Evening star., 1936-05-03
Mercersburg Is Strong.

N 1HE open lIlCeTSCLloidStlC IldSh
meet, Mercersburg (PaD Academy,
q newcomer to he Maryland compe-
tition, outclassed the rest of the field.
The prep school athletes scored
40 3-1O points to II Clio points for
Tech High. defending champion.
Bel Air High of Hartford County,
1885 winner, again easily topped the
other entries in the events closed to
county high schools of Maryland,
counting 80 points against l6 chalked
up by Allegany High School of Cum
berland.
In a jayvee tennis match, the
Maryland team combination took the
measure of Tech High. to 2.
Featuring the 36-event track meet
was the establishment of three new
records. one in the open interschol-
astic division and two in the county
high school class. One Maryland
school mark was broken.
Set New Records.
CTEvE REEVES of Mercersburs
~ lowered the mark of 1898 in the
s8O-yard run made by George Roller
of Harrisonburg (Va) High in 1884
when he ran the half mile in 1894.
Two Belair High athletes established
records in the 880-yard run and the
high Jump for county schools. kehoe
took 81 seconds from the old marx
of 2:06 held by Cronin, also of Belair,
by turning in a performance of 2:03 ),
winning over Murray of Hagerstown,
while his teammate. Irwin, jumped D
feet 95a inches in the high jump to
break the record held by Lewis of
Annapolis at feet inches. The lat
ter was second in this event.
The much -heralded races in the
880-yard and 1-mile runs between
Coleman Headley of Maryland and Bill
Lumpkin of Richmond resulted in
rather easy victories for the stellar Old
Line runner Though beaten by 10
yards in the mile run. Lumpkin forced
Headley to set new school mark OF
4:224. Headley was an easier winner
in the 880-yard.
Individual honors in the open inter-
scholastic division went to Harry
March of Tech, who scored 1912 points.
He copped the l20-yard hurdles and
the high jump and tied for third
in the broad jump. Will Thompson of
Central was just a half-point behind.
winning both the 100 and 220 yard
dashes:
Miller Of Allegany High was high
in the county schools class, counting
13 points with victories in the 220-
yard dash and the broad jump and
second in the l00-yard dash.
Terp Stickers Rally.
MOUNT WASHINGTON eased past
long enough to ward off deter
mined last-half bid by an aroused Old
Line ten. Outplayed in first 20 min
utes, Maryland rallied with a will in
the last part of the first half and all
the second. but its come back was too
long delayed.
Two goals were chalked up by
Mount Washington in the first quar-
ter, when Lorne Guild and Doug Turn
bull found the scoring range. John
Christhilf counted early in the second
period for Maryland's first marker, but
a goal by Fred Stieber and two by
Jack Turnbull gave the Baltimoreans
ST. lead after 20 minutes had
elapsed. Lindsay and Rabbit Tailed
for Maryland, matched by goals by
Stieber and Guild, while Hammerlund
scored near the end Of the half to
make the count Z to 4.
In the third quarter Bealer and Nor
ris found the net for Mount Washing
ton, with Maccubbin, Ellinger and
Christhilf scoring for the Old Liners.
Christhilf's goal a minute before the
end of the game was the only score
OF the fourth quarter.
Lots of Early Scoring.