The Washington times., 1910-02-06

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Washington Grove l. A.. 3
Washington y N. c. Az
Fifth Regiment II. " g., 3.
Maryland A C., ,.
baltimore Crozs-CosIntry Club, 1. /
The unanimous opinion Of washington
athletes today is that the exhibition
given by Forrest Stanton in the final
relay OF the Virginia, team IN its race
with Cornell at Convention Hall last
nlgnt, was one o. the Eraudest bursts
or speed ever Witnessed on a track in
this city.
After three years OF uninterrupted sue
cess IN this section. Virginia was finally
forced to bow before q superior Zoe. but
not until they had given the men from
ithaca scare from which they have
not yet completely recovered II was
The second relay that caused the defeat
OF the Firgiuians, for I'm this they fin
ished about thirty yards behind their
rivals, and this advantage was increased
InuI stanton jumped away from the
marx Iutiy- fifty yards behind HurIburt.
the pride OF the Cornell team
around the hall tore the VirEfnfaD.
eating Up yard afJer yard until ne was
on the heels Of his opponent when he
reached the head Of the stretch.
Through the last fifty yards It was
stride Tor stride, Cornell finally eJ-efng
out victory BIZ a scant Two Yards.
stanton quickly recovered and when he
IrOtted on 70 the dressing room he was
given grand ovation
Inc EiTginia-COrneI race was the eli
max or The third annual games Of the
george Washington UNIVERSITY arFTe7ff.
-hSSoclaIl01 which II point Of attend
ance. was the most successful ever heId
hE the university association.
The meet was slow in r-ertfu-- rr~,7e-
way, me delays In the dash heats being
particularly uresOme. but this was due
Nss Llle uFst meet Of the season and The
a.-oieteS were as troublesome as a hand
% SuITaSeJtes IN Trafalgar SQUARE
once the daShes were disposed Of the
Events were run OF IN good shane rhe
1inIsAes In several Of t1e relay -a~as
belng 50 close that Il was some time ne
1oEe me judges could name the actual
Next 70 the TlrEinia-CorneT race the
George Observation-Disclosures COLLEGE
event was the best OF the evenfue. the
1Sca5 team coming ont victorious after a
haIu struggle from sun to tape.
Manager Eaton was ae b--s, .
press agent for a prize feHr. For q
while he presided near the door 49,
later look q more active mart ~ ~
proceedings and gave the OFFICIALS FS.
SLlLllll@t Geo While his long CHERISHED,
nope OF enjoying a dreamy vaTrZ FRI r71.s
FpdCl0uS nail. was. not reaI lied 81 fz-
pc was concerned the meet was. de-
Tn scoring 2 cIean-cut victory IN The.
scholastic point contest. Bin F0ler mo
central High School trainer. demon
EIEoLEU NnET d
FaTa1Tely few entries Hunt breed
~ an easy winner in the hurdles and
-NicioLS captured HE usand-va~I
AttL alller 4 pretty race Reuter- and
L1aTnilloI, VINO finished second ia +Ee5r
--s'IClVe events both got of poorly
E-ld Lle claim is made that the reIav
race was lost through entering a f77r5or.
Les.n against the crack EDIsc0uq1 T5i--r,
1900 Iour- Had Central used lis
EronSest team another victory would
nave been placed TO its credit
In II w. No-dIfnger who roune5
aNay Win the novice dash, Business
HlSn School u1earthed q Splinter Who
spfuns ore Of the big surprises Of tie
evening
baltimore athletes were not as con
spleuo1is as usual IN winning.
A race between the Washington
Grove athletic Association and the Uni
yeTsity Of virginia four would be wei
worth seeing
Nov for the Federal and Georgetown
JACK Sterrett. the Washington bow
who IS now q student AT Priure+on
took the pole vault with seven inches
70 spare The pole vaultinE was one OF
me most attractive numbers On the
program
BIZ SOmmerS, the former Ceo-ra
Washington football captain. did co6d
work IN the shot put He threw the
lead back TO the contestants.
L5TTy Martin the Virginia rautsin /
showed to advantage In a fast field OF
1urdlers-