The Washington herald., 1919-05-11
CENTRAL is TRIUMPHANT
IN HER OWN TRACK GAMES
MT. Pleasant Team Closely
Pressed by Western.
Technical Third.
BY AL STERN.

Stirred by the presence. for the first
time this year. of Their beloved prin-
cipal, Emory NJ. Wilson. athletes of
Central High covered themselves with
, glory in the first annual field and
track canival under their own auspices
: in the Central Stadium yesterday af-
/ ternoOn. The wearers of the Blue
Winges foot made their presence
strongly felt from start to finish. scor-
ing in nine OF eleven events for a
victory by fraction more eleven
points over Western High. its closest
competitor.
Harrisburg Tech. which had been eX-
pected to figure strongly in the final
reckoning. failed to show. leaving Cen
trail to fight it out with Western and
Tech in what. early in the card. as
sumed the nature of triangular af
fair. Midway in the program Western
threatened to make things more than
interesting for the host. But toward
the end of the day. when results were
beginning to he chalked in the teld
events. Central stock took a decided
jump.
Western and Tech were left for 4
lively for the runnerup position.
the failure of Tech entrants to come
UP to expectations in the jumps lcav-
ing Western with her slight margin.
Along with the glory of victory. Cen
tral gained the first leg OF the hand
some Pep Trophy offered by Parker
x Bridget. At the suggestion of Rob
ert A. Maurer. acting principal of the
school, whose efforts were largely re-
sponsible for the success of the meet.
the alumni trophy original Intended for
the winner. was awarded TO Western.
the runnerup.
Capt. Johnn Gross. OF Tech. was the
real star OF the games. Gross ran n
creditable race in the mile. the second
event on the program. which he won
| from Mont Gomery. Of Central. and
Sherman, of Western. who finished IN
the order named after a final sprint
that furnished the outstanding fea-
| lures of the afternoon The time for
ithe mile Sol was nothing like the speed
any one Of the trio is capable Of. but
was not had when taking into consid-
erntioI' the unfavorable conditions both
ovcrh j and underfoot. Gross was
secor n Capt Conradis. OF Central.
| in = ralf mile event. with AlcXan-
der. ECstern. in third place
Pu Nc remarkable part Of the
Tech rHders performances developed
in the senior relay. in which his team
| was pittcd against Western and John
Marshall High. Of Richmond. Va. The
| visitors succumbcd to the pace early
in the race. and for the greater part
OF the way it looked like n sure West
ern victory. Capt. n Wight Of West
ern, who had previously won the 40
and finished second to pashcr of
Central In the iOO-yard dash. had n
slight advantage over Carpenter. Of
Tech. In the first trip around a moor
getaway was costly to Loehler, Techs
second runner. and Conard passed the
baton TO Douglas for Western. with
more thar eight yards advan;aCe on
Getz, OF Tech Douglas increased the
margin 20 fifteen yards. II was up to
Gross. and the youngster responded
in great fashion He literally tore
away after Alexander. Westerns
J anchor man. and less than half the
distance around was neck and neck
| with his man. On the third turn
| Gross had a comfortable advantage
which in view of his previous hard
/ races. many expected he would be un-
| able to maintain. But the runner
proved his mettle by holding The pace,
\ finishing with about the smae mar
| Gin to the good that he was forced
to concede when he took up the task
| The time for the race, minutes IS
| seconds. was creditable
One of the best performance Of
| the day was that of Culleh. Cen
| trails stocky gridiron leader. in the
shot put. With but limited prepa-
! ration due to the other athletic
| activities, Cullen heaved the shot
forty fet nine inches. He and
Charlie Dasher. who surprised his
following by q victory in the CEN