The Washington times., 1922-02-26
GEORGETOWN is
WINNER OF BIG
TRACK CLASSIC
Brilliant individual Perform
anoes Of Connolly and le
Cendre Are Features.

sted from the back stretch to the
finish. ...l
Chamberlain, the elongated Vir.
ginia University jumper. won the
high jump, with six feet two inches
from scratch, outjumping Feeney, OF
Georgetown. who had a handicap of
for J. IN '"'' - "
Boone. Of the Army and Navy
PreD, %, II =. S4n siIo. 80
when he heaved the pill forty-four
keet six and one-half inches from the
scratch mark.
With two stars in Leconey and
Crawford running first and last, La.
fayette College outdistanced Pitt in
the medley race. Malleck and Boett-
cher aided materially In the win,
although Hays. of Pitt, put up q
great race for Pitt in the final mile.
Georgetown's record medley was
not pushed in its race with Fordham.
Kanally, supposed to be i'll with the
grip, turned In great performance
in the first quarter. LeGendre added
ten yards in the furlong, while Mas
tiers turned over lead of fifty yards
to Jimmy Connolly, who loafed
through his mile. winning the race
In eight minutes three-fifths seconds.
Lyle Fountain. Western High track
captain. starting from the twelve
yard mark, won the intsrscholast
quarter. Fountains win marked the
fifth in as many years for Western
High School In this event. The West
ern lad got out front early and stayed
although Whiteford. of B. c. c., came
up with a great squirt for second
place at the finish. Montgomery Of
A. i'll - -
Tech, got fourth. The time was fifty
five and three-fIfths seconds, WASH
stngton lads getting three out Of four
1places.
In the medley relay, the Navy and
Penn State furnished thrills for the
five thousand assembled. Zoos, for
the Navy, and Edgerton, of Penn
State, finished even in the quarter,
while Hile, of Penn State, pulled out
ahead Of Ferguson, Of the Navy. In
the third stretch Enck, after great
sprint for Penn State, turned over n
lead of twenty-five yards to Larry
Shields, Of Penn State. Curtis, the
Navy miller, accepted the handicap
and hustled after Shields in approved
style.
The crack milers logged around
with Shields maintaining his lead un.
til Curtis uncorcked a dying sprint in
the final lap which closed up ten
yards. Shields finished strong with
much to spare in winning the race
In 7:46:2.
In the scholastic high jump, Proc.
tor, the one-armad Mount St. 10
youth, conceded six inches to all the
other youngsters and won with 5 feet.
10 inches. Proctor's mark is new
indoor South Atlaptic schoolboy rec
ord.
Brewster, of Georgetown, spread
seagled the field In the open half
p1ile. opening a gap in the back
Atretch to climb through for a win
by twenty yards In 1:57I. Marstars.
of Georgetown, nosed out Stephens.
of Navy, for second.
Kelly, of Lafayette, won the fur.
long dash in 23:3. Carl Wertz, Of
Georgetown, and Red Barron, Of
Georgia Tech. got mixed up on tho
near turn in regular football scrim-
mage and were eliminated. although
they looked to have a chance. Gaffy
of Georgetown, got second.
Wins Open Quarter.
Bohsnnon, Of Virginia, by a great
sprint which killed off Ed Pugh. Of
Maryland, won the open quarter In
STA.
The Washington Canoe Club, with
Mcnamara, Henderson, Stephens and
Knight in fine form, won from the
Fifth Regiment relay in mile rare.
The whole distance found the men
running on even terms although
Knights experience and stamina
pulled out a win in the final stretch.
Baltimore City College won the
two-mile relay from Episcopal High
with Tech u poor third in S:471.
Jimmy Connolly, intercollegiate
mile champion. ploughed to the front
in a great field in the mile with V.
,1Booth, of Hopkins, challenging In
The last two laps. Connally worked
through the field to find Booth right
at his heels.
Hopkins followers cheered Booth 10
the echo but Connally killed him Off
in one of his famous sprints. doing
the distance in 4:ao:1. Booth landed
second ahead Of Brooks, Of George
town. The crowd rose and cheered
Connally after he finished.
Record Was Imperiled.
Connolly, for Georgetown. ran
from. fifteen yards behind scratch
in the open mile. Judging his pace
nicely and working through the big
field, he carried the race well along.
His record Of 4:2S:2, made two
years ago. was imperiled.
In a haf-mile relay, Tech High,
with Killian, Morris, Scott, and
Charley Puph. won the halt.mile
relay from Episcopal and Baltimore
City College in 1898.
The Navy plebes. with Stryker,
Tyree, a former Central High lad,
Schultz, and Hammond running.
walked off. with their race with the
University OF Pennsylvania fresh
men quartet. The time for the mile
race was 1898.
I Pop, Lanigan's Virginia fresh
man relay team. with Lee Douglas.
a former Western High lad, turned
in a mile win over Curley Byrd's
Searlings. The race was close un'
I'll Douglas opened up a big gap
in the third stretch. The time was
3:424.
Against Episcopals crack mile