Evening star., 1915-05-16
BREWER HAS FEW
PEERS AS RUNNER
St. AIban's Boy Seems to
Stand Among the Worlds
Best Sprinters.
GEORGETOWN WILL HAVE
SPRING FOOT BALL WORK
Hilltoppers to Get Their Squad Out
for Light Practice-Analostans
Hold Regatta.
BY H. c. BYRD.

That is pretty broad assertion. and
Vet it seems that no other conclusion
can he drawn. when the remarkable ac-
| c"mplishments Of the y"uusster
fuly considered
Brewer did some splendid work at
various times indoors last winter. but
1T was not until TWO weeks ago that
he really performed III manner that
entitled him to the highest cousidera-
| tion. ont at the Maryland Agricui-
tural College meet. May L. he ran the
l0o-yard dash In 9 As seconds, equal
ing the world interscholastic record
There was some question as to his
Iime, as II was held that a slight breeze
behind him aided considerable. A
"eeh iater Brewer ran the 100 twice
~ rome institute in ten seconds fiat
Yesterday at scholastics at Franklin
fleid he again did the 100 in a.
seconds. and then covered the 22O III
- "a seconds. II is probable that
there are not more than two nossihIv
three, men in the world who will do
% Yards twice this season in . 3-5
tcohds- Ihere appears right now TO
he Just one man running well enoue h
!" thtitle him to make the 100 wards
~ less than ten seconds and he is the
| '"iofed sprInter, Howard Drew
" Brewer could be put into n race
tomorrow with five of the best sprint
ers from the biggest universities and
| a,hietic cubs in America. he would be
the choice to win even though ne
might be pitted against Drew. Brewer
| IS the most remarka BILE runner Wash
s'oh mas KNOW since Arthur Duffy 9
| hme. and he is what Duffy was not-a
| fea product of local athletics.
| George Green. coach at st Adams
| must he given considerable credit 70,
| haNlh4 brought out Brewer The
| NounRster knew something of runnin .
| and did fairly we'll before he went "a
| y. Aioans but il has been since that
| time that he has shown to such splen-
| did advantage. Green has also turned
OUT another NoHngster, Carter who has
done exceptionally well. Garter got two
| third places at Pennsylvania yester,la i
| IN the mile and two miles The mile hX
| the way, was won in record time
The feature Of the closed regatta held
| by the Analostan Club yesterday OF
| the Potomac was the race between the
| Junior and senior eights, the event
| heing won by the juniors 1t was not
| so much the race itself which was sc
| gratifying to the CLUB followers, but
| IT Was the fact that Coach Hecox has
| developed a Junior crew that shows
| itself capable of making splendid
| showing in any open regatta in which
| it may take part The Junior crew OF
| last year lost its standing junior
| and Intermediates by winning both rae
| at the Middle States regatta at Balti-
| more. and il was expected that Goa ch
I! Hecox would have a hard time turning
out eight to take the places OF the
men who become senior That he has
brought out a bunch Of boys. though.
| capa BILE of winning real race from
| the junior of last season Is evidence
| OF their capabilities.
| The senior four won from the Junior
four in the other race between the
| races between mixed crews. the Blues
| won the race between the eights and
the Whites were victors over the Blues
| in the event for fours
Coach Hecox was well satisfied with
| the showing his men made He thinks
| he has developed about the strongest
squad the Analostans have ever had.
and does not hesitate TO say that any
beat out his men will have to go some
to do it,
Business High. to certain extent.
has proved the surprise Of the high
school series. There is no doubt that 1t
has good chance to win the high
school championship. Notwithstanding
that 1t must still meet one Of the
Business began the season with rather
poor prospects. but has developed
gradually. until now II is combina-
tion strong enough to cause a certain
tic organization 1t may meet While
nobody would he unwise enough to
predict championship for Business.
| il also may be said that IT is going to
make a game fight for the title. win or
lose, and ii ought to be a hard team
for either Tech or Central to beat
The race In the Government League
between Commerce and the Marines
| bids fair to be exceptionaIly close and
| interesting. These two teams are now
| first and second, and they seem to be
playing little bit better BAH than
the majority of the other clubs Both
teams have dependable players in their
| line-ups, and their pitchers ought 10
do consistent work.
! Catholic University failed to make
| the expected showing in It's games with
Swarthmore and Eilianova Yesterday
and Friday. The Brooklanders failed
| to hit effectively. and their fielding
was mainly poor fielding which lost to
Nillanova, because Fahey pitched yery
creditable ball. The team as whole
| failed to do as well as was looked fo~.
though the brand of play OF the OPP
posing mines was perhaps little pet :
ter than was expected
/ The Maryland Aggies won from West
ern Maryland College decisivelv YES
terday In the annual tennis match he
/
tors won in only one instance Elder
dice defeating Mantz. In the doubles
1 Ford and kann defeated Blakeney and
| HO1tz easily, while Peter and Cohrl won
without trouble from EIderdice and
! Roop. The feature of the match was
the victory of Amigo over Holtz, the
Cuban winning two love sets The
| loser scored only two or three points
| in any of the games
Gallaudet was compelled to play It's
game against the Maryland Aggies
| Yesterday without two OF it's best
men--Rockweli and RassmusseD. The
! star shOrtstop Of the Kendall Green
! team and the best pitcher on the staff
We're kept out of the game because OF
deficiencies in their scholastic work
| Had these two men been in the game
a difference might have been noted in
the result 1t was a fact though that
| NJ. \. G. did not hit the pitchers used
| by Gallaudet yesterday as hard az the y
did RassmHssen when the two teams
| faced in April.
Georgetown will begin spring foot
ball practice tomorrow. The Hilltop
pers do not plan to put the squad
through any strenuous scrimmages,
| but are going to get the players out
| two weeks of the elements of the
| game Several oil the star linemen OF
| last fall have been playing hand ball
daily for the past month in order to
keep In condition. and the work is not
| apt to nnd them entirely unprepared
| The Blne and Gray viii have the men
practice under the direction of John
Petritz all.south Atlantic center, and
| John OReilly, director Of physical
training Coach Fyepdipe has n