The Washington herald., 1921-07-05

vi the galaxy of track and neld
stars of national reputation who
were scheduled to put in an ap-
pearance at the meet held under the
auspices of the United Irish Socie-
ties at Georgetown field yesterday.
just Ave showed up, and of THOSE
nVe, three gave evidence of being
capable performers. AJtogether.
about one-hslf of those listed as
entrants actually competed, and
most OF the thrills were furnished
by local athletes. n,-..'
Willie Ritols, the little metro-
'politan five-mile champion from
New York. hotfooted 1t around the
track some twelve times to. win
the three-E!le event in l5:I43-5.
leaving his nearest rival over 200
yards behind. Bernard Chamber
lain. South Atlantic high jump title
holder, gave evidence OF his class
by clearing the bar at 6 feet =
inches in an exhibition performance.
and William Bowman, metropoll-
tan javelin champ, made a mark of
III feet l inch in his speciality.
These were the champions who
came through as expected.
But Bob LeGendre, the pentath-
lon champ, lost both the discus and
javelin events the only two he en-
| tered. and Bob Crawford, the
Lafayette half-miler. was forced to
take third in his speciality In a
field composed of Washington and
Baltimore runners r. -, -
l.. A Clark. a Baltimorean. cap
tured the 100-yard dash in easy
fashion. and I. A. Peake. an AToy-
sian. was another easy winner in
\ the 100-yard novice. Peake then re-
peated his victory in the 220. win
| ming from l.. r. Rose, OF the South
ern Boys Club. by nearly 10 feet
| in - seconds.
John Flynn, Of the Southern Boys
Club. led for the first half of the
H0-yard dash. but c. NJ. Legg. OF
the baltimore Cross Country Club
passed him soon after the 200-yard
mark had been reached and held his
advantage to the end. Flynn
| weakened in the stretch and n II
Shugh. . fellow clubmsn. nosed him
out for second place. The time wa:
81 seconds.
! Ritola completely outclassed hi,
iCi0 III AhV .tNcHl1 dHt
won as he pleased. At the fipisi
he held half lap advantage owe,
f. II. Martin. of Princeton, who IL
turn was about SO yards in from
of v. N. Booth. the Della ware Col
lege star. running under the color
of the Baltimore Cross Countr,
Club. The time was fast, 15:l4 3-5
Bob Crawford. the Lafayette flyer
| j.
and turned in a mark Of SO seconds
FOR the first quarter. Johnny Hol
den of the Aloysius Club. passe,
him shortly after the half wa.
mark had been reached, and hel,
his lead to the finish. A f. Con
radis came strong in the last fey
yards and nosed out Crawford 70
second place. Holden won in tn
fast time Of 2:02.
The $50 novice was a Joke. Th
runners stalled through the frs
lap, and after John O'Reilly threat
ened to call it OF, Lee Douglas.
Western High School boy. let ou
few nOtches, and won withou
much trouble.
All but one of the schedvIed re
lays were disappointments. Thi
was a special medley mile betwee
the Aloysius Club and the B2ltimor
Cross Country Club. The first thre
baltimore men led their opponents
but never more than a scant thre
yards. Perkins of Baltimore wa
about this distance ahead of Dor
sey Griffith as they started out o
the last relay. He held this ad
vantage until they entered tn
stretch, when Grifith let out
burst of speed which carried hir
hying by the Baltimorean. Grifit
won by about Is feet
The inter-city relay resulted |
an easy victory for the Aloysiu
Club over the Baltimore Cros
Country aggregation. The first tw
baltimore men held their oppor