Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
GEORGETOWN BEST
IN HOPKINS MEET
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Georgetown man, third. Chapman moved
up from scratch. and it looked as though
he were going to win the event, but Lam
don and Geller boxed him in at the finish.
The six points secured in this event gave
Georgetown fourteen tallies toward the
team trophy
The first midget relay race was a dead
heat between the Jefferson and Calvert
Schools of Baltimore. Another midget
relay race between companies OF the BOY
Scouts was won by the Catonsviile repre-
sentatives.
The sSO-yard run. closed to members of
the 9TH Regiment, was won by l1arkins
The 1Oo-yard low hurdles was one OF
the two really classy events of the even
ing. In the first two heats two OF the
best entrants won first place. Horrax,
the Johns Hopkins man. won first place
in the first trial, while Eller of George
town finished In front in the second.
Blackstone of the Central High OF
Washington took first in the third heat.
The relay race between the mile team
from the 9Th Regiment and the Naval
Brigade four was huge joke. the sailors
not comparing in the least degree with
the soldiers. The 5th Regiment team took
the lead on the start and almost Tapped
it's opponent The last two men OF the
soldiers team merely logged their dis
tance.
The shot-put was the first OF the field
events to be concluded. 1t was captured
by Thorpe, the great Indian athlete. from
scratch. while Eller of Georgetown was
second.
Rob Eller. the GEORGETOWN athlete, got
first place in the first heat OF the 70
ward dash. and McGrath Of the same
school came across first in the second
heat
Chapman of Georgetown was disquali-
fled after having won third place In the
$50 open, because he cut corners on the
last lap
The baltimore Cross Country Club was
defeated by the fremont Athletic Club In
a half mile relay race The washington
organization jumped into the lead on the
first relay and was never headed. Swing.
who ran first for the. Tremonts, opened
UP a gap OF five yards and RawIins, who
ran last. held about the Same distance
ahead of his man.
Bob Filler of GeoYgetown continued his
great work in the final Of the 220-yard
dash and got first place In easy fashion.
Davis of Georgetown was second.
Thorpe of Carlisle again came to the
front In the high jump and captured first
place in the event with an actual leap
of a fraction more than feet 2 inches.
The performance was brilliant one,
Thorpe doing his jumping In the inter-
walls between his turn for putting the
shot.
Mercersburg Academy ran away with
the Episcopal High School relay team in
a mile event, the first man for the Penn
sylvanians opening up q wide gap that
was never Iessened by the Virginia four.
The open mile was a closely confeated
race between Lee of Johns Hopkins and
Eiphinstene for the first three quarters,
but the cross country club man tired
and did not place. Lee won the race.
with Bacon of City College second. 4
Carlisle Indian runner was third CEN
| trail High school Of Washington took sec
| ond and third In the scholastic 40, Tfb-
bats running next to the winner, while
| Hamilton took third place.
by Eiler OF Georgetown. and In taking
! first place the Blue and Gray runner won
his third event Of the evening. tcpptng
the uJnhers in brilliant StY1A j.