Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-11
CAPTURE STAR CUP
John F. Cook Students Best in
Public Schools Meet.
LEAD BIRNEY II POINTS
Win by Strength in Field Events
and Team Pulling
Together.
POINTS WON.

The athletes representing the John r.
Cook School of the eleventh division won
the outdoor track and field championship
of the Public Schools Athletic League,
and with II goes the splendid trophy cup
donated by The Evening Star to marx
| the victory. Coached by former pupil
of the school, Robert Ford who held
the 100-yard record for the elementary
schools, and now a member of the NJ
| Street High School. and Cupid, pupil
OF the school. the boys of Cook won with
eleven points to spare. Birney School
| proved the sensation of the day by run
| ming second to Cook and displacing Mott
| School. the victor of last year. Sumner
School annexed the heavyweight relay
title and captured first in the 12-pound
| shotput
| Cook won by showing great strength
in the field events and by entering full
and We'll balanced team. while Birney
| and Mott Schools proved strong in the
| track events and the relays. Cook cap
tured first in the 80 and 20 yard dashes.
while Lomax of Banneker and Lacy of
| Mott scored first in the 100 and 80 yard
dashes.
New records were made as follows:
Grey OF Cook ran the 50-yard dash i'll
40 seconds: Lomax of Banneker won
the 100 in 10 A. seconds; Mott School
won the 36O-yard relay race in 90 Sec
onds; Patterson School won the 44O-yard
relay in the 9J-pound weight class in
30 % seconds: Birney set new figures
| to the mark of % 3-5 seconds in the
11J-pound class 440-yard relay race
While Sumner ran the SsO-yard relay
race in l minute 40 3-5 seconds.
| In the field events the new records set
were: Grey of Cook jumped Ii feet 3
inches in the broad jump for the So
pound class boys; Taylor of Mott threw
the S-pound shot So feet inches Hop
kins of Birney leaped to 81 new mark Of
feet = inches in the high jump in his
class. while Shaw of Cook jumped !
feet II inches in the unlimited weight
class.
| The meet was splendidly handled by
DR.. q. Il. Key. chairman of the games
| committee and his assistants. and none
too much credit can be given the mar
| shall of the day. Mr.. John Wilkinson of
| Mott School. who kept the field ideally
| clear and clean of surplus athletes and
officials
! For the splendid work of the athletes.
Messrs Clark of BiAey, Hamilton of
Mott Ford Of NJ Street High School and
I Savoy of Normal No. > are largely re-
, Spensiblc.
! Summary.
5O-yard dash-won by Grey. Cook school: sec
end. Mayo; Mott School; third, conyers Bilher
eO-yard dash t95- lib. cass,-won by Lacy Mott
school; second Ia y; Cook school sl
fs1s sf s3sar ssas ns third
Loma1 Banneker school: second. Shaw. Cook
School: third. smith. Lincoln School. Time.
seo;ya1a relay race Sob. esss'1won by Mott
ond, Birney School: third. Cook School. Time.
44O-yard relay race t3o-lh. class,-won by Pat
second. Mott School; third Birney school. Time.
0.JS2s.
l4O-yard relay race dlo-lb.. class,-won by
Williams: second: Lincoln School: third, Cook
Won by sumner School Powell. I,ucas, Robin
son. Carter: second; Birney School: third. Mott
! Running high jump tsolh. cass'-won by
WASHINGTON. Cook school: second. conway Mott
nS s;n! n nsn :%S sS s, class h.,. Won b.
and Dickson. Brney sctcl. Height. feet :
| inches
Won by shaw Cook school second. Barnes
Lincoln School. th,.d. Wagner, Mott school
Running broad jump ,so-lh class,-won by Grey
Cook s.hool: second Pelham. Mott School; third
Running broad jump ,95-lb class,--won by
Hammond. Cook School: second Larry. sumner
School; third. Thompson. M,tt School. Distance.
Running broad jump n15,lh. ciass,-Won by
\ Nell Look SchoOi. second. BROOKS. Mott school:
! third. Fraction. Birney School. Distance Is
| feet Oh inches.
4 Officials of Meet.
Referee. Maj. James L. Walker: track
/ judges $. +. Compton, Miss +. &. Nc
| Daniel and ]. Martin: scorers. NJ. NJ.
| Morton Miss Laura Sknker and Miss
| Lily Sknker: starter. H. G.. Douglass:
timers. j. Taylor, W. Menard and II.
| Hyers: clerk of the course, DR.. G. Z.
! Key: assistant clerks of the course T..
| Il. Henderson and w. Hamilton: inspec-
| tors. Miss Ferguson. Mr.. Clark and Mr..
/ Ashton: field judges. Mr.. Compton, Mr..
Clark. Mr.. Douglass. Miss Sklnker and
Miss Mcdaniel.