Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
GIRL ATHLETES
BREAK RECORDS
One World and Five School
Marks Shattered at Ma
tionaI Park.
MEDAL Is AWARDED
TO MISS LANDRETH
Miss Glass of Indiana, However,
Scores Most Points in Exciting
Outdoor Contests.

One worlds record and five school rec
ords were shattered at the annual field
day events of National Park Seminary.
held yesterday afternoon on the new ath-
letic field of the school at Forest Glen.
Miss Mary Frances Glass of Vincennes
Ind. was the girl who broke the worlds
| mark for women in the three broad
jumps" event. setting the new record at
y feet 1O11 inches. which beat the for
mer record. held by a Bryn Mawr girl,
by just an inch and a. half. Miss Glass
also beat the National Park record in the
standing broad jump. making a jump. of
Z feet IL inches. one-haf inch more
than the former record, held by Miss
Azilee Keith Clark.
The running hop. step and jump was
also captured by Miss Glass. the Ma
tional Park Seminary record of % feet
IL inches. made by Miss Glass last year.
being beaten by 9A inches. Miss Agnes
Seaberg took the running broad jump
with jump of IL feet AZ inches. beat
ing the old school record. held by Miss
Gladys Greiner. by foot 21a inches. The
other school record which was beaten at
the meet yesterday was the base ball
throw Miss Lefle Budd hurting the ball
146 feet inches. The old mark was no
Event Great Success.
The field day held yesterday was the
most successful ever held at the school.
The field was lined with pupils of the
school. ''old girls" as they style them
selves. here for commencement week, and
the families of the girls who will grad
uate this week. The first event was
started nr0mnflV an
there was not a hitch in the entire pro-
gram The archery contest which was
on the program as the last event, was
called off by the officials.
In spite of Hiss Glass brilliant per-
fcrmance yesterday. she was not
| awarded the gold medal for being the
best "all-round" athlete in the school
This presentation was made last night
at a dance held in the gymnasium by
the Alumni Association. the honor be-
| ing conferred on Miss Mildred Land
retb of Pasadena, Cal.
Work Uniformly Good.
The scoring for this highly priced
honor is based on the performance of
the girls in athletic contests held dur
ing the school year. Miss Landreth has
the peculiar distinction of not having
scored the largest number of points in
any one event. but has been so UNI
formly good in every form of athletics
that she was given the highest honors
Mss Miss Landrsth is president sid Tho, Of the
is also the school champion in the in
door sports Of various sorts. She has
been the 'runner-up'' for the. medal
for the past two years.
The tennis tournament was won by
Miss Frances Harris. In the bowling
team tournament the Misses Edith Boil
ter and Dorothy Bragdon carried off
| first honors. with Miss Lucille Stein
winning the individual award. High
honors in the swimming meet were d.
vided between Lucille Stein and Jane
| Ewing.
| Miss Glass stood highest in the gym
| meet for the second time and her So
banquet In her honor. The last athletic
event before the field meet held
yesterday was the riding tournament
won by Mss Constance Oldham. Miss
| one of these meets. and her victory. an
| ronnced last night at the alumni
dance, was popular one.
| The award for winning the most
| points in the meet yesterday was q
medal In addition to this. silver cup
| presented by the athletic association
| becomes the property of the sorority to
| which the winner belongs. and is held
by it until girl belonging to another
sorority succeeds in winning it.
Running High Jump.
In the first event, the running high
jump. a peculiar situation developed,
place with the same jump as that made
by the winner. Miss Glass. The height
was 461a inches. but Miss Shaw failed on
her first three attempts to go over the
| bar at this height. succeeding only when
trying for second place against Miss
Agnes Seaberg, who finally was third.
| In the basket ball throw Miss Mary
| Munger. who made the school record last
year with toss of a feet won again
by several feet as that made at the last
competition. Miss Landreth finished sec
ond in this event. and Miss Budd third.
The W-yard high hurdle event went to
Miss Glass. with Miss Seaberg second and
Miss Dorothy Dexter third. Hiss Dexter
turned the tables on her opponents in
the next event. the low hurdles. covering
the distance in So seconds. Miss
Seaberg was second and Miss Landreth
third.
Puts Shot Twenty-Seven Feet.
In the standing broad jump. won by
Miss Glass with jump which broke the
school record. Miss Seaberg was again
second and Miss Landreth third Miss
Mary Munger. who holds the school shot
put record Of 81 feet n inch, won again
this year with a distance of % feet
inches Miss Stein was second and Miss
Landreth third.
In the running broad jump. won by Miss
Seaberg with record jump Miss Glass
was second and Miss Bernice Wellington
third. The base ball throw was cap
tured by Miss Budd, breaking the school
record with Miss Mary Munger and Miss
Elizabeth Howard finishing I'm the order
named. Miss Munger's throw was better
than the record of the school, which stood
until yesterday.
Miss Mary Munger was second in the
next event also, In which Miss Glass broke
the worlds record for three broad
jumps, and Miss Stein was awarded third
place. In the next event. the hop. step
and jump. Miss u.ass also made new
record for the s.hool. but was closely
pressed by Miss Seaberg and Miss Shaw.
who took second and third places.
The last event to be run off was the
50-yard dash. All of the contestants
finished within few feet of each other,
the judges awarding first honors to Miss
Seaberg. second place to Miss Dexter,
who was only fraction of foot behind
the winner. and third place to Miss
" ellington.
Classified for Form.
The judges also classified the contest
ants on the form shown in the
various events, the same score being given
for first, second and third for form as