The Washington herald., 1918-04-28
TECHS RELAY
TEAM IN FIRST
Washingtonians' Share Was
/, One First and Two Sec
ond Prizes.

and two seconds In three starts was
ths share Of Washington teams In the
tventy-fourth renewal Of the historic
University Of Pennsylvania relay car
nival on Franklin Field here this aft
ernoon. Washington Tech showed the
way to formidable field in Class Of
the High School section, scoring a
decisive victory in time that, in view
Of conditions, was exceptionally fast.
Central High and GEORGETOWN Uni
nersity probably will never again rec
Bynlze Baltimore as a SISTER city,"
for their failure to win the laurels
IN the national championship and
South Atlantic mile events, re-
spectively, was due to the prowess dis
played by Monumental City contend
ers. Georgetown, weakened by the
absence Of Captain Dorsey Griffith.
lost to Its ancient rival, Johns Hop
kins, by five yards, practically the
same margin that separated the
anchor men Of Baltimore Polytechnic
and Washington Central High when
the former sprinted across the finish
line.
The games, which in past years
have from every standpoint ranked
among the topnotch spring athletic
attractions Of the country, were no
ticeably affected by the war spirit
that seems to have secured a firm
grasp on the populace OF this section.
The class Of competition was way be-
low that OF previous years. The crowd
was comparatively small, not more
than five thousand checking in at the
turnstiles, and enthusiasm was not
near 50 great as in the past.
Five teams started in the first race
Of the afternoons card in which
Washington was directly interested.
Carpenter, who toed the mark for
Mckinley High. was opposed by ri
vals from Philadelphia Central, East
Orange. Harrisburg Tech and West
philadelphia The Tech youngster
In his first quarter-mile in open COM
petition ran a great race, getting
away to a perfect start and gradu-
ally pulling away from the field. He
passed the baton to Hough. Techs
second man, fully fifteen yards ahead
Of Schley. of East Orange. his near
est rival Hough. who, like Carpen-
ter. made his debut as q quarter
race, adding five more yards, to the
margin, when he turned the task
over to Johnny Gross. When Capt.
Mcnamara started on the final trip
around. the margin was so great that
he was not forced 20 exert himself
to cross the line with a thirty-yard
advantage over East Orange, runner
up. The time Of the race. 36 2-5 Sec
onds, was the fastest outside the
championship classes.
Georgetown's downfall can be at
tributed in the main to the faulty
exhibition of her runners in passing
the baton. Perry Dowrick, former
Business High captain, ran a clever
race as leadoff man. but, after lead
ing all the way to the tape, allowed
the second Hopkins runner to get
| away to four-yard advantage
kthrough his inability to get the baton
kway in accepted style. Joe Lane.
Who was substituted for Capt. Grif-
nth, was a victim of the same mis-
take, which the Hopkins runner read
Hy took ADVANTAGE of. and Tim Con-
molly. after earning back a couple
OF yards in a gallant effort to cut
down the lead. made the task of
Bill Gates, the Blue and Gray an
chor man, a more difficult one, when
he made the same mistake as his
team mates Gates fairly tore around
the track. making the distance in
a fraction under 81 seconds, but Capt.
FIR, Of Hopkins. yielded but ten of
the twenty-yard advantage his team
mates earned for him. The time an
nounced for the races minutes, 36 2-5
seconds-was comparatively slow, al
fhnFf0h a
by q strong wind that increased in
velocity through the course of the
afternoon.
Experience told the tale in the race
Central Highs team lost to Balti-
more Poly. The Baltimore combina-
ton, q seasoned one of men who had
been running together for three sea-
sons, was forced to the limit, how
ever, In winning over ''BilT' Foley's
youngsters, averaging less than seven
teen years in age and less than two
seasons in experience. Captain Nc
Clean ran the fastest quarter for Cen
trail, negotiating the first trip around
In 50 is seconds, but a fifth Of a sec
pnd faster than Holden, who ran Sec
dnd- Conradis, Centrars third man,
held distance on his Baltimore rival,
sending johnson, a freshman Of rare
promise, away with a margin Of five
yards to overcome. The youngster
ran q clever race, but was unable to
gain ground on Captain weedon, of
Poly, generally regarded as the fast
est middle distance schoolboy runner
In the East. The time of the race,
3 minutes IS rs seconds, was the fast
est among the high schools, despite
the handicap Of a strong wind the
runners faced on the home stretch.
Central finished fully thirty-five
yards ahead Of the nearest of a half
dozen other contenderA including
Newark. Centrars winner of the
championship race last year: Dewitt
Clinton. Philadelphia Northeast, win
ner in 1916; Lynn English and Lynn
Classical. two Of the most formidable
schoolboy teams In Massachusetts.
The winners in the team events
were:
One-mile relay: High schools, Nc
Kinley Manual Training. Washington;
colleges, Washington and Jefferson.
Two mile college relay champion
ship: Massachusetts, Technology.
Middle Atlantic State Conference A.
A. Championship. one mile relay: La
Fayette.
South Atlantic intercollegiate A. A.
! championship, one mile relay: Johns
Hopkins.
One mile preparatory school relay
championship: Hill School, Pottstown.
One mile freshman college relay
championship: Penn State.
One-mile relay. college: Pittsburgh.
Winners in the field events:
Javelin throw: Emery. Penn State;
153 feet 3 inches.
Running high jump: Rice. Kansas;
feet II - inches.