Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-08
THE NAVY TEAM
CAPTURES TRACK MEET.
Middies Trim Lafayette---Cspture
Track Meet, So to 45---Former
Gets Points in ALI the Dashes.

The midshipIuen athletes won from
the representatives of Lafayette Col
lege. of Easton, Pa, in a well-contest-
ed field and track meet Saturday after
noon. 50 to IS points. By agreement
only points for the first and second
places were counted.
The Midsies made their best perform
ances in the 100 and 220-yard dashes.
the half-mile run and pole vault, in all
of which they made cleanup of points
The visitors did likewise in the 800
ward hurdles and hammer throws.
Vosbury and Morris performed in
splendid style for the Mid,iies in the
dashes. finishing first and second, re-
spectively. and Morris also came
through first in the 44O-yard dash.
Paulson and Prescott did good work
for Lafayette in the hurdles, while
Maxfield garnered a big bunch of
points in the weight events.
Although weather conditions were
ideal. none of the track records was
broken. TIE Academy mark for the
shot put. however. was smashed by
Maxfeld of Lafayette, who hurled the
weight 43 feet II ID inches. The best
Academy figure is 43 feet inches. The
summary;
Track Events.
1O0-Yard Dash Won by Vosbury,
Navy; Morris, Navy, second, Time,
10 seconds.
220-Yard Dash-Won by Vosbury.
Navy; Morris, Navy, second. Time,
% 3-5 seconds.
12O-Yard Hurdles-Won by Paulson,
Lafayette; Prescott, Lafayette, second.
44O-Yard Dash-Won by Morris, of
Navy; Betchel, of Lafayette. second.
Time, 80 seconds.
Half Mile Run-Won by Ericsson,
Navy; Tobin, Navy, second. Time. 40
1 10 seconds.
Mile Run-Won by Mack, Navy; Bar
ry. Navy, second. Time. 40 minutes,
40 Is seconds.
Field Events.
High Jump-Won by Jelfries, Navy;
PaulsOn, Lafayette, second. Height,
feet 81 inches.
Broad Jump-Won by Evans, La
fayette; Chapline. Navy, second. Dis
lance. - feet II inches.
t-Put-Won by MaXfeld, Lafay-
cite; iBieseneier, Navy, second. Dis
lance. AZ feet, II - inches.
Hammer Throw-Won by Ryon, La
fayete; MaXfeld. Lafayette, second
Distance. 119 feet 10 inches.
Discus Throw Won by Maxfeld. of
Lafayette; Gillian, Navy. second. Dis
lance. 113 feet ; inches.
Pole Vault-Won by Williams, Navy;
Mackee, Navy, second. Height II IT,
The midshipmen won from Rutgers
College, of New Jersey, on the tennis
courts Saturday afternoon by taking
five strainght singles and two of the
four doubles. The latter were very
we'll contested, but the sailor lads had
a comparatively easy time of it in the
singles.
The Naval Academy scrubs and the
second team of the CatholicUniversity,
of Washington were the contestants
Saturday afternoon in a red-hot game
of baseball the Middies winning after
a ten-innig battle, 6 to ;. Kennedy and
McReynolds comprised the Navy bat
terry, while Barry and Denaing were in
the points for the visitors
The midshipmen went down to defeat
Saturday IT. the opening contest Of
their rife shooting season, the team of
the District of Columbia National
Guard turning the trick by a margin
of 81 points. The team scores were:
District Gulrdsmen, 2,196; Navy, 2,1O2.
The shooting was over ranges of 200
yards rapid fire,300 yards slow and
rapid fire and 600 yards slow fire.The
Guardsmen are greatly elated over the
time IN ten years they have accom-
lished the defeat of the Middies.