Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28
WASHINGTON FOURS
Do WELL At penn
Technical Wins One Relay,
G. U. and Central High
Second in Others.
PITT GETS COLLEGE TITLE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

2.-Of the three teams which
represented Washington institu-
tons in the University of Penn
sylvania relay races here today
one crossed the line a victor and
the two others finished second in
their respective events. Tech
nical High captured first prize in
the race in which it took part, de-
feating the East Orange, N. J.,
High. School and Philadelphia
Central High School. George
town was second in the South
Atlantic intercollegiate A. A.
event, Hopkins winning and Vir-
ginia Military Institute finishing
third. In the race for the high
school championship of America
the Central High four was beaten
by the Baltimore Polytechnic
Institute in fast time.
Pitt Captures Relay Title.
The national relay championships Of
America, the blue ribbon events Of the
University of Pennsylvania annual
carnival of sports, were well distrth.
uted around the country today. Pitts
burgh University winning the one-mfis
title. Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
nology the two-mile and Iowa State
College the four-mile run.
Johns Hopkins won the South AT.
lantic relay championship and Lafay-
cite was the victor in the middle At
lantic conference relay event. PENN
syl.anfa State College was the winner
School of Pottstown. Pa. won the
preparatory school national title. and
the American championship for high
schools went to Baltimore Polytechnic
Institute.
For the first tirne in many years at,a
Pennsylvania relay meet no records
were broken, but there were close NM
ishes in several events. -. -.
The honors of the day belonged 70
Shea Of Pittsburgh University. the ma
tional Quarter-mile champion, who. by
his wonderful sprinting. won two races
for his team. the national one-mile. rs-
He was anchor man in both races. He
ran the quarter in the class B cham.
pionship In ~ rs seconds. beating. ont
Columbia, and an hour later ran the
tional title race. Missouri had a lead of
thirty yards when Shea took up the
running for Pittsburgh in the last re-
lay in the national event. but he won
by more than a yard.
The two-mile relay championship. was
q duel between Massachusetts, Tech and
Chicago. Each team held the lead, but
McCarten of the eastern team was fast
er than McCosh of Chicago in the
sprint to the finish.
Iowa took the lead from Columbia at the
mile and half and kept 1t until tho
fourth relay. Stone Of Iowa gave Haw-
thorne fifteen-yard lead over Shep.
the fourth mile. In the first half Of the
last mile Sheppard went into the lead
by a few feet and held 1t until the last
eighth of a mile, when Hawthorne made
his bid and won easily for Iowa by forty
yards Pennsylvania and>Lafayette. the
other entrants, were never dangerous.
The feature of the special events was
the winning Of the 100 yards dash by
Scholz Of Missouri. from eastern sprint
ers. He covered the distance in ten sec
onds fat, running easy. johnson Of
Michigan won the broad jump and Rice
Of Kansas the high jump. Erdman of
Princeton beat out johnson Of Michigan
in the 12o-yard hurdles. Sutherland Of
Pittsburgh won the discus throw and
Sinclaire of Princeton captured the
shotput.
The Summaries. -
0ne-mile relay. high school-won by McKin-
ley Manual TRIMMING: Washington. p. G.; see
e ees Fast r 0s.n sse third Philadelphia
III .e p .r Rice s.K K'9 Yat 5,s e..
fries. Pennsylvania state; Hughes. Pittsburgh.
inches.
feet; second Bullock. Pennsylvania. II feet
inches; third. Grigson Cornell. IL feet.
one-mile relay. coilege--won by washinsten
Johns. Annapolis. Time. $50 5.
One.miIe relay. college-won BY Fordham:
second, Colgate; third. Rutgers: fourth. Tufts.
Middle Atlantic states conference A. A. cham
pionship. one-mile relay-Won by Lafayette; sec
ond. Swarthmore; third, Dickinson; fourth, New
York University. Time, 3.36 4-5.
Broad jump-Won by johnson, Michigan, q
feet Oh inches; second. Sylvester. Missouri. 20
feet 1Ih inches: third. Kelsey. Princeton. 20
feet; 2% inches: fourth, Jacobus. Pennsylvania.
shot,put,-Won by sonclaire, Princeton. -
feet sA inches; second. Cleveland. Princeton.
feet SIX inches; fourth, Gorgss, chicaso.. So
feet 5K inches.
One-mile relay. college-won by Pittsburgh;
second, Columbia: third, Syracuse; fourth, Holy
Cross. Time. $50 Is. -
Two-mile college relay championship Of
America,Won BY Massachusetts, Tech tHersog.
(Feurstein.. Greene: Spear. McCosh): third,
Pennsyiyania (Brooks Stauffer: zutter. Clay
South Atlantic intercollegiate A. A. champions
ship. one-mile relay-Won by Johns Hopkins;
second. Georgetown: third. Virginia Military In.
stitute. Time. 3.36 25. Three starters. "a
0ne-mile prepsratery school Oh, relay champion:
ncnedicl 5, Newark. n. J. Time, S.s1.
One-mile freshman college relay championship
Of America-Won by Pennsylvania State IPar.
syisania; third, Syracuse. Time. S.s1 Is.
Three starters. =.
12O-yard hurdle. on the grass; nnal-won by
Erdman. Princeton; second, johnson, Michigan:
versiiy Of South. Time. OILS IS seconds. Four
starters. -z-ss-
One-mile high school relay championship Of
by Baltimore Poly Institute,
second. Washington. D: C.. Central: third. New.
ark. NJ J.. Central. Time. S.35 3-5.
state; third. Brown, Princeton. Time. O.lo. 40
One-mile relay, Army and Navy-Wou By.
Camp Dix (Anderson. Finch. Kelley. Beffyl;,
Charleston. s. C., Naval station. Time. ssi -
ca-Won by Pittsburgh (Speck. Peters. Az,
orecht. Shea second. Missouri; third, Pennsyi.
rama: fourth, Pennsylvania State, Tire,
s.29 Id.
la2 feet II inches; second. Gorgas. ChicsEcs-3sl
leet 5 inches; third, Bartela, pennsylvania.f 100