Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-24
STAR POLE VAULTING
Plebe Armstrong Beats Academy
Record With Lots
To Spare
FIRST AND FOURTH TIE
These Two Divisions Lead In Inter
Divisional Plebe Field And
Track Meet

As was predicted in The Capital on
last Wednesday, d. w. Armstrong
| put up a classy exhibition of finished
work in the pole vaulting event at the
annual inter-divisional plebe class
field and track meet at the Naval
Academy yesterday afternoon.
Armstrong; work was the undoubt-
ed feature of fast and classy set of
| contests which resulted in a tie for
first place between the third and
fourth divisions of the class. Each
of these got 40 points, while the first
and second divisions also made a dead
heat of it for second place with a to-
tai of &c points each
AS a result of the meet one Acad-
emy record and six fourth class rec
ords were broken. Armstrong was
the man who broke the Academy rec
ord. He thrilled the large crowd of
spectators who assembled on the new
steel garnj tand, which were sed for
the first time, when in the pole vault
he cleared he bar at IL feet 6 inches.
beating the Academy record by six
inches and the fourth class figures by
foot and half
Armstrong also took first place in
the 220-yard dash, broad jump and
high jump, which, with the pole
vault, gave his division 20 of its 26
points. Naval Academy athletic en-
thusiasts feel that Armstrong will
make a record for himself before he
finishes the fOur-year course. Arm
strong is l8 years old, of medium
build, but muscular. and has the cool
ness and deliberation that goes to the
making of an athlete He came to
Annapolis from Hills School, at Potts
vile, Pa, where he made things hum
in scholastic games. Armstrong also
is looked upon as a likely man for the
football team.
Another lad who also did some bril-
liant individual work was Vickery. of
the third division. He romped off
with first place in the mile and half
mile runs and also ran with the win
ming team in the relay race. The
other runners in the relay race were
Lewis, DeChamps and Walker and the
event was interesting. Winslow and
Tigan also showed some class in sew
eral events. The class records smash
ed were the mile and half-mile, 40
yard dash, l20-yard hurdles, relay and
broad jump. The order Of events and
entries follow, the figures in paren-
thesis indicating the division to which
the contestants belong:
TRACK EVENTS.
Mile Run-Easton and Mohoney,
~; Richards and Grove, (2); Wick
cry, Graf and Libenow, (3); Shelley,
Dyer and Wood, (D. Fourth class
record, 5m. 16 3-5 secs.
100-Yard Dash-Winslow, a.:
Friend, Armstrong, (2); Collins,
Price, Wotherspoon, a. Fourth
class record, 10 12 seconds.
12O-Yard Hurdles-Harrison and C.
c. Vickery, (D Mitchell, (2); Tigan,
(3); Hilton, Wotherspoon, (Q. Fourth
class record, II seconds.
4OYard Dash-Kneipp, j. P.
Brown, ~; d. w. Armstrong, (2) :;
Lewis, Des Champs, (3); Thompson,
(D. Fourth class record, 81 As
seconds.
22O- Yard Hurdles-C. C. Vickery,
O; Bates, Tigan, (3) C.-G. Clark,
(D. Fourth class record, % 3-5 Sec
onds.
Half Mile Run-Morris, Easton,
O Maher, F. D. Wagner, A. c..
Davis, (2); Childs, Bowman, Vickery,
(3); Manly, Fortson, (4). Fourth
class record, Pm. 10 2-5 seconds.
220-Yard Winslow, ~; D..
w. Armstrong, (2); Kiely, (3) Price,
(D. Fourth class record, % 1-5 Sec
| onds.
Relay Race, One Mile-Teams from
each division. Fourth class record.
3m. 50 seconds.