Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-13
CENTRAL WINS
INDOOR TITLE
disqualification of Glass
ner in Mile Gives Mir
rors Championship
WEST PHILA. is SECOND
By PAUL PREP

DS
Through an unfortunate oversight Of
.ro, Of the officials of the annual in
..u,ods" held Yesterday afternoon
N the Second Regiment Armory Cen
.,a, High School was nearly deprived
,,5oor track and field title NJ the
OF '"e 49, -, -, -,
Philadelphla ms" scnooi9' wh." '"e
Broad and Green streets stuuents won
BY outscoring west ihllacclphta hish
Y trackmen by a single point.
y When the runners toed the mark in
/. the last and deciding event of the day.
west Philadelphia High was leading
y ~tb 321S points, with Central second
~,th 2Sb and Northeast third with 90
!. 4 second place for Captain Stedem
LA do the trick for the speedboys
i Shs three captains-McMullin. of Gem
,,.l. Grounuulst, of Northeast, and Ste
4 s.r,.-vo, off in the above order. TRY
~ ,bev would, neither Groundduist nor
s,sdem could pass the Mirrors leader,
"a be crossed the tapc VITA Ground
] ,mist second and Stedam third.
r.,. ,,otor,, aud 6vo noir.y and the
l" r,no,,,,a,,is, q, ,,osi,r, 90, s,,o,a.,
pa, ~ r,s,a,, ,,,p,i,,,,, ,,s,,o,,o., ~ 49,
snap,eu uo In, 80 -, n,.I ~ .e
Ing. the announcement of the deadlock
the souV spectators oes"h iharchins out
OF the armory'
CJ p,k,,
1"'et W H' i"''
But, In the meantime, Z. L. Raby,
coach OF the south Philadelphia track
team, was voluntarily informing the OFF,
icals that Glassner. South Philadelphia
runner, who had been awarded third
place In the mile, had been Tapped by
Haffner and Radebaugh and not entitled
10 third place and two points.
81 This bit of news set the men to going
tever their slips OF the one-mile event.
\ The report Travelled swiftly and in
few minutes the majority of the specta-
tors, including those who had left the
building were back again, patiently
awaiting for the officials decision
st After a great deal of necessary and
unnecessary discussion, IT was decided
4 that Raby was right. So far so good.
but what would they do with the va
icaut third place? Had they failed to
]eheck a runner who If properly checked
would have finished in third position?
R These and hundred other questions
E1eayed the decision which the school,
4 boys were so patiently awaiting
Il
Vny Ohe lung u DO
3 Secret sessions were then in order,
\ With Samuel Dallas, Herman Myer and
4 Lewis Goldsmith acting in the leading
roles Following ten minutes of whis-
{pering and much thinking on the parts
Sas n finally decided that the bsst svotI, th,re :,
Ito DO In a case like this was to give the
y fourth man, who was Detweier, of Cen
"a hal High, third place and Ladow, of
Northeast. the fifth man to finish fourth
tpostion,
1 This extra credit was the turning
tpoint of the meet, for it broke the ex-
i isting tie and gave Central High the
n title which ii lost last year for the first
time In its history The new ruling was
{accepted without a word of protest by
1.-THE West Philadelphia High students
and they should, in addition to Pro-
'5fessor Raby, be congratulated on their
plendid sportsmanship
II Inc meet aoounded with surprises,
i nriiing sprints and close finishes.
\ Nor,heast' which had been picked to
an,sh poVr ,'iiru' lost oniy because u
~ no high jumpers and hurdIers' The
' Alchlves scored one or more points In
syers orher event central Hlgh won
OF the hrst ten places. Captain Nc
i'h ssl ,ahihs the quarter ana hal1-mile'
sN1wr eiose races with captain GrOun-