Evening star., 1923-05-13

Academy and Central each had two
ming the meet the Emory wilson
went to Tech and Staunton. Cen
itself in competition for either OF tn,
Three District OF Columbia school
hoy records went by the boards in
field events. The first to be smashed
was the hi-h jump. in which Skarren-
berger of Staunton Military Acade my
was the star. winning the event with
a leap of feet Q inches. The best
previous record was feet inches.
hello Jointly by George Curtis of Cen
trail. Francis Rankin of Tech. Bernard
Wise of business and Leslie Mctad-
den of Central. Curtis mark was
made in 1888 and McFaddens last
spring. In fact, as happened later
in the discus throw. all men who were
point winners in the event broke the
second with ; feet s inches. and Meade
of Central third with feet inches.
Palmer of Greenbrier shattered the
l2-pound shot pu- record which stood
since 1916. Palmer hcaved the lead
~ feet ) inches which was seven
inches farther than the distance set
by Leo tlaherty of Eastern in a
high school championship meet. Horn
OF Greenlricr was SecoEI and Birth
right of Central third in the COM
petition.
l t w2s in the discus. though. that
about the finest con- petition of the
meet took place. All three of the
point winners broke the record for
the event by a big margin in the
trials, but it remained for Baker of
Central 10 come through in the final
with heave o. 116 feet 11i4 inches.
breaking the previous record of los
feet 3 inches, held by McFadden of
Central. Birthright of Central held
of 115 feet y inches. until that
last great effort of Baker. Horn of
Greenbr1er was not backward in the
event by any means. as he tossed the
lron- disc lli feet l inch.
Two gold watches given to athletes
who won most points in the track
events and field competitions were
taEen by ZiEler Of Central and Horn
OF GreenhrSr. ZieSler scored ten
points, winning the leo and a20 ward
dashes. Horns points were obtained
through second places in the shot put
JaTelin throw, and "a third in the
discus.
About the only real competition
furnished Ieigier III the two dashes
was 10y Gordon, his teammate who
ran second i'll both. and Iugh of Tech
Gordon was only Il yard or two back
OF Heigler and Pugh was right at
GoTdon's heels. Not more than three
ards separated Zieeler from Pugh
Moreland of Tech besides running
anchor on winning mile relay team.
Won the quarter mile from a fairly
good field. Hall of Staunton was
well back of the Tech man at the
finish, with Robertson of Western a
good third. And it might be men,
toned in this connection that Pugh
OF Tech was another youngster who
took part III several competitions
with credit to himself. He ran the
heats in the century and 220, then
got third in the final of each. Be
sides that he ran anchor on a winning
half-n,ile relay four.
Tech Scores i'm Relay,
Three relays went to Tech during
the afternoon, the mile race being
won from Friends and ST. James. and
onc-half mile from Tome and Eastern
and another half mile from Central
ana Eastern.
Van Doren. a young Central la;l
who hardly seemed husky enough
to swing the big pole he was using.
showed his larger opponents a few
things about the gentle art. haps
high art would be better pres
sion-of pole vaulting. He wbi the
event with jump of ten feet three
inches.
Gordon of Central, while he did not
get a point trophy, was actually the
biggest point winner of the after
noon. His seconds in the 100 and
22o yard dashcS gave him six points
and the victory he won handily in
the JaVelin throw produced five more
to make him a total of eleven. Cor
donS winning throw with the jayelin
was just four inches more than lao
rect, two feet four inches short of
the record throw of McFadden in
1921. 'A
Too many spectators decided to
watch the events from the field rather
than from the stands. despite the
vantage Of view from the latter nosi-
T. ifNCr hnt q,
interesting. In fact about the only
criticisb that one. could offer is that
some arrangements were not made
TO keep coaches. student managers
and just plain spectatqxs in seats
that Were constructed for their use
trail; second, Gordon (CentraD, third, PuEh
(Tech) Time. 10 2-5 seconds.
l-MILE RUN-Won by Gw:nn Baltimore
College) third. Glover (centraD. Time,
minutes 81 is seconds.
..ss0d Ho BY MS1sand TECH
iao:YARD HURDLEs-Won by The,ass
is ieoYApD DASH ni! For eRApEp leiSDds SCHOOLS
Won by Clarke (Monroe) Acond Massey
SSJunior High; third, Rupert (Ross). Time,
so.YIRD DASH FOR GRADED SCHOOLS
WGn Jvn9o- Eah1 sy Allen .hr dhoss1 second TIgndell
80 tn.'o' "h-5he NSuaior ulSn).
7o.YARD DASH FOR GRADED SCHOOLS
won by Biersch tJunior High; second,
KErupshaS E;r Ross; third. Troiana (cooke).
sso-YARD RuN-won by Martin West.
ern); second, Eckel (centraD; third, Muddi-
man. Time, e minutes seconds.
22o-fARD DASH-Won by Ziegler (Cen-
traD; second Gordon Central; third, Push
ttfcnl. Time. % As seconds.
AALF-MILE RELAY-Won by Junior H:eh
IIhonaas. Biersch, Kennedy Massey; second,
l-MILE RELAY-won by Tech wood,
Thsmas, Johnston, Morelsnd); second,
s5lends; s5Nasdsn third, St. James Time. minutes
HALF-MILE RELAY-won by Tech (Kil.
lian.s Ford Gregory, Pugh); second, Tome
MILE RELAY-won by Tome woodward,
Mitchell, Ellicott. Tompkins); second, staun.
HALFMiLE .s! RELAY F foR nisTsicr T1sSrsi HIGH
SCHOOL FRESHMAN CHAMPIONSHIP -
Won by Tech (Wild, strasser Jones, Con.
norsl; second. Central; third, Eastern. Time,
i minute A seconds.
s2o-YARD HURDLES -w Won by Norris
Boz 4ms 81 Is sssoad. third
POLE VAULT-Won by vanDoren (cen.
trail; second, Jarber (Western); third, No.
Chan lTechl: Height, 10 feet 8 inches.
HIGH JUMP IWon BY skarenberser
i RUsNfNG BROAD u1 5U1p1Wen .Sse BY ,nc9ss %ocd.
ward (staunton): second, White (Eastern) ;
third Gottlieb (centra). Distance, 80 feet
1a.PoUHD SHOT puT-won by Palmer
(Greenbrier); second, Horn (Greenbrierl :;
third Birthrisht tcentrai). Distance, za
JAvELIN THRow-won by Gordon Gen