Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-02
SCHOOL HONORS
EVENLY DIVIDED
One Championship Title Won
by Each of the Five In
situations.
JONES' RECORD MAY
STAND A LONG TIME
Cornell Mans Performance in
Mile Run in Intercollegiate
Was Remarkable.
BY II. C. BYRD.

1t is pCoba BILE that honors have been
more evenly divided among the high
schools this year than has ever pre-
yiously been the case. Not within the
memory of any of those now connected
with athletics in the schools has there
been a year when each of the institu-
tions came in for its share of the
plums.
A resume of the scholastic year shows
that one championship has been won
by each school. Central won the honor
which is probably more priced than
any other-the foot ball title. West
ern secured the point trophy in the
track meet. Eastern has the base ball
pennant, Technical won the drill and
Business had the best basket ball team
Such an even distribution of honors
fore.
Central won the. foot ball champion
ship after a hard figh-. 1t had the
best team. but failed to get going for
it's first game and came within an ace
of losing to Eastern. 1t beat Technical
in the final contest by count of TO u
The games ii played against Business
and Western were won easily, the
score totaled against the latter being
, dOOui tUt ScSt tHdt mas ONti pSSh
run up on another school eleven.
During the winter season. Business
proved that its basket ball team was SUI
perior to those of either Western or
Eastern. the only other schools repre-
scented by quints. Western had all the
honors in track. During the indoor sea
son it's relay four swept everything be-
fore il. proving its right to the scho-
lastic championship of the south. Also
one of the individuals on the team, Capt.
trti bod
than one occasion, one of his numerous
victories being over Robinson. the much
touted MercerSburs star This spring the
Red and White team tied with Central for
the point trophy in the NJ. A. {. games
and when the high school meet was held
won the championship without question
1t was a great year for Western on the
track. probably the best it has ever had.
1t has been a coincidence for a long
while that the school that won the drill
also won the base ball championship
That was broken this spring when the
first mentioned went to Tech and the
latter to Eastern.
There was never greater surprise
than when Eastern won the base ball I'll
tie. BY sheer pluck and determination
1t won the title from teams that were
composed OF players that averaged higher
in real base ball ability 1t probably
should be commended more than any of
the other schools for its share of the hon.
ors because of that fact The other
schools won because they deserved to-,
having the best material. but Eastern
won even with those odds against it.
That mile race in which John Paul
Jones broke the worlds amateur record
again must have been worth watching.
1t was the greatest event ever run in an
intercollegiate meet IL the reports are to
said that Jones could have run the event
two or three seconds faster had he ex-
erted himself in the first half mile Ac-
cording to report. he loafed along that
distance and only let out afterward OF
course it is more than possible that
Jones knew exactly what he was doing
and figured that he could run faster
race that way than any other. 1t was
present that the great Comedian could
have covered the distance in even more
remarkable time.
To run a mile in Ala % is a wonder
full performance. On paper it does not
appear so remarkable TO those not ia
mliar with track sports. but when such
a race is seen, which has been only once
in the history of athletics, it would be
given the greatest commentator pos
sible. When mile is run around 40
or Az, ii looks as though the COMPETE
tors are going at breakneck speed, but
what must In be when six or eight Sec
| onds are taken off that. 1t seems almost
beyond the limit of human endurance to
run mile I'm such fast time, but COM
petent experts have been unanimous in
| their opinions that Jones is capable of
| even greater things.
| This is Jones last year in college, and
| ii is hardly likely that he will ever lower
:. his mark again. When man leaves
| college it is generally the case that he
| has done his best work in athletics. After
going out to take up his profession, ii is
| seldom that he is able TO give the amount
| of time to training. nor does he get as
| much attention as when in school.
/ That mile run was the event on which
the attention of the track world was
| focused. and it was worthy of all OF