Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
CLOSE CONTESTS At
THE FEDERAL MEET
Large Crowd at Convention
Hall Enjoys Evening of
Good Sport.

to break the American indoor record of
four minutes and twenty-four seconds for
a mile held by Melvin Sheppard of the
Irish-American Athletic Club of Newt
York city, at the annual federal meet at
Convention Hall. His time was four
minutes and twenty-five and two-ffth
seconds.
The special one-mile run handicap for
the American record. in which PAUL ran
for the record was won by j. G. Stecker
of the Washington Y. NJ. c. A, who
started with q handicap of 40 yards
F. H Lee of the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. with a handicap of 100 yards, got
second place. while Baker of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania with handicap of
so yards was third.
The individual cup for the largest num-
Der of points scored by any one athlete
vas not presented at the close of the
meet. as the official record showed S.
Horrax of the Johns Hopkins University
and w. N. Douglass of the University of
Virginia to be tied for first honors, with
a total of eight points each. 7. III. Wilt
shire Of the University of Virginia was
next with six points and F. Q. Stanton
of the University of Virginia followed
with four points.
The meet was one of the best that has
been pulled off in this city for some time.
All of the events were run off in first
class order. The first event was started
at s O'Clock, and from that time until
shortly before II o'clock there was always
something doing, SO that the several
thousands of spectators who were crowd
cd about the sides and ends of the hall
did not want for some attraction.
One of the biggest surprises of the
meet was the work of ]. Bariscillo of the
Georgetown University, who was entered
in the sixteen-pound shot-put as an un-
aFRr.r1 hnr 6Iceyl Of fCyhf
feet he won the event with a heave of
forty-four feet and one-haf inches. F.
Shanondore of the Carlisle Indian School
was second with forty-one feet three
Won His First Medal.
c. L. Johnson of ST. Johns College, An
1apolis. Md. won his first medal in an
athletic event when he captured first
place in the fifty-yard novice dash. w.
r. Fite of the University of Virginia was
also after his first medal and got second
place, while II. Whalen Of the Baltimore
City College took third place.
One of the best events of the evening
was the f1fty-yard dash. open handicap.
In which there were fifty entries. After
seven heats were run of there were three
semi-finals. until the final event, in which
c. A. King of the Washington Grove Ath-
letic Club. with a handicap of three feet,
took first place by small margin over
r. Gill of Mercersburg Academy. who
started from scratch. s. D. Gooch Of the
University OF Virginia, with three feet
handicap. was third
Another classy event was the fifty
sard hurdle, open handicap. The first
three men finished so close that the Of
Hciais had difficulty in deciding their
places. but later announced that S. Hor-
rax Of Johns Hopkins University took
nrst place. He started with handicap
-sx- nlrI of 10.
timore Athletic Club, starting from
scratch, got second place, and F. Shan
ondore of the Carlisle Indian School.
with a handicap of eight feet, was third.
L. Tewania, the Indian from the Car
isle School, who holds the ten-mile in
door record of the United States. started
from scratch with BorZner of the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania in the two-mile
run. open handicap. but was only able to
get fifth place. There were a great
many entries In the event, which handi-
capped the running of the Indian. who
put up q game fight Wolley of the
University of Pennsylvania, who started
with handicap of ninety yards, took
the gold medal.
Fell on First Turn.
The 440-yard run for the South Atlantic
Association championship was won by
c. \. King of the Washington Grove Ath-
let.c Association. ]. b. Brown OF the
Baltimore Y. NJ. C. A. was two feet be-
hind and Stanton of the University of
Vir.,inia was third. Stanton fell on the
first turn and was unable to regain the
los: ground.
Eat for p Morris Of the Carlisle Indian
thought that school would have defeated
the Wesleyan University team in the one
mile relay face. Friday started for the
Indian school ana was on even terms with
Racou af WpSiPVan when RIackStar tnnk
up the running. The next two men-Moore
and Hastings-fnished together. but when
Morris had but got started he fell, and
TwoheartS was unable to regain the lost
ground, and Wendell OF the Wesleyan
team finished ahead of him by fifteen
yards
The University Of Virginia was all to
the good In the 6OO-yard handicap rum as
the first three men to finish wore the col
ors of Virginia. T. II. Wiltshire starting
from scratch, got first place; W. w
Douglass of the same school. with fifteen
yards handicap, was second, and g. D.
Gooch, with fifteen yards. was third
The several relay events proved inter-
esting and number resulted in close
finishes.
Summary of Events.
5o-yard novfce-won by c. L. Johnson ST.
Johns College; second, W. p. Fite. University
OF Virginia; third. 81. whalen. Baltimore City
College. Time, 0O6.
eso-yard run. novice-Won by Foster, Uniyer-
sity Of Pennsylvania: second. W. B. Kemp
Maryland Agricultural College; third, C. F.
Bass, Kendall Athletic Club. Time. Els.
Relay race, l. 200 yards-Won by Mercury Ath-
bette Club, Farmer, Reuth. Henning and ThralI:
second Baltimore Gross Country Club. Time,
2}i 35.
Relay race 600 yards championship Boys
Department. Y. VI. C. Avon by Gray team.
Tender. Brumbaush, Nausbanm and Stiiex; Sec
old, Orange team. Time, 1.26
Relay race. 900 yards-Won by Woodbury. For
est School second team, Anderson. Carter, Ben
ton and Willis; second. Baltimore Cily College.
Time. LA SIS.
Relay race. 1920 yards-won by 18th United
States Cavalry. Napier. Weaver Hall and Con-
molly; second l04th United States Coast Artil-
lery. Time, 2.42 20.
One-mile relay-Won By Baltimore City Col
tge. Connolly. LeCato. Elliott and Bacon, by
defsult- Time, LIS rs.
Midget relay race-Won by Washington Juve-
nile Club. Degnan Roberts. lie Foe and Heley:
second, Boys Department, Y. VI. c. A. Time
LEO.
55-ysrd open handieap-von BIZ c. 4 kim
Washington Grove Athletic Club, 3 feet: second
Merccrsbnrg Academy. scratch: third = II
G"1-h, University Of Virginia. s feet Time
o-n5 10
eoo-yard run, handicap-won by T. II. Wilt
SHIRE. University OF Virginia. scrstch: second
douglass University Of Virginia, II wards. thtrj
';ooch, University Of Virginia, Is yards Time.
l23.
Relay race $40 yards: midget teams-wop hv
Georgetown Preparatory School (Nordlinger Do
Time. 1-24.
Mile relay race-Won by Mccullough A. G..
White. Warner, Steel, Burnsl: second Washing.
ton \. VI. q. 4. Time, 352 3-5.
.20o-yard relay rsce-Won by Kendall A. c.
tFlathers Boss Emory HensenD: second Junior
Richmond Grays; third. Advent \. C. Time,