The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-19


As predicted IN these columns. Central
easily won the Interhigh School Track
and Field Meet. at College. Park yester-
day. scoring 81 IA points to It's nearest
competitor, Westerns. i6 Technical was
third with 11i-2
More than 100 followers Of high school
athletics made the trip 10 College Park
10 witness the meet Stands had been
erected around the edge Of the course
and everything was run on smoothly
by the oficials.
Blackstone, OF Central, hung up n
new record for the interhigh z2o-yard
hurdles, breaking the former record OF
y rs seconds by one second. making
the run and taking the hurdles without
knocking any Of them over. In % rs sec
0nds. This was the only record broken.
zappone. OF Central. won the pole vault.
for a record after the last event had
been held. but failed. The high school
record for the pole vault Is ten feet sew
en- inches.
One OF the prettitst races OF the day
was the final IN the l00-yard dash. Reu-
ter. OF Central. won the nrst heat in
10 80 seconds over Jones. OF Western.
yellow" Meyers ran the nrst race OF
his school career. getting away to a
Technical. IN 10 rs seconds. in the second
heat. In the finals, Reuter-. Jones, and
Meyers, OF Western. ran neck and neck
until the last fifteen yards, when Reuter-
sprinfed ahead OF his opponents, winning
in the fast time OF 10l-5 seconds.
The one-mile run was another pretty
race. Snapp kept a ten-yard lead for
three-quarters Of the distance over .
field OF six competitors In the last
ot,arfer Iau-ranea ~ CENTRAL xrho had
been running at consistent pace. over
came the lead Of the Tech man and
finished six or seven yards In front OF
him.
Mayfield ran last in the so-yard run
until the last 100 yards were reached.
when he crawled up and lost TO Hamil-
ton. OF Central by few yards.
Reuter- IL Star.
Reuter- was the Individual star of tho
meet, scoring three FIRST places. the 100
yard dash. 4l0-yard dash. and the senior
broad jump. Hamilton was a close sec
ond. coping frst honors IN the sso-yard
run, the pole vault. and second 10 the
senior broad. Jones. OF Western, was
third, getting first In the 22o-yard run.
and second in the l0O-yard dash. Biacki-
stone was fourth capturing first place
I'm the 22o-yard hurdles. breaking the
high school record. and getting third in
the senior broad jump.
The points scored by the different ath-l
letes IN the junior events did not count
IN the points won. Kohr. OF Tech, and
Oyster. Of Central bad TO split the point
awarded for third place IN the pole
vault the men failing to outjump one
another after many trials. The relay
race was between two Central teams,
and although no time was kept. the
winning team added five points to Cen
trails list. Summaries:
lOoyara-Frst heAi: Won By Renter. Central:
second. J0Des. Western. Tine, IS secOnd
aeat: Won b. Meyers. Western; Second HardelL
rechnieaL Time. O.0 rs FinAk: Won By Reuter-.
Central: secoud, Jones. Western; third. Meyers,
7syErd dash; tunior-Fist heat: Won By Fowler.
Genital; seeOnd. King. Central Tine. oos IS
Secund beat; Won By Young. CentraI; secood.
Donaldson, Western Tine. oas Is FlnAlS' Won
. Young Central; Secund; FO~ler, Central; third,
King. Csntral Time. oos2S
Ep-yArd hurdles-won by Blackktnne Centr1l;
ecund, Morton. centrAli third, oldJs. CeutraL
S1-y1rd rm-won by Hamilton. central; secood, |
liayheld, Western; third. Scott centaL Time.
ElOy1rd dssh-wOa b. Reuter-. Central; second. !
nbbetts, csntnli third. Morton. centsaL- Tins.
2eynrd dash-wou BY Jones. Western; secuud. |
GOODMAN. Central; third, Hardel, Technical Ttne.
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laspp. Techuio.ii third. Forte Tschnic.i Ti@..
n
shOt-put-w0n by Hamilton. Central: sscvud
deyers. Western; third, Gibson. Technical. Db-
ance, - feet ) inches
Pole Vult-woa b. ZAprnne. Centni: second 1
Central: third. Kohr. Technical and 1
lystef, Central Height feet
High Hmp-WOu By Rankin, Teehnizl; secund 4
'ldys Central. third, Needhsm. Western Height.
feet inches
Senior broad jrmp-wm b. Reuter-. Central %
1T inches: second. Hamilton. Central. - feet y
aGl third. Blackistone. centzl, - feet inches
Junior broad jump-wm By Young. Central q i
set 81 inches; secoud, Oldys Central, 10 feet 81 /
aches; third Rankin, Technical. u feet inches.
imile relay; two Central teGns-won By Tibbstts.