Evening star., 1923-02-22

nlanV wears. 1t was a mari rkeu teS
the right sort of athletics and tina
badly needed.
TT was a corking good meet was
the general comment as the big Grove
filed out of the hall. And that there
vania team failed to appear for the
two-mile relay final against the
Georgetown four, following close on
the heels of the defeat of Jole Kay
by Vernon Booth of Johns Hopkins
was sufficient evidence that the
throng had been worked up past the
crouch point by the events that FAC
gone before. 1t was explained tnat
several Penn men had been declared
ineligible at too late time TO ar
range for Il substitute Tor the
Quaker team.
Ray Loses by Foot.
Although Ray bowed to Booth by
a foot in grueling finish in the
1o00-meter special. Joie proved To
the Washington fans that he mas
rabbit blood in his veins, as one
fan aptly put it. Ray, running
TWO of three handicap men that had
been pitted against him. but he evl-
IDENTITY did not fully reckon with the
stamina of Booth. for he started ms
sprint Il little late TO catch the Hop
kins athlete. who lasted just long
enough To breast the tape in the van
of the illuStrious middle distance
champion. In another yard. Ray
would have been in front -
Booth, who had Il handicap OF ~
yards, won in the slow time of 4.0'-
As. which. however. is going some
on a twelvc-lap track.
Georgetown, with preponderance
IF entries. carried off the collegiate
)toint honorS in hollow fashion, regis
tering Il out of n possible 81 points.
f,rtI 70
Penn and Princeton tied for third
with > each.
Fork Union Military Academy.
which had most of the spectators
off the scholastic laurels. scoring s
points OF a possible total of Is. Cen
Iral high was next with and West
.rn third with s. Thorpe. who won
the i.000yard event for Fork Union,
and who displayed his speed in a
of jim for his prowess. He won't
be in the sticks long" was one
pointed remark.
q. irginia Team Thrills.
George town and Virginia once
heated rivals and for number of
Years at loggerheads. showed real
get-tosether spirit in winning the
fifty I" make up a South Atlantic
mile relay combination. they took
The measure of New York A. c.
,,"mbI nation made up of Sellers.
NefcrS. Swinburne and Leslie, all
runners of national repute.
kinnaly of Georgetown. stuck
closely to the heels of Sallers
=, their set-to, but Irvine of Virginia
allowed Wefers to pickup about Is
!ards. Herlihy of Georgetown, then
hH'tv race. closed about two-thirds
O. - distance at the expense of
Swinburne.
When Bogannon of Virginia. who
previously had run anchor in win
ming mile race against Penn. re-
c"iv.d the baton from Herlihly he
was almost five yards behind the
sterling Leslie. He gained, inch bN
inch. until he was on the heels of
the New York man when the final
stretch was reached. 1t was neck
and-neck struggle to the tape the
NIrginian throwing himself ahead
by less than Il foot by tremendous
drive at the finish. And for the first
time in years d Virginia Georgetown
cheer echoed forth.
Lever Stars I'm Sprint.
Boots Lever, the Pennsylvania mite,
record holder for 60 yards, stood
out among the invading sprint stars
lie won the 30 and 40 yard invitation
dashes and was second to Bob Nc
AlliSter. the flying cop" from New
York. in the haIf-century event.
other luminarieS in the sprint COM
petition were Bernie Wefers. jr.. of
the New York a. c., and Ed Far
rell of Fordham. None of these scin-
t'liating performers placed in the so
yard handicap, Georgetown men.
with generous concessions running
une, two. three.
5. Harrison Thomson of Princeton.
former all-around champion, was an
II hpr II n ia II
get in the money" in the 45-yard
low hurdles. which, went to Aaronson
of Hopkins, once T"ch High rep
reSentative.
Ralph Hills of F~f4eeton and Uni
versity of Pennsylvania men stood
out in the three field events Hills. a
Washington boy and member of the
last Olympic team. heaved the 16-
pound shot A. feet 3s inches, setting a
uew South Atlantic mark.
Ben owen of Pennsylvania, al
though he cleared the bar at -
feet in the pole vault. had to be con-
tent with second place. Volkmar of
Georgetown, who had a handicap of
Is inches. won with an actual per-
Il rmance of IL feet
Needs of Pennsylvania, who
hurdled the bar at feet II inches,
won the high jump. Competing from
scratch. he was forced to jump off
Johnson of Navy, who had a 9inch
handicap.
Tech Boys Show Speed.
Tech High. which won three relay
events, provided most of the thrills
for the local schoolboys. Tech not
only won, but it captured all of the
Trio of races in handy style. Ziegler
Of Central, who took the 50-yard
scholastic dash, although somewhat
awkward in his style. showed real
speed in the trials and final, simply
running away from his rivals.
Wen say that it was a darn good
meet.