Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-11
NATIONAL GUARD
MEET BIG SUCCESS
Events Well Conducted and
Runners Make Good Time
on Small Track.

tuted by the National Guard il is doubt
full IL there has been an affair of the kind
held by that association that has come
anywhere near edualing the one that was
SO successfully run off last night. While
the meet was almost a strictly local az
fair, the class OF the events was excep-
tionally high and some very good times
were made during the evening The 90
yard hurdles and the 5o-yard dashes for
instance, We're covered in % and 8 81
seconds, respectively. The first mentioned
time was exceptionally good, especially
when ii Is considered that Forest Smith
son, who holds nearly all worlds records
for the hurdle distances. only did one
fifth of second better for the same dis
lance in Convention Hall.
The management of the meet was al
most perfect. Even though the track
was rather small It was kept clear Of
both officials and contestants, giving the
what was going on. No more men than
were absolutely necessary for the sue
cessful running of the meet were given
official badges and allowed on the floor.
The idea OF the management I'm running
off the preliminaries the night before the
meet was a good one. esp ,caliy in view
of the fact that the track was small and
III q greater NUMBER men t4idn i've VI
six had been allowed on il IN any of the
dashes or short runs there would have
been much crowding on the banked turns
and the result would have been much
showing and pushing. with possible injury
to somebody Besides this, it also facil-
1tated the running OF the meet and ala
away with the crowding around the nm
ish, which necessarily goes with the plac-
ing Of the men In their proper heats
Golden of the Georgetown Prep School
did himself proud in three of the dash
events last night. He won the Jo-yard
dashes for the high school and District OF
Columbia championship and also the 80
yard hurdles. The time made by the
Blue and Gray youngster was good I'm
each event. one OF the dashes being COW
cred I'm 3-5. the other i'm 40 seconds,
while the hurdles were made in 20. The
diamond ring, which went to the man
scoring the greatest number OF points in
the open events, was won by the Hii-
topper, he scoring five points more fhan
his nearest competitor. who was steckef
of the Washington Grove Association.
Stecker and Hildebrand had practically
no trouble i'm taking the two-mile team
race from their opponents. Holland and
Beller composed the only other team in
the event, and they were no match Tor
the Grovites. The race was rather close
until after mile and half had been
traversed. but on the last half mile
Washington Cross Country Club lost by
about thirty yards.
The race was q decided novelty, and
would have undoubtedly been an inter
esting one had there been more teams en-
tered and had they been more evenly
matched.
The other diamond ring given the ath-
lete scoring the greatest number of points
in the closed events was captured by
King of the Washington Grove Asso-
citation, representing Company L. with
sixteen points Rathbone was second
in the closed events. with eleven points.
The relay race between Company e
and Company q was the classiest event
Of the evening. Each company had rep
resenting it men who have made marks
with other clubs and colleges. Smith
son and King were the two stars allied
with the Company G team, while tho
Company z four had Morris and Adams.
two members of the indicated Mary
land Agricultural College quartet. for its
mainstays. Schlosser, who ran first Tor
the Company K team did well. in that
he opened up a fifteen-yard gap be-
tween himself and his nearest competitor.
Morris took UP the running as third man
against Smithson. but the Grove lad
was unable to make up the entire lead.
and Adams started ten yards In front
of King. and 1t is just as easy 10 pass
Adams on an indoor track as II Is TO
CLIMB a greasy pOie NliiS ufoppSo ous
on the third lap. The time was 4o6'
which was very good for the track.
The work of Stecker deserves lots OF
mention. Every race I'm which he ran
was a distance event, and yet In each
he clearly showed his superiority over
his competitors, In the .two-miie race
for two-man teams he ran along the
track in front Of his man. laughing and
hardly half trying.
Oae of the best races of the evening
was the open mile. Stecker had just
come out of the two-mile team race and
found himself pitted against Corridor OF
Catholic University. The Brooklander
cut out a fast pace at the start and
opened up gap of at least fifteen yards,
but he was unable to hold ii, and was
soon caught by the Washington Grove
man. The two men alternated in first
place until the last lap. when Stecker
cut out great sprint and won by ten
yards.
Taking everything into consideration.
everybody was satisfied with the manner
in which the meet was conducted. There
were few of the contestants WHO did not
come away with some kind of prize,
end the spectators were we'll pleased with
the events and the facility with which
they were run off.
Frank Isbell never overlooks chance
TO do business, and when the SoX special
STONED at Wichita for FIVE minutes he
was on hand to shake hands with every
one on board and to ask Commy for a