The Washington herald., 1912-03-03

but failed to make up what his team
mates had lost
wylie Cooke. the Virginia wonder,
started the fourth relay with a lead OF
six or seven yards on Eddie Chapman.
Chapman went after his man like mad.
but found the feet-footed son OF Vir-
ginia too much for him. and lost about
three more yards foE the Georgetown
team. Cooke finished the race nine
yards ahead OF Chapman.
Owing to its prominence in South At
lantic athletic circles. the Georgetown
Virginia relay was the banner event OF
the evening. but the tvo-mile relay be-
tween the Yale and Princeton teams was
beyond q doubt the feature OF the pro-
gramme.
1t was a fight from beginning to end.
Curtis led of for the Tigers and Sey-
mour fer Yale. Seymour took the lead
with Curtis hanging on until the end Of
the fourth lap. when the Princeton man
took the lead. At the last lap both men
sprinted. Seymour proving the better In
the stretch.
Baker. for Yale. and Sawyer. for Prince
ton. took up the running. and made a fne
race. Both men had "A lot OF spurt in
them. but Sawyer managed to send
Hayes, his team mate, OF with a slight
lead over the Yale man Hayes and Nor
ris added further to the interest OF the
race by first one taking the lead and then
the other.
Hayes had more sprint than Norris and
gave Mckinney a good lead over Platt.
a Washington boy. Platt went after
Mckinney hammer and tongs, but found
he had q man who would make him 20
the limit 10 win. By one of the prettIest
sprints ever seen in a relay race here,
PIstt won the race by inches
There were many other relay races
which furnished excits m mt for the spec
tators. The one between the fremont
Athletic Club and the Washington Cross
Country Club was of high order, es-
pec!ally the relay between "Shag" Rawi-
ings and Ed ThralI ''shag' held the
lead. which had been given him. which
made the Tremonts victors.
The relay between Cornell and Carlisle
Indians was very one-sided. as the Itha-
cans had things their own way from
the start, winning hands down by a half
lap.
John Paul Jones, the worlds cham
pion miller. lived up to his reputation BY
winning the mile from scratch. The
wonderful Cornell runner was not push
ed the limit to win. as the time was sew
eral seconds under his record On the
tenth lap he had taken the lead over a
AdAb WIN no GIEOTI Whatever.
Fred Lee. Of Johns Hopkins University.
who was on the same mark with Jones,
stuck to the fast lthaCan throughout the
race. but that he was not in a class with
Jones was shown when the Cornell man
left him in the stretch. The time OF the
race. +:Sl 40. goes to prove that Jones
won the race In easy fashion.
''Bobb'' Eller. OF Georgetown. continued
his wonderful work by winning the fifty
..f1z
hurdles. His work was again largely
responsible for Gecrgetown's victory.
Horrax, OF Johns Hopkins. and Thorpe,
the Carlisle Indian. finished second and
third, respectively, in the open hurdles
These two athletes sprung a surprise
on Eller in the hfty-yard invitation hur-
dies, when they won over him. The In
dian won this event over Thorpe by a
foot. Not three feet separated the men
at the finish Of this race. Brewer, OF
Georgetown, who has just broken into
the running game this year, surprised his
friends by capturing the fifty-yard open
handicap and second in the fifty-yard COL
legiate.
Beckett. Of Virginia. won the Ss0-yard
open by a remarkable finish, Just pass
ing Cstlin, Of Johns Hopkins. at the
tape. Earth. OF Carlisle. walked away
with the 6o0-yard novice run. never be-
handicap was run in heats. which
brought out some good races. The final
was won by Fite. OF Virginia. who just
beat out Mulligan, OF Georgetown.
The scolastic events were well con-
tested. and Bean, OF the Baltimore City
College, ran q good race, when he
breezed home first in the 40 from
scratch.
The Central High School relay team
was the disappointment Of the evening
from 4 scholastic standpoint. finishing
third in their event with Tech and
Georgetown Props for the District cham
plOnship. Hamilton had a good chance
10 win had he not fallen at the begin
ming OF his race in the last quarter.
Central was not what IL was cracked
Up to be. as the race which they ran
showed that something was wrong. Tib-
bets gave Pollard a lead. which the lat
ter lost at the end OF the quarter. The
lead was slight, and Van Dyne. had he
run the race which he did when he won
the quarter in Baltimore two weeks ago.
should have easily overtaken the Tech
man. But he failed 10 make up the lost
distance. Hamilton started out TO make
up when he fell. After that he did not
have a chance 10 win. The summaries:
5O-ysrd dash: pcEiee-FiTst heat Won Gy A. Mere
dth L. C.; second. @. Todss. J. II. L. Tine. Cos
Sscund heat Won By c. McGEsth, G. T.: second II.
Cc@tel!o. G. L. Tine. COS
1-yard dFsh; cpsn-First hest won BY T. PsttsE-
son. W. c. c. c: secsnd. ThoTHhIl. L. Of Va.
Tine, COS. Second hest WI by r. EllsE. G.. L.
scratch: second. H. Hawkins. L. ot Va. Tine.