The Washington herald., 1909-01-31
Martin, Virginia Hurdler,
Does Il Seconds Flat.
HONoRs FOR CAPITAL STAR
Hopkin. Indoor Meet at Baltimore
Is Big Success-Pete Herring Wins
High Splinter, Leads His Field.
GurIeys and Georgetown Win.

Baltimore, Jan Sj.-PFominenr atnleteS f
from all over the East were gathered IN .
the Fifth Regiment Armory for the an
nual indoor meet OF the Johns Hopkins
University which proved 10 be one Of the
most smoothly run affairs ever held in
this city.
The feature OF the meet was the Won
derfuI performances Of Martin, the heetest
OF the University Of Yirginia's murders,
IN the leo-yard race over the steps he
covered the distance n twelve seconds
fat. clipping one-ffth Of q second from
tbs previous worlds indoor record held
by J. Hill Of Johns Hopkins University
The performance OF Baui. the crack
University OF Pennsylvania distance run
ner. was also one OF the prominent cards
IN the programme. The Red and Blue
man started forty yards behind scratch.
and before the first half Of the race was
over was leading the field winning By
big margin in AZ Zen. OF the Washing
ton Central High School. by beautiful
squirt at the finish. landed second honors-
The large number OF relays and the
excellent competition offered In these
races was also attractive Nearly every
athletic club and school Of any pr0mi-
nence In the South entered the relay
events. and so well were the fields picked
that in almost every instance the out
come Of the race was determined In the
last few laps In these events the Wash
inston entry were particularly success
ful. with but one exception. the Capital
athletes landing in front.
GurIey A. c. Does Finely.
In the relay runs the performance Of
the Gurley Athletic Club quartet was
probably the most notable Of the evening.
Pitted against the Mccullough Athletic
Club and the Cross Country Club Of Bal
timOre. the Washington runners put up
one Of the grandest races ever seen IN
this city The race was one mile Al
the end Of IN half mile Mccullough led
the Gurley runner by a uarter Of a lap.
while the third runner was trailing Far
behind. Hndebrand took the run from
I Curran. and after one o. the best
! spirits OF the evening gave up 70 Smith
son. with but a few yards separating
him from the leader SmitEsOn paced
behind the Mccullough entry until be
| reached the stretch where. b. a supreme
effort. he nOsed ahead and was a winner
/ by less than yard
n the Tri-city relay run between
I philadelphia. Baltimore, and Washing
ton. the latter team nearly duplicated
! the performance OF the Gurieys. Duncan
/ the last runner for the winners getting
10 the tape with but inches 10 spare.
I Living up 20 the expectations Of their
/ most ardent admirers the Georgetown
/ four put Up q typical exhibition OF the
I Blue and Gray teams OF old. and cap
/ tured the mile event from the Richmond
/ College quartet in handy fashion The
work Of Capt. Gibbs in the last two laps
/ landing his team a decisive victory. was
I a feature. At no stage Of the race diC
the losers offer dangerous competition
The work Of the Central High SchOo
trio OF Washington was likewise brilliant
Dewey OutfoOted the nee1eSI OF IhS
scholastic runners in the South. winnins
the Io0-yard handicap from Martin. o.
Georgetown and Munson. Of the Mary
land Agricultural College, ard landing
second in the 1oo-yard interschOlastic.
The summaries.
n0yard Gash-First. St2ydock- Phil 7. NJ c A
second. Hughes. Fifth Regiment: time. 10 IS 80
TTrs,. Martin. G. W; second. Munsou, n A. G.
time A is sec First. Dewey. < h 5, second
swing 7 A. c. time. "A 25 sec Fi7st. ClaTScr
c. c. seeo1d Brockman . A C.; tine q ,
sec First. Strstton. Wash. Y. NJ c. 4; sccord
Patterson. e. " Z: secund FGWley- PM I
c. 4; tane. 70 IS ~ Fiual-Suttou. Central ]
NJ c. A.: tire. % IS sec.
4 leNsu5 scaclsstic-First. Dewey. e. h s: second
PsndIeton. z. Il s: third. Wilson. p T. :
time Il 50 sec FIRST Patterson. B. c. G; secont
Lsnesstsr, G Il. s. 'bisa, Proper, r c. c. TIM
BIS sc.
Rslay-Oue uils-FTrst. B. c. c. German Sta
ford. L Cato. and Rogers; second. E II. :
Blackfori. Thurtt. Wood. and Wallace; tim
5 min = sec.
