The Washington times., 1922-05-13

Legendre made a leap Of 23 feet
In the broad jump and topped this
off with a javelin throw Of 174
bettered his performance Of last
year. He won his heats in the
sprints and made the best trial
throw in the discus.
In the preliminary trials George
town qualified eighteen men. Vir-
ginia, fourteen; Virginia Polytechnic
twelve; Johns Hopkins. ten; Vir-
ginia Military Institute, eight;
ton, twQ; Richmond University. two;
William and Mary, two; and North
Carolina University. one.
The distance events in addition
to the finals in the sprints and
field numbers are on today's pro-
gram and the wise forecasters think
Georgetown capable of winning the
meet by at least twenty points.
At the meeting Of the board of
governors of the South Atlantic
intercollegiate Athletic AssOcia-
.tion, C. p. Miles, OF Virginia
POlytechnic Institute, was elected
president in place of ii. c. Byrd,
Of Maryland, who declined to hold
the office again. The association
proval for the exceptional way I'm
which the meet has been con-
Quoted and the affairs of the as
sociatiOn brought to such sue
cessful issue.
The slate elected consists of the
Following: President, c. p. Miles.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute: first
vice president. II. III. Lanigan, Uni
versity Of Virginia; second vice
president, Bryan Morse. George
Washington; secretary.tre;Nsurer, II.
II. Lloyd. Johns Hopkins Uni
versity.
The association voted to hold the
next meet at Maryland in the event
Richmond declined. In addition, Wiz
ginia Polytechnic was awarded the
cross-country run scheduled for No
vember 25 next at Blacksburg, Va.
Next year at Philadelphia the an
nual South Atlantic championship
relay race will be run on Friday in
stead of Saturday, and will be a
feature of the carnival In the first
days running. The association ask
ed the change at Pennsylvania and
was assured the race would be moved
forward.
Competition in the finals Is eX-
pected to be unusually keen follow
ing the trials in which two marks
were broken and another equaled.
To the surprise OF majority of the
followers of the game, the failure of
Alec Brewster to qualify in the half
mile was a distinct blow.
Brewster was counted upon to
break the South Atlantic record,
but showed a lack Of judgment I'm
timfng his sprint and was nOsed
out Of the running by Simmons, a
George Washington lad. Brewster
Jumped into the lead I'm the half
mile heat, but dropped back on the
final stretch and didn't apepar to
have the stuff ut the tape.
That the competition was of the
highest order is in evidence in the
qualifying of five jumpers with %
feet and better in the event and the
placing of six men in the finals of
the pole vault with the bar at IL
feet 3 inches.
Six Jumpers went over feet s
inches in the high jump to qualify
for the final, while all of the shot.
putters were forced to do better
than SO feet to get in.
In the javelin throw, in which
IeGerdrrd broPe the record, 5ll Of
those who qualified did bette than
160 feet. whereas In the past but two
performers have approximated this
distapce.
There is every evidence that the
records in the hundred and 220
will either be equaled or broken in
the finals. In the quarter Ben
Baker is expected to set a new
mark. while in the half Connolly,
of Georgetown, is counted upon to
70 out for a new Mark
Virginia Poly and Hopkins made
a surprisingly good show. The
Baltimoreans got men in practically
all of the events run off and stand
a good chance of gaining third
place.
There appears to be a merry bat.
tie between Hopkins, Virginia and
Poly for second and third position
in the big meet. which will prob.
ably be the best ever held in the
ten years Of competition.
A most peculiar and unfortunate
ruling was made in the trial heat
in the quarter when Woodward, OF
" =. -, idiVu W Hihht the gTdut,
The judges picked Skinner as win
ner. Gray, OF Georgetown, for sec.
ond. and named Hearn. Of Hopkins.
third, and Baker. of EirginiA,
fourth. Woodward was not placed
and Hearn, Of Hopkins, was not 4
runner In the race.
The Judges appeared Hind to
Woodward's effort. and repor. ed
Hearn as gaining third place, when
he did not even run. Tho mistake
was not corrected by the judges, and
Woodward, who has done better than
81 seconds, is shut out Of the com.
petition.
While Legendre is praCttcsllv as.
sured first place in the javelin and
broad jump, 1t is almost a certainty
that he will figure in both the hun.
dred and 22o in either first or sec.
ond place. Despite the fact that his
heat was won in 10l in the hun.
drcd and 22:I in the furlong. he lit.
orally loafed his way IN with plenty
OF spare time.
Legendre is picked u win the
sprints with Birmingham, Of V. +. T..
and Clarke. OF Hopkins, figuring.
Clarke who cu,iuIled tho r,cn1i