Evening star., 1926-05-02


special track meet for Maryland
defeated University OF Pennsylvani
Hopkins at tennis by to 4.
Probably no dual meet ever was
so close as was the case between vi
so separated them at almost every
After the running of three different
events, the point score changed each
time. At one time the score stood.
Virginia, 40; Maryland, Al. Then the
2-mile race was run and the score
was, Virginia. 40. Maryland. 40. Then
came the 220 and the count went up
to Virginia. so; Maryland, 40.
The two universities went into the
last two events, the pole vault and
high jump, with the score tied. In
the pole there was a tie for first place
and points for first and second were
divided and third place went to Viz
ginia That put Virginia one point
10 the good. with the score 55 to 54.
In the high jump at it. 10 in. every
man had failed at the bar and Mat
thews of Maryland had one more
jump. If he cleared the bar and won
1t meant the score of the meet was a
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Virginia by two points. Virginia won
by that margin.
LynChburg School Wins.
Virginia Episcopal School. entering
the South Atlantic championships for
The first time, captured the point tro-
ply with 80 points, mainly through
the brilliant work of Goldsmith and
Smith, the former III the field events
Iafe in, Nsfgy1 mi ifN,r
With these men scoring heavily, Ca
bell and Constantine also counted for
the Lynchburg boys. the former in
the low Hurdles and the latter in the
mile
Tech High of Washington finished
in second place with u points. but
other local schools failed TO run Up
many counters. Mcdonald, who vas
expected to add to Techs point total
IN the shotput, was off form and cid
not qualify tor the finals.
X. Watts Proves a Star.
Hyattsville High School entered
one man, but that was sufficient TO
give it the trophy for the county
schools. That youngster also won
himself three medals and a gold
watch X. Watts was Hyattsville's
lone entry and he won the 100 and
44b Ndfu uaSn6S anu SOl lIllU pave
in the broad jump. HyattSVille was
pushed. though, by two other schools,
Caroline and Middletown. the former
from the Eastern Shore and the latter
from the western part OF the state,
each making eight points Frederick
was a cloth fourth with seven
The meet was the best in point OF
competition Of all the scholastic af-
fairs that have taken place at Mary
land. Three records in the open inter
scholastic competitions went by the
boards, and one new mark was created
In the county high school events.
New Records Established.
Young Of Tech set new jaNeiln
record, when he threw the spear l9O
feet. breaking the former mark which
Was held by Brownlee OF Dewitt Prep.
Raegett of Alexandria High cut a
fifth of second off his own record
of last year for the 220-yard low
hurdles He dId the distance in 26 30
seconds. BaSgett won the event in
the 1925 meet.
Hipp of Baltimore City College won
ne 4JO tv 4 margin OF a foot from
Ifebb of Teen. and in so doing cut a
fifth of a second off the mark for that
race made by Milstead of Central High
in 1916.
kraiobic of Sparrows Point High
School was the youngster who set up
= new shotput record for the county
schools. his distance being ~ feet
~ inches. The former record OF ~
feet 10 inches was made by Marshall
of Allegheny County High Of Vumber-
land a year ago
Maryland L. Mark Goes.
One University of Maryland record
was broken, Newman clipping several
seconds off the mile mark Of minutes
80 seconds. made by Aitcheson in 1916.
Newman finished way in front in 4
minutes 81 1-5 seconds and probably
could have done a~faster mile had he
been pushed.
Probably the greatest event of the
day was the two-mile run in the dual
meet between Virginia and Maryland.
Bowman, who put on a pair of track
shoes at Maryland this Spring for the
first time. had trailed Hill, his team
mate, until the last half mile, then he
and Risher of Virginia began TO go
out in front. Both set a grueling pace
and when they entered the straight
away Bowman was good yafuS
ahead and going strong, but MS mex
perience got the better of him ana ne
began looking back and each time he
TWO. and five yards from the tape he
had a 2-yard lead left and again looked
back and that last look was fatal, be-
cause as he turned his head and per-
ceptiblv slowed Risher literally lurched
across the tape a winner by margin
of or inches.
Fast Time Made i'm Sprints.
Fast time was made in the track
events in the dual meet. Cummings
proved too fleet for the Maryland
sprinters doing the century in 10 l-lU
seconds against a fairy strong wind.
PuSh. however. was back of the Viz
Einian by hardly more than yard and
half Cummings again won the 2@O-
Nard dash in fast time against the
wind Endslow of Maryland got the
440 and $50, the former in so 40 sec
ouds and the latter in , minutes fiat.
Virginia was weak in the hurdles. but
exceptionally strong in the discus and
javeln, NJ. Lebauer and Gleaves both
making fine heaves in the former.
Intercollegiate.
,Ioo-YAKD DAsH-won,. by, Cummings
Virginia second. Pugh Maryland! third,
MattheXs gtn p !bMarglanH Vim Time o:1o lilo
lvirsinial, second. Thomas = tNa1y lendI
'nfq 4qoYaRb Ysisfews DAsHyW6n 1e by Ends9w
,Maryla9di second; Baney. viFginia' !;
thss Thqm3s MaSya1Wd Time 95G E5dsow is
Msrylandl second. Irvine. tVirginiaA;
third. Van Meter Virginia.. Time 2 90.
ONEMILE RUN-Won by Newman
Maryland second, Hill Maryland third
TWO MILE. RUN-Won BY Risher tvir-
ginial second. Bowman maryland, third
12o..YARD HIGH HURDLES-won by
Sheriff tMaryiandl second Irvine lVir-
ginial third. Thomas virginia. Time,
22o,YARD Low HURDLEs-won by
Sheriff lMarylandl: second. Mhiteford