Evening star., 1915-02-28
BY II. c. BYRD.

The Georgetown University
track squad featured the indoor
! track and field gam"s held under
the auspices of that institution at
Convention Hall last night by
winning the intercollegiate point
trophy and by getting sufficient
counts in the South Atlantic Inter
collegiate Association contests to
give it the prize for the total
OF those indoor competitions.
Georgetown got "a points in the
S. A. Intercollegiate A. A. and 80
in the open contests.
Blue and Gray men scored
heavily in many of the events. So
far did they outclass the other col
lege competitors that the nearest
institution to it, Hopkins, got
only IA. Washington and Lee was
next with E. Johns Hopkins
scored we'll in the intercollegiate,
though, getting 10 against
Georgetown's "a points.
Western High Is Victor.
Western High was a victor among
the scholastic combinations, though its
margin was the smallest possible. 1t
registered eleven points, against ten
for Tome Institute. No other scholas-
tic squads We're in the running with
these two. The Baltimore Central
y. NJ c. A. again took the trophy
Georgetown. while it won the tro-
| phies, lost what was carded as the
feature relay1that with Lehigh. Right
at the start Georgetown was favored
though it lost the pole on the toss.
Morrisey,t first man for the Pennsyl-
van.ans, was set back two yards for
beat Nubby Jones Of Georgetown " to n the the
tape by yard. Weisser ran second
Tor Georgetown and at one time sprint
ed up by McGrath of Lehigh. He was
unable to hold it, though, and Young
was started five yards behind the third
Lehigh runner.
Young ran a splendid race. made up
that distance and got Eddie Stebbins
of Georgetown off only three Yards be.
hind Burke Of Lehigh. Burke proved a
splendid performer and was Ave yards
ahead of Stebbins at the finish. That
the best quarter-miler in the south
| The two-mile race between Yale and
Princeton was race well worth see
ing The first relay found Yale fifteen
yards to the bad and the Blue runners
ended the second and third relays
eout that distance behind. The last
Eii runner moved up until he was run
ming right behind the Orange and
Black, but he was never able to get up
speed enough to pass out in front, and
on the final lap the Princeton man had
the better burst of speed
| The Potomac Boat Club won the first
important relay race of the evening
when Dickman, the last runner, caught
Knight just before the last yard had
been covered. Knight started with a
good lead. but did not have the stamina
to- stay In front the entire distance
il was Dickman's splendid work which
gave the Potomacs the victory, as they
we're behind on every relay until he
vent to the front at the end of his
quarter.
louis Connor of George Washington
started out at too fast pace on the
first three laps of the next South At
iantic Intercollegiate contest. the $50.
and lost out within the last thirty
yards. when Hall of Johns Hopkins
got by him on a fine sprint. Hall ran
exceedingly well. using exceptional
Judgment He trailed Connor. and was
In second position until the time al
ready mentioned Johns Hopkins
scored again in this event, Uhler fin
tshing third.
Western High got its. first winner
scross, when Peyton cleaned up the
s00-yard novice in handy fashion. The
Red and White youngster took the lead
right at the start and ran brilliantly
until the end. He was never headed
and his Judgment in pace was one OF
the main factors in his victory Ketne1
of the Columbia Athletic Club, another
local boy, was second in this contest.
Baltimore Polys Win.
The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
second team proved too strong for the
Central High 110-pound team, the East
ern High fourth quartet and the Briar-
ty Hall aggregation. The event was
close and Central might have figured
ss a winner had not its first runner
fallen In the push for the pole on the
nrst turn.
Troop 80 was the winner Of the relay
race for Boy Scouts. Edmund Hemp
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