Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
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IS CLOSE SECOND
Todd Skaters One Record
and Misses Another as
Timbers Topp|e.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

team, prep school champion of Vir-
ginia. yesterday captured the goth
annual &C" Club meet at sun-scorched
Central Stadium. retiring the Cornell
Cup for the first time with third
successive title.
Two records shriveled in the heat
Of competition and another was tied
as the powerful Alexandria, Va, out
fit crept up and finally overnauled a
desperate Washington Lee squad
which had compiled an early lead
and remained a threat throughout.
Episcopal scored 80 points. while the
Little Generals gathered % and
Stanton Military Academy ID.
Tommy Todd. streamlined pion6
who doubtless is the finest scholastic
hurdler ever developed in this sector.
VAS the chief figure in rude jolt to
Washington-Lee's fond hope of regis
toring an upset. fracturing record, in
both his specialties. A technicality
robbed him of a mark in the lc0-yard
hurdles, however. and he was forced
10 be content with tying highly re-
sected record.
Todd. visibly pressing in an effort
n eclipse the existing mark OF 1876
seconds set by Bob Slye of Eastern in
1892. wasn't too particular regarding
his manner of reaching the tape in the
I2A-yard event, tipping over four tirs-
Der barriers en- route and thus erasng
his time from record consideration.
Tommy equaled Slye's mark in win
nlng his heat in approved fashion and
becomes co-holder of the record.
The Episcopal ace returned to the
track few moments later and
promptly removed the previous 300
yard hurdle record, bobbing over the
wooden skeletons in Is seconds to inn
prove the old mark set by Monroe
Fmmerich of Tech in 1885 by 4 10
Of a second
Don Vogts. one-third of Bulls Props
Tam. applied considerable loft and
when Grandma Gravity finally pulled
the cannon ball to earth Don had
shattered the former shotput record
by some three feet and one inch. That
vas no small feat considering his 54-
foot io-inch heave blasted the record
made by Ed Hahnfeldt, sensation Of
last years meet and former team
mate of Dons who now is registering
records at the Naval Academy.
BY the margin of Myrna Logs nose
Glenn Ferguson of Central missed
creating a record in the broad jump.
falling Just a half-inch short Of the
22-foot 9l2-inch mark made four years
ago by Schueneman of Stanton Mill
tary Academy Ferguson continued
kangarooing after his winning effort
in an attempt to smash that record,
but each effort was frustrated.
No screaming sensation from the
standpoint of time, the mile run, never
theless. proved the most tingling mo-
ment of the afternoon when sharp !
faced Ed Merkle of Gonzaga gobbled
up yardage in the final 100 yards to
catch Donald johnson of Episcopal at
the tape in photo finish. A swarm of
officials decided to call it a tie.
Merkle, content to stick with the
field for three laps, made his bid on
fhe backstretch of the final spin around
the saucer. moving into third position
some 10 yards back as the boys entered |
the final grueling 100 yards. Ed, in |
some miraculous fashion. narrowed |
that gap with every faltering stride,
pulling abreast of the weary johnson
with feeble, but effective, kick at the |
tape.
Bill Gardner and Jim Milks we're
Washington-Lee stars, the former win
ming 100 and 220 yard dashes and |
Milks approaching within four-tenths
OF second of the ss0-yard run record,
Central, finishing in fourth place
with IS points. became a favorite to
retain its public high school crown
Wednesday and Thursday at Central
Stadium. Following are the sum-
maries and point totals:
1OO-yard dash Won by Gardner
Time, 0,io2. S0 '' - w '''~''
22o-yard dash - Won by Gardner
ssry Ss'0sS dS0AhS nam 10Fe ro Ms5
q. 44 ,s dashm o. by nsyl5n 'M sa
Ghascos c.; fourth Comes 'Hyattsvlle).
second kimm nn 7s ey M ahird WEBSTER
q. G CJ: fourth Condor mount ST.
Josephs,. Time. ,:O1 &.
tGonzasa,. and Jordan 1E.,: third. Bourne
e W. Hieh': fourth. kim tB. c. c..
-ieo-yard high hurdles-won by Todd
surrell C. w. High: fourth Leee tW.-Ll.
a9 do1n but d9e od ID
ted record at SO in heat.
~ 22o Yard low rI hnrdlesvWon by Todd
Legs (W.-LD: fourth. Barr tCo. Time,
025 new record; old record of O:254.
made made by Monroe Emmerich of Tech in
sso-yard relay-Won by Fredericksburs
IWhaley. Resch. Embrey and Lewis: sec
Teeh EP Tms' s sasd Forest Park fourth
=. Sprint medley relay-Won by Washing
kE see onfT Bee G0 H th Gsda snd
Military Academy; fourth Greenbrier Nil
'tary ~ A NJ deny Time Time a:4s:s;
s.ssond' Baltimore City College: third Bal
nTsfs 9Sy H ieSr hcS Gsntrs Time s2s
Won by Gonzaga tRapp. Cosimano. Com
ni town pan and Goldibari second. George
!sy nscentrah and Fitzpssriek mo 'Men aSan
pe1 tor third anG es1ween
Pole vault-Won by Duff (Staunton);
second. Suhling Episcopal; third. Surles
Episcopal; fourth: Benton tWashinston-
Broad Jump-Won by Ferguson Cen
Lan: second. Baulsir tTech); third,
Woodson Woodrow WILSON,; fourth. Full
; %er 'staunton). Distance-22 feet
She. shotp1 ,;,1', By Don yosts 4Bullis:
!Greenbrier): fourth. Cocker washington
record-old record Of 81 feet inches
Discus--Won BY Lambert lGreenbrierl;
second. McDivitt tTome): third. Romine
tGreenbrier): fourth. Vogts (Bullis). Dis
tance-12S feet ] "a inches.
J.yelin Won, by Eullmer ST. tstsunten.:
tance-177 feet " inch.
Point Totals.
Episeopsl.s 81: Washinston-Lee: 2s:
Tome. II: Baltimore City COLLEGE, 10;
George Washington Hish: z: Mount st:
Bills. 8: Montgomery- Blair, 4: Gonsaea.
4: Bel Air. 8: Woodrow Wilson. ?: Bal
timore Poly. 2: Forest Park. 2: Sparrows
Point. Ia; Hyattsville. 1.