The Washington herald., 1921-05-01
VIRGINIA SETS NEW
RECORD IN WINNING
S. A. MILE RELAY
GU. Runs Thiyd; G. W
Fourth; Howard Team
Wins College Relay.

PHILADELPHIA. April 30.-one
victory in q college relay event a
third place IN the South Atlantic
college relay championship apdl
fourth place In the interscholastic
tvo-mile relay championship were
the high points in the honors gar
nered. by the Washington athletes
in the Pennsyivania relay race car
niysl today: ,s. ,,.,
was the Howard college team.
which defeated a strong field of
colleges, mostly from New England.
in a sensational finish.
For three-quarters of the distance
the Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute
and Carnegie Tech teams were
frhtinr neck and neck for the hon
ors, l. Robinson. weidener and r.
Contee. the FIRST three Howard run
ners, were unable to keep up the
fast pace.
But In the last quarter mile n
Perry made a sensational race from
the crack of the pistol. and racing
to the leading position, fought on
his rivals down the stretch, and
managed TO win by a yard
In the South Atlantic champion
shin GEORGETOWN and George WASH
fnrton were the Washington en-
tries. and their strongest rivals
were Virginia and Johns Hopkins.
virxinia Wins 8. A. Mile
virginia held the lead from the
start, with Georgetown second LIE
Gendre. the great alI-around ath-
lete. who won the pentathlon for
yesterday, was the final
runner for Georgetown. He lost
NO time, but, speeding ahead, soon
had the lead. The strain, however
was too much and lie Gendre faded
in the stretch. Virginia won setting
a new record, and Johns Hopkins
slipped into second place, with
George Washington fourth.
The Washington Central High
School team proved no match for
its rivals in the two-mile scholastic
relay championship. and finished in
fourth place. For more than a mile
the Washington school boys held
second place, but in the last half
mile they were forced back to
fourth.
Central OutcIassed-
The Washington Central High
School team. which competed in the
emile scholastic championship
event. proved too weak for the COM
petition. Though Tyree and Shipley
managed to hold TO second place for
the first two relays. the Cedar
RAPIDS pace was too fast and Wes-
sells and Nickles were forced back
into fourth place.
Episcopal High School, OF Wash
ington, finished second in its class
after making game fight a.
though Hollander. the first runner.
was elbowed at The second turn and
as a result lost so much ground that
Cornick. Dulany and Tennant, Who
followed. were unable to make II up
and Lasalle Institute won by
yards.
Seward. the Virginia sprinter. was
shut out in the second heat OF the
lOO-yard dash, finishing in thiro
place.
George washington University
finished second in its contest with
a field of FIVE teams, with CAL
laudet third. Lincoln University
was the winner. l. Randall ran
first for Gallaudet, and 4. Loehler
for George Washington. the teams
being Is yards back at the eno.
1t was in the third relay that these
two teams came strongly.
E. Manson, running for George
washfntgon, made up IL yards, and
pulled Bonchard. of Gallaudet. along
so that both were running neck
and-neck at the end. However.
Capt. Randolph. Of Lincoln. was too
feet and pulled his team home a
winner.
Central High School essayed TO
send its team into the one-mile high
school championship after running
the two-mile relay. What might
have been the outcome 10 problem
atical. but J. Littlepage, the first
Washington runner, was jostled
badly on the first turn. and the
baton was knocked from his hand.
BY the time he disentangled HIM
self from the press OF runners and
picked up his baton he had lost
40 yards. which his teammates were