The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
FIVE RECORDS MADE AS CENTRAL
ATHLETES CAPTURE TRACK MEET

II was q typical ''Bill Foley Day
AZ the Mount Pleasant Stadium yes
terday. when the eolors Of Central
High School breezed 70 ne front
In the twenfy-second annual high
school track meet
Coach Foley's athletes showed
consistent form aad captured the
carnival with 80 points, whfle west-
ern was second with 20 points, and
Technical third with 81
rive high school records went By
me boards, two being broken IN the
ueck events when NicoIs. of West
ern. DID the I1o-yard high hurdles
seconds, and Johnny Gross,
OF Technical High School. steppe6
on q new time for the ME -
ne peat hontgomery. OF Central. ~
= minutes and IS seconds.
Field n.rks Bets~reS-
| Three marks were broker in n.
neld events. Arthur McFadden. OF
central registering two of the neu
records; In the tavelfn throw Nc.
Fsoden threw the spear for a dfs.
lance OF l5z feet inches, while he
cleared the pole vault bar at 10 feet
nches' placing the mark TIVE
1 o.NNCA NhGh AnG OAQ OnG-
Norlinder, Of Western. the win
ner of the hop, step and tumn- a,
distance OF 30 feet 6 inches
along with his team mate, Consrd
with 3S feet , inches, broke the oIs
mark for the event held by the
former. OF 81 feet inches.
Jok.stss the star.
Hugh Johnston, Central Higi
Schools sprint star. was the individ.
usl star Of the meet, as he scores
nrst place in the century dash, 22t
4 yard dash. and the discus throw
while he finished third In the bross
jump. AcFadden trziied JohnsoI
with three FIRST places. taking IN,
honors In the high jump, pole vaul
and jsVelin throw.
The one-mile race proved to b.
the main attraction for the hiEl
school rooters. IL was q choice O
Montgomery or Gross throughou
the stands, with q few remark;
about other runners in the event.
thrown in.
At the crack Of the starters FuI
the two fsVcrites took the lead
Montgomery forging TO the front
while Gross trailed behind by
yard.
Both men continued to hold thei
own during the first three trip.
around the stadium. but on IN,
back stretch Of the final lap GroS
heightened his stride, 20 push tn,
Central runner for ten yards. TheI
the winner dropped TO the rear
until the turn into the home stretch
Hitting his usual strong finish h,
, forced Montgomery TO show hi
best and at the judges stand. ami,
cheers Of his admirers. the blond,
, headed Technical idol broke the tap,
much running left
Tech Takes Relay.
Z; The one mile senior relay BE-
, tween Western and Technical VA
another beautiful race whicl
brought the spectators to their feet
The lead of men of both team.
fought nip and tuck around tn,
track. but Technical lost groun,
on the stretch. When Pugh tool
up the running. far behind tn,
Western man, il looked gloomy 70.
the maroon and gray.
When Pugh passed the baton %
3 SlOsos nc Nau CloStu large EAH
that existed by eighteen feet. whih
Gross started in the running thrc,
yards behind Manson Of Western. n,
gave the track fans another .exhibi-
ton Of heady running. He trailet
behind his opponent after closinI
the lead held by Western. and ~
/ the stretch. with all speed possibl.
for a lead to make, came on TO vii
I by six yards.
McFadden gave the Central stu.
dents a chance to yell with his bril-
liant performance in the pole vaUl
event. He battled with Payne
Tech and Jeffery OF Central for hrs
place with the bar at nine fee
three inches high. Al this distanc,
McFadden passed his competitor
and continued to vault until the bar
had been moved up 20 nine feet min,
inches This was the best mari
McFadden could do in competition
but with permission he was allowed
TO continue for the High School rec.
ord. Thus he cleared ten feet eigh
inches, which is a distance for
record. and will no doubt stand 70
some time. The summary is as fol.
lows: