The Washington herald., 1912-03-10
GOOD YEAR FOR
INDOOR MEETS
Season Just Passed Has Been Sue.
cesSful-Affairs Well
Managed.


OF South Atlantic track athletics it may
be said that it was one OF the most sue
ccssful in the history Of the organization.
The meets which have been held in the
different parts of its territory have been
we'll worth while. The competition has
been Of the highest calibcr and the per-
aformances above the average.
The carnivals held by the different uni
rersities and athletic associations of the
South Atlantic circuit all have been
highly commendabIe. The season opened
with tine George Washington meet held
in this city, which was a good function,
and offered to its patrons many interest
ing exhibitions. The local athletes and
pGt-of-town stars all helped toward the
success of this affair by :heir work.
The monster meeting in the Fifth Regi-
fnent ArmOry. under the auspices Of the
regiment and the Johns Hopkins Uni
yersity. was the scene Of one OF the
finest affairs ever witnessed in this sec
lion. The races were well contested and
star performances were seen.
Records show that the meet held in
Richmond College was the best that has
been seen in the Southern city in a good
many days. The best of all Indoor affairs
was given by Georgetown University In
Convention Hall Not only the cream Of
the South Atlantic athletes were seen in
action. but also many stellar performers
from other sections, including John Paul
Jones. worlds champion miller. The lead
ing colleges of the East had representa-
tIves in these big games.
For The success which the various col
leges and clubs have met with let 1t be
stated that Georgetown has had the most
glorious season in many years. She is
The logical choice for highest honors by
winning the bigger meets which were
= held Virginia won the George Wash
IL Oh ha
2 latter by one point over their dearest
g rivals. Georgetown. The chances would
. have favored the Hilltop team for win
D. ming the George Washington meet had
, they competed, but that is mere hearsay.
q Georgetown showed their real strength
, in the Johns Hopkins meet and in the
. one held by their own school Bob"
q Eller, the star hurdler, who entered
b Georgetown this year, has been no end
OF help toward the success Of the Blue
d and Gray team. BY himself he won
enough points 10 win the Hopkins meet,
l. and was instrumental in winning the
Georgetown meet. He was helped by
few men who were reliable in point
scoring.
The Charlottesville team is accredited
with second honors. Virginia had a we'll
bic in the meets this winter. Their star
man was Wylie Cook, who is without a
peer in middle-distance running in this
section. Their relay team was Of its
usual good Caliber. 1t did not meet de-
feat and Won their annual event with
B. the Georgetown relay only to be dis
qualified on a technicaIity.
= Richmond College, Maryland Agricul-
turaI, Washington and Lee, University
Z OF Maryland, and George Washington all
had teams which did well in the indoor
season.
Many clubs entered the different ath-
letic carnivalS this winter, and their rep
resentatives showed up to good advan-
tage. Foremost among the athletic clubs
are the Washington Cross Country Club. |
the Baltimore Cross Country Club the
fremont Athletic Club. and the athletic |
organizations of the local and the Balti- |
more militia
The colleges presented many star per-
formers in different meets in the South |
Atlantic section. Georgetown had a |
most reliable assortment of athletes. Bob !
Eller was by far the most consistent |
performer for Georgetown, and his work |
stands out by itself as a value to his |
school. Eller could always be counted |
on TO win at least two events in the |
meets which he entered, and at times |
three. That he was the most valuable |
man TO team in this circuit goes with |
out saying.
Georgetown had other men whose work |
stood out prominently. Chauncey Lam |
don, the tiny middle-distance runner, ac-
quittrS himself in fine style in the meets 1
IN which he ran. Together with Chap
man, Georgetown possessed a pair Of /
distance men who would do themselves |
proud in some of the bigger colleges.
Brewer, Carrigan, Davis, and Costello
were great assets to the Blue and Gray
team during the indoor season.
The Hilltoppers had the best relay team
which they have had in some years.
Never for the last five or six years have
they run Virginia such a close race. El- /
Ter, Davis, Landon, and Chapman, COM
posing the quartet, were the gamest men
that have gone to the mark for George
town in a long while, when nothing but
the inevitable could bring them a victory.
Pop" Lannigan, the trainer of the
the Charlottesville collegians, turned
out, as per custom, a well balanced
track team. His proteges won the two
meets stated above by the efforts of no
particular man. with the possible ex-
ception of Wylie Cook. who was the
greatest point winner on the Virginia
aggregation. Capt Todd was a valu-
able man in the sprints as was Haw-
kins. Several new men were turned
out this season who proved assets to
Virginia by consistent scoring. Briggs,
Fite. Cooke. Blanchard, Guy, Holcomb. },