Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
BY Il. c. BYRD.


Hundreds of young athletes,
representing grade schools in
every section of the city, yester-
day met in the annual track and
field championships under the
auspices of the Fairgrounds de-
partment of the District gov
eminent. Ross School won the
point trophy, with 80 points,
scoring u more than was OBJ
tanned by its nearest competitor,
Carbery. Powell and Maury tied
for third position in the team
standing, with Wallach-Towers
and Brent practically even for
fifth.
After the first three dashes, in which
Ross got but one place, and that a
fourth, the winning school began scoring
consistently by taking first in the 100
in front at the end of the century that
he could have walked the last ten yards
and won. After that the youngsters
wearing the colors Of Ross School were
finishing within the points in practically
every event In scoring their thirty-nine
points they got four first places. four
seconds, three thirds and one fourth
johnson Wins First Race.
johnson of West School captured the
final of the opening event on the pro-
gram, the hfty-yard dash for boys under
eiehty-fve pounds. The youngster got
down on his mark like g. veteran, shot
into the lead with the crack Of the gun
and finished ahead by three yards. The
stxty-yard dash for boys under log
pounds ended in a tie for first place. ana
the unusual procedure OF running ON the
tie was adopted. After running the
event i'm a dead heat the boys went over
the course again and finished in a tie
for the second time. On the third at
tempt Iglehart won by about the breadth
Of a hair. Felstein had walk-away IN
the seventy -five-yard dash for boys un-
der 115 pounds, no other boy in the race
being fast enough even to shove him
close.
Dalton of the Adams School scored
when he got first place in the high jump.
eighty-pound class, after beating out In
spirited competition three other young
sters who were pushing him close Tor
the honors. His teammates hoisted MIN
on their shoulders and marched him
around the field with yells that would
have done credit to a college foot ball
hero.
Reamey High-Jumps Well.
Reamey Of the wallach-T Towers
School showed considerable ability as
a high jumper in the unlimited class.
winning by clearing the bar at feet
1 inch without being pushed. Reamey
probably could have done better had
he had stronger competition to go
against. All three of the men for the
places baked at five feet and caused
a triple tie for second position. Small.
Stewart and Hargent divided the
points for second, third and fourth
places between their schools.
Toner School surprised Carbery ana
Ross schools by winning the sSo.yard
Carbery finishing second and Ross
third. Webb got first place in the sec
ond relay event, with Ross second.
Ross came into its own with VIC
under 115 pounds. beating out Car
hery. Maury and Force. Ross also
got the first position in the unlimited
class. wallach-Towers finishing sec
ond.
Many Athletes Compete.
About six hundred boys took part
in the meet. which was one OF rne
performances were good, though no
records were broken. Miss Ella Gard
ner and C. w. Donaldson handled
the event. and their enectixe way OF
Meeting the peculiar difficulties aris-
ing from such competition deserves
ali the good things that have been
said in commendation.
The Summaries.
5o.y.rd dash ts5-pound class)-won BY John
s sSh third, Pitts tCarbery SCHOOL,: fourth.
Robertson {Ludolw SCHOOL,. Time. 0.O!
6oyard dash 10o-pound classl-Won ~ Ieie-
bsr rat (Breut SCHOOL,; second, Hageage add
son SCHOOL,; third. weyl Cooke SCHOOL,;
fourth. cohill (wailach-rowe school. 11me'
VS. fs-y,rd dash (1I5-pound ciass)-won b.
Feistein Brent SCHOOL,; second. overind
(Maury SCHOOL,: third. Bowen brent SCHOOL,;
fourth Handy 9Ross n senS9 ci.as w py
Kern Gross SCHOOL,; second. Melton Powell
SCHOOL,: third. Holcomb Force SCHOOL,; other
places disaualansd; Time c,. U br Dalton
adams SCHOOL,: second. McNalley (Maury
Schooi): third, Walton (Weightman SCHOOL,;
fourth, tie between Dickson Of Wail.ch:Towers
school and Yungkwai Of Eaton School. Height,
feet inches.
High jump 100-pound class)-Won By Edelin
(PoWeI SCHOOL,; second. Duncan (Hiltou
SCHOOL,; third. Babson (Ross SCHOOL,; fourth.
Kicks iCarbery Schools. Height. Z feet sa
High jump t115-pound class)--Won BY Hoks
scs sss third. Marks !Ros. school; fourth.
McNaiIey Drown SCHOOL,. Height, feet 81
inches.
High Jump UNLIMITED clsss)-won by
Reamey (Wsilach Towers SCHOOL,; second place
= tie between A. Small Of Wallech-Towers
school, Stewart Of Ross School and Hargend Of
Ross School. Height. 8 feet inch.
Broad jump (s5-pound class)-won by Twee.
dale (wheatley SCHOOL,; second. Booth (Roa
SCHOOL, third. Busey tCarbery SCHOOL,; fourth,
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