Evening star., 1915-02-21
VIRGINIA j. Wins
FEATURE OF MEET
Captures Mile Relay for Inter-
collegiate Title of South.
JOHNS HOPKINS MEET
FURNISHES GOOD SPORT
Maryland Aggies and Central High
Teams Show to Good
Advantage.
THE POINT WINNERS
AT JOHNS HOPKINS MEET
BY H. C. BYRD.

BALTIMORE. February 2I.-
The University of Virginia won
the feature event in the Johns
Hopkins University games here
tonight when it took the one-mile
relay race for the intercollegiate
championship OF the south.
Georgetown started in the event,
but was never prominent figure.
The Blue and GRAY lost thirty
yards in the first two relays and
when Stebbins. the Georgetown
star, began the final relay Good
wyn OF Virginia. was way iii front.
Goodwin held his distance easily
and Stebbins was compelled to
1un himself out in the first three
quarters OF the distance to stand
any chance. Virginia was ahead
1t the end by at least fifteen wards.
The time was exceptionally good.
,i,s5 IS.
The Catholic University quar-
tel defeated Lebanon VALLEY by
margin OF twenty wards. Mount
st. Marys ran in the same race.
but was not able to accomplish
great deal. Lebanon Valley got
>way to a good start and ran we'll
on the first two relays. but HYDE
and Field OF Catholic Univ ersitv
proved to good and opened up =
distance OF fifteen Yards in the last
Two laps.
Central Wins Two.
The Central High School relay team
won two races and got first place in
the scholastic $50 Jones of Central
was second in the $50. Centrars junior
team ran away with it's race, and the
senior four won from the Western
High aggregation in brilliant style
The exhibition was the best in which
any Washington high school has fig
ured IN years. as the time in the mile
relay was very fast, being under $40
Maryland Aggies Do Well.
The Maryland Aggies also came
through in fine style. Their second re-
Lay team took the race in which il
figured at half mile against the How
ard Athletic Club and the senior four
was victor by about five yards in the
mile race for the state championship
The event which was with st. Johns
was brilliantly run and was the most
exciting of the night. The Farmers
trailed the first relay and the most Of
the second, but Pennin gtoY went ont
in front and gave Monter, the third
man. three-yard lead. Montell starr
ed Grace of just that much in from
ana the contest put up between Crac.
and Holmes, the latter of ST yob,,-o
was remarkable.
The men ran side by side until the
last twenty yards of the event, when
Grace proved strong enough 10 finish
IN front by scant margin. The
Farmers also furnished a winner in The
mile, when Whitney -aitcheson flashed
bit
The meet was won by Johns HOPKINS
IL scored total of seventeen points in
the open events, the only ones that
Souhted ior the trophy The Meadow
brook Club OF Philadelphia was second
with 10.
The Columbia Athletic club of Wash
lnSton lost the first relay race of the
1lSht IN a hair-raising finish The last
runner tDaNisb for the Columbia team
hnished strong and came within an ace
OF winning out He pulled up at the
tape within six inches Of the victor
but was just unable to get in front
laws was roUndly applauded by the
Saitimoreans for his game effort
Lockwood of the University of Penn
sylvania won the open htindred -, ID
dash. but was disqualified for running
out of his alley. The first place weni
10 Brewer of the st. Alban's Schoo, os
washington. Brewer ran a beautiful
race and was beaten by Lockwood nv a
margin OF only a foot or two Rostock
OF Getty sburg College ran second ,na
Flippen OF the Howard Athletic Club
third.