The Washington times., 1923-02-22

Away went that Virginian, with
Sid Leslie tearing loose in front. The
New Workers. reputation did not
brighten the Charlottesville lad in
the least and when it came time to
squirt, he uncorked a burst of speed
that rapidly overcome Leslie.
AS Bohannon crossed the line
ahead of his rival the crashing
''Hoya, hoya, saxa" was heard. The
entire Georgetown cheering section
rose to its feet and cut loose. There
was pandemonium as the big crowd
sensed the meaning OF the demon
stration.
Not to be outdone in courtesy,
the little knot Of Virginians across
the hall, came right back with the
raIlying cry Of the Orange and
Blue, something few Georgetown
men have heard for 10, these many
years.
After that bit of cheering there
was a noticeably better feeling per-
vading the packed hall and many
Georgetown men were heard to say
that it was something like the old
GINA were deadly rivals and the best
Of friends.
Georgetown's fine track squad
easily took team honors. scoring
forty-seven points. The Naval
Academy was second with twelve.
It was hard to choose among the
Hilltoppers. Captain Jimmy Con-
molly took the mile with ease in
4:3S $40. His victory served to put
some life into the gathering which
had been sort of sleepy until then.
Then came the final in the So
yards open, with three Georgetown
lads scooping up all the honors,
Plansky. Moriarty and Maroney.
Plansky, destined for a great
future at Georgetown. took the
quarter in 54:3, followed by Ansbro
and Killian, of Georgetown.
1t was another triumph for the
Hilltoppers in the half-mile, when
Gegan, Skan and Masters, all sport
ing the silks of the Blue and Gray,
took all three places.
Little Harry Helme, another
Georgetown star, gallOped away
with the hOnOrs i'm the two mile.
defeating Akeley, Of Virginia, and
Mackefracher, Of the Naval
Academy.
Joie Ray, Americas greatest
distance runner, did not win his
15O0-meters jaunt, but he did show
his style. He was voted g. real
performer, too, even II Vernon
Booth, the lanky Johns Hopkins lad,
with a handicap of seventy yards,
did cross the finish line ahead of
him. Ray held back his sprint
wee bit too long and was beaten
by foot or SO by the Balti-
morean, who gave all he had to
achieve the victory.
The expected banner relay race
Of the night, Georgetown VS.. Penn
sylvania, was not seen. Just be-
fore the event was to have been
called 1t was announced that the
Quakers had been declared ineligi-
BILE. The crowd was disappointed
not a little, but left the hall salts
| fled that Georgetown had staged a
remarkable evening.
Jimmy Connolly won the mile
rather easily, although giving
heavy handicaps. n. Newhall, Of
the Navy, was second, and j. Gan
ley, Of Georgetown, third. Con.
molly, not pressed, ran accord
ingIy .ss his time Of 4:38 3-5 might
indicate.
An outstanding scholastic star of
the meet was Richard ZeiRler, OF
Central. He won his way to the
finals of the 50-yard open handicap
in nationally famous field and
walked off with the scholastic so.
yard dash.
| Tennyson, Of Western, was the
only local schoolboy to win a place
in the scholastic thousand. He was
third. Thorpe, Of Fork Union, win.
ming and Scheldt. of Baltimore Poly
taking second place.
Anthony Plansky accounted for
many of Georgetown's A points
, that swamped all rivals. Besides