Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
RELAY RACES WON
BY BIG DISTANCES
Lehigh, C. U. and Maryland
Aggies Take Events in
G. U. Games.
UNOFFICIAL COUNT GIVES
GEORGETOWN THE TROPHY
Blue and Gray Gets Point Honors
for Colleges and St. Adams
for Schools.
By H. C. Byrd.


The three feature relay races
between colleges in the George
town University indoor track
games last night resulted in easy
: victories for Lehigh, Catholic
University and the Maryland Ag-
ricultural College. The first men
toned won from Georgetown IN
the last event on the program by
a wide margin; Catholic Uni
versity had no trouble defeating
George Washington, and the
Maryland Aggies opened up
wide gap on the Gallaudet Col
lege quartet after the first two
men had run.
Dorsey Griffith ran first Tor
Georgetown against Lehigh. and
he was the only member OF the
local institution to finish in the
van. McGrath took the lead for
Lcligh on the second lap, and
after that the Blue and Gray was
never in the running.
Distinctly Local Affair.
The meet was the most distinctly
local affair the Blue and Gray has ever
held While events in which some Of
the representatives. of big universities
were entered were lacking, there was
some close competition between clubs
and schools and in the open events.
Charley Cox graduate manager OF
athletics. made the statement shortly
before the last events were to be held
that the meet was the most successful
financially that had been held by the
Blue and Grey within the last ten
years. 81
by the various organizations gave
Georgetown the meet by small mar
gin.
the program. shortly after IL o'clock.
he got the points which gave the Hlue
and Gray the distinction of capturing
the trophy in it's. own games.
st. Adams won the trophy for the
school scoring the most points. 1t
tie difficulty in so doing.
Two Easy Victories.
The Catholic University and Mary
land Aggies won their races with CAL
laudet and George Washington Uni
yersity by big margins. Each Of the
victors were about half lap ahead of
their men at the finish and they could
have made it lap Just as easily had
they SO desired. Keen and Field. for
Catholic University. and Grace and
Speer of NJ. A. c.. the last men for their
teams. practically logged their parts
of the events. There was nothing for
either of the victors to enthuse over.
The Catholic University second team.
on which one first team runner COM
peted, also was an easy victor over
The Columbia Athletic Club and the
9Th Regiment four Of Baltimore. The
Brooklanders were almost as far in
the van in this contest as in the other
The Washington Canoe Club present.
ed runners that were too competent
: for those representing the Potomac
Boat Club in their relay at 1900 yards.
Weeks of Hopkins won the mile open
handicap from small field Starting
with a thirty-yard handicap. he went TO
the front Immediately and was never
headed.
The open pole vault resulted in a tie
between Hallman of Washington and
Lee University and Weidman of
Georgetown. Both men yaulted eleven
feet six inches. There WAS much ap-
plause for both the athletes as they
cleared the bar az exceptional heights
time after time. Stevenson of Hopkins
was third.
First Final for Hopkins.
In the first final OF an event the chief
honors went to Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Hall of that institution finish
1nz first in the sso-yard south Atlantic
1ntercolle Siate run. Chisman of the
Maryland Asgies was close second
and Jenkins of Virginia was third. Nor
ris. the University of Virginia star, fell
on the first turn. and was never able
10 catch up. Hall got the lead after
the spill at the beginning of the race
and held it to the end, though he and
Chapman ran neck-and neck until the
last nifty yards Of the event. The time
was fairly fast for a small track the
distance being covered in minutes
and seconds
Episcopal High won the first relay
race of the night It took the lead in
Junior event, in which ST. Adams
ana Woocoerry Forest ran close for
second place. Woodberry was runner
up.
The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
captured the next relay event. the dis
lance being one-third Of a mile. Tech
nicaI High was second and St Adams
was third. The race was we'll run
Jimmy Swartz of the Maryland Az
Eies showed clean pair OF heels 10
ire other runners in the 44o-yard dash
open. beating out Strauss and Uhler
OF Johns Hopkins for the first place
Strauss ran within three Yards oil
swartz at the finish and UhIer was
about SIX or seven yards back of the
two leaders. IL was neck -and-neck
race from the start between Straus,
and swartz. with the latter holding the
lead.
Carter OF 81. Adams was third in this
scholastic $40, being unable to over.
come the handicap held by Smith o,
. Baltimore City College. who won ths
event Carroll of Woodberry Fores,
ran very pretty race in order to ge,
second place.
The University OF Virginia got frs,
and second In the final of the ffty-ysrd
tntercoHegIate hurdle event. Wilson
breasted the tape at the finish and Der.
teiie. his teammate. was only half a ster
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