The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
y NO RECORDS SMASHED AT. CONVENTION HALL
Virginia and Central
Tie for Point Trophy
Ate. W. Indoor Meet

/. Martins victory in the pole vault,
which was the last event finished, gave
the University of Virginia FIVE more
points for total of twepty-one points,
and thereby tied her with Central High
School, Of Washington. for the point
trophy in the first annual indoor meet
Of George Washington University, held
last night IN Convention Hall.
II was an exciting and sporting eli
max 10 q meet which was interesting
and drew an attendance larger than
the promoters anticipated, although
there were many vacant seats. The
features were the one ana Two Hllle
relay races, an the first OF which George
Washington was badly beaten by inc
University Of Virginia, and in the sec
Oud was beaten by within few feet
Of a lap by Johns Hopkins
No star athletes were on the JOO-lOng
program OF JhIrty-twO events, but the
events, especially the relay races, were
SO CIEGrSined in the character Of their
entries, running all The way from inter
collegiate contests and Southern cham
pIOuSuips 10 midget relays for grammar
school boys, that at least a portion OF
tie audience was keenly Interested all
The time.
No Marked Brilliancy.
No records were broken, and none of
the performances We're marked by spe-
cIal brilhaEcy, with the possible eX-
Ceptiou OF Sterrett's excellent quarter
as nrst man on the q. ". L. mile re
lay team when he had been pole vault
ing Tor TWO hours. after which he went
back at the pole vauIting and won third
place from the scratch, with 10 feet 8
inches. The relay teams Of Johns Hop
kins and Virginia were not forced 10
extend themselves sufficiently 10 get a
line on their real merits. but neither
showed anything remarkable in the
Way OF form or latent possibilities
The tying up OF the score was due
10 a series OF rather curious incidents.
FOTd, OF the University OF Virginia
won the 0yU-yard open novice run
When He Went 10 get his medal some
body JOKngly asked HIM, What did
YOU do win the medal You won be
IOre?' WherGupon The guueless Ford
proceeded 10 explain what he had done
with such d bduDler TO the great amaze
meut OF the judges ana capt Wash
lngtOu Bowie, the able ana gorgeous
referee, for this FRANK admission showed
at once that Ford was not novice
al all. lie was promptly disqualified
1OT his little oversight In entering an
event for which he was not nj can
uidaJe, and NJ. j. Is. MCDOnOugh, Of
The cross Country Club, Baltimore,
moved from second into urst place. J.,
NJ. ElpHlnsIOne, OF the Univ -Tslty OF
Maryland, was boosted from third 10
second place, and II. W. Zeh, OF Cen
tral High School, who finished fourth,
out of The counting, was placed third.
This was the point which gave Central
a total Of sixteen.
Virginia Claims Trophy.
a contention arose on the part Of Vir-
ginia because Of another complication.
Q g 4 d
Central a. CharringtOn, of the Uni
versity OF Virginia, bethought him that
in the high jump, which was won by
J.. Martin. of Virginia, with j. II.
CleaVcr, Of George Washington. second.
he had tied with W q. BOetunger, OF
the Baltimore Athletic Club, Tor third.
Instead OF drawing sLraWS or Tipping
coin for the Jhlru-place medal, Char
-lnELOu and BOeLuuger jumped II OF,
anu ChaTTIngt0n Won Therefore he
claimed n- had Won point for dear
old alma mater and would be much
obliged 10 get the silver point trophy
offered by Harris & Ewing. Lanigan,
the Virginia trainer, was not unnatural
y impressed with this argument, and
said that even IL his school did not get
the whole point IL should get at least
half one Tor ChaTTingLOn tie.
Because OF the lateneSS or the hour
y hen the pole vault was decided and
brought about the complications most
OF the officials had FASTENED from the
hall, and those remaining refused 10
S.Ec q verdict on such q neat question.
w. =. Bowie. custodian OF prizes, prom
lSCd 10 Keep watch and ward on the
cup until he was officially informed
what 10 do with i. NirgIuia's claim
seems 10 have considerable support in
reason and the trophy may yet 90 10
Charlottesville
More Complications.
A mild scandal developed in the relay
race between the District Of Columbia
National Guard second team, the Pc
tOmac 4. c., Olympia A. C., 7. NJ. c. a
Juniors, and the Baltimore City College
juniors. Harry ZanelE ran for the
ClympIaS in the name of William Mar
CIrUn, and in the last lap when he was
in fine way to win he hit the City
College youth alongside OF him several
rude pOkes in the ribs that threw the
Bdlunoreau off his stride, and snoE
him into the outer rail with much force
The City College boys raised a ire
Inend0uS howl as ZanelI finished first.
and claimed the prize Zanelh came 10
The front 10 make his little excuses in
the name OF AiarCiTOn and was prompt
ly recognized by the eagle eyes of DIT.
u. r. Ntber as travelling under an alias.
He and his team were promptly disquali-
ned, and 10 the great disgust of the
Baltimore youngsters, the Potomac
team was given first place, with City
College seconu- Why Zanelli, who is
y
OF as MarCirOn was not explained.
Cunning Withdrawn.
George Washington was handicapped
in The two relay events by the sudden
withdrawal of Cunning on faculty or
ders, because he had not complied with
the technical requirements of the school.
This neCessltated Sterrett, the pole
NaulteT inteTrupting his jumping exer-
cises TO run the Iirst quarter in the
mile against Virginia. He made the
best showing of any of the q. W. L.
men in that event, but was beaten
fifteen yards by Rector.
In the two-mile Johns Hopkins had a
procession, beating George Washington.
which had to use Fleming and Wen
derOth, who had already run themselves
out In the mile. and TTUesdeH and
SChmitt- Fleming ran last for q. W. L.
and by a gallant squirt kept his team
from being beaten an even lap.
BY far the most thrilling race of the
night was that in which the Baltimore
City College defeated Episcopal High
School in a bTuising finish. Episcopal
started like a winner and had a COM
Portable margin OF fifteen yards when
the last pair started. J. q. Fulton
then showed 4 rarlarlya bTp hurst of