The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
lie CENDRE BREAKS,
BROAD jump MARK
In A. LEGION GAMES
President and Diplomats
Attend Meet in Cen.
tral Stadium.
By AL CONNOLLY

one record was smashed as the
second annual track ard field meet
OF the American Legion department.
OF the District Of Columbia at the
central High School Stadium was
run OFT yesterday. The meet had
ooth quality and quantity Of con,
petition and the crowd of 1000 odd
were wen rewarded with spirited
competition for Drawing a threaten
ing SKY to turn out for the games.
Seldom In the history of snort has
an athletic event of any sort with
the possible exception Of the ARMY
and Navy football classic becn
favored with the attendance of 90
many notables as witnessed yester-
days affair. President and Mrs.
Harding. Gen. PershinG, ]. J. Jus-
serand. French Ambassador; Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Sawyer. MARQUIS V.
Di Bernezzo, colonel. military at
tache. Italy; Col. Sheriff., Senatorc
and Representatives. the Commits
sioners Of the District. members of
the Board Of Education and numer-
Gus others high in the affairs of
State and nation were on hand e.,
witness the best track meet Wash
ing has had in years.
LeGendre Breaks Record.
Georgetown University. Central
High School, Navy Plebes. George
town Prep School and KilIeen Post
won the cups donated by the Wash
ington newspapers. James E. Null
ligan trophy and the Shaw silver
trophy. respectively. Killeen Post
also won possession of the Col.
James A. Drain silver cup for one
year. this cup 10 be competed for
from year to year. and the Ameri-
can Legion trophy. awarded TO the
scholastic institution scoring the
greatest number OF points went 10
Tech freshmen.
LeGendre. GeorEetnwn's ace,
broke the South Atlantic record in
the running broad jump with a leap
Of % feet 6h inches. besides finish
ing second in the l00-yard dash
and third in the shot put. Maroney,
of Georgetown, sprung a surprise
by defeating Beers. Of Maryland. in
the shot put. 4 new event, added
TO the program, throwing the So
pound weight. was won by Capt
Roberts. former Olympic weight
man.
Central had things pretty much
her own way in the scholastic
events. while Tech yearlinGs walked
OF with the freshman races.
Driscoll. Of Boston College,
starting from scratch in the eco
yard dash. experienced difficulty in
wading through the maze Of run
ners in front of him. hut finally
emerged from the crowd. FLASHING
a great burst Of speed, however,
Wertz. of Georgetown. broke the
tape a winner by a hair. The 440-
yard open was one OF the best
races of the afternoon. Driscoll
this time was yards behind
scratch because of penalty for
starting before the pistol.
Kinnaly, Of GEORGETOWN. ran a
good race, although il is doubtful
IL he would have Won If the race
had gone 10 yards farther. as Dris-
coll came up the stretch like a hur-
ricanc. gradually shortening the
distance between himself and the
Hilltop flyer who won by a stride.
Hal Cutbill. of the Boston 4, A.
won the mile run. as expected. in
good time. considering the cond =
tion of the track, and with little
competition to urge him on
Kern. Of Central. was high-point
man in the scholastic events. win.
ming the 100 ard 22O-yard dashes
and anneXinC first in the shot put
]. X. Norton. former Olympic hur.
dler. running unattached. was the
star of the Legion athletes. cop.
ping the Legion dash and showing
his heels to a large field in The
hurdles
In the relays. Georgetown de.
feated a quartet from the Eostor
4 \. in the fastest time Of the af.
ternoon: Georgetown Props won the
Preparatory School championship
Ericnpal HiEh. Of Alexandria. fin'
ished ahead Of Western and Con.
zaga in the high school relay: Uni.
versity of Maryland won a neck.
and-neck affair from GeorEe Wash,
inctou and Ciallaudet. while Cuen.
tin Roosevelt Post defeated KiIleer
Post In one of the most exciting
races Of the day.
Open Events.
1uN-yard Dash-Won nv q. Ryrne &c. I
second LeGendre &C. u: third. BALDWIN
NFvyl. Tine. 10 seconds
@2n-yard Dssh--Won by werfZ &c -
yard handicap: second. Driscoll R0>to'
College,. scratch: third. Andrews iFiftl
Eer'mentl. baltimore. Time % seconds.
li0-yard Dqsh-Uon hy Einally uG ~
Yards: second. DriScoll tBosto1 COlIaEet
scratch: third. Herlihy &c. r.. Time
40 3-5 seconds
$50 Yards-won ny Brewster 60 r.
second. Newhall iNavyl: third. Narster
&c. ". Time 1:JS %
OnP-mlc Race-Wou nv Cuthill tBoStol
4 CO; second. Young lNavvl: third. Fiiz
gerald tG. II Time. a. ~ seconds.
role vault--Won bv Voikmcr ui- ~: sec.
ord. Goodnough Navy and Nau Dnnp'
iM"rylsndl tied. Height. II feet iu"heS
220-yard Hurdle-Wou by ]. X Morton
unattached: second Mettcalf William an'
Mary CollPgel. Cook. Of Georgetown THi
vcrsitv. won. hut was disqualified f"- knock
ing down hurdles Time. 26 IL seconds.
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