The Washington herald., 1916-02-14
South Atlantic A. A. u. OFF,
cial Is Made Object of "Old
Abb" in individuals
and Teams.
HOPKINS GETS THE EDGE
by JOHN A. DUGAN.

Protests are being heard on all sides
today from the athletes and coaches OF
teams which took part in the Johns Hop
pins Fifth Regiment indoor meet in Bal
timore Saturday evening. The work OF
handicappng collegiate. scholastic and
club athletes in the various open events
in any indoor or outdoor athletic carnival
If mans job" and a big size man :
job at that. and some of the comments
handed Handicapper Joseph T England
of the South Atlantic Amateur Athletic
Union, is unfair to such a student Of the
game, although in some OF the cases
where the protests are rendered a kick is
coming.
Reviewing the program from close OBJ
servation, it Is found that Handicapped
England favored the Baltimore athletes
to great extent and CAV" Johns Hop
kins all the edge in the distance award
in the various races. but it is certain
that one so competent in this line would
not favor any of his town folk" and
the protests registered seem like the ''old
alibi'' stun offered for the poor showing
OF individuals or teams.
In many of the events Hopkins would
have tho largest number OF entries. and
in nearly every instance the athletes
would be given the limit in handicap. In
but one instance was a Hopkins runner
man. this being Hall in the 44O-yard race.
when Norris. Of Virginia: Moore. OF
Princeton, and steele. Of the German
town Boys School ran from scratch.
Hall was given but one yard in this
event. and the sixteen out OF twenty
Hopkins athletes who were given the
limit made Moore, OF Princeton. who was
the winner. equal the track record TO
land first place.
IL o,If
'CappinC of England was offered in the
30 yard open when Eddie Hortcr. OF the
Meadbrook Club. OF Philadelphia and J.
Tresiddor. OF the T Y. NJ. c. 4. were
placed on scratch in large field. while
seventeen out of nineteen Hopkins run
ners were given the limit. George Green.
coach OF the St. Adams School. OF this
city. withdrew Brooke Brewer. his speed
marvel. in this event because of the
handicaps which had been awarded the
other athletes. Although Brewer was
given one yard over the scratch men,
Coach Green would not take the chances
Of killing him off for the relay race,
which was but a few events further down
on the program.
Hanrahan. jr. another Hopkins ath-
lete had easy sailing In the running high
jump. as his vault was but five feet seven
and one-halt inches. and with the handi-
cap. i've ana ollt-idll lutntS "Ill'H was
awarded him. he finished in the van by
two inches.
The biggest argument in favor OF
Handicapped England is shown when one
searches into the number of events and
finds that of the ten events I'm which he
handed out handicaps that in five in
stances the scratch men breezed home in
front.
Followers OF the track game in this
vicinity will not witness A performance
like that of Crawford Carter, of the ST
Adams School. in long time. Crawford
first showed his speed when he captured
the SS0-yard scholastic from scratch in
the remarkable fast time to 2:5 l.. which
was just two seconds lower than the
mark hung up by Barr. OF Princeton
University. in the half-milc open.
The sturdy blonde haired athlete
from the Wisconsin Avenue Institute
was a starter in the mile and when
the first lap was made he was away
back in the rut. On the third turn
he closed in on Barr. of Princeton. and
was running in tenth position. He
held on to Barr's pace for over half
the distance. when he started to pun
ahead and on the next to the last lap
he was laying third, two yards be-
hind Unsold. On the final lap ne
showed real speed and forged in. in
the fast time OF 4 minutes 80 lis sec
onds, which was 2-5 seconds better