Evening star., 1938-05-08
MARYLANDSCORES
.|NFOUR CONTESTS
Conquers Rutgers in Track,
W. & |. on Diamond, Wins
Two Net Matches.
By BILL DISMER, Jr,

Taking a tip from their university's
authorities who staged field day
for half thousand schoolboy athletes,
Maryland's athletes wrought a field
day themselves yesterday as they
scored clean sweeps in track, tennis
, and baseball on College Park fields.
Before several thousand excitable
fans, the majority of whom came to
watch sons, nephews, brothers and
friends from 8 Washington high
Schools and 81 county schools of Mary
land, the Terps outclassed opposition
from Rutgers, Washington and Lee
and Catholic University on track,
diamond and court.
Rutgers track team, in the running
for eight events. ultimately sue
cunlbed by 78-48 margin; Washing
ton and Lee, with as poor an excuse
for a college nine as has been seen
here this year, was slaughtered. l5-4,
and Catholic University's tennis team
failed to win a set as it bowed by
80 count. Just to make the day COM
plete, the Terps' freshmen tennis
team chalked up a 6-3 victory over
Tech, two of the losers points result
ing from forfeits.
Scho0lboys Get Thrill.
In their own competition. however,
the Bethesda Chevy Chase and Wash
tngton-Lee High Schools derived as
much satisfaction from the day as
the all-victorious Terps Bethesda
Chevy Chase, in competition with
nearly every county school of the
State, chalked up % points to beat
out its two nearest rivals by 13 points.
The Little Generals triumph in the
open interscholastic meet was even
more decisive, the Ballston squad
scoring so points. Central. the rum
ner-up, was far in arrears with 17l2.
Individual honors in the two
scholastic meets were taken by Bob
Gardner of Washington-Lee and
Sterling Kehoe of Bethesda Chevy
Chase, younger brother of Maryland's
crack runner. Pure luck gave each
the first-prize awards of handsome
watches, for Gardner had been tied
for high-point honors by a teammate,
seven, each of whom had won one
event to become eligible to draw for
the prize.
Centrars 17l2 points gave it 4i2-
point margin over Tech for second
place, but other Washington high
schools were way down in the scoring.
Woodrow Wilson's three gave it a tie
for the next to last position, while
Eastern and Western could garner only
one third place apiece.
One Record Is Broken.
The only record hung up by the
schoolboys was that made by Fitz-
patrick of Montgomery Blair, who won
the high jump with leap of feet
105s inches. Fitzpatrick's Jump was
exactly inch higher than the for
mer record made in 1886
In the varsity meet, Rutgers held
its own in the field events, but once
on the track, Maryland began to run
away from its rivals. Paced by Frank
Cronin, who ran to victories in the
century and 220, and by Mason Chron-
lister, who tied the stadium record for
the mile run, Maryland won all but
one of the running events to outscore
Rutgers, 1914. and clinch the meet
before the last two events had been
run.
Chronisters record-equaling run,
incidentally. tied the mark formerly
held exclusively by Coleman Headley,
who ran against him in that event |
yesterday. Headley ran neck and neck |
with Chronister until the home !
stretch, when he slowed down to a |
walk, allowing the latter to win by so |
yards.
Previously Rutgers had ouscored
Maryland by 2-l margin in the field, |
although Maryland won three of the
five events. A clean sweep in the |
discus and seconds in all but the broad |
jump gave the visitors their points.
Ball Game One-Sided.
1t wasn't much of a ball game
which concluded the days activities
and which saw Washington & Lee
bowling ingloriously to a local nine
Tor the second successive day. Beat
en-. 22-6, by Georgetown on Friday
the Generals were on the short end
OF a 100 count as early as the third
inning, and despite Coach Burton
Shipley's efforts to hold down the
score by using every substitute on
the bench, he couldn't control the
visiting team.
II games were decided on hits, W.
& L. might have had a chance, as
1t was outhit only lilo by the hosts.
But they still allow errors to affect
the scoring and those nine miscues
perpetrated by the Generals should
have them all feeling like privaces
this morning. Two outfield errors
in the first inning allowed Marylar.
to score four runs on two hits, but in
the second the Terps went to town
On their own account. Five hits
including three home runs by Lefty
Earl Springer, Waverly Wheeler and |
Eddie Johnson-a double, single, walk |
and another error led to the five runs.
Springer started 1t off with his round
tripper and Wheeler's and Johnson's
subsequent pokes each came with a
mate resting on the bases.
The tennis victory over c. U. was |
as impressive as a net triumph can
be. Not only was every match won
ip straight sets, but only one c. U.
combination was able to win more
than two games in any one set. The
Cardinals No. doubles team did
succeed in holding Lehman and
Lichliter to 6-1, 6I4 scores. but
only one other match found the visi-
tors winning as many as four games