Evening star., 1925-02-22

SCoIu sci Dy SCnuyler EnCk, former
| way in the 400-meter run, in which
| he equaled the world indoor record
| He had to step along at a lively rate,
| though, to keep ahead of Ray Dodge
I of Illinois Athletic Club. The latter
| clung to Jimmy's heels for more than
| three-fourths of the route. At the
| end Dodge was tiriHg rapidly and
| lasted just long enough to stave off
a determined rush for second place
! by Driscoll.
Finn Is Not Pressed.
| Nurmi chose as the distance for
| his race 5000 yards, but the Finn was
| given little opposition. The only
| other runner in the event with the
hero of the 1924 Olympics was Verne
! Booth, Millrose Athletic Association
| distance man, who used to perform
for Johns Hopkins. Booth was given
more than a 10o-yard handicap, but
he was unable to set much of a pace
for the mechanical Finn.
| Nurmi ran in easy manner, but with
| plenty of speed in the early part of
the race. He turned his first quarter
| mile in So seconds, but did not hold
to that pace for any length of time
thereafter. He frequently checked
! himself by a watch, and at times
quickened his stride, but generally
he Travelled at a steady gait. Paavo
| caught Booth after running 5 of the
20 laps of the race, and finished in
minutes 46 rs seconds. practically
a lap ahead OF the Millrose man.
Meet La Big Success.
| Artistically, the meet was the best
| ever conducted in Washington. 1t
/ was filed with fine athletic talent.
racing fields were well balanced and
the events were run off with dis
patch.
A fitting climax was provided by
the mile and two-mile relay teams of
Georgetown in special race at 2,2oO
! yards.
Brooks. Iarsters and Holden of
the regular two mile quartet held a
| two-yard advantage over Kinaliy,
Swinb burne and Burgess of the mile
four almost from the start of the
match. But Sullivan, last of the two
mile team men to run, vas nipped by
Herlihy and the latter manag to
score win by a yard margin for his
team.
G. L. and Tech Score.
! Georgetown University and Tech
High School had everything to them
selves in the early sprint events In
the open half-century. all except one
of the heats were won by Hilltoppers,
:he outsider" being Matthews of
| Maryland. He was eliminated in q
| semi-final, so John Haas, George
| Kinally and Dynamite Melton, the
| last mentioned a former Central High
School runner, all of Georgetown,
were the only starters in the final.
They finished in the order named,
Haas winning in 1-5 seconds
Tech boys were victors in all of
the scholastic dash heats except the
fifth, which went to Nelly of Wood
berry Forest. Nelly got to the final,
but was fourth behind Garrett, Quinn
and Kennedy of Tech. who finished
as mentioned. Garrett equaled the
time Of the open SO winner.
s. A. Record Is Set.
The invitation 150-yard race, which
produced new South Atlantic record
for the distance. had only two
starters, Andy Gaffey of Georgetown
and Louis Clarke, former Hopkins
| sprinter, now running for the 5th
! Regiment of Baltimore. Gaffey grab
bed the inside track at the first turn
| and led Clarke all the way, covering
the route in Is seconds, one-fifth of
a second better than the old sec
tional mark
Clarke also was a loser in the 40
yard invitation, In which he competed
with Boots Lever, ex-Penn runner
with New York Athletic Club. and
Bill Dowding of Georgetown. Lever
was away from his mark in a flash
and won handily in As seconds.
Dowding was second and Clarke a
poor third.
New Yorker Wins Mile.
The open mile was a romp for Bill
Cox, Rochester High School boy. Run
ming from scratch, he set a good pace
from the start and was q victor by
10 yards over Steve Baron of George
town, who had a handicap of SO
yards. Third place went to Louis
Esteves. a Hilltopper who started
from the 20-yard mark.
Tech High and Baltimore Poly were
easy victors in mile relay races. The
Manual Trainers, with Garrett, Kess-
Ter, Norton and Moreland running in
order, ran away from Eastern Highs
four, and the latter finished well
ahead of Episcopal High Schools
team. Tech won in minutes A sec
onds, 2 seconds better than Baltimore
Poly covered the mile in beating Fork
Union Military Academy.
Maryland Four Beaten.
University of Richmonds four cap
tured a mile relay race in which
teams of Maryland and William and
MARY were the clnGT COHlGoLdHIS
Maryland led until the third leg,
when Sharpe of Richmond passed
Sheriff and gave Thorpe a 10-yard
| advantage. Endslow, last Maryland
drummer, gamely tried to overhaul
Thorpe, but was a couple of yards
| behind the Richmonder at the finish.
William and Mary was hopelessly
| outclassed.
Richmond won in minutes 80 20
| seconds.
/ A 50-yard invitation sprint was soft
! pickin's for Lever in 5 80 seconds.
| Dowding nosed out Gaffey for second
place.
| Pennsylvania was entirely too fast
! for Virginia in a mile relay. The Red
and Blue quartet, composed of Keogh,
I Loffiasson, Rodgers and Mcdonald
| made the IL laps in 8 minutes, 33 2-5
| seconds, creditable time for the track
| Mcdonald breasted the tape about
/ 80 yards ahead of Irvine, last Vir-
ginia runner.
4 Georgetown Props and Dewitt scored
| in short relay races O'Brien, EN-
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