Evening star., 1921-05-15

cldunlOn III 'front.', LOT lne runner
but 20 points.
The Central athletes were in com
| petition only for the Pep trophy.
! for which they have scored one vic
! tory. AS II result the Central Alumni
| Association cup. offered TO the team
| scoring the second largest number
! of points. went to Western High
| school The Red and White emerged
| from the meet with a credit of ff
! teen points. due to the excellent per-
| formances Of Capt. Lee Douglas and
! Arthur Nichols. Other teams were
five points or more below the trio
of leaders.
Mile IL Easy for Creech.
Creech started Staunton on its win
ming way with an easy victory in
the mile run. in which he set the
pace all the way Shipley. Centrafs
best distance runner, challenged the
stanton boy at the half. but had TO
be content with second place. Ieds
next triu1t,h was in the half mile.
which he covered in the credltaole
time of 2.o7 2-5. He also finished
second in the javelin hurl. third in
thn shot put and tied for second
place in the broad jump.
BentZ earned laureis in the shot
put and discus throw, winning poth;
His heave in the shot put OF 49 feet "
inches set a SDulfl htli!l'iN
record Both of the Staunton boys were
we'll rewarded for the efforts. as Creech
,received a gold watch for scoring pest
in track events and BentZ was given
similar prize for leading IN heAd
competition.
other records beside that for the
sbot put were bettered. In the jaw
elm hurl Leslie McFadden OF Cen
tral High School hung up a new
south Atlantic mark with a loss OF
L. nN
the distance, for Creech also ex-
ceeded the former rcord with throw
of l44 feet. McFadden did lo 1eel
9 inches in the pole vault equal
ing the Washington high schooi rec
ord hut had to be content with third
nlace. as Stewart of Staunton estao,
iished new mark when he nnisheu
FIRST with il feet 8 inches. and Skiies OF
Tome did II feet. Stewart went on 10
vault IL feet inches.
DougIns Counts for Western.
Lee Douglas kept Western High
School in the point race with PAIR
of victories He stepped neat quar-
fer in So 2-5 seconds. then took the
broad jump with "A leap of 20 feet ana Y
inch. Douglas time for the 44o-yar1
race was just two-fifths of second
school record made by Noble Claggett
of Central about fifteen years ago
Nichols boosted Westerns score TO 10,
with a win in the l20-yard hurdles.
Centralites were somewhat stunned
by the failure of their sprinting ace,
Can't Hugh Johnston. to score in both
the century and furlong daShes. The
Blue and White leader won the 'oo-
yard event handily. but he ran behind
Krebs of Gilman Country School and
Mountcastle of Woodberry Forest in
the 22O. Gilman also had another
winner in Foster, who Vanquished
Ed Pugh of Tech in the 220-yard low
hurdles.
Tech followers forgot about their
CAPTAINS defeat in the hurdle event.
however, when their team pointed the
way to Central in the mile relay.
Aubinoe of Tech and Montgomery of
Central ran neck and neck through
the first quarter. but Nettekoven of
Central OUTRAGED Chinn by three
yards. Demarest more than made up
the distance against Nanderlp, Civ
ing Pugh tWo-yard start over
Myers. Central anchor. The Tech
captain won. twenty yards TO the good.
hIoysius Surprise Canoeists.
II the special mile relay for club
teams Aloysius' veteran aggregation
surprised the Washington Canoe Club
quartet. Moyle and Moss accumu
lated hearty lead for Dowrick. third
Aloysius runner. but Karl Knight
cut the advantage to almost nothing. |
a burst of speed flashed by Dorsey |
Griffith, that left the paddiers' last
runner far behind. saved the day for
the North Capitol streeters.
The meet was the best ever held for
scholastic athletes in this section.
Officiating was excellent and the
events completed with dispatch. Pop
Lannigan, University of Virginia
trainer, handled the gun and never
missed Il start. The entire program
of twenty-nine events was taken care :
of within three hours. something un- |
usual in track and field meets here in
past years.
1GO-yard da ash~-Wnn by II. Johnston CCen- i
tran; second. Moun,rastle Cwoodherry Foresu +!
third Kern Central. Time: 0.l0 -
coward dash Won by krebs tGiman,: sec |
ond. Moun'castle ,Woodherry Forestb: third. |
II. Johnston rentran. Tic,e. O.a4 -.
44o,yarI d.sh-won by Douglas WESTERN;
Garrighy ,Business'. Time. 0.:3 -.
SSo-yard rnn-Won by Creech ,staunton, !
second. Relher tStaunton'; third, Tyree Cen
second, shipley C,sn,ran third Stevens
12o-yard high hprdles-Won by Nichols |
tWesternl second; Montgomery tTomel; third,
low hv rrs,s Tms "I
molly 'stnunton,. Time OF.
High school mile relay-WoD by Tech iAu- |
binoe, Chinn. Demarest. Z. Pueh,: second
Central. Time, $50.
High school freshmen half-mile relay-Won ,
by Tech tNichols, Edwards, Gregory. C. !
PughJ second Western; third Eastern Time !
1.43.
l00-pound quarter-m mile relay-Won by West
crn tH Fountain, Butler. Urquhart. Hoagel: |
second. Y. NJ. e. A. Day School third. All |
Souls BOYS Club Time, O:54 -:
pound quartermle relay-Won by All
Souls Boys Club Ludwig. Melton, Owens.
Couch: second. y. NJ. {. A. Day School.
Time 0.HS A.
Club mile rclay-Won by Aloysius Club
Mo!le. Gross, Dowrick, Griffith; second,
Washington Canoe Club. Time, 3.3T.
1aO-pound quarter mile relay-Won by Epis-
copal High School lAason, Randall, Moss,