Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
BLUE AND GRAY'S
MEET BIG SUCCESS
Virginia Trims Georgetown in
Relay Struggle and Yale
Beats Princeton.
CARRIGAN'S RUNNING
A BRILLIANT FEATURE
Western High Captures Three
Observation-Disclosures Grove
Wins Championship of
the South.
Point Winners in
Last Nights Big Meet

With 5000 people looking on from the
galleries and from every available space,
with a galaxy OF stars entered In the
various events, with some of the best and
fastest relay races that have ever been
run in this city and with supervision
that was perfect, the track meet held
last night by Georgetown University was
by far the best that has been seen here
in many years. 1t is doubtful if there
was ever an athletic event ever sane
toned by any institution in this section
OF the country that was characterized by
the smoothness and general satisfaction
OF that held under the auspices Of the
Blue and Gray University Athletic Asso-
cation last night.
From nearly every college Of any prom
thence In tho east, from every scholastic
institution and from every athletic club
k6ero were entered some Of the best men
competing IN amateur athletics today.
Yale. Cornell, Princeton and Wesleyan
were the northern universities represent
"a, while the south showed that it is not
xRr behind its northern rivals by the way
that Georgetown. Virginia and Johns
Hopkins scored point after point in open
competition. Each Of the scholastic in
stttutions in this section was well rep
resented and several exceptionally good
races were furnished by this contingent.
The New York Athletic Club was the
most famed OF the club associations
entered. but the Washington Grove and
fremont Athletic Club showed lots OF
class during the evening. as did the Bal
timore Cross Country Club.
Trophy for Virginia.
University Of Virginia carried or the
handsome point trophy with a total of
u. just a half dozen more than Yale,
its closest competitor. Old Eli barely
passed Georgetown in a matter OF points
when Wagner scored five in the pole
vault, the last event on the card. George
towns showing was exceptional and a
great credit TO its veteran coach, Bill
Foley.
The banner event Of the evening, the
relay race between Georgetown and Viz
sinia, went 10 the latter team by a good
marginal least twenty yards The re-
suit OF the race was not much Of a sur
prise, as IL was expected that the
southerners. on the showing of their men
in the individual events in previous
meets this season, would win. On the
toss up the Georgetown man won the
pole, but lost ii before going fifty yards.
lie mad not turned the first curve before
the Virginia man was ahead of him.
Gibbs ran first for the Hiltoppers and
started Davis, who took UP the second
relay for the Blue and Gray off about
ten yards behind the second Virginia
man. Davis ran one OF the best races OF
the evening, and on the third lap made
up the ten yards he was behind at the
start and beat his man out by at least
live yards down the straightaway
SprowleS then took up the running
FOR Georgetown ten yards to the good
on the first turn, but Boyle who
ran third for Virginia. was in greet
form and besides making up what his
teammate who ran second lost, beat
Sprowle9 out by about fifteen yards
Martin. who took up the running as last
man for the Hilltoppers, had not a chance
To win, and Todd finished about thirty
yards in front of him. The time was :5.49
The relay race between Cornell and
Wesleyan was won by the former team in
the fastest time that has ever been made
by relay four on the Convention Hall
track. Cornell opened UP a good lead
on the start and the race was never in
doubt each OF the Ithacans finished
we'll in front of his man. The time was
3.A.
The man who ran second for Princeton
in its two-mile relay race against Yale
was rather weak and lost about twenty
yards for his team, which IL was never
able to make up. The last man for the
Tigers ran an exceptionally good race
and tore about fifteen yards on the dis
lance his team was beaten, but could
not cut down the big lead held against
him by the Bull Dog.