The Washington herald., 1919-04-27
Coach Morse S Relay Team
Captures Scholastic Race
At Penn Cornell
Lands Honors-George-
town Out of Luck.
ALFRED L. sTERNs.

Philadelphia. April Is - Western
High furnished the only winner
among Capital City teams in the
twenty-fifth renewal of the Penn re-
lays on franklin Field today. The
crack schoolboy quartet showed ex-
ceptional ability. winning with yards
to spare over a field of nine teams
representative of some of the most
prominent schools in this vicinity.
An unfortunate break cost George
town what appeared to be an excel
lent chance to win the race for South
Atlantic honors, which Hopkins took
in record time for the events min
utes 32 seconds-the Blue and Gray
finishing second. and Catholic Uni
versity. the only other starter, third.
Mckinley Manual Training School
team succumbed to faster and
more experienced field, coming in
fourth with Harrisburg Tech. De-
witt Clinton and East Orange first,
second and third. respectively. and
Philadelphia Central. the only other
starter. a hopeless last.
Westerns margin over Trenton,
New Jersey, High. its closest COM
petitor. was thirty yards. and Alex
ancer. running anchor man for the
washington team. walked across the
FINISHING line. Capt. Dwight.
proved an ideal leadofr man. Jump
ing from sixth position on the start
ing line, to an excellent get away.
taking the pole and sending Con-
ard OF with a lead of five yards.
Conard increased the lead to fifteen
yards. Douglas, running third, add :
ing fifteen more. leaving Alexander
IN a position to take an ordinary
workout for his contribution to the
victory.
when McCann, Georgetown's lead
OF man. dropped his baton Just after
the start Of the Middle Atlantic race.
the Washington teams chances for
victory were virtually killed. and
spectators were deprived of what no
doubt would have proved a real thrill
er. The youngster lost twenty-five
yards and despite n game race was
unable to gain more than half OF il
back. his best efforts only putting
him ahead of his rival on the Catho-
Tic University team. McDonough. Le-
gendre and Mcnamara exerted them
selves to the utmost to overtake the
fast-trayeling Baltimoreans, but to no
avail Their efforts. however. drew
cheers from the crowd
lie Gendre, who the day before
set followers of the games aghast
with his splendid victory in the PEN
tatholon, ran an especially credit
able. race which all but made up tn =
Lfifteen yards that separated him
Srom Vanness OF the Baltimore team
Mcnamara found Smith one of the
best middle distance men HOPKINS
has brought out in years. more than
his match. and was forced to be con-
tent with pushing" him the greater
part Of the trip around the course.
Coraells Red and White flashed
over the tape a victor in the four-milc
college relay championship of Amer
lea today at Franklin Field. Close to
DTesher. Cornelfs last man. came
Syracuse's Orange stripe. Princeton,
setting the pace for Cornell. fell into
the discard on the last two laps
Despite the freezing temperature and
the bowling wind. two records fell
in the championship relay events
Johns Hopkins won the intercoIIegiate
title in ; minutes q 1-5 seconds clip-
ping 4 20 seconds from the record.
Rutgers annexed the Middle Atlantic
States Conference A. A. championships
by doing the mile relay in 3 minutes 10
seconds. / 3-5 seconds below the rec
ord.
A surprise greeted the shiverinr
spectators when Larsen. the Utah en-
try In the high jump. with a record of
s feet 5-S inches. was forced TO take
third place. which he won on a toss
up from Hampton. Pennsylvania.