The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-02-20
Carter Finishes Third


Carter. of the st. Adams School, placed
handicap race, with a large field against
him. was forced to take third place. b.
smith, running under the 3. c. c.. with
the limit as a handicap, took first place.
J. Carroll, from the Woodbury. Forest
School, took second place. Carter ran a
great race, having to fight his way
through the field. He deserves great
credit for even placing. Time. o:Ss
Jimmy Schwartz, one OF Curly" Byrd s
runners, took the lead at the start of
the +o-yard open handicap race and
breasted the tape a winner by inches.
Strauss, of Johns Hopkins, pushed the
Aggie all the way. Uhler who made
such great showing in the last meet in
Baltimore, finished third.
The scholastic 40 was run in one sec
ond less than the open-handicap race, the
time being o:57 seconds.
Brewer Breezes in First.
Tommy McDonaugh and Untz Brewer
were pitted against each other in the
semi-hnals OF the 5O-yard dash open
handicap. and the premier runner of
schoolooy ranks came home a winner in
the fast time Of o:5 As.
McDonaugh pushed the st. Adams boy
to the limit, and in the next heat Maxim,
Of the Tennallytown School. finished first
against another classy field.
Baltimore had things its own way in
the 6O-yard open hurdle race, McDonaugh
taking first honors In the semi-flnals and
Sullivan winning the sc ~onf heat, run
ming under the Maryland Swimming Club
colors. Both heats were run in o:S 40.
Griffith repeated in the first semi-fnal
heat OF the 5O-yard collegiate dash,
breaking the tape ahead OF Henke, of
Washington and Lee, doing the distance
In O:6 fiat.
Hart Of the Maryland Aggies, won nrst
place in the second heat OF the semi
finals OF the same event. with Young, of
washington and Lee, a very close sec
ond.
1t was up to "Untz" Brewer and Silly
Maxim, local boys. running under the
colors Of the st. Adams School, to lower
the marks in the heats of the 5o-yard
dash open handicap, stepping off the dis
lance In the great time of five and four
ffths seconds, while the best time the
other contestants could do was six sec
onds.
Tommy McDonaugh, South Atlantic
champion hurdler, was on deck and
any when he did the 50-yard hurdles in
six and four-fifths seconds. This was the
best time made for the distance.
In the 6-yard collegiate dash six sec
onds was the best time made. Washing
ton and Lee runners came in first in
most cases, but were hard pushed in al!
heats.
With handicap OF eight feet against
him, Brooke Brewer, OF st. Adams
School. was forced to step Off the 80
yard dash against scholastic athletes In
five and four-ffths seconds. equaling his
time made in the open-handicap dash.
Wallace, from the Tennallytown School,
unheard OF in dashes, m ade the distance
in the same time as Brewer.
Grifith, a former Western High School
lad, running for Georgetown, and two
Washington and Lee men, Henke and
Curtis, made the best time in the heats
of the 50-yard South Atlantic champion
ship dash
Hart, hailing from NJ. A. c., was second
in the first heat, being beaten out at the
tape by Griffith.
Catholic University was pitted against
George Washington University in their
relay and from the outset there was
nothing to 1t but the Brooklanders They
took the lead on the first lap and from
then on It was case OF seeing how much
they could gain.
George Washington ran a plucky race
but OF no avail, as they were outclassed,
the c. L. runners all but tapping them,
the time for the race being minutes,
IS is seconds.
The Interclass relay race between
Georgetown students proved an interest
ing race, the Seniors coming home win
ners, after being pushed all the way by
the Juniors.
disqualified IN their mile race against the
Columbia A. c. and the race was award
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