The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
FIELD DAY AT N. A. G.
Byrd, for Seniors, Proves the
Star of Athletic Meet.
FOUR RECORDS ARE BROKEN
Tennis Finals Not Finished, But
Will Be Concluded This Morning.
CIass-day Exercises Held in the
acknowledgements for To-day
includes Alumni Election.
Special to Tie Washington Herald.

Special to Tie Washington Herald.
College Park. June S-This was athletic
day at the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege.
The tennis tournament begun this
morning was not concluded. but VIII be
finished tomorrow morning. The tourna-
ment is in charge of Prot. +. B. Bonn
berger. with NJ. Creese, scorer, and
Messrs. Gahan and Peairs, judges. In
the preliminaries SI,ester beat Rumlg,
G-3 and e.: Crapster beat Dyden, 6-4
and 81. and Hicks beat Burns, 6-S. 10,
and g.. The finals will be between the
three winners in the preliminaries. Hicks
and Crapster played one set. the former
winning, ca.
The track and field events began at
o'clock this afternoon. anr attracted sew
eral hundred spectators many of whom
we're ladies. The track was in fine con-
dition. and Byrd. Of the senior class, one
OF the best all-around athletes who has
ever attended the college. smashed three
records, In the 10G-yard dash, 220-yard
dash. and 440-yard dash.
In the first event, 50-yard dash. Byrd
won the first heat and GrasOn the sec
ond These two and Long and Munson
qualified for the final heat which Byrd
Won IN 0:52; Grason second and Munson
third. In the 1OO-yard dash. Tauszky
caught Byrd near the tape in the first
heat and beat him out. Long finished
first in the second heat, but Starter
Peairs decided that The sprinters got
away ahead Of the gun, and made them
run It over.
Breaks the Track Record
Long declined to run again. and Adams
captured the second heat. with farrell
| second. Byrd won the final heat and the
race, with Tauszky second and Adams
third. The time was 0:10. which smashes
the previous college record Of 1872. Cadet
Maj. Cooper won the third event, the
shot-put. with White second and Rumig
| third. The shot was thrown S01 feet
Byrd won the 22o-yard dash rather cas-
| ily. In 0:22 as. the record for this dis
/ tance at the college being 0:23 1-5. Coster
was second and Crapster third.
| In the eth event, Long captured the
/ SS0-yard run. and incidentally broke the
/ record Of 2:l0 10, his time being 2:06 2-5.
/ Choate was second and Berry third
! The high jump was won by Grason
after a pretty contest with Munson. The
/ winner scaled the bar AT 5 feet 3 inches.
/ The 440-yard dash was won by Byrd.
/ who established a new record at the
college for this distance. His time was
/ 0:52. the previous record having been 0.53.
Adams was second and Coster third in
| this event.
Bower finished first IN the one-mile race.
/ but was disqualified and Firor was given
first place The judges stated that. in
attempting TO get the inner track, just
after leaving them for the fourth sprint
around the track. Bower ran OF the track
into the field
Mile Race Is Protested.
II Is understood that protest agains;
awarding the race 10 Firor has been filed
The broad jump was won by Munson
Corey was second. and Long third. The
winner jumped nineteen feet.
The 290-yard hurdle was an interesting
event and was captJred by Byrd, with
Grason second. and Corey third
The one-mile interclass relay was the
main event Of the day. and was won by
the sophomores were second. with Lang
don. and the seniors third. with Rumig
The time was 3 minutes 45Iz seconds.
The features Of the exercises tomorrow
will be the election Of officers for the
alumni association. a baseball game II
the afternoon between the members Of
the regular team and a nine picked from
the alumni association. the president:
reception in the afternoon. and the join
debate for the alumni medal betweeI
members from the Morrill, and Mercel
literary societies in the evening.