The Washington times., 1915-03-27
Manual Trainers Developing
Runners for Spring Games
and Increase Interest.
TWO SCHOOL GAMES TODAY
A. N. P. Opens Season With a
Win, While G. U. Props Lose
to Western.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Technical High School track ath-
letes are getting the jump on the
other schools in inaugurating a
series of outdoor meets at the school
for the development of the sport and
to increase interest in the school.
Bradley Gish and Mark De Grange
now in charge Of the track candi-
dates, ran off a successful program
of eight events yesterday which
brought out some exceptional COM
petition from fifty boys and pro-
duced some fine marks considering
the small track.
Honors were pretty we'll distributed
SO keen was the competition. Former
Captain Elmer Hardell won the first
heat In the fifty yard dash but was
unable to stave off Parks in the final
and got tie. The furlong produced
winner in Parks who seems destined to
wear the laurels Of former Tech sprint
ers.
Bobby Helmuth won the broad jump
and repeated in the 22o-yard hurdles.
He was the only double winner of the
mile while Harsch took the quarter.
The summaries:
50-yard dash-Tie, Hardell and Parks;
Tibbotts. third Time. 6 AS seconds.
ond; Ambrose. third. Time, minutes s
seconds
22o-yard dash-won by Parks: Hardell,
second; Marx, third. Time, q seconds.
Gardner. second; Harsch, third Time.
302 seconds.
44O-yard dash-Won by Harsch; sec
ond, Lpscombe; third. Guderian. Time
Gil seconds.
Pole vault-Won by Taylor; second,
Guderian; third. Harsch.
Shot-put-Won by Supplee; second,
Gibson.
ond. Tibbotts; third, Hardell. Distance,
II feet inches.
Mark De Grange was clerk OF the
course, and successfully got the ath-
stss sssn, to the marks The starter s
sprinter. now at Lafayette. Harper
Snapp. a former track team manager.
was Judge, with c. Ernest Smith. of
the Tech faculty. Principal Frank
Daniel was referee.
In making the start Tech thinks it
can develop athletes for the meets and
boom UP the track game at the school.
MeetS Will De run OH once Il month,
and the class gaining the greatest
number Of points will be given a ban
ner.
Several Of the new track men showed
up exceptionally we'll, and can be
counted upon to make good later in
the spring. Mark, a former Tech boy
before he went to West Point. seems
to have the making of a fast runner
and should be watched closely.
Two baseball games are on the cards
for the schoolboys today. st. Adams is
tackling the Alexandria High School
team at Satterlee field, while Central is
taking squad to Episcopal to try their
luck against the conquerors of Business.
If Central gets away with today's game
it will have established itself as an I'M
usually strong aggregation.
The Army and Navy Prep opened it's
season yesterday in defeating the Chevy
Chase School team by score of II to
4, Bolton and Franzen proving too
strong in the box. A. N. P. is falling
for the game this year with a will, hav-
account of examinations. The team has
booked many of the school teams, and
is looking forward to a good season
Western got in ahead of the George
town Prep team by TO score. The
Props were generous with errors, none
Of which came at critical times West
ern hit the ball well. but could not land
them safely. Before the game WHEEL
chell, the Western catcher. was battered
by badly bounding ball. and was
forced to leave the field Fenwick, a
first year lad came through with the
backstopping honors. although he had
bad knee.
Tom Peyton. Westerns right fielder.
had a fine day outside of poorly
Judged hall in the garden. Peyton got
three hits out of four times up. a
double, triple. and single. In the past
two days Peyton had eight hits out of
nine trips to the plate. His slashing
triple in the ninth Won the game for
Western as Fenwick was walked before
him.
The Epiphany Junior baseball team is
meeting the Friends juniors today and
will play a game with the St. Albans
youngsters next week. Epiphany frsts
meet Friends Seniors on Monday.
date for the annual high school
championship field and track meet is
expected soon. Overtures will probably
be made to the Maryland Agricultural
College for the use of the field this
year. The Aggies have four meets
there already and may not be averse
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