Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
TWO RECORDS SET
IN STADIUM EVENTS
Mead and Clayton, in High
lump, and Baker, in Discus,
Establish New Marks.
high school records went
by the boards in the twenty
- siNth rnn nu.nl IL L. 49,

sixth renewal Of the cham
I pionship field and track meet OF
! the Washington high schools, which
Tor the t~cnty-ffth time went -
the athletes sporting the Blue an
White of Central High. CentSaIb
I victory, as in the majority o%&
stances III the past, was dccis&
one, Bill Foley's team con.-&
within eight points OF beating Il
combined number OF points &c
credited the three other teaf>..
entered. Central scored in every
event but one, the broad jump,
turning in seven hrsts and tie for
! another, five seconds and five third
! places.
/ The new marks were registered in
| Bob" Baker of Central, the husky
| youngster who set Il new District
scholastic mark for the discus at the
| C Club games last week, although
heaved the discus 49, feet . inches,
| close to feet better than the record
| accredited Btrthright of Central IN
! the titplar games in 1922. Birth
1 ISM was DuI OH tIiNll bGIilil1 the VIII
ner yesterday.
In topping the bar at feet 6
! inches. Mead of Central and Clayton
of Tech, beat the previous mark of
and McFadden of Central. Rankin of
Tech, and Bernard Wise of Business
Small Crowd Attend.
Yesterdays games. although fea-
tured by a number of interesting
races: We're marred perceptibly by an
of students. faculty, alumni and the
general following of the schools.
There was but scattering of spec
tators in the huge stadium and moth
ing like the enthusiasm that oc-
casioned championship field and track
| meets some years back.
A disappointing feature was the
failure of Central to enter team in
| planned by their coach as due to a
scarcity Of middle distance runners.
! Tech won from Western in this event,
| thereby gaining second leg on a
George Washington University. Cen
I trail. through its victory in the point
! scoring. likewise wins a second leg
! on a handsome trophy, the Princeton
cup, offered by the. Princeton ALUMNI
of the District
ZiegIer Demonstrates Glass.
/ = Competition of the keenest sort de-
| veloped in the opening part of the
+; afternoons. card. the dash events.
Ziegler CentralS sensational Sprinter-
| left no doubts in the minds OF the
; local track fans as to his marked
superiority over the rest of the field
by romping home an easy winner in
both the century, and furlonE dashes.
In the final he was clicked at 10 20
seconds.
1t was the struggle for second
place that furnished the competition,
making the task of the judges an eN-
tremely, difficult one. This was
don OF Central and killtan and
Charlie Pugh of Tech. The young
sters fought for every inch or ground.
breadth with KilIian third. In the
22O-yard dash Killian ran second to
Ziegler with Gordon third, Pugh
again being crowded out. PughS
failure to place was the real surprise
of the meet.
The 44O-yard dash saw a. pair of
Tech men in first and third places
! with Central runner second, More
land. Techs middle distance ace. won
/ handily. closely followed by Wander
lip of Central and Thomas of Teen.
. The field was fast one and not until
the start of the home stretch did the
winners pull away
Two Events to Martin.
The half mile and mile. both re-
suited in. easy victories Tor sam
t N,
was at his best. In the mile he held
back with the field the greater part
of the way, then suddenly showed ms
usual burst of speed and tore away .
! for an easy win in 4.52 1-5.
In the half, run off with but
short rest period, Martin again show
] ed excellent judgment, winning with
| yards to spare in the excellent time
| of 90 Is.
| events. capt Thomas showing the
/, way to Morris at 12O yards. ana
| Anderegg repeating at the expense
Jones of Tech and Box of Western
! were third men in the event.
/ An outstanding feature of the meet
was the creditable showing of East
F.; ern, coached by John Collins, new
conner at the Capitol Hill institution.
I Eastern counted twelve points, as far
| as can be ascertained, the best show
! ing the school has made in a track
meet in two decades. White was
Eastern's leading point scorer, this
rangy youngster taking hrst honors
in the broad jump, with leap of
hop, step and jump. in which Birth
| fight of Central won, with SO feet
81 inches, less than foot behind
the record.
The Summaries.
oNE.MILE RUN-First, Martin. Western:
trail Time, SO 1-5.
44o.YARD DAsH-First. MoreIand. Tech;
second. va, yandsri Ii Genital; third Thomas
12o.YARD HIGH HURDLEs-First. Thomas.
Central; second. Morris, Tech; third, Jones,
Tech. Time, OFT is.
100:YARD FINAL-First, Ziegler, Central:
second, Gordon Central; third, Killfan, Tech.
Time o.l0 2-5.
4 SHoTPUT-First Adams. Tech; second.
Baker Central third, Birthright, Central
Distance. So feet. inches.
ssu-YARD RUN-First, Martin. Western:
Tech. Time, 2.06 1-6.
2eO-YARD HURDLES-First Anderragg.
Central; second. Morris. Tech; third, Box.
Western. Time. OPT 4-5.
22o-YARD DASH FINALs-First Ziegler.
Central; second Killian, Tech; third, Gordon,
/ Central. Time, 0.23 1-6
oNE.MILE RELAY CHAMPIoNsHIP-First.
! Tech Woods, Thomas johnson and Moreland):
second, Western fountain, Berriall, Scott
and vestaD. Time. 3.42 2-5
DISCUS THRow-won BY Baker, Central:
i second. Birthright, Central; third. Mitchell.
Western. Distance. 1l3 feet, inches.
HIGH JUMP-First, tie between Meads,
Central and Clayton, Tech third, Bond, East
ern. Height. feet inches.
BROAD JUMP-Won by White, Eastern;
scc9ad, Robertson. Western; third, Clayton,
Tech. Distance. IS feet SIS inches.
POLE vAULT-Tie between McGhan, Tech.
and CARRIER, Western; third, Van Doren, Cen
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