The Washington times., 1922-02-26
HILLTOP TEAM
WINNER OF BIG
TRACK CLASSIC
AT BALTIMORE
Brilliant Individual Perform
ances of Connolly and Le'
Cendre of Victors Is Feature
Of Hopkins-Fifth Regt. Meet.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

/ By BRYAN MORSE.
baltimore, Nd, Feb. 26.-
liz Georgetown University ath-
- letes literally spread them
selves over the Johns Hopkins
Fifth Regiment meet events in
the indoor classic in the big arm
DRY here, winning the games with
points to spare and doubling the
count of its nearest competitor,
Virginia.
The Blue and Gray runners and
jumpers were here, there and every
where in the meet. flashing from the
very first event to the spectacular
win by Jimmy Connolly Of the mile
open.
In the scholastic end Of the COM
petition, Baltimore Polytechnic In.
| stitute took chief honors from Gen.
trail High, of Washington. From
standpoint of competition. the meet
was exceptionally well conducted, al
though many of the stars who were
counted upon for the open events
saved themselves for relay features
of which there were plenty.
Runs Up IS Points.
Georgetown counted no less than
! 35 points throughout the evening,
while the best Virginia could do was
IL points. Other institutions, Wnlch
included Penn, Syracuse, Penn state
LAFAYETTE, Carnegie Tech and the
| Navy were nowhere.
| HOPKINS saved it's skin by win
ming the South Atlantic relay with
Thomson, Norwood. Skinner. and
Edwards. although the time was
not impressive.
| Perhaps the greatest perform
ance of the night was that Of Con-
molly in the mile open. The George
town flyer started fifteen yards be
hind scratch and won handily from
Booth. Central High, for oil It's en-.
| .ries, was content to take second
although II might be said that Bal
timore Poly was generously pro-
| Sided with handicaps.
| LIE Gendre's win in the century
and his performances Of 22 HAT
in his furlong in the relay were
outstanding features. lie 9endre
picked up four yards on Eddie Far
rell, the Fordham flash. who was
recently operated upon by Dr. Lo:-
enz. Farrell carried lie Gendre
through for a record performance
Central Shows Well.
After Bob Crawford had won the
!, 0O0.yard special in a driving race
from Shields, of Penn State, the
referee declared II no race. as the
gun was pulled at the conclusion
OF the lap before the last, and Mar
.sters. of Georgetown, and two other
runners pulled up.
Tech and Western High lads per-
formed creditably, but the bulk OF
the praise Is due the Central boys.
who got a number Of green lads into
action.
Loud Walls Heard.
Loud were the walls of Washing
ton athletes and coaches when the
first glimpse of the handicappers'
guesses were noted. Such stars as
Jimmy Connolly, international cham
pion in the mile, were placed out 10
advantage. Connolly got fifteen yards
in his event, with the limit set At
forty Yards. Beers. Maryland's crack
shotputter, who has heaved the mis-
sile well over forty feet. was given
six feet.
Novices were placed on scratch
and men whose records warranted
their conceding handicaps were given
almost the limit. Men like Bohan.
nan were placed toward the limit
in the quarter. 1t was figured out
early that IL was anybodys meet
even before a single event had been
run.
1 Washington athletes scored first
blood when Tullar, of Georgetown,
romped in ahead in the first heat In
the lO0.yard open. Gaffy, Of George
y town, won the second heat. Bob
LEG endre's win in his heat In 10
fiat was the feature performance Of
the early trials. Georgetown quail
fled no less than five men for the
semi.finals.
Duffy Wins In Hundred.
Eddie Duffy, of Central. han.
Oily won his heat in the hundred,
as did Willis Kern, William Bur-
leigh. and James Newman, Of the
same school in the schoolboy trials.
Bill Foley's proteges succeeded in
grabbing off four Of seven heats.
Brooke Brewer. Of Maryland.
after gallant fight, was shut
out OF the century. Georgetown
men won all three semi-finals in
the open hundred when LeGendre.
Tullar and Kannally scored. Cen.
tral lauS rOmpeu IN aneau IN the
semifinal heats In the scholastic
hundred.
LeGendre Wins Century.
Bob LeGendre, OF Georgetown,
handily won the century final, breez-
ing in ahead of a fast field. Kern,
of Central High, was the scholastic
100.yard star, capturing the event.
Johns Hopkins scored handily over
Carnegie Tech in the medley relay
at a mile and seven.eighths.
In the shot.put, Beers. of Mary
land. outdistanced George Bronder.
PENIS crack HEAVIER and record
holder in the javelin. Carney, Of
the Naval Academy, was third. Beers
got forty-seven feet seven and one
half inches with his handicap Of six
feet.
Penn State Man Wins.
In the low hurdles Hile, of Penn
State, won handily In twelve flat. The
scholastic half mile found Baltimore
youngsters in the van all through
"Pookus" Johnson. Of Central. 49,
aged to get second after 'b