Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
BY 81. C. BYRD.

BY b. C. BYRD.
Force School yesterday won the grade
school track and field championship OF
the District in the annual meet under
the auspices of the Fairgrounds. The
victor go' frst place in the team stand
ing by totaling IL points more than
Industrial Home, the only school which
showed it close for highest honors.
Boys wearing Forces colors finished
in the van and in places often enough
to count So for their school, while the
Industrial Home athletes gathered "a.
Ross was third with IL.
Sectional honors went to the CAL
linger division, the schools represented
in it scoring so points. Mount Pleasant
division was second with AZ. The meet
was the climax of the track and field
season and those taking part in 1t had
qualified by getting either first. second
or third place in an event in the di-
visional competitions.
Victory in the first event went to a
Force School boy. R. Gibson winning
his heat in the f1fty-yard dash, eighty
fve-pound class, rather easily, and aft
erward finished at least two yards
final C. Jourdant of the Industrial
Home School was second. 1t was
rather a coincidence that two men
whose schools were to stand first and
trophy finished in that order in the
opening race.
Close Race in Dash Event.
Prender of Milton School and Bow
many of Henry-PoIk ran almost a dead
heat in the final of the sixty-yard
dash for boys in the sixty-pound class.
10Th hovS mr..
sound of the gun until they reached
the tape. There was some question be-
tween the judges picking first and sec
o1d men as to which had won, and
TIE place was not decided until after
q conference.
Eddie Dunlap of Eaton School had
what generally is termed "a soft thing
IN the seventy-fye-yard dash for the
ll5-pound class. He won so easily in
his first heat that some of the officials
thought he had jumped the gun. To
make sure that he got nothing more
han was coming to him they placed
him in another heat The second was
a repetition of the first. and in the
final he ran away from his field just as
easily as he had in the heats.
s The Toward dash for the grade
Sam Cherry of the Industrial Home
School. There were several fellows en-
tered in the race much larger than Sam,
but they could not make their legs
and Deck of Ludlow ran well, but could
not quite keep up with the flying
youngster from out Wisconsin avenue
way.
Relay to Industrial Home.
Besides winning the 100-yard dash
Cherry ran anchor on the Industrial
Home relay team which won the grade
yards Industrial Home led the whole
way but it was not until Cherry took
up the running that a big enough gap
was opened to make sure victory in
the most important event on the pro-
gram Force ran second until the third
relay. then Ludlow took the position
and the first three teams remained in
that order until the end.
Hutchinson of the Bryan School came
across with fine performance in the
running high jump. He leaped feet
inches, an exceedingly creditable effort
for a grade school boy.
Industrial Home won two of the four
relay races. It's representatives took
top honors in the unlimited champion
ship event and before that 1t was the
victor III the class for S5-pound boys
Thomson School was second. Morgan
third and Ross fourth in that race.
Force and Henry-Polk schools cap
tured the other two relay events. The
former got the 440-yard contest for
:l5-pound class rather easily 1t An
ished good fifteen yards in the lead
Henry-Po1k was winner of the 44o-yard
100 pound class, event after 1t had APP
peared that another team would get
away with IT. The team known as the
IIsrtfords. which last winter made a
spIendid record in midget relays, was
under the colors of the Ross School 1,
captured its heat easily and it seemed tc
lie the best team. In the final. however
its first man fell before he had gone
fifty yards and. of course. the team was
ont OF the running after that
The meet as whole was very salts
factory. Expected difficulty was en-
countered in the handling of so many
bows, but on the whole the events were
got OF well. 1t was the biggest meet
vet held under the auspices of the play
grounds. more than 500 boys being en-
tered When i. is stated that there
were between seventy and eighty relay
teams in the four events. something q
the size of the entire entry list may be
realized. The splendid facilities of the
Central High School stadium made the
meet much more attractive to the
youngsters than usual
i was scurrying. hurrying crowd OF
youngsters. TWO or three protests
cropped up. but taking all things into
consideration the games went off with
everybody in good spirits. The boys
displayed splendid craftsmanship. show
ing fine attitude toward one another
in victory and in defeat.
Summaries:
Event No. /, s5-nound class. aa-yard dash
Won Nv X. Gibson (Forrel: second C. Jourdant
U1dnstrial Homel third IL Hurley tPiercel
fourth II. Handy tRossl. Time. 06 81.
Event No. :. 1oo-ponnd cinss. Go-ynrd dash
Won by. \. I'render dHil,on'; second. A, Bow
iann IIenry- rolkl: third. ]. Mnrphv CForce}
fourth. ]. Birthright feossl. Time. OF 2-5.
Event No. 3 li5-ponnd class. 7o-yard dash
Won by f. Dunlap tEatont: second. Del vecchis
tNaUryl; third. l.. Baxter tAhbottl: fourth. J.
orcrand 1wallach- Towers. Time. o.s 2-5.
Event No. !. Unlimited class. 100 yard dash
Won hy $. Cherry industrial Homel: second
A.. HISinpeter tForccl; third, c. Deck G.udlow)
fonrtii. A. Parker Ludlow. Time. OH 1-5
Event No, y, class running high
tninp-Won by &. Meany Wight: second. +.
Dalton tFnrcs): third, VI. Kline tWest}; fourth
L. Watkins traoN"i. Height. #. in.
Even, No. 4. Ia0nonnd class. running high
trIn7-Won by s. herman tHuhbardl: second.
j. Wright 'Forrei: third. G. Nelson Force,
fourth. II. carrot: tcrsuchl Height. 4 II. 10 in
Erra' No {. 1l5-pound class running high
tanT--w"u by II: Gram CRoss). second. Hunt
nan industrial Hone); third. H.. Friedman
,Aei"tp: fourth W. Thompson Ciorgan),
Iiet=t', 1t. 8 in.
Event No. 8. Unlimited class highs Jump
Won by n Hutchinson (Isryan): second. E. Sui.
Ivan Forcel: third. T. Byrne tTwininEl
Continued on Second Pags.)