Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-07
SCHOOL ATHLETES
COMPETE IN FIELD
Nearly 500 Boys Take Part in
Second Annual Meet at
Horse Show Grounds.
POWELL AND JOHNSON
SCHOOLS TIE FOR TITLE
Monroe Lands Third Place With
Fourteen Points. One Point Be-
hind the Joint Winners.

With total Of 4, points each. the Pow
81 and Johnson schools tieI for first
forors in the second annual outdoor meet
Of tho Washington Playground Associa-
Ton for elementary schools of the Dis
trict ~ Columbia. todav at the grounds
~ ~, Washington horse show
flc meet Was witnessed by hundreds
ot school children. teachers and the par
erts ~ many of the participants, and was
decided saccess
The points Of The other schools we're
Monroe -; Emery. Is Curtis. -,
Force. T. Lenox. 10; Cooke. 10: Thorn
son. 10. Adams 5, Henry 4; Jefferson.
: Carbery. ): Peabody. 5; Maury, 5
Van Ness, 5; wheatley, 3; Ludlow. 3:
bent :: Weiehtman, >, Wallach. >.
Flake. =; Snallwood, Brent, Ross Den
nison. Fillmore. Benning and Chevy
Chase, ! each
The johnson school was leading for
the championship down to the last
event. when ChambIiss came through
Rrd landed third place. which brought
his schools total up to 10 points.
officials of the Meet.
TIE officials were:
Honorary referees-Cuno II Rudolph
president board of District Commission
ers; Henry +. Blair. president board of
education; William I. Galliher. member
board Of education. Arthur &. Moses.
president Washington Playground Asso-
cation.
Refere Edgar s. Martin, supervisor OF
Fairgrounds.
Assistant clerk of the coursc-karl X.
Locke.
Judges of the flnish-D, L, Garges. T.
Garmhausen. j. Y. Byrne. Julian X.
Hoyey.
s'tarters-C +: Beckett. James Multi
gan
Timers-F { Wood. u. {. Crane.
Scorer-6iordon Leech
Custodian of priZes-W c. Smoot
Iuspector-L V. Lampson
Field marshals-J. X. Holdings, James
T. Owens
-nnouncer-Raymond Shaffer
charles Beall Of the Lenox School broke
the local elementary SCHOOLS record Of
oO6 DO In the ffty-yard dash for bows
under eishty-flve pounds in weight when
he crossed the tape in o.ui ID and won
this event with ease. Beall made the new
record in this heat. He was not so ia 81
w the final event and Just nosed out
William Prince of the Powell School for
first honors
The sixty-yard dash for bows of IN,
pounds also resulted i'm a close finish.
H. Fowler of the Carbery school got off
I" a bad start, but landed across the line
}uSt ahead OF Z. keane of the Thomson
school
With twenty entries in the Howard
dash and about a dozen schools repre-
scented considerable interest was mani
tested by the followers of those schools
ms event was even closer than thu
other dashes r. Slater of the Emery
School making the tape Il fraction OF a
s'cond ahead OF G. Gibson OF the Powell
SCHOOL
The. Willard brothers. from the Mon
Two places in the 7o-yard dash for
t"ts OF lis pounds. They were so
that they had feet to spare over
y" third runner, G. Tarchas of the
Henry school
With a Jump OF Io feet inches NJ
1--we of the Johnson School took
&tst honors. His jump was eight
s. ches better than r. Eiordan Of the
laury School, who got second place.
Summary of the Finals.
,'eyard dash. So pound class-won hv Charles
Seal. Lenox School: second William Prince.
iow"l school. third. e. Burke. Dent school /:
'ourta. John Mcconnell Smallvood school
Time. n.GGs.5
1o-yard dash. opound class Won hv II.
Iew l.r. Gsrl.cry school. second - keane.
rnoms"n school; thru Henry Moran Rla.r
'.-it - MINI t'shF-ti f7'-sH'ft III :
1E..rd dash. li1,raund glas. Won ~ l. Mi
>,b."l. third. =, tIrchas. Henry Ss-hool. fourth
l. Reynolds. Rreut school. Time. "os 30
Slater Emery S-.hc.,l: second 1: Gibson I:ovap
seho"' third u. Davidson. Curtis S..hooi
t"arrn. J.. Chamberlain. toFce School. Time
Running broad jump, s5-pouud class-won b,
MauS SH 2i bird MI Willard sso Jefferson Rsr h
fourth. B"aurhamp, Powell School. Distance, I;
feet 9 inches
Clarke. Ioansou Srhoel: second p q kivaG
Fore Scb"ol; thir!. \. Saaher. Weighs maj
Dt.fsaee. IL f%et / inches .'" '''i'"'>'" sen'"l
Running tr"ad iuG4p. ll5-ponnd class Won by
Rcyef. cooke School; third II. 5 Lcars Adan,.
.rAo"l; fourth. IT, Mctsil"y, FILLMORE school
t'l Ka,.. X s,gb teg tn,,,, i'.-,n. W.
z. Meredith. Force school; second. b worms
ey LeIox school: third ~ t'addess, took,
school. fourth. II. Vernon, Ross School. Height
Rgnring high jump. looround class Won i,
school fourth $ Rosenbaum. Monroe school
Relay. s5-pound class lass 800 yards-won b,
Leno1 School. jenkins. Smith. Dorset. Bean
. 'esond Van Ness School; Johnson and Emer!
Relay race. 1oo-pound cias4. 40 yards-won h
i asny s s,s,. ssSaine' C;sei Levy; Stein,
fourth. Adams schoo!. Tim. la.
Relay race 1l5-poend class. 40 yards wo
by Adams Schuol uFaaske. Heron Gurenick
Hancock. Shears: second Wheatley Sehool
third, Cooke School; fourth, jefferson Sehoo
Time, ! y
Relay race, unlimited class. $50 yaris-wnn b
Powell School tHeDnirS. CshiIi, Horton. Gibson
Chambissf; second Peabody school: third JET
ferson School; fourth, Force School disqualified
lime. 2.3I.
Running high Jump. 1l5-pound clsss-wou /,
e. Edronston. Monroe S'hool; second. Il. Hoover
Emery School; third, y. Wise. Curtis Schoo,
fourth. u. Carter, Chevy Chase sch"ol. Height
feet inches.
Running high lump. unlimited class-won bv ]
Zes Thomson School: second J. Weimau I.ul
low School THIRD. {. Chsmhliss, Powell School
fon% lr,ah.a