Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09
&c. us RELAY, EASILY
Blue and Gray Runners Beat
Holy Cross.
WIN BY QUARTER OF LAP
Georgetown. Men Take Lead at Start
and Are Never
Headed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MECHANICS BUILDING. BOSTON,
Mass, February S.-Georgetowns great
relay quartet was too fast for the Holy
Cross runners at tonight's big indoor
meeting OF the Boston Athlete Associa-
ton. 1t was a walkover for the Wash
fngtop team. and some of the interest was
taken out on this account.
Bob Eller was the only other George
town athlete to shine. among the galaxy
Of stars that competed for honors. Eler
won mis- preliminary heat and came
through finely in the semi-final heat. nip
ping Whitney of Cornell at the tape. In
the final heat, however he got q poor
start, which proved too much deteri-
ment, and he was beaten by an eyelash
by Potter of Yale.
Porter of Georgetown had the pole,
which gave him an initial advantage over
Bringa rdner. his Holy Cross opponent He
pulled steadily away, and handed over a
i5-yarg lead to Johnny Gallagher, the
Olympic athlete. The former Yale run
ner Was against Lee, about the fastest
runner On the Holy Cross team, and he
could not quite hold him even. for Lee
cut the Washington teams lead down to
ten yards.
Stebbns soon regained this LOST ground.
however. and by the time he finished his
relay With Colleary. Georgetown had a
lead of nearly twenty yards. Higgins
proved no match for Tcrw:lliger. and
George towns anchor trotted around IN
creasing the lead to over a quarter of d
lap. The Washington team was cheerej
throughout, Gallagher, who is well known
here, getting a great hand.
Summaries of Events
Agar. scratch dash-F. l.. Stevenson. Brook
Ign. wen: Ii. :. wilkins. NJ. !. l.. second: A,
Il. Meyer. L. A. A. T., third. Time. ( 40 seconds.
1.V10,ard run-E. III. Bosworth. Brown %
yards,. Won; Harry Lee. Boston A. A tscratcn'.
Second: A. y. Cook. Brown 40 yards. third
Time :. minutes p 10 seconds.
Three mile tscratch,-fIarry ]. Smith. New
York. won: Toe silva. Boston A. A.. second
Joe Cus. an. Worcester. third. Time. - minu,es
Match race. hunter. me-Abel Il. Kiviat. L.
A. A. e.. Won: Oscar f. IIedlund. II. A. A..
GOO-yard run C. w. Baird. b. A. A. t25 yardslt.
won; r. 4. TeschnOr. Exeter IA YARDS. second
ID. J.. Mahoncy. Blown us YARDS. third Tine
45-ya.:, hurdle 'scratch,-w. +. Potter, Yale
won; Robert Elier. t:e3rsetown second: q. A
Braun. Dartmouth third. Time. 0.O6 10.
Only record broken. and that WAS in
the Boston A. A. Irish American 4. {. relay
iacc. re local quartet-Burns. Merrihew. Cram
AM Hasin--,lippcd off and one-fifth onds
Of the ,door record for 1.5Go yards 10y GOVERN.
The distance in 3.O7, completely outclassins the
New Yei four.
One-ll,:le run lhandicap,-N. S. Taber. Brown
tscra tcli., won; Jimmy Power. d. A. \. - YARDS,
second: z. w. Atwatcr, Tufts Go Yards. third
Time. .is Ia.
Time for Georgetown.Holy Cross relay. :;.l2 l-o
fourth fastest OF night.
Running high jump-Egan Erickson. Mott Ha-
ven 4. i. won, q feet 3:s inches: Johnson, IIar-
ward. second. feet ~. inches: b. Barwse. b.
4. A.. th!rd. Il feet III inches.
Putin. I6-ponnd shot-John LAWYER Fort War
rem. wc.. 81 feet rs inches: Larry Whitney.
Dartmouth. second. ~ feet: w y. Hoos. ia.e
competed unattached third. "A feet 8 inches.
Three standing jumps-Piatt Adams. y. Y. A.
c. wor "a feet 9h inches new indoor record:
Ed EInc.. Bronx House. second. "a feet inches:
Leo Goslring. Mohawk =. c.. third, SO feet IL
inches.