The Washington times., 1916-03-05
Novice Event Brings
Virginia out to Fore
Georgetown a Point Behind
When Massey Gets Third
Place in the Six Hundred.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

The small margin OF one point which
gave the University OF Virginia the
collegiate end Of the George Washing
ton meet and allowed Poo" 5.anigan
to tote the silver cup TO Charlottos-
Vile came near reviving some George
town-vireinia stui ut Convention Hall
last night.
Georgetown mildly protested that the
novice events should not be counted
toward the point total. Massey, OF Vir.
glnia. having gotten third in the 60 In
the meantime Pop" Lanigan had OBJ
tanned the trophy and was wreathed In
smiles. as 1t was Yjrginia's first win
this winter outside OF the South Atlantic
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
events.
Mike Thompson. former Georgetown
graduate manager. who was imported in
Dr. Pollards place as referee, ruled.
along with several other things which
cane up during the evening. that Vir-
ginia was entitled to the cup. John
OReilly. Georgetown's coach. was the
first to shake Lanigan's hand and the
clash was narrowly averted.
Maryland Agricultural College relay
teams. especially that which took the
heart out OF Lehlgh's great quartet in
the feature event OF the George Wash
ington indoor games, covered them
selves with enough glory at Conven-
tion Hall last night to last as. a topic
of conversation for some time Coach
Byrds youngsters were started of in
a l,2O1 event against George Wash.
ington. and won handily.
LehiBhs four, composed OF Norrisey,
Hanway, McGrath, and Burke, was
pitted against the Aggies in the final
event OF the evening. Morris, Chip
man. Grace. and Speer opposed the
Lehigh lads In the order named.
motifs got away in the lead and
handed Chipman three yards. Chip
man passed Grace a three-yard mar
gin. ana when Speer started with a
SIX yard jump on Burke, the veteran
Lehlgh middle distancer. the crowd
thought IL would be all over. Speer's
race was nicely judged, and Burke
was run off his teet, outganed and
outgeneraled, though making a gall
liant night for the tape in the stretch.
There were several disappointed ath-
letes In the dashes and 6OO-yard novice
owing TO a peculiar ruling OF the offi
Gals; Toward the end of the heats and
IN the semi-hnals. winners only were
picked as qualifying. Earlier heats
found second men being Dicked and IL
would seem that an injustice had been
done some OF the runners who should
nave been allowed to get in the final.
IN tne oV-yard novice race the start
ers IN the heats were told that five men
would qualify for the final. Several
GI1'ungsters who Judged pace nicely were
disappointed after coming in fourth
and ffth TO find that but three men
we're put IN the hnal from each heat.
Honors in open events were distrib-
uten among Burke, OF Lehigh; O'Neill
OF the New York A. c.: Griffith, OF
SeorgetoSn; e, Carter. Brewer. and Max
hrsts or seconds from scratch with one
exception. O'e
Burke's race in the half from scratch
yon, wn,eh was won by, Robert Round, the
FORMER Manassas High School lad, after
great fight. was as fine n bit of work
as was seen. Burke conceded too much
10 Round, who cut out a hot mace
burke came through to a driving finish.
u'n OnL was tnree yards shy. Round being
the track ''i''o Aor
Griffith started from five yards in
the open quarter. fought through a big
held In the second lap. took the pole
and and won . handily Brewer spread
eagIed the SCHOLASTIC quarter field. while
Carter showed his flying heels to the
schoolboys In the half. Maxam. also of
81. Adams, wone the fifty-yard scho-
lastic.
The surprise of the evening was the
performance of Johnny Campbell, Of
Georgetown. In the two-mile S. A I.
A. A. race. Campbell trailed the fifteen
entrants for more than half a mile,
allowing Crane, Of Virginia. to cut out
hot pace. Near the mile mark Camp
bell shot through for the lead for a
quarter. only to lose It to Weeks, OF
Hopkins.
After the field had sought the con-
fines of the grandstand. leaving Weeks.
of Hopkins: Maury, of Virginia: Camp
bell. and Aitcheson. of the NJ. 4. c. to
battle 1t out. Weeks went to the front
The last two laps found Campbell let
ting out a notch. In a grueling finish
Campbell developed a sprint which car