The Washington herald., 1921-03-04

Wnen they captured South Atfantl
Baltimore, by again outclassing I
games, winning S. A. l. A. A. h
more than Hopkins was able to
Lannigan's Virginia runners could
six points and George Washington,
Central Runners Repeat.
Central High School runners. like
1.-THE Hilltoppers. repeated their Hop
kins victory. by scoring twenty-five
points and easily capturing scholas-
ltic honors. Western High School
|with ten points and Episcopal High
|lof Alexandria and Stuyvesant High
School with three points each fol-
lowed in the scholastic field.
Robert LeGendre, Georgetown's
track captain. and Jimmy Connolly.
as usual were the mainstays in the
Hilltoppers' squad.
LeGendre won the South Atlantic
quarter. getting OF to a flying start
and running away from a fast field.
winning by ten yards. The time,
so 2-5. is comparatively slow. but
lis explained by the fact that none
of the entries in the meet were able
: TO take the high banks in a manner
which would enable them to hold
their straightaway speed. This fact
held the flying Hilltoppers' captain
from letting himself out in the
stretches, but at that he was never
in any particular danger and won
as he pleased.
The Blue and Gray runner, how
ever. failed to show the same class
which he displayed at the Hopkins
meet in the hurdles events In the
open 50-yard hurdles he was forced
to follow two men to the tape Nc
Donagh, of the Baltimore Cross
Country Club, and Aaronson, a for
mer Technical High School boy, now
running under the colors of Johns
Hopkins. beating him to the tape.
Bob got away to a slow start and
though he was coming strong at the
finish was unable to catch the flying
leaders.
Seward Wins 50-lard Dash.
In the special 5O-yard invitation.
one of the feature events of the pro-
gram. Seward. of Virginia. showed
his heels to the Blue and Gray
captain. who was forced to be con-
tent with second place. German, of
Georgetown. ran third. The time.
.05 As, has frequently been beaten
by LeGendre, but he couldn't do it
y last night.
Jimmie Connolly. Georgetown's
hyinS distance runner. easily was
the class of the South Atlantic half
mile run, winning as he pleased in
2:17 2-5. good time considering the
hard banks and the fact that he was
not pressed at any time. Connolly
also was anchor man--in George
town Hopkins 2 mile relay. which
the Hilltoppers won easily, the last
three Blue and Gray runners win
ming as they pleased.
The performance of Delaware
College runners was easily the fea-
turc of the evening. With only
two men entered in the open events
this school came within a point of
tying Johns Hopkins for the open
title. Booth. of Delaware, ran in
only two events, winning both of
them handily. He copped the open
open in 2:I6 As. In both events
Re was forced to face a classy field
particularly in the half. in which
some cf the clsesiest runners in the
South toed the mark. But he got
away well in both races and was
never at any time worse than third.
finally coming to the front in the
. stretcn and winning in a drive
This hoy runs with his head as well
as his legs and should be 'the one
ITO watch" in coming outdoor meets.
Central Again shows Class.
Coach Bill FoIey's Blue and White
runners showed they were the class
of the meet from the opening gun.
Littlepage and Thurber ran second
and third respectively in the fifty
ward low hurdles. But the feature
Of the meet from a scholastic stand
point was Eddie (Dynamitet Mel
toms second defeat of Hugh john
ston. CentraPs track captain, in as
many starts.
sDynamite" easily won from
Johnston and a classy field in the
Hopkins games. But at that time
he had been handed 3-yard
handicap and though he won by at
least six yards still his victory was
more or less of a cloudy nature.
But Dynamite" showed the skep-
tics last night He made it plan
that his long. lean shanks are some
thing else besides being something
to hang MS WeAl-credSeu bOuSSS
on.
Melton started from scratch with
the rest of the gang who had come
through to the finals and won from
Johnston and the field with Just a
little more trouble than 1t would
he for Man o. War to walk away
from the veriest selling platter.
Melton. despite his size, is just
a Kid. and under Foley's tutelage
kshould develop into a world beater
i'm the next few years. Undoubtedly
he Is the class of the high
schools. Already this year he has
freouentIy beaten, college time in
the fifty and hundred, and with
bit more training will probably
clean up this coming spring.
vessels, of Central. ran a heady
race to get second place in the
schoIastic half-mile.
In the mile the Blue and White.
runners had the race cinched. as
Central men were always in the
lead. 4
Meyers. of Central ran third in
the scholastic 40 which was won
by Lee Douglas. of Western.
Nichols, of Western. accounted for
the Red and Whites other five
points by winning first place in the
scholastic 50-yard hurdles