The Washington herald., 1909-02-22
By RILLIAM PEET.

i wish TO say that The Washington
Herald this morning printed the only cor
rect list of point winners for the alumni
cup trophy" said Official Scorer James
0'shea last night. while the list as
printed was unofficial. it compared exact
( " With my scOle sheets"
Baltimore City College looks the win
ner, with Tome Institute second. One
morning paper placed the Baltimoreans
fourth, giving them but ten points, when
sixteen were scored While probably due
10 carelessness. such a mistake has caus-
ed no end OF comment. and. 10 say the
least. is manifestly unfair 10 the Monu-
mental City athletes
Other Washington papers completely
ignored the fact that Jack Sterrett broke
all existing Southern collegiate and South
Atlantic records IN the pole vault. while
three new marks we're registered in
events foreign to programmes Of this dis
trict
Places Are All Credited.
While Official Scorer Oshea al the
close Of the meet stated that an added
starter who forgot to give his name or
number 10 the officials had won third
place in one OF the dash events. never
thelsss all Of the third-place points in
the meet are accounted for in The Wash
ington Herald's summary. and II Is the
opinion Of the writer. and also Of Man
ager Stewart. that Nr. O-Shea is mis-
taken, hence the Pennsylvania Alumni
cup VIII be turned over at once 10 Balti-
more City College.
An afternoon paper justly takes shot
at several Of the youthful officials Who
refused to keep out Of the foreground
and made themselves as conspicuous as
possible crovrdinS AZ the finishes OF the
majority or races When the time comes
for selecting officials for the Federal
games next year there viii be a few
/ changes from last Saturday nights list
a little incident. probably noticed BY
only q few. was the scene al the finish
Of the 5o-meter scratch invitation. won by
Ralph Gamble. Of Princeton. son Of Sen
ator Gamble. OF South Dakota The gray
haired Senator and Ms Gamble we're
interested spectators. The Senator could
stand Il TO longer. and rushing onto the
/ floor he grasped his son BY the hand. AZ
/ :he same time clapping him on the back.
saving: Well done. ny boy. In proud
OF you
Tech Coming to Front.
The showing OF Mckinley Manual
Training Schools athletes. coached BY
Bob Walker. was big surprise Tech
did Wen in the George Washington meet.
but a whole lot better Saturday night.
Mr.. Walker, in talking with the writer.
says that track athletics az Tech are
very much on the boom, and at mass
meeting held last week twelve new can
didates reported for practice, among
whom we're FIVE youngsters OF consider
/ able promise Tech may upse, a few
weIl-caiculated speculstions in the school
games this spring
Little Rawlings. OF Business. also looms
up as a dark horse in coming track meets.
He not only won hsndily the 50-metsr
scholastic novice, but cut out such a hot
I pace in the four-cOrT1sred relay race for
his team that. had Rathbone been able
10 maintain the lead. the StenOgrsphers
would have landed the event ahead OF
/ Technical
The writer's attention has been called 70
e mistake Of either the official scorer or
announcer II stating that the Mercury
Athletic Club finished third in the relay
race IN which the BeImonts won. The
NercIrys ran second instead OF the
E91rrsarr Athletic fs1rrn