Evening star., 1932-05-22
DEFEATS RICHMOND
SCHOOL BY | POINT
Central Finishes Fifth and
Tech Ninth-Four New Rec
ords Are Set.

IN the Notwithstanding legs
of a trio of inspired hur-
~ dlers Eastern High swept
to victory in the fourteenth
annual &C" Club track meet yes
terday in Central High School
Stadium for the second straight
year. When Bob Slye, Bob Stouffer
and Vic Caron flashed across the
finish line in that order in the
120-yard high hurdles the Lin
coin Park School athletes gained
a lead that put them on the high
road to the team trophies. They
scored a total of 81 points, Just
one more than John Marshall
High of Richmond, Va, which was
second. Massanutten was third
with l9. Central finished fifth
with Is and Tech ninth with 8
points.
Forest Park High of Baltimore
which for years has dominated the
junior class, again was victorious, Scor-
ing IS points against each for Eliot
and Macfarland of this city, that tied
for second
Slye, Whe Is getting only limited COM
petition this Spring, because there is
question as to his eligibility. not only
won the 120 hurdles, but did it in the
record breaking time of Is 3-5 seconds
The old mark, Is AS seconds, was made
by Harry Flippen, representing Epis
copal in 1926, and equaled last year by
Henry Payne of Woodberry Forest.
Three Other Marks Bettered.
Three other standards were bettered.
In the mile run, Johnny King of Bal
tlmore Poly, taking command early
stayed in front all the way to run the
distance in minutes 40 seconds,
against the former record of minutes
Al l-5 seconds, hung up last year by
Plat Bullard of John Marshall. Bullard
did not compete in the mile yesterday,
but won the 440-yard dash.
Bob Train of Episcopal and Frank
Kocsis Of Central were others to shat
ter marks. The former heaved the
shot so feet l inch to better the old
record of 49 feet inches by 10 inches,
and the latter leaped 81 feet 8 inches
In the broad jump against the former
standard Of 81 feet 512 inches. Walter
Bentz of Staunton Military Academy
and Grover Everett, who represented
Eastern High, wsre holders of the shot
put and broad jtmp marks, respectively.
There was much other drama. In
the &C" Club mile championship re-
lay Ed Odeu came from way back with
a burst of speed to win for John Mar
Shal High. Centrals crack 440-yard
relay team Of Price, Naylor Smith and
Ditzler swept the distance in A sec
onds to win over Massanutten and
Forest Park. The air was tense in the
last event, the javelin, when the off,
cials ruled Speer of Massanutten had
qualified. With Massanutten only two
points behind Eastern, which qualified
no one, Coach Mike Kelley energetical-
1y protested that Speer's best heave
was not good enough to qualify him.
A remeasurement Of the toss was or
dered and this was found to be true.
Janneu Is High Scorer.
dividual scoring honors with 10 points
the result of his victories in the 100
and 220 yard dashes. Bob Slye OF
Eastern counted eight. Slye, in addi-
tion to winning the 40 high hurdles
was second in the 22o low event.
Sprinkle, his teammate, scored seven
points. tieing for first place In the
high jump and was finishing second
In the broad Jump.
Eastern by virtue Of scoring the most
points won the coveted Emory VIII
son Memorial Cup and also gained
second leg on the Cornell Cup 10 OBJ
tain permanent possession of which it
needs only one more victory The
George Hamilton Memorial Cup went
to John Marshall for finishing second.
This school also got the Bicentennial
Cup for winning the sprint medley
relay. Forest Park High landed the
Sprigman Trophy for counting most
points in the junior class.