Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-08

A worlds record was broken in the
tenth annual indoor meet of Georgetown
University at Convention Hall last night
when F. Smithson of the New York
Athletic Club crossed the tape in 6 Ia
seconds, thus lowering the mark one
fifth of a second.
Princeton University won the trophy
cup for the largest number of points
scored. having a total of %. The Contra
High School of this city was second, with
16. The University of Virginia relay
team defeated the Georgetown Uni
versity team by about twenty yards. and
thus obtained the silver cup offered for
this event, which closed the meet.
The contestants. representing some OF
the most prominent colleges, athletic
clubs and preparatory schools of the east
and south, were all of the first-class. The
large hall was packed to the doors.
Along the sides were represented the
students and alumni of the prominent
universities Of the east. who rooted and
sang college songs the entire evening
The band. which was stationed at the
lower end of the hall. played popular
could not be heard above the cheering OF
the college boys. during the relay races
of the several universities
Cornell Defeats Columbia.
The two-mile relay race between the
Cornell and Columbia universities was won
by the former, having led all the way
French ran first for Cornell and finished
his heat with lead of three feet over
Hoyns of Columbia. Carpenter. a Wash
ington boy. then took up the running for
the winners but lost about one foot
to Bowes. Halsted outran Hutchip-
son and finished the third heat with lead
of fifteen yards. The final sprint was
between Hitchcock of Cornell and San
ders of Columbia, in which the former
finished about ten yards to the good
Carpenter is the son of Frank G. Car
penter whose letters are a regular feat
ure Of The Saturday Star and is one al
the well known track athletes of the
Cornell on the track during his four years
In college. He has medals and cups
which he has won in meets with, Prince
ton, Harvard and Yale as a quarter miller
and he has the honor of having won the
half-mile championship in the intercol-
legiate meet at Boston in 1906, in which
all the leading colleges of the country
took part. Mr.. Carpenter will graduate
at Cornell this year. and he will probably
take part in the intercollegiate meet at
Philadelphia this spring.
The next big relay was between Wes-
leyan University and Fordham Uni
versity and the former won by twenty
yards. Wesleyan got off in the lead and
was never headed.
In the Georgetown and Virginia race
Rector for Virginia took the pole and
led Cohen by five yards at the end of
their heat NAPLES then took up the
running and added five more yards to
their lead against Mohn. Goodwin and
Gibbs were the next two runners, and
the former finished ahead with fifteen
yards lead. The last two men were
Thurlow for Virginia and Fred Rice for
Georgetown. Rice ran a fine race. but
could not make up the ground lost by
his team mates, and Virginia won by
about twenty yards.
Record Broken.
In the fifty-yard hurdle event, in
which the record was broken, Snlithson
easily won his heat, while the second
heat was dead heat between Howe of
Yale and Martin of Virginia. Smith OF
the Georgetown Preparatory School won
the third heat In the finals S1nithSOp