Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-06
VIRGINIA ONCE MORE
HUMBLES GEORGETOWN
Visitors Romp Away With Fea.
ture Relay Race of
Big Meet.

final event of the program OF the twelfth
annual indoor meet of the Georgetown
University Athletic Association, last night
at Convention Hail.
This event was for the champion.
ship Of the south. and much bet
ting had been made on the result by
the students of the two universities.
the spectators displayed considerable In
terest. Gooch for Virginia and Gross for
Georgetown lined up for the first relay.
The former finished with lead OF twenty
feet. Douglass added five feet more, and
then Nilshear increased the lead to
thirty-five yards. Stanton ran last for
the Virginia team and won by three
quarters of a lap.
Yale Also Wins Easily.
The Yale bulldog downed the Princeton
tiger In a two-mile relay race by finish
ing forty yards to the good. From the
start the Yale boys took the lead and
increased it until VI. Kirjassoff. who ran
last. had handicap OF forty yards. He
increased it and finished ahead of Frants
for Princeton by one-half lap.
The University of Pennsylvania walked
away from the Cornell University team
in a two-mile relay race. Boyle. who
started first for the winners against
Hazelton of Cornell secured a good lead,
and his teammates held 1t and won out.
Wesleyan University defeated the CO.
lumbia University in a one-mile relay
the winners, secured the lead on the
third lap. and Capt. Bacon managed to
hold ii and win out.
The pole vault was long drawn out
contest. in which r. Gardner won out by
clearing the bar by twelve feet and three
inches. Robertson of the Washington
Grove Athletic Club was second and J.
Sterrett of Princeton University. but who
entered unattached. was third.
The meet was one of the most SUCCESS
full that has been pulled of in this city In
years and was the best in the history OF
Georgetown athletics. The officials were
all well trained to their duties and kept
the contestants on the jump from the
Ward Bean Of Philadelphia, one of the
best announcers Of athletic events in this
country. handled the megaphone and an
nounced the results to the large crowd
in such good style that the spectators
were kept posted on the results OF the
various events.
The first event was the flfty-yard novice
for contestants who had never won .
prize in any athletic event Twenty-Five
runners were entered in the four heats
The final event was won by Watson OF
the Y. NJ. c. A., who finished sever Al
inches in front of Beary OF the George
town University.
T. Todd of the University OF Virginia
proved his superiority over nearly half
a hundred contestants in the hfty-yard
open handicap when he took first place
from KNpatric of Yale University.
Sprawls Of Georgetown was a close third.
collegiate fifty-yard dash, which went to
Hough Of the University Of Pennsylvania
by a scant four inches. Bacon OF the
Wesleyan University got second prize
and Minds OF the University Of Pennsyi-
vania finished in third place.
G. Dewey OF the Central High School
OF this city took the intarscholastic fifty
yard dash in fine squirt. G. T1manus
of the Baltimore City College was second
and Reuter- of Central was third.
The first relay on the program was won
by the fremont Athletic Club second team
in the last lap. The American Security
and Trust Company team finished second
The Western High School junior relay
team proved too fast for the other teams
in their relay race and beat the Washing
ton School for Boys team by good mar
gin, the Washington boys having good
lead over the Friends School team
Thrall's Squirt Won.
After the first three men of the three
teams in the one-mile relay race for ath-
letic clubs had finished together Thrall
Of the Mercury Athletic Club spurted ana
won the event. The Riverdale Athletic
Club team got second place.
Forty-two contestants lined up about the
tape in the 6O0-yard novice The get
off i'm a bunch lost on the first lap. N.
Low of the Friends School sprfnted and
stretched the bunch out. He held third
position until the last lap. when he won
out, Bodley of the University Of Penn
sylvania getting second place by close
margin over ]. Watts Of Georgetown.
+. Davis OF the Business High School
finished the 40 yards scholastic handicap
run with a margin of fifteen yards over
F. Reuter- Of the Central High Schooi.
L. s. Hare of the Business School was
third.
Easy for Western.
A hot relay race to decide the Dis
trict prep scholastic championship was
run by the teams of the Western High
School and Georgetown props, the West
ern team winning in a walk. Some or
the best hurdle jumpers in this section or
the country were entered In the dfty-
yard hurdle event. After four heats ana
two semi-finals r. Bard of the University
of Pennsylvania got first place by two
feet. p Platt of Yale was second and L.
Smith of Georgetown third. In the fourth
heat Stanton of the University OF Viz
ginia finished first. but was disqualified
because he wore spiked shoes.
Haskell of Yale University captured the
one mile run. open handicap, by one-quar-
ter of a lap over B. Hilderbrand OF the
National Guard Athletic Association. who
started with a handicap of thirty feet.
Fitzpatrick Best in Shot-Put.
J. Fitzpatrick of Yale, starting from
scratch, outclassed all of the other con-
testants in the sixteen-pound shot-put
when he heaved the shot forty-three feet
four inches Baricelle of Georgetown,
with a handicap of five feet. was second.
and G. Orem of the Y. NJ. c. A, with .
of five feet. was third.
With a handicap of thirty-five yards c.
Roger of the 9TH Regiment Of Baltimore
got first place with a margin of thirty
yards. Considerable interest was dis
played by the spectators in the midget re-
lay race for the District championship.
which was won by the Friends School,,
the Georgetown Prep team getting second
place.
Twenty runners were entered in the 40
yard open handicap. which was won oy
Vlyman of Georgetown University, who
A. Sprawles Of Georgetown was second
and o. White of the Mccullough Athletic
Club Of Baltimore third.
The one-mile championship relay race
was won by the Washington Grove Ath-
letic Club.
One-mile run was captured by Breyer OF
Johns Hopkins University. His team
mate. +. Lee, was second.
Summary of Events.
50-yard novice-won by Watson. y. NJ. c. A.:
Beary Georgetown University, second G.
Harrsx. Johns Hopkins University. third. Time.