The Washington herald., 1913-06-08
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CONTEST Events
johnson and Powell Tied for
First Honors at Ath-
letic Meet.
BEALL BREAKS RECORD
Lenox School Boy Nesotates s0-yard
Dish, for S5-pound Class, in
61-5 Seconds.
BEALL BREAKS RECORD

Before a crowd of several thousand
school children. their parents and
friends, c. Chambliss, of Powell School.
topped the bar for a height that gave
him third place in the running high
jump, the last event of the public school
athletic meet, held under the auspices
of the Playground Association, at the
| Washington horse show grounds yester-
day morning, and gaining the point that
made his school tie with Johnson School
for first honors. After the final count
johnson and Powell schools each had Is
points to its credit, but il was not until
the last event on the programme was
decided that Powell was able to catch up
with its rival.
One record was smashed during the
morning. Charles BealI, of Lenox School.
negotiating the 50-yard dash for boys of
the s5-pound class, in 0:6 Is, breaking
the elementary school record of 0:6 3-5.
1t was in this heat that Beall broke the
record. his sprinting being not so good in
the final. in which he just managed to
break the tape in front of William
Prince, of Powell School.
Events Hard Fought.
From the crack of the starters pistol
in the first heat of the 50-yard dash for
the S-pound class, the first event on the
card, the contests were exciting. Every
event was hard fought and resulted
closely. So hotly contested were the
events that II was difficult to chose the
winner Of the meet until the last event
was finished The first nine schools.
each having over ten points at the finish.
were never separated from each other by
more than a point or two, and when
the meet was over johnson and Powell
Schools stood tied for first place with Is
II points, Emery and Curtis were tied
for third place with 10 points each.
Force School was fourth with II points,
and LenoX, Cooke, and Thomson Schools
were tied for fifth place with 10 points
each. Other schools stood as follows:
Adams. S; Henry. I: Jefferson. Z: Car
berry. 5; Peabody, 5: Maury, 3; Van Ness,
3: Wheatley. 8; Ludlow, 3: Dent. >;
Weightman, 2; Wallach, .; Blake, 2;
Smallwood. Brent, Ross, Dennison. Fill
more, Benning, and Chevy Chase, l each.
During the first events it seemed that
Powell School was bound to win out, its
youthful athletes capturing many places.
But Johnson School, in the later running
events, jumped into the fray and soon
the two schools were engaging in a battle
for first honors, with seven other schools
trailing close behind them.
The 6O-yard dash for the 100-pound class
was one of the most hotly contested
events. H. Fowler. of Carberry School.
winning by a scant margin, after getting
off to a bad start. He was hard pushed
by c. Keane, of Thomson School
Twenty entrants, representing about a
dozen schools, participated in the 1oo-yard
dash, which was won by R. Slater, OF
Emery School, with G. Gibson, of Pow
ell School. a close second. L Willard
and H. Willard. brothers. representing
the Monroe School, simply sprinted away
from their competitors in the 70-yard
dash for the 115-pound class, capturing
first and second place easily, and finish
ing with only a scant margin between
them. The time was S2-5 seconds. G.
Tarchas. OF the Henry School, was third.
NJ. Rowe, OF the johnson School, took
first honors in the running broad jump
for the S5-pound class, his jump being
10 feet 3 inches.
Rudolph Attends Meet.
Prestige was lent to the meet by the
presence of Cuno H. Rudolph. president
of the Board of District Commissioners;
Henry p. Blair, president of the Board
of Education; William T. Galliher. of
the Board of Education. and Arthur C.
Moses. president of the Playground AS
ISOLATION, who acted as honorary ref
erees.
The officials were:
Referee-Edgar S. Martin, supervisor
of Fairgrounds.
Clerk of the course-Harry B. Well
man.
Assistant clerk of the course-Karl K.
Locke.
Judges of the fnish-D. E. Garges. E.
J: Garmhausen, j. V. Byrne, Julian r.
starters-C. E. Beckett. James Multi
gan.
Timers-F. c. Wood, D. c. Crane.
Custodian of prizes-W. c. Smoot.
lnspector-L. V. Lampson-
Field marshals-J. K. Holdings, James
7. Owens
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Shaffer
Fifteen Events Scheduled.
Following are the summaries:
5O-yard dash, S5-pound class-Won by
Charles Beall, Lenox School: second.
William Prince, Powell School; third.
G. Burke. Dent School; fourth, John
Mcconnell Nc smallwood School. Time.
6O-yard dash, 1oo-pound class-won by
H. Fowler Carbery School; second, c.
Moran. Blake School fourth. B. Kru-
coff, Powell School. Time, 0:07 S-5.
0-yard dash, 115-pound class-Won by
L Miilard, Monree School; SECOND; H.
chas. Henry School; fourth. c. Reynolds,
Brent School Time, 0:0S 2-5.
100-yard dash, unlimited class-Won by
son. Powell School: third. B; Davidson.
Curtis School; fourth. D. Chamberlain,
Force School. Time, OIL Is.
Running broad jump, S5-pound class
Won by NJ. Rowe, johnson School; sec
ond, r. Riordan. Maury School; third. \
willard, Jefferson School: fourth, Beau
champ. Powell School. Distance, 10 feet
Running broad jump, 1oo-pound class
Won by J. Clarke, johnson School; Sec
ond, p. c. Kivan, Force school; third.
J. Suthrin, Dennison School Distance,
Running broad jump, 115-pound Glass;
Won by J. Ambrasio, Thompson School: |
second, B. Boyer Cooke School; third, |
H. s. Lears. Adams School; fourth, H. |
Fillmore School. Distance. 10
Running high jump. s5-pound class
Won by E. Meredith, Force School; sec
ond, B. Wormsley, Lenox School; third,
". Gaddess, Cooke School,; fourth. B:
Vernon, Ross School. Height, feet
inches.
Running high jump. 10o-pound class
Won by Lewis Call, johnson School; sec
ond s. Wise Curtis School; third. c.
wallach School: fourth, s.
Rosenbaum. Monroe School, Height.
Relay, s5-pound class. $50 yards-won |
by Lenox School Jenkins, Smith. Dor
sett, BealD; second, Van Ness School; /
Johnson. and Emery schools disqualified. |
Relay race. 1oo-pound class, 40 yards
Won by Henry School (Swaine, Cissel. |
Levy, Stem; second. Curtis School; |
third, Jefferson School; fourth, Adams
School. Time, n.