Evening star., 1938-04-17
MARYLAND GAMES
MARKS LOOK SAFE
Mi|ks, WI. High, Only Boy
Threatening Fine Times
of School Meet.

The steady shattering of records
which has characterized the University
of Maryland's annual interscholastic
track meet for the past four seasons
this year may be missed. for without
exception the marks figure to with
stand anything short Of q sensational
performance.
Probably the mark most jeopardized
in the event on May at Byrd Stadium
in the feature Of the annual field day
will be the half-mile run. with husky
Jim Milks of Washington-Lee High
School threatening the record of :59.4
established by Steve Reeves of Mer-
cersburg Academy in 1886.
Milks Fast in Workouts.
Milks has progressed rapidly under
Coach Johnny Baker and Is lowering
around that record daily in workouts
at Ballston, Va, but while that record
may be eclipsed. others seem destined
to stand at least another year.
Now somewhat moth-eaten. the two
records set by Brooke (untz) Brewer
OF st. Adams in 1915 appear safe
Brewer covered 100 yards in 9s sec
onds and 22O yards in PA seconds
that year and track athletes in this
sector aren't approaching those times
this season
Edward Beetham of Mercersburg
fractured both the 12-pound shotput
and discus records last year and
Krupp, a teammate, broke the javelin
mark, but their feats doubtless will
stand for several years Beetham
hurled the shot 55 feet 6I2 inches and
the discus l35 feet AZ inches, while
Krupp tossed the spear l76 feet 3
inches.
Thirty-f1ve track events and IS field
events will be included in the program,
with a varsity meet between Maryland
and Virginia, freshman meet be-
tween the same schools, county and
State competition being run concur
rently with the open scholastic events.
Also on the program will be a varsity
baseball game involving Maryland and
Washington and Lee and a varsity
tennis match between the Terps and
SdCHOllC university.
Following are interscholastic records:
Open Events.
100-yard dash - 0:9.8, Brooke
Brewer (St. Abans), 1915.
l20-yard high hurdles-0:l5s.
Monroe Emmerich (Tech D. CO., 1895.
220-yard dash O:22.4, Brooke
Brewer (St. Albans), 1915.
1-mile run-:334, Al Crowley (Al-
lentown Prep, 1880.
440-yard dash-05l. Roy Smith
(Long Branch, N. j.. High, 1881.
22O-yard low hurdles-0:25.S, Mon
roe Emmerich (Tech, D. c., 1885.
880-yard run-l:59.4, Steve Reeves
(Mercersburg). 1886.
Maryland interscholastic mile relay
-3:34.2, Baltimore City College, 1887
12-pound shotput IS feet 81
inches, Edward Beetham (Mercers-
burg, 1887.
High Jumps feet l inch, Edwin
Miller eastern High. D. c., 1884.
Discus throw-l35 feet AZ inches,
Edward Beetham (Mercersburg), 1887.
Javelin throw-176 feet inches,
krupp (Mercersburg), 1887.
Pole vault-ll feet 3 inches, Alvin
Webster Harrisonburg, Va, High
1885.
Broad Jumps feet. Lawrence
Sullivan Baltimore Poly). 1915.
County High Events.
10O-yard dash-0:l0.2, Francis Nc
Laughlin (Towson High, 1882.
220-yard dash-O:234, Francis Nc
1Aughlin (Towson High. 1882.
88O-yard run-2:033, Tom Fields
(Hyattsville High, 1897.
440-yard dash-0:532, Jack Archer
(Bel Air High, 1898.
12-pound shotput-46 feet 3as
inches, Bill Ford (Jarretsville High
1897.
High jump-5 feet OK inches, Irwin
(Bel Air High), 1895.
Broad tump-21 feet 8 inches, Harry
Lewis ANNAPOLIS High),. 1885.
Half-mile relay-1:34.8 (Bel Air
High, 1894.