Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-09
ATHLETIC GAMES AT
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

The interclass track and field games Of
the Maryland Agricultural College were
held at o clock yesterday afternoon and
were witnessed by several hundred stu
dents and their friends. The track was
in fine condition and several college rec
ords were broken Byrd. member OF
the graduating class, was the star OF the
meet, as he secured four firstS. in which
he lowered three records. The seniors won
the meet with IS points. The sophomores
were second, with 81, and the juniors
third. with 26. The freshmen scored but
points
The first event was Il 5O-yard dash in
which Byrd won in the fast time of > %
seconds. Byrd also took the 1OO-yard
dash in 10 seconds. TaisZky was second
and Adams third. The former record was
10 % seconds. Cooper won the shot-put
with a heave of 30 feet l inch. White
was second and Rumig third.
Another record was smashed in the 22o-
yard dash. when Byrd covered the dis
lance in % 4-5 seconds. The previous
record was p ID seconds. Coster was
second and Carpenter third. The SS0-yard
run was won by Long. who set a new
mark when he finished the distance in .
was > minutes 1O1-5 seconds. ChOate was
second and Berry third. In the running
high jump Grason cleared the bar at )
feet j inches, with Munson second.
Byrd broke another record when he won
the 44O-yard dash in l minute and - sec
onds, the previous record being l
minute and 81 seconds. Adams finished
second and Coster third. The one-mile
run was quite exciting. in which Bower
finished first. but was disqualified for run
ming out of the track on the fourth lap.
Firor was given first place. Cooper was
second and Trimble third. The time was
> minutes and ~ seconds. Munson took
the broad jump with 10 feet : inches.
Corey was second and Long and TausZky
tied for third. Long won the toss and
secured the place.
The 22U- yard hurdle proved interesting
as Byrd. GrasOn and Corey finished to-
gether, in the order named. The entries
in the pole vault contest were narrowed
down to MunsOn and TausZky and were
won by the former, who cleared the
parallel ait = feet. The most exciting
event of the meet was the one-mile inter-
class relay. The entries were Senior
class, Mackall. Rumig, Warren and Sill
veSter; junior class, Burroughs, FARRELL
Coster and Tauszky; sophomore class,
Adams, Bower, Crapster and I.angdon:
freshman class. Tradell, Lowe, Boss and
f. White. The race was won by Coster
of the junior class, with Langdon of the
sophomore class second, and Rumig of the
seniors third. Time, minutes 451h Sec
onds.
The last event was a tug of war between
ten students picked from each of the
sophomore and feshman classes. At the
first tug the rope broke. landing the twen-
ty contestants in a heap on the track. to
the great amusement of the spectators.
The freshman class managed to gain
considerable advantage in the second
trial. but the judges decided that they had
not pulled their antagonists a sufficient
distance to win the contest. and the fresh
men declined to proceed further with hos
tilities.
The officials were: Prof. Charles S.
Richardson. manager, assisted by the
various members of the faculty Judges.
Profs. Gahan. Norton and Cohen: timers.
Profs. Gwinner. Creese and Bomberger
starter, Prof. PEARS, assisted by Prof
Firor.