The Washington herald., 1917-03-03
Hatchetites Win
Their Own Meet
Georgetown Leads Virginia by
Four Points in Season
Point Scoring.

Before one of the biggest crowds that
ever attended an athletic carnival in Con-
vention Hall, and in a meet that from
every standpoint was one of the most
successful ever conducted in this city.
George Washington University last night
won their own ninth annual indoor meet.
With only one event. the running high
jump, remaining on the program, the
majority of those present had conceded
the honor of scoring the most points to
Johns Hopkins. but in this event. Nor
rison, by winning with a jump of five
| feet seven inches, and his team mate.
Wingate. finishing second. the Buff and
Blue added eight points, beating the
Baltimoreans out by just one point.
In the South Atlantic closed events.
there being only three carded. Johns
Hopkins nosed out Georgetown by one
point. the final score reading Il to II.
The Blue and Gray on the three meets
that have been held this sea son are lead
ing all other institutions with a total
of 81 points. while Virginia comes next
with As.
Bryan Morses Western High School
squad lead the scholastic entries in the
matter of scoring. they nosing out Tech
nical by a solitary point Baltimore Poly
| finished third with six.
The Hartford Athletic Club, in the
ninety-pound 6C0-yard relay. for the third
consecutive meet breasted the tape first
The youngsters experienced very little
trouble in gaining an advantage and in
creased with each succeeding runner un-
til they won by nearly twenty yards.
In the club relay of 200 yards. Bowden,
of Carroll Institute. passed II. Millard.
of the Hartford Athletic Club and the
Tenth street institute held the lead until
the end. This is the first relay race the
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WestOver Athletic Club finished a close
| third and the Washington Electric Rail-
way fourth.
George Washington put over a first in
the one-mile open. Kilmartin, the only
Buff and Blue runner entered in this
event. trailed Paralhoff, who went out
and set the pace for half the distance. On
the last two laps Perkins. of Johns Hop
kins, made an effort to get up in the bunch,
but kilmartin's stamina was too much
for the Baltimore man. Stands, OF Vir-
ginia, ran a pretty race. but the best he
could do was to finish third
The 5O-yard novice finals furnished n
thrill as the three boys to breast the
tape were only inches apart. Sullivan,
of the Washington Electric Railway Com
pany. was given first place. and two
Western High School boys. Johnstone
and Littlehales. finished second and third
respectively.
AS was to be expected. Brooke Brewer,
after winning his heat in handy fashion,
was looked upon as the logical winner
in the finals of the 50-yard open. The
Maryland State speed artist fulfilled the
predictions of his friends by stepping
off the distance In :O5 S-5, winning from
Renoe. OF Georgetown. by a couple OF
feet. Weller. another Blue and GRAY ath-
lete. came in third.
In the Seward finals of the scbo,astIc
dash. Johnstone. of Western, after I'm
lshing second in the fifty novice, came
right back and beat a classy field. Lit
tleshales. who finished next to Johnstone
In the fifty novice, followed him over
the tape and in turn was followed by
Mcnamara, of Technical
The first South Atlantic event on the
program was the D-yard dash. The
three institutions that are fighting for
the point lead in the South Atlantic
events namely Georgetown Virginia and
Johns Hopkins, each scored five points.
Goodwin. of Virginia. trailed the bunch
for the first two laps, letting Aura
and Griffith. of GEORGETOWN. make tn
pace. On the stretch the runners stretch
ed out and Goodwin came over first,
followed by Griffith Strauss. of Hop
kins, Smith. of Johns Hopkins and Au-
ray. of Georgetown in the order named
stevens. of the Washington Swimming
Club. put over five points for his organi-
zation when he came home first in the
&O-yard open. The local Clubman ran his
race with rare judgment. letting knight
make pace for him the greater part of
the distance and then on the last Ian
going out in front and staying there.
knight managed to last long enough to
finish second and Bowen. Hopkins
sprinter. was the next man over.
The mile relay between Mercersburg
Maryland State Reserve Virginia Fresh
men and Baltimore Polytechnic, furnish
ed one of the best thrills of the evening.
From the very first Maryland State and
Baltimore Poly were out of the race
When Sullivan and Martin touched off
in the last quarter. the Virginia runner
had lead of 20 yards Sullivan electri-
fled the spectators by trailing along until
the last lap when he showed a burst of
speed that took him over first This was
one of the prettiest exhibitions of the
evening.
Smith, OF Johns Hopkins, added five
more points to his schools total in the
4+O-yard open handicap dash. when he
passed Cromwell. of Washington and Lee
in the last few yards and finished first.
Snead. a Virginia freshman came over
third.
Baltimore Athletic Association expe-
rienced very little difficulty in winning
from their home town competitor, Balti-
more Cross Country, in a 1200-yard relay.
Frank. Brown. Brockman and Allison, the
associations a quartet, proved too much for
the Suburbanites.
The sSO-yard scholastic showed Sheehan
of Technical. a winner. Eddie Taber, of