
for the local universities. George Wash
ington is touted as having the brightest
prospects in this line of endeavor that
has ever fallen to the lot of the down
town school The squad which will rep
resent them this year is strong in every
department, and is made up almost en-
tirely of ex-high school athletes. Cla-
gett, who obtained so much prominence
while a member Of the Central High
School team. has been elected captain
of the Hatchetite aggregation, and the
squad viii be put to work as soon as
the fODfl9 all season IL finished
The squad comprises Schmidt, Hamil-
ton, ThraH, Ellis, Carpenter, Sterrett.
COnnOr. and Clagett, all former high
school men. Every one Of these men
have been point winners in the high
school games at some time in the past
three years. Hamilton still holds the
low hurdle record. Thrau was for four
years the premier pole vaulter in the
scholastic ranks, and should make an
excellent side partner for SterTett, who
IS considered the best in the South.
Schmidt ran last year at Central and
has been for the past three years win
ner Of all of the distance events in
the high school meets. He is excep-
tionaIly well built for this style OF
running and with college coaching
should prove a wonder
Hatchetites Land Carpenter.
Carpenter the former Central athlete,
and who has gained prominence by his
work in the recent Olympic games, is
probably the greatest addition to the
Hatchetite squad.
After graduating Carpenter entered
Cornell, and in his freshman year tried
for the track team, He at once at
tracted the attention of the trainers and
was finally developed into one Of the
best dash runners in college. He was
later entered in the intercollegiate DO
yard dash at Cambridge and won his
race easily against a field composed of
the best runners in the East Last
year Carpenter was tried at the quarter
and halt-mile and made good at both
distances. He made a place on the two
mile relay team and was considered the
most consistent runner on the four II
was largely due 20 his good work the
Cornell relay won the intercollegiate
twO-mile championship.
Last summer Carpenter was a mem
Der OF the American team at the Olym-
pic games in England. He is recog-
niZed in this country as the winner OF
the 40 yard dash in these games In
spite of the fact that he was disquali-
fed for alleged fOuling by the English
officials.