Evening star., 1913-03-02
c. j. WINS MEET
AND ALSO RELAY
Gets Point Trophy in Own Meet
and Beats Virginia Easily in
Feature Race.
PRINCETON NOSED
OUT BY YALE FOUR
Orange and Black Lose by
Two Feet-Aggies Win
From w. M.
BY II. C. BYRD.

BY II. c. BYRD.
All the evening 900 persons
have watched more than 200 ath-
leteS struggle Tor supremacy.
They have seen them vie with one
another IN contests i'll which the
best skill and athletic brains the
country affords, have been tested
to the limit. and vet there is still
an expectant air. Something is vet
TO come which means more than
all else: there is a current oi
hushed anticipation that indicate,
an even more portentous happen
ing. Every event but one has
been run. \ feeling of intense
interest is everywhere. 1t is
the last race for which they have
been waiting.
The floor is cleared by eager Of
tlcials. Men so over the track in
specting every inch o. il that there
may be no slip. The tenseness of
silent expectancy fills the hall. and
the issue is awaited.
Now they are out on the track
eight runners. Four are wearing
the Orange and Blue. four are
carrying the Blue and Gray.
Cheers greet them on every side,
then again there is silence. Quick
ly the supple muscles are linn
bered, and they are ready for the
test. They go to the point OF
starting; one four with quiet air
of confidence. the other with the
determination to meet the issue
with all their courage.
Runners Are Ready.
They are ready. Two runners rest
easily on their marks. There is the
quiet command Get ready" and with
every muscle auivering the runners
wait for the shot that will send them
away on the first lap II comes with
suddenness that startles. The nerve
tense men leap away. The Blue and
Gray is leading. The point of vantage
was drawn. and is held. OFF they 60.
The pace is fast too fast, il seems, and
many are wondering whether or not IL
can be held. They dart down straight
aways with speed that is dazzling.
and swing around curves with wonder
ful ease All. The Blue and Gray
man is down. He has missed his foot
ing, but he is not out. Quickly he is
UP and off. Great wild cheers rins
through the hall Cheers. the result
of a victory long sought. and long
denied. but at last secured.
The lead gained by the Orange and
Blue is light. Soon il is made up Two
thirds of the quarter has been run, and
the Blue and Gray again is leading. Tho
pace has been too great. The man from
Dixie tires. begins to lag. Rapidly the
fleet runner i'm front of him draws away.
The victory is presaged.
The race has become not race. The
wearers of the Blue and Gray have won
their niche and they lead SO greatly that
the issue is no longer in doubt. Even
then. though. there is fear that some
thing may happen. and that fear causes
silence. The end has come, and with II
the certainty that the Blue and Gray or
Georgetown has been carried to victory
in relay over Virginia for the first
time in years.
The relay race IN WHICH 1eOrEcIoWh
won from Virginia was one in which
there was little doubt, barring accidents.
after the end of the first three laps, but
even then the followers of the Blue and
Gray school would not give vent To
their enthusiasm until the victory was
assured 1t was the winning OF that re-
lay which they had been awaiting since
1903, and it was desired more than the
winning of the meet itself.
And yet Georgetown won the meet also
I, aiv,ff IN IN w -
ton by big margin. There was not the
least doubt that the Blue and Gray was
going to finish with a greater number of
points to it's credit than any other school
before the events were half over. II
was the greatest day for Georgetown ath-
letics since the foot bail victory in 1879
Eller Scores Most Points.
Bob Eller was the main point scorer for
the Blue and Gray. Again the great
hurdler and sprinter came through and
won his events i'm such style that he
placed himself among the most capable
performers I'm the country. He scored
sixteen points himself. probably more
than were scored by any other school
Eller won the hurdle races. open and
invitation. He met good men in both
events but there was question Ia
which was the better of the entrants. Ina
the dashes Eiler competed only once lie
dropped out Of the open and ran the i'm
vitation fifty. 1t was won by him. Be-
sides winning these three races he got
third place in the shot put. bringing his
total of points 10 sixteen.
Brewer. another Georgetown man, won
the open fifty. He got away from his
mark we'll and was never headed. Potter
Of Yale. gave Eller the hardest race in
the 5O-yard hurdles. invitation. Potter
showed good form and speed. but he was
not a match for the Georgetown man.
Georgetown men showed well i'm the other
events i'm which they were entered.
The closest set OF relay races ever run
in any meet in this section took place.
Every college event on the program was
contested so that there was doubt until
the last few feet of the races as TO which
team would win.
In the two-mile race. in which Prince
TON lost to Yale again by less than
ward some brilliant work was done by
10th teams The Orange and Black got