Evening star., 1918-02-24
CAPITAL ATHLETES I
SCORE IN BALTIMORE
Georgetown Wins South Allan
tic H0nors-CentraI Ties
in InterschoIastics.
FEATURE RELAY CORNELL'S
BY a. C. BYRD.

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Athletes from Georgetown Uni
versity and Central High School
of Washington distinguished
themselves tonight in the indoor
track and field meet held here
under the auspices of the
Johns Hopkins University Ath-
letic Association. Blue and Gray
colors were carried to the front
IN the South Atlantic Intercol-
legiate a. A. competitions, neither
Hopkins nor Georgia Tech nor
George Washington showing suf-
fcient strength to oust the Wash
ingtonians out of the honors won
by them last year. Central High
did not capture the most points
in the interscholastic events, but
It did tie the Baltimore Poly
technic Institute for that honor
with nine each. Technical finish
ed fourth in the scholastic team
standing. counting three points.
Two feature events on the program
proved anything but features. Cor
nells two-mile quartet beat Pennsyl-
vania so far there never was any doubt
of the result after the second pair had
run. Eddie Fortier. former Technical
High School boy. was the first runner
for Cornell and he gave the second man
to take up the relay at least ten yards
lead. That second man for Cornell was
none other than Dresser, intercol-
legiate cross country champion. What
he did to his Pennsylvania opponent
in the way of a beating was not worth
runners simply liaked along over the
course, so far did Dresser finish ahead.
Penn Gets Some Revenge.
1t may not have been much Of a re-
venge. but Pennsylvania somewhat
avenged its awful trouncing in foot ball
last fall at the hands of Georgia Tech by
administering a good whipping to relay
team representing that school. Strupper
and Guyon are said to have had no diff
ficuity in running rings around Pennsyl-
vania ends last fall, but tonight they
could not be compared with the smaller
but faster Red and Blue sprinters.
Taber of Georgetown probably would
legiate IA mile had he used better
judgment in his pace. He stayed up
with the leaders in the first fiye laps.
but in the sixth and seventh dropped
way back. He depended too much on q
sprint at the finish. and while he made
up great distance he could never
vreach.
Griffith Wins Quarter Mile.
Georgetown's first victory of the night
81
A. A. quarter, Dorsey Griffith winning the
event by scant yard over Gates, one OF
his teammates. As a matter Of fact, the
event was all Georgetown. three of the
four runners in it wearing the Blue and
Gray. Gates and Griffith ran a heady
race. neither showing an inclination to
push the other hard and both staying just
in front of Smith of Hopkins. Smith
finished in third place and Shea. another
q. U. man. was fairly good fourth.
Griffith covered the distance in good time,
chalking up mark of O.53 As.
Sheehan, former Technical High ath.
lete, representing Princeton Prep School,
was expected to win the half mile but
handicaps against him proved too much
to overcome. Brown of the Baltimore
Polytechnic Institute, with twenty-five
yards, took first place, and Cross of Tech
nical High of Washington, starting twelve
Sheehan fell across the finish line just \
scant two feet Behind the second position,
Brown winning by about five yards.
Cleminshaw of Cornell had too much Of
Meadowbrook Club and Hyamond Of
Pennsylvania to make up. Hyamond was
not more than six inches back Of the
Ithacan at the finish and Maxam would
have passed them both within another ten
yards.
johnson of Central High was second in
the interscholastic 10O-yard dash. Car
penter and Mcnamara of Tech ran fast
Von ha
handicaps against them, especially after
both got set back yard for false starts.
Central High Runners Score.
Two places in the interscholastic quarter
went to Central High of Washington. Nc
ners stood out above the rest of the field.
Mclean and Definbaugh of Central and
Borcherding of Baltimore City College.
Definbaugh ran in first position for the
first three-quarterS of the race. but when
it came to the final stretch both Mclean
and Borcherding had just a little too
much for the less experienced boy.
Bill Gates of Georgetown broke into the
point scoring again in the South Atlantic
intercollegiate 100-yard hurdles when he
beat out a field of six in that event. finish
Strupper. far-famed Georgia Tech ath-
letes Guyon was next to Gates and
neither he nor Strupper was beaten by
more than two feet. Cronin Catholic Uni
with F'iror of Hopkins third. Gates led
the race from the crack of the gun. though
it was by such a close margin that day.
light was never visible between him and
Guyon.
Ray Harsch of George Washington
scored a notable win in the
open SSO-yard run and deserves con-
siderable credit for his performance.
In only fair condition and without
much training. Harsch was pitted
against some of the best half-milers in
the east. He had % yards handicap.
but even SO the manner in which he
pulled away from OBrien in the last
stretch was an excellent piece of work.
a Philadelphia man, repre-
senting the Victrix A c., is one of
the middle-distance stars of the coun-
try.
Tech Nosed Out for Relay.
One of the incest run relay races Of
the night. the best by scholastic teams,
was the event in which Technical High
and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
fought it out from beginning to end for
first position. Wodon of Baltimora