The Washington times., 1917-03-03
HATCHETITES GAIN
OWN POINT HONORS
Surprise Visiting Athletes and
Make History in Indoor
Track Meet.

George Washington University Is re-
the lions share Of the honors in last
nights nnal indoor track meet of the
season 1he Hatchefites made history
by winning their own meet which was
4 the best held in this section Of the coun-
/ try during the year. and their relay
with the Carlisle Indians as opponents
The Buh and Blue athletes won thir-
teen points, gaining top honors over
Johns Hopkins University, Of Baltimore.
which had twelve points. Kilmartin's drst
In the open mile. Morrison's nrst In the
high jump, and Wingate's second In the
same event proving to be enough to
land the trophy.
Georgetown Wins.
In the South Atlantic intercollegiate
events Georgetown again took q promi-
nent part While John o'ReIlly's
charges failed to win on totals the Blue
and Gray added eleven points to the
forty-one already gained in the George
town and Hopkins meets.
Hopkins, with twelve points In the 8.
A !. A A events. led the colleges In
competition, Weeks record-breaking two
miles being easily the beaturel In the
scholastic events Western High School
was, first with eight points. Tech won
second with seven. Sheehan's half-mile
being sterling performance. Westerns
total was twelve, as Johnstone and Lit
tlehales. winners Of first and second In
the scholastic fifty were second and
third in the novice dash
Meet L. Successful
Despite the rainy weather. there
vas q fair-sized crowd ON hand. In
point of competition the meet was
the most successful Of the year. All
the races were hard fought, and there
was not runaway in any event. The
relays were well matched in all save
the Lehigh-Lafayette engagement
Despite the fact that the fields were
taking the turns
To Manager william s. James, of
George Washington, goes the bulk OF
the credit for q successful affair.
James was disappointed in that many
Of the officials who promised to be
on hand found the bad weather not
to their liking. Mike Thompson, who
refereed the meet, marshaled the few
men who reported, got instructions
meet.
Trims Carlisle Team
George Washington defeated Car
Isle In the feature relay of the even
ing. Manager James donned the
spangles, and after a bad start man
aged to keep his man within striking
distance. Scott and johnson worked
like Trojans. and turned the race over
to Capt Raymond Harsch, who ran
a weIl-judged race ahead OF Guyon In
the final burst to the tame.
Virginia defeated Georgetown In
the two-mil SeIay, Goodwin having
plenty OF reserve over O'Hagan in the
nnal flight Maryland State surprised
Penn State to death by literally romp-
ing OF with their dual engagement
at q mile. Mercersburg, with Jimmy
Curran on hand to watch his lads,
Freshmen and Maryland State Re
serves.
Finishes Are Close.
Westerns Juniors came back
against the Baltimore Poly Juniors,
and defeated the team which had won
in the Georgetown meet The Hart
ford midgets won their third race OF
the season. Two bad falls stopped
University from getting on
even terms with Washington and Lee.
relay race. Baltimore Polys defeated
the John Marshall High and Tome at
| 200 yards.
Carroll Institute defeated the Hart
ford A c. Earle Biumer's running
at anchor position for Carroll being
he feature. Washington Railway and
Electric was better than Chesapeake
and Potomac at 200 yards.
Winners I'm Omen.
In the open events Brooke Brewer.
running from scratch, won the fifty
IN 5 3-5, the best time for the half
century made this winter; Gross, of
Technical High, was a good winner
IN the 600-yard novice, while weldon,
If the Baltimore Polys, took first In the
scholastic quarter.
Smith, of Hopkins, won the open
Iuarter while Stevens, of the Wash
ngton Swimming Club, was FIRST in
he field in the half. Kuyk, OF Rich
nond Academy, with liberal hendi-
,ap. won the pole vault Allan Thur
nan, Virginia's shotputter, annexed
he open shot event, winning for the
second successive time.
In the South Atlantics, weidmann,
" Georgetown, was the pole vault
Weeks, Of Hopkins, took the
event, while Wood, OF Vir-
rinia won the 0uarter