Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
BY n. G. BYRD.
Special Dispatch to TIE Star.


BALTIMORE. February 17.-pisp1ay1ng
tho form that made the Georgetown Uni
versity track team famous the world over
ten years ago. the athletes wearing tho
colors Of that institution swept things
at the Johns Hopkins 9Th Regiment track
meet here tonight. and won the point
trophy with total OF tyenty-nine points.
Taking the lead in point scoring tho
FIRST event of the evening. Georgstown
held tho advantage until the nnish Of the
last open event.
Bob Mler's individual work was un-
doubtedly tho main factor which enabled
Georgetown to win high honors In tho
meet, and besides scoring eighteen points
for his team by winning the 100 ard 200
yard dashes. second in shot-put and 100
yard hurdles. Re broke the worlds indoor
record in the latter event. taking the
timbers for tho distance In oil - the
former record being ola fat.
Ealer hardly stepped At any time during
the meet, but seemed to take the events
In easy fashion. It was the best tndi-
q meet in this section.
It seemed tho fickleness OF fortune thar
after displaying brilliant form In the open
events that the Georgetown relay team
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lege four by the scant margin OF loot.
1t was q brilliant race from the start
and the fastest time OF the evening WAS
made. 3:3S Is.
Martin ran first for Georgetown ana
finished but two feet behind his man.
Landon, who had previously won the
half mile for tho Hilltoppers. went IN sec
ond and. took the lead away from tne
Richmond man. Davis. who ran tnaro.
lost by about two yards, and gave Chap
Oh With tho LAST
Richmond runner. He held his own. out
failed to pass his opponent.
Georgetown was not the only wash
ington school to win honors for itself.
as George Washington and Centrai
High school both did some good work.
George Washington, In Its relay race
against the University OF Maryland.
won by q wide margin. taking tho lead
a quarter Of q lap before tho end OF
Central High had two men placed in
the interscholastic. while It won the
open 40 from some good college men
Hamilton and Tibbetts were the two
men who finished in the scoring. while
Van Dyne ran q brilliant race. and won
the open event.
The fremont Athletic Club won both the
relay races in which 1t had teams en-
tered. In the first event its half mile
team proved the superior OF the Balti-
more Cross Country Club. while the
mile four beat the Western High School
Of Washington by seventy-hve or q hum
dred yards. Lowe OF the washington
Cross Country Club gave a meritorious
performance in the high jump. when he
cleared the bar in an actual leap OF
feet IL inches
The Maryland Aggies lost the race
carded for the championship of Maryland
napolis. Washington College was poor
third. Kemp. who ran last for the Farm
ers. did some great work. but the poor
head work Of Augustus, who ran third.
in trying to pass his man on Z curve.
was responsible for the defeat.
Eller Makes Best Time.
The first three heats OF the 10o-yard
dash. which was the first event on the
program, found four Georgetown Uni
versity men qualifying for the semi
finals. They were Martin. Carrigan. FL
Ter, Costello and Brewer Rawlings. AMI
Ewing of the fremont Athletic Club also
placed in the trial heats The best time
made in either of the races Was that &C
complishcd by Eller of Georgetown, 10 %
seconds Carrigan and Eller also won
first places in the semi-finals Of the cen
fury event. with Brewer, another George
town man, running second to Eller.
The 1OO-yard dash, closed to men from
the 9TH Regiment, was won by Senft.
with Black second and Hutchinson third.
Fritz Reuter- OF the washington Cell
trail High school, running from scratch
against a classy field, only got third
place in the first heat of the scholastic
hundred. Meredith of Mercersburg won.
Georgetown University almost made u
clean sweep i'm the finale of the hundred
ward dash, when Eller won the event. beat
ing his teammate Carrigan by but two
feet. 1t was eight points for the WASH
ington institution. Paterson or tho Uni
yersity Of Pennsylvania was third.
The scholastic finals on the .10O-yard
dash were won by Childs OF the George
town Prep School.
Westerns Hard Luck.
In the first relay race for schools West
ern High was leading by thirty yards on
the third relay, when Crawford slipped
and sprained his ankle and hardly finish
ed His opponent picked up the distance
on the Red and White runner with less
than seventy-five yards to 60. The Boys
Latin School won tho race
The Baltimore Cross Country Club won
the next relay race from the lafayette
Athletic Club.
Landon Makes Good.
Landon, a former Central High School
BOY Of Washington running under the
,olors of the Georgetown University. won
no half mile from the 17-yard mark In
he fast time of minutes 2-5 seconds.
teller of the Baltimore Cross Country
club was second. with Chapman. another
1Continued an Seco0d ParNl