The Washington times., 1929-04-04
Title
IS A|lI OF
DEWITT
BY Juno Kinerlk

All that il needed to make
the second annual Dewitt Prep
interschoIastic track and field
meet 1T Georgetown April 20
q whopping success Is good
weather. Entries are pouring
in fast and some great per-
formances are expected with
the leading prep and high
school teams Of the East and
South represented.
AL present there are half dozen
prep schools entered and IL high
schooie also have forwarded their
list or, entrants. Hun Prep, Of
Princeton, N. T.; Mercersburg, New.
ark. Pierce PREM. Of Philadelphia;
Gilman. of Baltimore, and Dewitt
are thu prep schools already In.
Several more will be IN before en-.
tries close April 10.
Oxford High, N. IC.; Friends
High, RaltfmOFes BrunSWicla
High. Brunswick. IN. J.; GIOuces-
Ter High, GlOuCester, M. III. and
an che local schools as well ~
many from the surrounding
high schools I'M Virginia i and
Maryland are now III the high
school division.
Walter n. Palmer, director Of the
games, Is coaching his Dewitt team
with the end In view of taking the
prep school championship right back
home with him. He has a large
squad of athletes working out every
day, and has some 20 men whom
he win enter in the meet. And
some Of his performers will bear
plenty Of watching regardless Of the
fact that the Hun, Mercersburg and
Newark prep school lads are rated
about the best there are.
Coach Palmer = expecting several
points from his sprinters, among
whom are AbramBon, Cutler, Fry,
Willis and Hoctor. Abramson also
is capable broad jumper, and the
entire quintet also viii be connpet-
ing for the four places on the 40
yard relay quartet.
IA new evels I'M this years meet
Ii the 48O-yard shuttle relay, an
annual feature picked from Europe
at the Penn relays, and Dewitt win
have good quartet OF hurdIers for
it. Each man runs 40 yards and
is obliged to clear the high barriers.
Beale and Cole; the two regular
hurdlers, Captain Summers. who Is
a pole valuter. Gilbane, a shot put.
ter, and Gleason, the high jumper,
are the shuttle race candidates.
For the quarter mile and the mile
tsaIa1r RrtN,r flrorIaS De 1t1Sa1s hoHS sarsaAa
capable performers in Knott, Fit .
ter. Bernard, Clark and willis. Bak-
shian will take care of the half mile
and also viii heave the shot. For
the mile race Porter, Tangora and
Cummings appear as the best of
the squad.
In the weight events Captain
Summers, Clark, Gilballe md
BaIxshian win put the shot; Tan.
CORA and Clark viii throw the
discus, and Knott also win
throw the jayelin.
wilson win assist Captain sum.
nlers in the chase of points for the
pole vault, while Walsh and Gleason
win endeayor to gain distinction and
points as well in the high jump.
It Is quite likely that more than
900 athletes will assemble for the
games, which Is divided into two
branches, prep and high school. /. C.
IA rules govern the contest. In the
team events the points will be scored
for first. for second and for
third, gold. silver and bronze medals
going to the individual winners.
No points are allowed for the relay
races, but each member of the win
ming teams will receive gold medal
and the team a trophy. The list Of
events are 1OO-yard, 22O-yard and
440-yard dashes; quarter mile, half
mile and one mile races: 12O-yard
high hurdles and 220-yard low hur.
dies: broad jump high jump, pole
vault shOt-put+ az pounds1, javelfn
and discus. The relay events are at
440 yards, $50 yards, mile, 1.mile
sprint medley and 4SO-yard shuttle
Irelay.
The special events are 44O-yard re-
lay for 115-pound junior high schools;
S80-yard relay, unlimited, for junior
high schools. and a special 440-yard
relay for playground teams from
Philadelphia, Balti lore and Wash