Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
HATCHET|TES' MEET
ONE BIG SUCCESS
Enthusiastic Crowd on Hand
to See Cornell Defeat vir-
ginia in Feature Relay.

Stanton OF the University Of Virginia,
who picked up his end of the race twen-
ty-fve yards or SO behind his opponent
on the Cornell University relay team,
and gained just twenty-four yards in
the quarter mile. and all but won.
This happened last night at Convention
Hall, where the George Washington
University Athletic Association ran of its
third annual indoor meet. This wonder
full sprint of Forest Stanton's was easily
the great feature of the entire evening,
as no other importent event came any,
where near being anything but an easy
romp for the victors.
Cornell won the big race, but only by
hard fight. Jack Sterrett trying vain
ly for q new South Atlantic record at
the pole vault, might have made it had
there been better take Off"
The University OF Virginia had another
ond team raced with Swarthmore's best
runners, but the Pennsylvanians won by
a good length. despite the rendition of
Dixie by the Marine Band, In the gal
lery.
George Washington University won its
relay race with Richmond College, after
q see-saw race all the way through.
The meet was success from spec
tacular point of view. The records made
by the contestants. as shown below, may
suffer some change when the official
scorer gets to work on them.
Baltimore Wins Midget Relay.
The midget relay race was an easy
walkaway for Baltimore City College,
with very small boy from Western
High School >of this city trailing along In
second place. The time was 4.4S.15. Bal
timore got a half lap lead almost in
jump and hung on to 1t despite the ter.
rifle efforts of the other midgets to cut
it down. The winners were V. s. Mer.
rick, A. C. Monteil, P. Moisseau and A.
c. Cheatham, who finished twenty yards
ahead of Western Highs runner.
The ffty-yard novice open handicap at
tracted lots OF attention and after
whole distance Todd OF Virginia won in
q sprint. Berkeley of Episcopal High
was second. Time, ) 40 seconds.
The same old 5 As seconds was used
in the fifty-yard novice. won by Nord-
linger of Business High School, after two
hard heats. Fisher of Central High and
Hillyer of Western ran almost even for
second and third.
z. M. c. A. in Front.
The SSo-yard open handicap looked like
q procession during the whole distance.
A Kendall A. c. man, with block and
a half lead, was caught In the last 1OU
yards by the first and second men,
who were Gordon Law, Washington Y.
NJ c. A., % yards handicap, and G.
Blanberg. Baltimore Y. NJ. c. A. Bryant,
q. w. U, was third, Time, 30.
The fremont A. 6. had the lead in the
club relay until the last lap, when River
dale's fast man, Morris. took 1t. Michael
Of Advent snatched 1t away in the homo
with fremont second. It was the most
exciting relay OF the first half OF the
program. Time, IA.
The 44O-yard open handicap was not
race, but scramble. The bunch got
away looking like a swarm of human
bees and several of them were smashed
into the audience Nobody had a chance
but J. B. Brown of Baltimore Y. NJ c. A..
and won in IS seconds fiat. A. B. Duck
EFT, Maryland A. c., was second. aries
Of irginia was close third.
The time was disputed by most Of the
audience.
Baltimore carried away the 5O-yard
scholastic open in So seconds. faster
than the big boys ran the same distance.
Patterson OF Baltim IRE City College won
by yard, with two men close behind
him.
King Some Runner.
Charlie King of Washington Grove A.
A. did a remarkably fine stunt in winning
the cmi-final of the f1fty-yard open
handicap, with five yards, and then went
right back to his mark and won again
in the finals in 5 So seconds. Gooch,
University of Virginia man, was second.
Half dozen schoolboys hoped hurdles
for ten minutes in two heats and a final,
favsfite, G. Hunt. LIE Cato of Baltimore
was second and Hugh Benet of Friends
School was third.
Larry Martin of Virginia was the hero in
the fifty-yard open hurdles. From scratch
he won the third heat In 9 1-5 seconds,
and had the pick Of the evening to con-
tend with in the finals Halliday. his
teammate was second, giving University
of Virginia eight points in the one event
Nichols OF Central High nearly split
his sides, but he won the 1,OOO-yard
scholastic after wearing down a pro-
cession of ambitious >prep schoolboys.
newspaper men the name OF number two,
but Dyson of Central was third. Time.
637.
LIE Cato of the Baltimore C. C. stag
gered across the tape In the 440-yard
scholastic in minute and seconds. The
boys started on fast, but died early. G.
Hamilton OF Central High was a close
second.
relay class was won by Munson of Mary
land Agricultural, who beat q fast West
ern High boy in a neck-and-neck struggle
in minutes and seconds.
Cornell Beats Virginia.
The ciassiest event was the gorgeous
Cornell and University OF Virginia mile
relay. Cornell had q hairs breadth ad-
vantage at the beginning when Nixon got
Q better start than Goodwin. The second
Cornell man increased the lead a hun
dred yards. And the third Red and White
man did his best to hold on. Stanton.
the great. had twenty yards to make UP.
In the last lap he cut 1t In two, gaining
steadily. When the pistol cracked he had
five to make up, and nearly did 1t. Had
he ten yards more to go he would have
won.
Hurlburt, Cornell's last man, flashed by
just yard ahead Of Stanton. while tho
whole audience rushed to the tape to see
the finish. The men ran in this order
Lynch. Nixon. Ford and Hurlburt for
Cornell: Goodwin. Douglass, Wiltshire
and Stanton. Time. 3.21.
Western High claimed the 6O-yard
scholastic novice, as Adams owned the
race all the way around. John Dunn Of
National Cathedral School chased after
him all the way. and made a good sec
ond. Mckee. Central High, nearly got
second. but had to take third. Time,
Los TO.
Episcopal Boys First.
Alexandria, Va, proved fast enough to
car3 In E>ntscooal IJgoh Schonl q. ,r,s,,n.