Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-25
Monroe School athletes Win
Both Sections of Track Meet

~ TURDY Monroe School athletes
yesterday triumphed in both the
junior and senior divisions Of the
annual elementary schools city
championship track meet conducted by
the Municipal Playground Department
on Plaza field. The Monroe boys scored
AZ points in the senior competition,
AGAINST az for E. v. Brown, runner-up,
and IS In the S:lnior division, against
20 for 4. w. Brown, also second In TINS
group. Monroe also won both senior
and junior honors in last years meet.
T.. ". Brown, too, was second IN the
Junior division last Spring.
Wheatley was third In the senior d.
vision yesterday, followed by Lenox with
Is; Park View, IS; Pierce, IL: Adams,
8; Langdon, z; Gales and Edmonds,
each 6; Randle, Madison, Brigntwood,
Taylor and Gage, each 8, and Corcoran,
Congress Heights, woodbridge and Sea-
ton, each l.
In the Junior division Park View We
third with IS points. other school
scored as follows: Wheatley, 'O:
Brightwood, Randle Highlands, Gai;.,
Lenox, Madison and Pierce, each 3, :-lu
Edmonds, Woodbridge and Corcoran,
each !. :,
Inere was zeal OI StuIAiS COLiPCcA-
ton and seven records went into the
discard.
Marks were shattered in two Of the
three events in the 70-pound class.
Berkeley of Brown lowered the. 50-yard
dash record when he streaked the dis
lance in 63-5 seconds. The old mark
was seconds. 1t was great race
among the four flnalists. williams OF
Corcoran, who with Giovenetu OF Mon
n.ll yxvlr% - nvrr0 the
former record, was third. The same
Brown 220-yard relay team broke its
own record Of 3025 seconds set last
year when 1t negotiated the distance In
30H.
In the 5o-yard dash, s5-pound class.
Blackwell of Wheatley surprised wnen
he broke the tape thread OF Giovenetti
the favorite, who was q close second.
Newman OF Monroe turned in a not
able feat in the high Jump. 100-pound
class, when he cleared the bar at feet
inches to improve on the mark VI
Calvin Milans of Ross at feet inch,
made in 1925. Old standards also were
bettered In the 100-pound class, in the
80-yard hurdles, won by Mosher OF
Pierce In IL seconds, LILO OF o second
better than the former standard set by
Payne Of Edmonds In 1928, and in the
360-yard relay, captured by Monroe in
the record also made by Monroe four
last year.
Wight of Wheatley did the only rec
ord smashing in the 115-pound class
when he eased over the tinbers in the
1o0-yard hurdles in IA As seconds. The
erstwhile mark was Is Us, held jointly
by Bernard White Of Force-Adams, who
made 1t in 1927: F7eharty Of Brown,
who did 1t In 1928, and Payne Of Ed
monds, who equaled 1t last year.
Incidentally, Payne Of Edmonds ac-
counted for the only new record in the
unlimited group, Keeling OF the 110-
yard hurdles In is SIS seconds, to clip
as of second OF the mark hung up
by Heatwole of Park View last Spring.
1t was only through the efficiency Of
Richard s. Tennyson, director Of boys
activities of the playground department.
who was in general charge. and his cap
able assistants. that the meet was ended
before the rain. Noting the approach
ing dark clouds. the officials speeded the
competition with the result that 1t was
COMPLETED lust few minutes before the