The Washington herald., 1917-02-18
Handicaps Help Hopkins
Land Athletic Carnival
Open Races Are Runaway AZ
fairs Georgetown Relay
Team Trims Lehigh.
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.

more collegians such liberal distances in
yaI ds, feet and inches that 1t was i'm
possible for either Georgetown or Mary
land State to come anywhere near these
runners in any OF the open events.
In the South Atlantic races. where each
runner Is hiking II from scratch, Hop
kins was able to put over but one first
place, this falling to Firor In the high
jump. These handicaps were easily what
won the honors for the visitors, as their
runners were generally given the limit,
while Georgetown. George Washington,
Catholic University Virginia and Wash
iugton and Lee athletes were only allowed
two or three feet on the scratch man.
Coach John O'Reilly's Georgetown team
finished second to the Hopkins track men
and they nut up a great performance In
both the field and track races, but the
handicaps handed out were too much for
them to overcome.
The scholastic events were easily the
features Of the meet because they brought
out more competition, as the open races
we're runaway affairs.
Episcopal High School, of Alexan-
dria, Va, captured the point trophy
in the scholastic events, while the
Tome Institute team, from Port De-
posit, Nd, was second and Eastern
College Academy. third, and Baltimore
Polytechnic Institute fourth.
For the first time in the history OF
track athletics in this vicinity, the
Georgetown relay defeated the Lehigh
coilegians Although these teams have
ran against one another on a number
Of occasions this is the first time in
the history OF indoor meets that
Georgetown has scored.
Virginia and Georgetown were tied
for honors in the South Atlantic
championship events with twenty
points apiece. while Hopkins was
third with eleven. Washington and
Lee fourth. and Maryland State Col
Iege fifth. Catholic University and
George Washington followed.
After Brooks Brewer. of the Mary
land State College had won the honors
in the South Atlantic ffty-yard
championship, he refused to toe the
mark in the open fifty-yard and 44O
open because of the handicaps grant
ed the other athletes.
Brooke Brewer. Of the Maryland State
College, running with the field from
scratch, showed his heels to a fast field
in the final heat OF the South Atlantic
ffty-yard championship. Danny Griffith.
OF the Georgetown team, finished second,
while Henke. OF Washington, pulled up
I'm third place.
Auray grabbed fourth position. with
Cornwall, OF the Lexington Cole yians. In
fifth place. Brewer made the So ne time
OF five and four-hfths seconds in this
event that he did In the first heat OF
the ffty-yard champs. Brewer finished
second to Griffin, OF Georgetown, in the
ffty-yard handicap, Griffin beinng allowed
a four-foot handicap.
In the ffty-yard scholastic, George
Green put across a sprinter that appears
10 he another find in Goldsmith. OF Tome
Institute. He stepped away from the
field, PendletOn, of the Episcopal High
School. grabbing second place. while
IIardestry, a team mate of Goldsmith's
from Tome Institute, landed third place.
Goldsmith of the Tome team, again
stepped away from the field in the fifty
yard novice. while Pendleton followed in
second position and Pridmore, OF the
Tome School, third.
Gates, formerly OF the Central High
School running with the Georgetown
t"au. finished first in the open fifty-yard
handicap, while Auray, his team mate,
finished second. Henke. of the Washing
tOn-LCe team. landed third place The
tim" was five and four-ffths.
Wilson. of the University Of Virginia
team. walked away from the field in the
South Atlantic championship hurdle
Cornwall. OF the Washington and Lee
team. ran second. while Gates, Of the
Georgetown. was third. with Krevlan
from Washington and Lee. next in line
and Dempstered, OF Hopkins, in the rut.
in the first relay Of the evening, as the
Hartford A. c. failed to show at the
post
In the second relay of the evening the
Baltimore Polytechnical Institute, o.
Baltimore. captured first place from the
Episcopal High School four. while the
quartet Of the University School finished
third. The time on this relay was thre"
minutes and thirty-one and three-hfths
seconds
c. Hall. Of the Johns Hopkins team,
won the 44C-yard open handicap from a
handicap of thirteen feet. Window, of
the Hopkins team. was second, while
Grace. Of the Maryland State. was third.
The distance was made in fifty-seven
seconds.
Virginia put across a few more points
in the half mile South Atlantic cham
rionshIp by capturing first, third and
NTH place Edmonds finished first. Good
win. third. and Stone, fifth. Auray
finished second. while Mari. of the
Georgetown team, landed fourth place.
The time on the vent was two minutes
ten and four-fifths seconds.
c. J. Needs, nattached. won the pole
vault with a Jump OF ten feet as his
handicap was two feet seven inches. Capt.
Weidman, OF the Georgetown team.
cleared the bar at twelve feet from
scratch and obtained second place. while
Mailman. Of Washington, and Lee. I'm
ished third.
The Washington Swimming Club showed
that they could not only swim, but could
do a little running too. as they finished
first In a three team relay. beating Balti-
more Athletic Association and Carroll
Institute. T. knight. the Anchor man
for the swimmers put up great race,
as he came from behind and landed in
the last sprint down the stretch. The
time was two minutes, thirty and four
fifth seconds.
The Hartford Athletic Club won a ha't
mile relay race against the Chevy Chase
Cherubs and Western High School fourth
team.
Bernhart. OF Hopkins. landed the mile
race with forty yard handicap while
Smith. of the Baltimore CollegIans. fin
ished second. and Johnny Campbell of the
Georgetown team, captured third place.
II was the largest field that started dur
ing the evening, and the remarkable good
time of four forty-nine was made.
In the six hundred yard novice, John
O'Reilly. Of the Hilltoppers. put over two
places. as Z. McCahill, of Georgetown
Props captured the race by a few feet.
while Powell. of Washington and Lee.
was second, and Neil Cronin. OF George
town football fame, finished third.