Evening star., 1925-05-03

teams was III the base ball game WI
1t was in the keenest kind Of com
petition that Central High captured
the team trophy in the open inter
scholastic events. The Blue and
White finished with 1913 points
Dewitt Prep with IS 1-3 points, and
the Central High School of Charlotte
\. G., third. with Is. In fact. in the
| iinai event, the pole vault. had the
| North Carolina lad been able to win
! he would have scored a victory for
| the Tsrheels by 20 points TO Central s
| -. The keenness of the competition
in the scholastic events is shown by
| the fact that twelve schools figured III
the point scoring.
Smith Wins for Central.
The first Central man to score was
j. Smith who xaltzed down the 100
yard straightaWay a good . yards
ahead of his nearest opponent, who
was Palmer of Dewitt Prep. himself a
/ former Central man. Other perfor
mances which gave Central it's 19 !
| points were the winning of the l2O
yard high hurdles by +. Smith the
mile run by Chaconas, a third place in
220yard, the low hurdles by Noyes
| second in the SS0-yard run by Plumby
and tie for third in the pole vault by
| Lingle.
Three meet records We're broken in
the scholastic events. Two were
| broken by Washington high school
| boys. Bond Of Eastern raised the
mark for the high jump 10 feet 9
| inches. and CARRIER of Western sent
the pole vault up to 10 feet inches
| Baggett of Alexandria High School
got the glory out of establishing a
new mark for the 220,yard low hurdles
when he covered the distance in 0.36
Daniel of Episcopal High School
was the only scholastic athlete to wiz
| two events. and he carried away d
| took the discus with a heave of more
than 1lS feet and the,s shot with a put
| of little over ~ feet.
Wolf of Alleghany County High
! School was the leading point scorer in
| the events closed to county high
| schools of Maryland. He not only re
ceived a gold watch as a special
| trophy for the highest point scorer in
| those events but also contributed
| most TO the points which enabled his
team TO carry off the team trophy for
county schools.
In fact. Allegheny County ran away
with things in the class for county
schools. as it scored % points while
its nearest competitor got only seven
Wolf incidentally broke the broad
jump record for county schools by
leaping 90 feet % Of an inch. Hardy
a teammate of Wolf, contributed a
new record for the county schools in
the 440. with a mark of 81 As seconds.
Maryland won its annual dual meet
with Hopkins for the first time, 6Si5
to 55lk The Old Liners and Balti.
moreans split even in the first places,
each having seven, but Maryland was
| more consistent in getting seconds and
! thirds. Hopkins got I iSt and second
| in the 100 and 220 and also got first
| and second while Maryland got first
and second in both hurdle races.
Meet Records Go.
Three Hopkins Maryland dual meet
records went by the boards. Sheriff of
| Maryland clipped fifth of a second
off the Hopkins Maxwell's time for the
120-yard high hurdles. when he won
the event in IS 3-5 seconds. Supplee
of Maryland raised the heave for the
| javelin to 161 1-10 feet, and Vivell of
Hopkins, set a new broad jump mark
when he left the take-off board to
travel through the air Il distance of
% feet inch. Heyn equaled his own
record in the pole valut of II feet
Supplee :. rs the main point scorer
| formances IN the field events The
former Tech High man won the jave.
lin and the discus, tied for second in
the high jump, tied for third in the
pole vault, and got third place in the
shotput. Pugh and Sheriff. each
scored points and Endslow 8 for
Maryland. Pugh won the low hurdles
and got second in the high: Sheriff
won the high hurdles and got second
in the low, and Endslow took the
quarter, finished second in the $50 and
third in the 100.
Probably the prettiest race for the
day was that in which Endslow was
winner in the quarter. Meredith of
Hopkins had the pole, with Endslow
next, Dorcas next, Whiteford next and
another Hopkins and Maryland run.
ner on the outside.
+ At the crack of the gun Meredith
jumped out in the lead, but held it
for less than SO yards, as Whiteford
set terrific pace, which carried him
to the front before the curve was
rounded and on the straightaway
Endslow also sprinted around the Hop
kins man, who was reputed to have
| done 51 seconds fiat against Syracuse
two weeks ago.
, Finish Is Close.
"a DidllhcI WOulu nave covered the
three runners almost for the remain
der of the distances, and when they
crossed the finish line Endslow was a
yard or two in the lead, Whiteford
second, and Meredith just a yard or
two back of Whiteford. 1t was a
race among these three men, the
others being E'pletely outdistanced.
1t would be impossible to describe
all the events in the meet in which
there was close competition. To do 50
wouA be to describe almost every
event. In fact, about the only race
in which any runner had things just
as he wanted them was in the two
mile run in the dual meet, in which
Gwinn of Hopkins won easily. Gwinn,
incidentally, was high point scorer OF
his team, winning the mile as well as
the two miles.
OPEN INTERSCHOLASTICS
I00-YARD DASH-won by j. Smith (Cen-
trail High School. Washington): second,
Palmer Dewitt Prep.) third, Ison Central
High School, Charlotte. n. c.. Time.
iso-YaRD HIGH HuRDLEs-won by Il.
smith Central High. Washington): second.
Reid Central High. Charlotte. n. C.1: third,
IachiOtte Central High. Charlotte, N. CO..
Time. II seconds.
220-yARD DASH--won by Isoa Central
Prcp.): tbirJ. Rapk;a Baltimore City Co..
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