Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-05
HOT ATHLETIC GAMES
N Street High School Holds
Interesting Meet.
JUNIORS WERE WINNERS
Score Fifty Eight Points, While
Sophomores Are Second With
Forty-Eight.

In the matter of interest, performance
and weather. NJ Street High School had
one of it's best field days yesterday aft
ernOon. The games were held on the
site of the new NJ Street High School,
which is temporarily in use as an ath-
letic field by the boys Of Armstrong. NJ
Street High School and nearby elemen-
tary schools. Weather conditions were
ideal for athlete ard spectator. and, con-
sidering the condition Of a newly laid
twelve-lap track. the boys ran well. In
tense enthusiasm marked the attitude of
the school adherents and friends, while
the efforts of the competitors was of
the fierce, determinations win "a place
kind. The faculty of NJ Street and Arm
strong High schools acted as officials
and ran the meet off in good style. No
athlete was allowed to enter more than
one track event, one relay race and one
field event, which arrangement not only
kept the few good men from winning
most places and favored competition by
the many. but facilitated the running off
of events smoothly owing to the lack OF
need to wait for runners, tagged from
previous runs
Competition vas close. but few run
away events occurred. The meet was won
by the Junior class with a total of rs
points, the sophs We're second with As
points, the seniors were close with Al
points. and the freshmen took 81 points
and last place. The relays We're exciting.
Stafford, sophomore, picked up a loss of
twenty yards in the nundred-pound relay
race, and gave his teammate a lead suf-
ficient to win for the sophomores This
waS'a feature of the day. George Lacy,
half-year freshman. who, when a fifth
grade student at Banneker School, made
creditable showing in the Post fifteen
mile race of a few years ago. easily took
honorS in the mile race. Soften of the
senior class defeated Randall. a junior.
after all exciting dash over the tim
bers in the 60-yard hurdle race, and again
starred by leaping beyond all others in
the most closely contested field event,
the broad jump
c. Miller in the senior event and Tyler
In the Junior century dash scored firsts.
Slade and K Miller, juniors, We're first in
the 200 and 40 yard runs. respectively
while Dickinson, in the high jump, and
Randall. in the shot put. won easy first
places.
Director of games-E. B. Henderson,
Referee-E. G.. Williams.
Starter-H. G. Douglass.
Judges at f1nish-Mr. Wilkinson and Mr.
Cromwell.
Field judges-T. Holmes, w. p. Mont
gomery, s. Compton and Mr.. Menard.
MarShal-Mr. Glenn.
Inspectors - Messrs. Logan, Malone,
Harris and BurWell.
Games committee-Miss NJ. Kirkland G..
D. Houston and T. 3. Henderson.
Summary of events:
1O0yard dash, junior-Won by Tyler, sopho-
more: Nicholas. sophomore. second: Matthews,
sophomore third; Lewis, junior, fourth.
1OO-yard dash. senior-WOn by Miller, junior;
Pollard, junior. second; Barnett, sophomore,
third: Key, sophomore. fourth.
220-yard dash, senior-WOn by Slade, Junior:
Butler, sophomore, second Holmes, freshman,
third.
sophomore. second: Yates, sophomore, third.
SS0-yard run-Won by Logan, Junior; Bell
freshman. second; Ramsey, junior. third; Savoy,
senior. fourth.
One-mle run--Won by Lacy. freshman: Goines
sophomore. second: Wade. senior, third; Dixon,
sophomore, fourth.
6O-yard low hurdle - Won by Lotion
senior; Randall, Junior. second; Weatherless,
freshman. third.
1OO-pound relay race-Won by sophomore team
tHOit0n Stafford, Hines. Dentl.
SSO-yard relay race-Won by senior team.
Mile relay race-WOn by junior team.
High fump-Won by Dickinson, senior: c. John
son. junior. second: Tyler, sophomore third.
Duncan, sophomore, fourth
Broad iump-Won by Lotion, senior: C. Miller
junior, second; X. Miller, senior. third; Slade.
junior. fourth.
Shotput-Won by Fred Randall. Junior: Trirc.
senior. second: NJ Lewis. junior, third.
Points scored: Juniors, IS; sophomOres IS:
seniors fl: freshmen, y.