Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-21

ioSt hotdOic ItdlS achieved THIS year
stern and Central to defend the titles
of the opinion that the Blue and
White athletes would repeat in the
titular carnival. The TechtteS
sprang surprise by landing the
! championship event
What probably was the most SPEC
tacular 100-yard dash even run in the
high schools occurred in the &c" Club
meet. Frank Hussey, noted New York
school boy flyer, was matched againEt
Pugh of Tech and Ziegler of Central
The first mentioned athlete won, but
was forced to make the distance a.
.0s 40 seconds, feat that never has
been accomplished by any local high
school boy. Pugh finished in some
thIng like 10 fat, but il was fsst
enough for him to beat ZiegIer. Dur
ing the &c" Club affair, Baker Of
Central put the 12-pound shot over
| - feet for new mark and then
established record for the discu1
which he threw I22 feet. Gordon
also impressed that day, heaving the
Javelin 153 feet and inches for e
new mark
That same day the Johnson-Powell
displayed bunch of talented athletes
10 cop the graded school award in
the C Club games with % points
While Ross School was second with
ls points, Monroe School, an old rival
to Johnson Powell, finished third with
~ points. Adams and Cooke fin
ished fourth and nth, respectively
Ray CARRIER Sets Mark.
Two records went by the boards IL
the interscholastic track and field
meet which the Teehites won with
40 Il points. Ray CARRIER of Western
attained a new pole vault record
when he hurled himself II feet Bona
OF Eastern jumped o feet and s inches
TO set new mark. There was much
interest that day in the I00-yard dash
between Pugh and ziegler Many
thought the Central boy would
triumph, even though his rival beat
him in the &C. Club event. Pugh.
however, gave Tech 8 points by show
ing his heels TO Ziegler for the sec
ond time. Although he did not break
the record. Roudabush OF Eastern won
the discuss throw with lat feet 1-6
inches
Although Central Highs athletes
failed to bag the interscholastic meet
they made an impressive showing in
the University of Pennsylvania games
by attaining third place with a total
or 10 points Tech and Eastern only
turned in and points, respectively.
The Blue and White runners also dis
tinguished themselves in the indeor
games held uRder the auspices Of
Johns Hopkins University at Bait
more With Palmer and ZfegIer in
the loo-yard dash, Chaconas in the
haf-mile, Burleith In the 44O-yard
run and Eekel in the 600-yard sprInt.
the Columbia Heights team amassed
enough points to win the Pennsyl-
Vanla cup. Bond and Conner of East
| erh gave good accounts of themselves
In the high jump and KessIer OF
Tech did the unexpected by winning
the 44o-yard- Mainly through the
efforts Of Charley Pugh, the Tech
ties triumphed in one Of the three
| relay races with Episcopal High In
the Georgetown University indoor
| carnival. The Maroon and Grav atb-
iete lost to Ziegler in the half
| century, however.
Monroe school Wins TitIe.
More than 500 youngsters. repre-
| senting "a teams, displaced the.
wares in the graded school cham
| plonship track and field meet. Ross
athletes entered the games with nine
consecutive victories behind them
out they finished third, for Monroe
won the meet with 3SIa points. -Four
new marks were made, two in the
ilo-pound competition and as many
f0TTlaT
| DIVISION Jones of Force ran 20 wards
in seconds fiat, while Monroe's 40
yard relay team clipped 2-5 seconds
1917 % J."
| Competing in the 100-pound class
SchriVer of Adams cleared feet Nsnd
inches in the running high jump.
While Wolf made So feet and II
| inches in the hop, step and jump
aT Inn
held by the graded school bows. Cool
school triumphed in the inter play
ground carnival. in which nearly
1900 youngsters participated The
nrst annual track and field meet be-
tween Washington and Baltimore
playground athletes was staged I'M
der the auspices of the local play
| ground department. Although the
local team lost, it hopes to svense
| Monroe School boosted INC cham
pionship graded school base bali
team. With Baker hurting excep-
! tionally well, Monroe took the meas
ure of LenoX, the eastern divisional
champion. in the final game. Monroe
won the right TO enter the final BY
winning the western series
There was much ado over the an
nual freshmen meet, as the school
officials had agreed that Columbia
| Junior High would have to score
twice as many points as its nearest
opponent before it could figure in the
running. Trained to the minute and
presenting a well drilled team, Co
lumbia did score a bagful OF points
cad won the freshmen laurels.
Never have the scholastic sports
/ thrived as they have this year Com
petition was Of the keenest order
and interest increased tenfold among
the school followers