Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
WESTERN TIES
CENTRAL SQUAD
Two Local Schools Each Score
II Points in Nj. A. C. Games.
Beating Tome and B. P. |.
ST. JOHNS is FIRST
IN COLLEGIATE MEET
Wins Point Trophy by Scoring
in Field EventS-GaIIaudet
Takes Relay.
POINTS SCORED BY
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS
BY H. c. BYRD.

1t IS probable that no schola sic
track and field meet that has ever
been held III the south can he
gwen credit for having been a
greater success than that which
took place at the MARYLAND Agri
cultural College yesterday. There
was not the least friction To mar
ne progress OF the events. the in
dividlal performance were excel
lent aud the games were run off
with expedition and general salts
faction.
Two Washington high schools.
I central and Western. had the
honor OF tying for the team
trophy. They secured Il points
each. " estern had two men who
gave brilliant individual exhibi-
tons. but the aII-round develop
ment of the Central squad enabled
II to tic the Red and White Tor
hrst honorS. baltimore Polvtech-
nc institute, with rather a larger
squad IN competition. was third
with Il points and Tome Institute
was fourth with i.
Jouor porfor,,-
The best work If the individuals was
done BY Jones of Western The Rcd
t-.,'. = ut" star took first place in three,
events in In" open scholastic events.
100. &c and broad jump In the hun
dred Jcnes id not have to exert him
self, winning about as he pleased I'm
the s21-y yard dash he did not hav.
things 50 easy, though. as Kelly Of the
baltimore Polytechnic Institute gave
him one Of the closest races of the DAY.
One Of Jones performances was such
that II was exceptional. To say the
least lie made just one leap In the
running broad jump, and cleared II
feet :; inches. That kind of a mark
is seldom seen in any sc holastic games
Western mad another man who took
three nrst places. In the limited
scholastic events for freshmen. Brewer
won three times. He took first places
in the hundred. two-twenty and
quarter White he was pushed in two
of these races there was not much
doubt that he would win before they
had been half run. as he seemed to
have the margin on the others
Probably the best hit of work that
was done by any member of the Cen
trail squad was accomplished by Gallo
way. who wen the mile. The youngster
although he lay back for quite awhile.
Sprinted At the end almost as fast AS
he could have run had he not been IN
the previous part of the race, winning
by fair margin. Had he extended
himself during the first three quarters.
Galloway could have done at least five
or six seconds better for the distance
The performances of the two local
institutions are all the more meri-
torious when ii is considered that they
were against the best prep school tai
ent in the section The Baltimore
Polytechnic Institute had big tern
entered, and Tome Institute also lad
several men in the competition. yet the
Red and White and Blue and White
showed TO advantage against them and
the other high and prep schools that
took part.
The class Of events limited to only the
county schools won by fhe
Wicomico High School OF Salisbury. The
youngsters from the Eastern shore did
some very creditable work. and our
classed the other entries in those events.
Franklin High and Sandy Spring High
schools.
There was no team trophy in the
freshman class
Kelly and Armiger OF the Baltimore
Polytechnic Institute We're the best men
that school had entered. and they scored
the majority Of the points secured bv
it. Armiger figured in two of the field
events. and Kelly did some good work
in the dashes.
st. Johns, because il scored nearly all
the points in the field events, won the
point trophy in the intercollegiate part
OF the games. The Annapolis team made
eighty points in the high jump, nine I'm
the broad jump six in the pole vault
and five in the shot-put, giving 1t the
margin which won il the meet NJ A. c.
had it been able to divide the field events
on anywhere near an equal basis would
have won easily. The Aggies had a good
margin in the different races, getting
first. second and third in the two-mile,
first and third in the mile second in the
quarter, second IN the two-twenty and
second in the hurdles, the other rum
ming races being divided between West
ern Maryland and St Johns.
The time made m several of the events
was fast The quarter was done in 81 2-5
the mile in 4.35. the half In 2O6
and the 100 yards In 10. seconds. The two
mile race was also fairly fast for the
class. Aitcheson winning in 1924
Ryder and Wilson and Clayton Of St.
Johns proved to be the three man whose