The Washington herald., 1911-09-24
R, R. Y. M. C. A. MEET
A HUGE SUCCESS
Second Athletic Games Are
Held by Association.
POINT WINNERS.

The second athletic field meet of the
Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. was held
on the R. r. Y. NJ. c. A. baseball
grounds yesterday afternoon. An elab-
crate programme of fifteen events was
arranged by officials of the association,
and everything was run off in first-class
shape. A large crowd of enthusiastic
fans was on hand The fifteenth event,
the one-miIe relay race. was won by
the team composed of Cults, Platz
Naughten. and Hancock. This team ran
against time, as neither of the other
three picked teams had all of their men
on the field.
, Brent Young. a well-known Washing
ton athlete, cleaned up in five of the
seven events in which he took part He
won first place in the throwing of
baseball for distance, the running high
jump, the throwing of a baseball for
accuracy, the 4O-yard run, and the run
ming of the bases against time. Young
also captured third place in the 'bunt
and run to first base and in the fungo
hitting. Young captured first place in
the running Of the bases against time
with ease. making the circuit in fifteen
seconds. He did not experience the diff
Guilty which his other competitors did,
that of touching the bags. In the 40
yard run, Holbrunner was given ten
yard handicap. Young beat Holbrunner
out at the finish by close margin. An
other event n which Young shined was
the running high jump. He cleared the
bar al feet 2 inches, while the best
his nearest competitor, Platz, could do
was feet 10 inches. nd.
Gregory Wins Shot Put.
Dutch" Gregory. the former Business
High School student, proved to be some
shot-putter. He hurled the shot a dis
tance Of IS feet inch, three feet better
than the distance which Platz put the
shot. Eddie" Naughten was in hard
luck. The youngster was disqualified in
the running broad jump because he step
ped over the line. and in the running OF
the bases against time because he tailed
to touch first base. Had he not been dis
qualified in these events he would have
made a much better showing. Summary:
looyard dash-won by SalmOns; second. lkehl;
third. Holbrunner. Time olll "a
One-mile r1rn-wou by QUITS; second. Elsea; third.
Hancock Time. 53s
Bunt and nun to first base-Won By Hoiorunner;
second Platz; third Young Time, % rs
Throwing haIl for distance-Won By Young; sec
ond, Smailwood; third, Hughesys Distance. 80 feet
znyaTd dash-won % hehii second saiino1s'
third, Naughten Time. coz
Running high tmp-won by Young; second.
Platz: third Hancock Height feet inches
Throwing ball tc second base for aecuracy-Mon oy
Yorna. ,ecopd. P1atz;. third Naushten. Distance
feet / inch.
4so-yard run-won by Young; second, Holbrunner;
third Cults Time. 0i 26s
Stand broad jump-won by Pfatz; secpnd, Cuts;
third. KehL Distance 8 feet inches
Running bases against ttne-Won BY Young; sec
rod. HnIbn1a1ier: third HaHley Time. olA
Funso hittins-won by kehl; second. Holorunnef;
third Young Distance 20 feet
Running broad jump-won b. kehl; second Gree-
ors; third. Bundy. Distance, feet inches
Putting shot--Won by Gegory; second, Platz;
lhird Kehi Distance s. feet inch-
mile relay race-won By Cults. Platz, Naueh-
ten, and Hancock. Time. ! ..