Evening star., 1925-06-07
MARYLAND j. TEAM
POINT CUP WINNER
Records Smashed in 5-MiIe,
Mile, 44O and JaveIin
Competitions.
BY ii. :. BYRD.


~ field championships of the
South Atlantic Association of the
Amateur Athletic Union yesterday
in the Central High stadium with Al
points.
The Marine Corps was second with
81, George Washington third with 26.
and the other colleges and clubs fol-
lowed with varying degrees of success
in the point scoring.
Maryland won because it scored con-
sistently from the first event until the
last, as it captured first places in only
two contests. 1t was the Old Liners
ability to get some points in every
event in which they were entered that
enabled them to win.
Scores in Many Events.
Maryland scored heavily in the two
events in which IL won firStS. In the
quarter mile Joe Endslow not only
broke. the tape first in setting a new
record Of so AS seconds, but was close.
ly followed by his teammates. Mat
theWs and Thomas, giving Maryland
10 out of the possible II points.
In the 220, won by Charlie Pugh,
Maryland was first with Whiteford
in second position.
mark of 81 4-5 seconds held by Perkins
of Baltimore Cross Country Club. In.
cidentally. it was Perkins that Thomas
beat out for third place in yesterdays
race.
Supplee, Ditman, Diebert and ZuIick
did the point scoring in the field events
for the Marylanders, while Ed Pugh,
Fahey and Newman counted in the
other track competitions.
Four Records Broken.
Four new South Atlantic A. A. L.
records were established, the old
marks in the mile, 440-yard run, lave.
lin and smile run going by the boards
In addition to these the mark for the
22O.yard low hurdles was equaled, and
as the 56-pound weight throw was held
for the first time the mark set for
that viii stand as a record
Tharpe of University of Richmond
made the new record for the mile. He
started at a fast pace and held il To
/ hnish- the event in minutes 80 as
seconds. This beat by one-fifth of a
second the former mark held by Lee
of Hopkins.
Liversedge of Marine Corps tossed
the Javelin 163 feet 1 inch to beat the
h12 seG9rd d, OF @ 15s feet 3 inches. formerly
| held by Clapp of the Y. NJ c. A
The five-mile run record was es.
tablished because Moran of the Sd
Army Corps Area went out and set
such a killing pace from the start that
not one Of his opponents could keen
within hailing distance of him.
Leech of Marine Corps hung to his
heels for the greater part of the race
but collapsed near the end and did
not finish. Moran beat by nearly full
minute the time made by Henry
E,lnhipcfopa of Do C,zo.z
try club several years ago. He cover
ed the distance in % minutes and 3-5
second, against % minutes Sc Is sec
onds made by Elphinstone
In the 220-yard low hurdles, Davis
Of Washington and Lee stepped the
distance in % 3-5 seconds to equal the
time set two years ago by Norton of
E. Pugh of Maryland and Loehler of
George Washington in the final.
Heavy Point Scorers.
Loehler- Liversedge of California
and Roberts, unattached former
Harvard weight man, were the high
point scorers. The first mentioned
won the javelin and shot and got
fourth place in the discuss. and the
latter won the 56-pound weight throw
and the discuss.
Supplee of Maryland got points in
each Of the three field events In which
he competed, taking second in the
javlin, third in the discuss, and fourth
in the pole.
The Pugh brothers also were among
the elect who got points in more than
one event, Charley winning the 220
and getting third in the 100 and Ed
getting third in one hurdle race and
second in the other
more meritorious than any of the
other individuals, as in two of the
events in which he scored he was com
PEELED to win preliminary heats to
qualify.
Loehler won the broad jump, got
second in the 120-yard high hurdles,
third in the 220-yard low hurdles and
<third in the shotput, for total Of II
points. Liversedge got II and Rob-
| erts 10.
Two Special Events.
| The special 10o-yard dash went-4to
Dowding of Georgetown in 10 2-5 sec
onds. Melton of Aloysius was second
and Mitchell of Marine Corps third,
The special broad jump between
| Legendre, formerly of Georgetown.
and Dowding of the Blue and Gray
was won by the former with a leap
: of "a feet 10 inches. 1t was remark
able in connection with this event that
Dowding got a jump of "a feet
inches, the best distance he has ever
registered
Bertha Berger proved the best
sprinter of the girls, winning both
, the 50-yard and 100-yard dashes She
also was member of the Bryn Mawr
| relay four that won the girls quarter
mile relay.
| The meet was held in an effort to
| revive interest here in the South At
lantic A. A. u, and probably succeed
| ed in no small measure. While the
unusual conditions threw the meet
late In the day, it was finished with
out special trouble. That four rec
| ords were broken and one equaled
shows that the competition and per-
formances were excellent, and the
meet as whole was a credit to Dan
Hassett and his A. A. u. cohorts, who
| managed it.