The Washington times., 1908-03-08
Virginia Runs Away
With Feature Relay
Race for Champion
ship of South.
Hillman'S Sportsman
like Action w hen
Opponent Falls Is
Wildly Applauded.

Princeton University athletes carried
oft first honors and won the handsome
silver trophy cup at the tenth annual
indoor games of the Georgetown Uni
vsrsity field and track association with
a total of twenty-six points. Central
High School. of Washington, was sec
ond with sixteen points, which was
Just one point better than the score
registered by the dozen or more men
sent up by the University Of Virginia.
The last event on the program,
match relay race at one mile between
the old rivals, Virginia and George
town, and which was thought would
be the feature event of the evening,
proved TO be a runaway for the Vir-
ginians. In the two-mile relay event
dor the indoor college championship
OF the East. Cornell defeated Columbia
handny by twenty yards. Wesleyan
was returned an easy winner in its
one mile three-man relay race with
Fordham College.
Hillman Wins Applause.
What was easily the feature Of the
evening was the sportsmanlike action
OF Harry Hillman, Of the New York
Athletic Club. when Mulligan, the old
Georgetown star against whom he was
pitted III a 440-yard special race, fell
just beyond The second turn. Mullisan
mad drawn the pole and had a slight
lead over the New Yorker. Just after
rounding the second term the former
Blue and Gray man fell and Hillman
who was close behind, jumped over
ahe PROSTATE runner and then turned
and picked him up, refusing TO go on
with the race until Muuigan had recov-
cred from his fall.
The action drew thunderous applause
from the largest crowd that has ever
gathered to witness the annual games.
After a short rest the men again
started off and this time It was Null
gan who was generous. Despite the
fact that he could easily have held the
pole for at least the first lap he grace
fully yielded the inside track Mulligan
was slowly making up the distance and
just as he was running shoulder TO
shoulder with Hillman, his left shoe
came off and he finished over MALT the
race with one foot bare. N0twi -hstand-
ing his handicap which gave Inn great
dificulty IN negotiating the banks ne
gave his competitor a hard run for first
Eanors, finishing a scant fifteen yards
in the van.
Smithson Smashes Record.
To F. smithson, of the New York
Athletic Club. fell the honor Of break
ing the only record to go. In the 80
L. F.a4E..-
reduced the former mark Of 62-5 sec
onds lust Is Of a second. Thomas
Smith captain OF the Georgetown Prep
track team, was A close second in this
event, and a portion OF the credit goes
70 him for pushing SmithSOn to his
aiInit to finish IN front
While there were none Of the really
lad features that marked the running
Of the George Washington meet several
weeks ago, the management Of the Fed
eral games, which were held a week
later tnan the former. set a standard
in Washington which the Georgetown
MANAGEMENT failed to live up to.
In the race with Virginia Georgetown
drew the pole and Cohn was off in front
20 a good start with the crack OF the
pistol. He held his lead for but one lap
With the squirt of J. Rector, who passed
Cohn as the men rounded into the sec
and lap, Georgetown's cohorts realized
that the local men were outclassed.
Rector set NAPLES OF to a lead of five
yards and gained fifteen more from
Gibbs
Goes Ahead on Last Lap.
Goodwin barely held this distance
against Mohn. With twenty yards to
the good over Rice, Georgetown's last
IGen, Tourlow kept himself we'll in hand
and did not attempt to sprint when Rice
closed up on him on the first two laps
OF the finish. On the last lap he let
himself out and finished forty yards TO
the good. To the winners of this event
went the indoor one mile championship.
Cornell had but little trouble defeat
ing Columbia in a twO-mile affair which
had been heTalded a. something 10 go
miles to see. The easy manner in which
the ithaca. boys romped away from the
New Workers from the very start made
the event tireSome before It was fin
ished.
Conner On Wesleyan Four.
Wesleyan and Fordham put up the
rest race Oh TIE evening N the COL
. lagiate class. The first man for IVES
leyan finished a scant two yards ahead
Of his rival and the FoTdham man
passed and was himself passed before
+ the second lap was over Conner. a
former Central High School boy. then
took W the race for Wesleyan and
easily beat out his competitor by four
yards.
The other good relay was that won
by Central High School from Business
High and Penn Charter, of Philadel-
phia. McKeever started out a bad
third and finished second to Business,
with Penn Charter a close third. De-
spite a bad slip he took at the second
bank lie recovered his stride ard barely
beat out the Philadelphia. Cheney
managed TO get a slight lead for Cen
trzl at the start but was nosed out at
the hnish. Cl2gett opened a sap and