Evening star., 1916-02-13
BY II. C. BYRD.

BALTIMORE, February IL
The University of Virginia won
the southern relay championship
here tonight in the track and field
games held in the 5th Regiment
Armory, defeating the Maryland
Aggies and Johns Hopkins Uni
versity.
Virginia took the lead on the
first relay and held the advantage
throughout, though it was never
far enough ahead to give it
surety. The Maryland Aggies
ran second to Virginia, leaving
Hopkins considerably in the rear
after the second men had run.
Berkeley jumped off the mark
ahead of Sutton of Hopkins and
Morris of NJ. A. c. The latter ran
in second position until the final
fifty yards, when he dropped to
third. The second relay was
close. with Gilman finishing
about ten yards back OF the Nir-
ginia man. The event was then
between NJ. A. c. and Virginia
solely, Hopkins dropping about
thirty yards TO the rear. Speer.
the last Aggie runner. finished
about ten yards behind Norris of
Virginia in the final relay.
John Hopkins Wins Meet.
Johns Hopkins won the meet. its run
ners getting % points. The st. Adams
School was second in the point getting.
while Georgetown. Maryland Aggfes
and Catholic University also cut into
the scoring creditably.
The work of the boys from St. Al.
bans was exceedt lgly good. not one
Of them failing to perform creditably.
St. Adams won two relays. got several
frsts and some places and was dan
gerous factor in all the events in which
it's men took part
The Columbia Athletic Club of Wash
this time the Germantown Boys Club
getting the honors.
The St. Adams team went to the front
in a relay race. defeating the repre-
more Polytechnic and Technical High
Schools. There was nothing to the
event after the first relay, Maxam CIV
ing his next. next runner mer lead cad OF ru about
running alternately. could have beaten
any four men in the race. Central High
was second in the event.
Another Princeton man proved good
enough to win the open quarter. Moore
coming from behind a big field and
without a great deal Of trouble.
Mccormick and Round of Virginia were
second and third. respectively.
Dempster of Hopkins. in the 100-yard
open handicap hurdle race. finished
ahead OF Crawford of Pennsylvania and
Brettle of Virginia.
Carter Runs Great Race.
Carter of the ST. Adams School ran
beautiful race in the $50 scholastic.
timing his sprint on the last lap in
great style. Carter started from scratch
with a big field in front of him. but
he was not 'daunted. and did not try to
make up all the distance in the frst
two laps. 1t was not until near the
end of the last lap that Carter cut
loose. He then passed the other men
in the event as if they were tied, and
finished in front by ten yards at least
A wonderful quarter-mile run by
Milstead on the last relay gave the
Central High School of Washington
victory in. the one-mile race with
High of Alexandria. Milstead
started twenty yards behind the Epis-
copal runner. but caught him about 100
Yards from the tape and finished Ave
yards to the good by a strong sprint.
Probably the most remarkable one
mile race that has ever been run in the
South Atlantic intercollegiate Associa-
tion took place in the next event, with
Driscoll- of Catholic University and
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