Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
HOWARDWINS HON0RS
Breaks Records in IntersCho-
Iastic Games.
CAPTURES THE RELAY RACE
Victorious in Exciting Contest With
NJ Street School.
SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS
Names of the officials of the Meet
and of Members of the
Committees.
SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS

Before a large crowd that surrounded
the oval. the third annual games of the
Interscholastic Athletic Association were
run off in the Howard University campus
yesterday afternoon. In the scholastic
events Howard preparatory athletes were
pitted against those of the NJ Street High
School. and in these events Howard was
victorious by a scor. OF ~ TO ~. BY also
capturing the relay race between teams OF
four men from each school. Howard took
the other leading honors of the day. Sew
eral records were broken.
OF chief interest was the relay race be-
tween Howard and NJ Street High School.
which was reserved for the last, The
contest was in the opening lap.
Wade. for Howard. was pitted against
Penn. for NJ Street. At the crack of the
pistol Penn shot out and took the lead.
but Wade. slow in starting. soon gained
his stride and forged abreast ard then
ahead of his rival. He rapidly increased
the distance and finished his relay twenty
yards in the lead Gilbert. next for How
ard. increased the iead to thirty yards
and from that time the race was easy for
the Howard team. Francis. for NJ Street
relay, but he was too far behind.
Breaks One-Mile Record.
The one-mile run record of J.12 made
In the games last year. was broken by
Bristol who ran the distance in JOB The
associations 22O-yard dash record was
also smashed. the new one being % So.
The quarter-mile record was reduced
to- 81 i-5. The time for the half
mile was also better than that ever made
before in the Howard games the new
record being 2.16 Is.
The results in detail follow:
10o-yard dash. scholastic-First heat-Won by
xickers Howard: BACON. NJ Street High second.
SON. NJ Street High. Gilbert Howard. second.
Time. OIL Final-Won by vickers Howard;
Bacon 1oon N street rect High. second
s ssa,nWon by ", English; snowaen; Howar,!
"; English: Jones, second; Hunt third. Time.
ard penn sfreei High nee es E',:S ris 0S
Street High. third Time. 500.
r l2eya5d ), huTdles-pirst heat by Wilson;
Second heat-Won by Randall. Armstrong Techni-
cal, High: Scott, second l.. Time. 90 Final,
third Time. 0.1s45.
2co-rard hurdle. scholastic-First heat-won by
F. Gray. NJ Street High; Gosgins. Howard. see
ond Time. OBS 4-5. second hcat-Won by
Wade Howard; Scott. second Time. o29.
aS na He Ssss H th Tme
OF AS.
For Graded School Teams.
Relay. four laps. for graded school teams
Won by Garnet School. Birney School. second.
44oyard dash open-Won by Snowden. Howard
Medical: Monroe. second. Time. 0544-5
44o-yard dash. scholastic-won ny Desmond.
Ii. fRh I'd i'm q AZ
High schools relay. between freshmen and
One-mile run-Won by Quander. Howard Medi-
cal; Jackson. second. Time. 3.15.
22o-yard dash. schoastic-First heat-won by
second Time. o.23 IS. Second heat-won by
yickers: Howard; Desmond. Howard. second.
Howard. third. Time. o % s-5
Jones. seconds aa:A Hunt ,hr i m W. E.sss
Potato .sre. Spennwon MY by cambridge Arm
$50 yards, scholastic-won by Bristol Howard.
Curtis. NJ Street High. second; Penn, NJ Street
High third. Time 2161 Is.
second. Time. o.2s -
ssO-yard run. open-Won by Walker; Gates.
second. Monroe third. Time 2.l9.
Scholastic Relay.
Scholastic relay. four laps Won by Howard;
NJ Street High. second. Howard team was com.
posed of Wade. Gilbert. Holmes and Desmond
81 street high OF Penn, Bacon. Francis and
Gray
ThreelesSed rsce-won by Hayes and Brent
Crawford and Lane. second
Running high jump-Won by Monroe: Cnn
Howard Medical. second. Franklin, Howard
third Height feet 3 inches.
Running broad jump-Won by English Frank
lin Howard second; Gainor, third Distance
81 feet inches.
Pole vault-Won by ]. B. Brown Jones sec
ond: Kyle. third. Height. feet d inches.
Shot put. scholastic Won by Gray. VI Stree,
High; Rose Howard. second: Franklin. Howard
third Distance - feet ; inches
Shot put open-Won by English: Kyle second
1aylnr third Distance. SO feet 6 inches.
Beamnn. third. Distance. 81 feet 3 inches
Midget relay one lap Won by Armstrong
Technical High school; Street High. second.
Officials of the Meet.
The officials OF the meet were: Referee
G. c. Wilkinson: starter. w T S. Jack
son: clerks of course r. Mattingly anc
Benjamin Washington: scorers. Ra!pE
Cook and c. Shipper; marshal, Maj. \
Brooks; general manager l S A. A.. T.
B Henderson; photographer. William A
Reed: field judges. H. G. Douglass, u
Beckett. DIR. j. r. Francis. +. Amos $
Keys. L. s. G. Bassett and + Johnson
track judges. W Decatur. l.. johnson an,
D Holmes, timers, w. A Joiner. b. Dod
son and J. Allen. field surgeons DIR. a
NJ. Curtis and DIR NJ A Francis
The games committee was composed o
G. c. Wilkinson. chairman; Benjamin
Washington. secretary and trea surer: W
A. Joiner. Edwin b Henderson, Ralpi
Cook. Robert Mattingly. Haley G.. Doug
lass and W. J Decatur.