Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21


The first open intercollegiate and in
terscholastic meet ever held by the
Maryland Agricultural College came OF
yesterday in a manner which BODIES
well for the success OF the event in
future years. One of the largest 2
crowds that ever attended a function
of the kind at the Maryland school
was present. both in the morning and
afternoon. The officials ran the events
off with a celebrity seldom seen, and
the performances in the various events
were exceptionally good. While in one
or two instances the time made in the
runs was not above the ordinary, the :
competition was keen in every race.
there not being any in which the win
ner had 1t easy getting away with
first honors.
The Maryland Aggies, by whom the
meet was held. came off with flying
colors in the triangular collegiate
meet in the morning. beating their old
rivals. St Johns and Washington Col
lege, in a decisive manner The Farm
ers rolled up forty-eight points to the
Annapolis crowds thirty-eight. while
Washington College got but four
scores.
In the afternoon events Central High
School had everything its own way.
there not being a single event in which
ii did not have men placing or winning.
The Blue and White crowd did every
thing well. and at the end of the meet
it had rolled up a total Of fifty points
against its nearest competitor, the
Army and Navy Prep School, which
scored fifteen. Technical High was
third in the point winners in the in
terscholastic events. ii getting a total
of ten scores.
The best individual performance of
the day in the intercollegiate events
went to Kemp of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College, who scored thirteen
points for his team against the other
two institutions entered He won the
half mile and 440-yard dash in good
time. and also took second place in
the broad jump. Ryder and Wilson Of
st. Johns were the chief point winners
for their school
In the interscholastic events the work
of Armstrong. Thrall Reuter- and Ham
iltOn stood out above the others. ARM
strongs performance in the pole vault
was the most meritorious piece of work
done during the day. After tying WITH
Thrall of Teen for second in the hun
bred. and after winning the broad jump,
he went into grueling contest i'm the
pole vault. in which ne finally succeeded
In clearing the bar at ii feet IA inches,
only Ia inches behind the South At
lantic record. Reuter-, besides winning
the 200 and 30 yard dashes. got third
place in the broad jump, while Hamilton
TOOK nrSt place in three events.
In the events open only to county
schools Iddings. representing the Sandy
Spring High School, who won the 100
yard dash and the 22O-yard dash, did the
best work.
The track, although OF dirt was fast,
and the performances in all the events
We're very creditable. The inlerscholastic
l0o-yard dash was run in better time
than was the collegiate in the morning.
Reuter- of Central High clipping a Afta
of a second off the time made by Ryder
of St Johns The pole vault was also
bettered in the interschoastic meet by
over a foot. In the interscholastic meet
the hurdles and mile were run just as
well in the collegiate events, the mile
being one second slower and the hurdles
one second faster.
Armstrong uied to go twelve feet in the
pole vault. but failed to negotiate the
distance in four tries. Had he sue
ceeded he would have established a new
record in the event. His performance
was the best ever seen by any local school
boy, and beats the record, which was
held by Jack Sterrett for about five
years. Curtis of Tome institutes beat
the record two weeks ago in Baltimore.
by clearing IL feet inches.
The long-drawn-out and well contested =
pole vault was fitting finish 10 what
was undoubtedly one OF the best inter-
scholastic outdoor meets that has been
held in this section in a good while.
During the whole meet there was not a
single happening to mar the OCCASION.
everything going of smoothly. One man
was protested. but he failed to place in
the event in which he was entered, and
II made no difference.
The county high school events were
decidedly interesting. The performances
Of some of the boys entered were meri- =
torfous. and in each race a pluck and r
endurance was shown that was not ex-
pected from boys who had received such
little training for the meet.
The summaries:
Intercollegiate Events.
Event No. 1-IOoyard dash-First RYDER St
Johns College; second. Duckett. NJ. A. C.. third.
Morris. NJ. A. c. Time, o.10 3-5.
Event No. 2-220-yard hurdles-First, Brsnhsm, s
NJ. A. c.; second, Allen. NJ. A. c.: third. Mays. !
NJ. A. c. Time o.29 2-3.
Event No. 3-4+0-yard dash-First. Kemp. II.
A. c.: second. Morris. NJ A. c.; third, Burton
st. Johns. Time. 0.53 3-5
Event No. 4-1-mile run-First, Woodward, Ct.
Johns; second, Augustus. NJ A. q; third,
Krantz. Washington College. Time. 49, 2-5
Event No. 5-22oysrd dash-First. Duckett.
~ A. c., second. RYDER. st. Johns. third
Event No. 6-Ss0-yard un-First. Kemp. NJ.
A. c.; second Galley. st. John's; third, Thcmp-
son. st. Johns. Time, 200 As.
Event No. Pole vauit-Ftrst. Welsh and
Wilson. tie. feet inches; third. Duckett.
Event No. s~shot -put-First. Sylvester. NJ A.
c. SO feet sla inches: second. TOlson. NJ. A. q,
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