Sczi+anals-isc-yard handicars-FIrst Niunsou. n
A c; second. Martin. g. W; third. Dsydoc
Phi. Y N. c. A.; tine. Il Is SC. First, Dews.
c. H 6: second. SWING. T. A. c.; time, . - SCI
First. StTztton Wash. y. NJ c. A.: second. Wet5e
Wash. Y u c 4: time. lo IS sec
iaoyaEd hurile-First, Martin. L q Va: sscon'
Smith. 6. ". First Aandoii l. q Va. scc0u
Tsffan J. II. L: tine. Z Is SEC.
Midget relay 3JeTeSon Schcoli-FirSt. : Elheut
I F. Reed. +. Archer. B Dushsne. FriSChhacke
Barker. and W. Winchester, second. Dunniug1oi
Webb Tnges Elliott, Stokes Richardson, al
: EoshcIl.
: Ss-ysrd open Gscrz.ehl-FIrst, P Herring. n
Wash time mn IS sec. Second, Wender0t
q. W. T.; third. Mabel
zsa-yard Hidgsts lscrztch]-FIrst. Allison. B
e G: ttae. % - SC Second, JcDes. 3. e. c
= third Burlington. 3. c. c
Il Al4$ AlfLttc-EA l.As AA1ttA-- - "a 20
time. Il 10 sec SecoBd Randolph. L. Of Va
! thandicap > Yards third. Smith. GeoTsstoEo-
"a fec-vard haudicsr-Ffrs= Dewey. Central e ys-
: handicap; tine 70 - sec FSeoond. Martin Georg
y town 8 yards handicap; third, Mursou. NJ A.
q | q yards handicap
\ Finals lo0-yard interscholassic-First. J. c p
teTson ga Yards; tine. % Is sec. Second Dewe
c. r. 5. g yar5sl third. J. D. Pendieton, z H.
! Relay-SsO ysrts.-First. NcCaiozsh A. G; 81
5 ond. BALTIC. Y. u c. A; third, Z. c c; TIM
g min 46 sec
II Oue-nafe rrn-Fi-st. Bsun L Of P: secon
a Zeh. c. H s (3o-ysrd handicap: third. HID
brand. G. A c: tine. 4 min = sec.
Irterrnruanv rel2T-One mie--COnpauy u.
= phinstone. Black, Jewett, and Smith; Company
y Ihnpert, Galitz, Trinite, and Him; time. nj
a 81 sec.
IS Relsy-Ope nils-FTrss. West Nd. Bird StuI
N Turner. and Marcus: seeoud. Del Col. Nannir
! Kid. Jones end Proase: time min IS SEC
: Tri-eity Y n c a Teiay-Oue mile--FIr
d Wash. Y VI. c. A. Stratton. Sampson. Young. a
Duncan: tine, min. z p sec.
K ssoya-d handicap tOpenl-f1rSt Bond. J. q
q second. Adams N A. C; third. Halliday. c.
n Va: time. $ seconds fat.
!, Chenille relzy-First. Gurley A. C. king. Hid
. brand. Curran Smithsonl; time. min g $
G Second. Nc(alloHsh \. c, lWasneT, Bruins. stee
Steele.
NefSIiourh A. c. Warner. BrSrs. steele steele
szCyard inteTSchOzsic-FiTst Lancaster. {. b.
IN time. 20 SCI second. lie Cato; third. Stafford.
"A Oue.miIe relsy-FIfth Regiment Hughes u
te fe-t Snyder Black: tine. min 2 As sec Secoi
Is Washington iDennis GioFannoni, Bopp. kaTiIsha'
"a Junior relay; 50 yaris-FiTst B. C. C. (Bel
NJ Pattersca Merrick. Montell; tine. ! nm Is 5
: Second. T A G Rose. Living. Stokes. Johnson
= Four-nsile rei1y-FSrst Columbia Saunders. h
= nedy, ZiTsk veriaRchl; second Johns HOPKINS tsi
SIDE. Welfe. Bryer. Griffith.
IL Pole raElt-First. sterTett, G. ". Il feet
Is shot-put-won By Michael. J. H. L. JhandicST
"a fs3 sc f. in: second. O'Counor. G. v lhan
Ne cap 2 f. S in) s. f. IN: third. Cumnir
ed lscntchl. 3 fet IN
One-haH mile relay-Geogetown, Martin. kea
Smith. and Gibbs: Richmond. Loge. Bristcw, Ae
en- and LanSfori; tine. min g sec
On In the second round, Jack Bonn
IL knocked cut Wild Bill Larry. OF 81
= = mokin, az the Central Athletic Club,
!, Tamaoua, Pa. Tuesday night You
:. Shsrkey. of Philadelphia. was knock
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