Evening star., 1922-06-18

The compilation is the result Of
ms fai back as 1894 when the first a
track and field meet was made. I
events have been checked carefully.
the records have been consulted al
revision to faculty members and a
followed closely the athletic activiti
Z, must be understood clearly that
tl,csc records are not to be consld.
cred as covering the entire field or
school athletics in Washington. They
are cleaned from reports Of high
school outdoor championship meets
and do not take into account any spe-
'.ial scholastic affairs that may have
been held in connection with college
or club events. However. there have
been few competitions for the school
boys outside of the high school an
nuals and not many of the records
established therein have been excelled
In other scholastic carnivals here.
Records have been in the making
for nearly thirty years. and it is in
teresting to note that all of the hve
high schools have contributed to the
extraordinary marks. Central atm
letcS have been responsible for ten
ot them. Tech boys for three. west
erners for two and an Eastern repre-. !.
sentative for one. Business gained
it's place In the record class some
years back. when one of its students
equaled leading mark.
The first record definitely estab-
lished was that for the high jump. 1t
was made by George W. Curtiss.
Centralite. in 1898, when he cleared
the bar at feet 5 inches in a meet
on Georgetown University field. AL
though bettered in practice by many
high school athletes. this mark has
stood through all succeeding meets
Rankin of Tech managed to equal 1t
at College Park in 1912 and Buck
Wise of Business made a similar
Jump on the same field in 1915. Nc
Fadden, CentraIS stellar field per-
former. achieved the feat in 1920 and
this spring.
Curtiss n Brilliant Performer.
the best boy of his day in the high
schools. He was a pole vaulter OF
note, clever hurdler, an excellent
broad jumper and held records in all
of these events in his time. Some OF
those who followed athletics in Cur
tiss' day believe his pole-vault mark
still a record for the high schools.
but, according to summaries of meets
in which he participated, he never
topped the bar at ten feet. height
which has been cleared by three boys
In the past sixteen years.
Dick Dear and Leslie McFadden,
both of Central. are the only athletes
credited with holding more than one
record Dear, the best sprinter ever
developed in the Washington high
schools, established marks for the
century and furlong on Georgetown
University field more than twenty
years ago. His 10-second hundred
was eQualed by Morse and Maxam,
westerners. but the splendid time of
% rs seconds for the 220-yard event
never has been matched.
McFaddens records We're made in
the pole vault and javelin throw, in
which he clearly outclassed his field
during his four-year high school
10 feet 8 inches two years ago. al
though not closely pressed in the
event. The best previous mark, made
by Bill Thrall. Techs husky represen-
tative. at Van Ness Park in 1906. was
two inches less than McFadden's ef-
fort. McFadden made a javelin rec
ord the same day he established his
vaulting mark and bettered it the
following year.
Kent Has Field Day.
A noteworthy feat was performed
by Sidney Kent of Central. in the
broad jump. In his second trial at
Georgetown field on June 9. 1905,
Kent leaped 81 feet 71a inches. much
better than any other high school boy
here had done before or has since
achieved. This particular meet was a
big affair for Kent. In addition to
setting a broad jump mark, he won
the 220-yard fiat and hurdle races and
ran dead heat with Bryan Morse of
Western in the final of the century,
covering the course in 10 is seconds.
Morse had won the first heat of the
event in 10 seconds. In the 220-yard
hurdles, Kent was credited with a
time of 26 rs seconds, now the rec
ord, but was not given mark be-
cause he toppled the last hurdle.
The Quarter-mile record of 0.53 has
withstood the assaults of good run
ners since 1906. Noble Clagett of
Central made this time in a race at
Van Ness Park. in which he was well
pressed by Phelan of Western all the
way. The Red and White runner was
beaten only a yard. Another mark
likely to stand for some time is that
of 0.26 2-5 for the 220-yard low
hurdles. made by Paul ]. Blackstone
of Central. at College Park. Md, May
IS, 1912. Blackistone's time was
rather remarkable in that there were
but two other boys in the race. He
won the race by fifteen yards and
the second runner was as far ahead
of the third.
Tech Distance Runners Score.
Tech boys have a corner in middle
distance marks. More than fifteen
stepped a half close to two minutes
and the record stood until another
Tech boy managed to knock a couple
of seconds or the time. In 1916 Mon
roe Sheehan was expected to lower
the figures for the $50 yards, but
poor judgment cost him a race with
Latta of Central. Sheehan more than
made good the following year. how
sver HI the first meet held in Cen
nfA1 stadium. In winning the half
IN 2.02 3-5. Sheehan led from the start,
and before 400 yards had been trav-
Arsed had spread-eagled his field.
The mile record of 4.45 was set
May 20. 1920, by Johnny Gross of
Tech. in a brilliant race with Bob
Montgomery Of Central. Monty, who
had made the record in 1919 with
mile run in AT. was favored to point
the way to the Tech youngster when
heady race and sprinted SO sturdily
toward the finish that he breasted
the tape fifteen yards ahead of his
Central opponent.
Gross also shared in the making Of
another record. that of the mile relay
race. Johnny ran third on a Tech
team that traversed the route in 3.35
in Central stadium May Is, 1918. Car
penter was the first runner of this
quartet and Hough the second, while
Mcnamara was anchor. This meet,
speed shown in several other races.
Mcnamara did the 440-yard dash in
e.53 2-5, just trifle slower. than the
record. and Carpenter came within
two-hfths Of a second of Dear's time
for the furlong.
The lone record credited to an East
erner Is that of Al feet 10M inches
in the 12-pound shot-put made by
Leo Flaherty at College Park: Md.