Evening star., 1939-05-21
Leads Wasngonee Triumph 21st C. Club Track Field Carnival
y Points Marked Up
By Little Generals
In FIashy Meet
Roosevelt Best of D. c.
Squads; Diedrick Sets
Record for JuveIin
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

J BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.
With its sensational Wally Legs
setting dizzy pace, Washington
Lee Highs trackmen ran a light
footed host of schoolboy stars int
defeat yesterday at Central Higf
School Stadium in the 21st annua
renewal of the &C. Club games.
The Virginians acquired an earl,
lead as Legg sprinted to victory ir
the l00-yard dash and never were
headed, finishing well ahead o.
Greenbrier Military Academy, run.
ner-up, with a grand total of q
points. The West Virginia aggrega
ton finished with 81 points anc
Newport News High was third witt
1855. Roosevelt High led the Dis.
trict delegations with II So points
Although competition was keenel
than a new razor throughout the
meet, only one mark was broker
and another tied Bill Carr, Legg.
teammate and a brilliant runner il
his own right, equalled the 11-year-
old mark of minutes IL second,
hung up by Kelly of Dewitt in the
So0-yard run.
Diedrick Sets Javelin Mark.
The lone mark. fell to muscular
Ben Diedrick of Franklin and Mar
shall Academy, who added 4 feet tc
the l84-foot javelln record eStab-
hshed last year by Bledsoe of Fork
Union Military Academy.
A ripple of aStonishment ran
through the crowd late in the after
noon when 1t was announced that
Dave Romlne, burly Greenbrie1
weight man, had heaved the shot 81
feet inches for a new record in
that event. This borders on the
world mark. and photographers and
neWsmen alike stampeded to see him
IN action. He was chucking the iron
pellet like a baseball. And then
somebody suggested that the shot be
weighed. 1t was, and was found to
be pound and half light of the
regulation II pounds.
A hurried consultation of officials
resulted in a decision to let the
hgureS stand as an unoflcia,
record, lnasmuch as all of the bows
entered in the event had used the
illegal shot.
Napoli Shines in 22O.
The widely heralded and LONG
awaited hurdles contest between
Lesg and Capt. Tommy Tood OF
Episcopal failed to materialize when
the latter was withdrawn because
Of damaged leg muscle. Legs
took the 220-yard low hurdles by
a VIDE margin from Sid Hooe of
Eastern. Hooe partially redeemed
himself in the 120-yard tall timbers
test, running Stalemate with Mac
Mcintyre of Newport News in a
gruelling, thrilling duel.
The most sensational finish of
the afternoon was recorded in the
220-yard dash in which Lou Napoli
of Roosevelt whisked over the
finish line toe-nail ahead OF
Toulotte of WI. and zuppa OF
Central. The latter two were fight
ing it out among themselves when
Napoll suddenly flared into view
In the last 20 yards and lunged tc
victory in his last desperate stride
Another game exhibition of run
ming was rendered by Centrals Al
HAYDEN, whose long pale legs fairly
devoured ground as he closed a
12-yard gap between himself anC
Hooe of Eastern to give Central
victory in the mile relay. 1t was
one of the best anchor quarter
smileS ever run in the stadium.
A possible record, which Will not
be investigated, was recorded in
high jump competition which re-
suited in siX-Way tie for first
place.
Summaries:
sso;-yard run--Won .bv Carr CW-LD:
Newport News: fourth. Walker (Easternj
Time 2:Ol Ties record
44N-yard daSh-Won by Devlin Mount
third. Ellis Roosevelt: fourth, Tearsley
Middletown1 1897 Ns " ! i Tine; o:2i.5 w.
second. Napoi Roosevelt: third, Fatkin
oToms'; Tor fourth Toulotte tW.-L1. Time
Iso-yard high hurdIes-,Tie for first be-
,Easternl; third, Schwartz CGreenbrier,
Half mile relay--Won by Forest Park
Tech; third hire Baltimore City: fourth, staun-
Javelin throw-Won by Diedrick (F. and
NJ: second Beatty tBullis>: third Fulmer
.staunton,; fourth. Reaves lGreenbrier'
shotput1won bv Romine 'Greenbrier,
News. Distance, 81 feet inches. New
Brosd. iump-Won bv Taylor Durham,
eecond. Jezg tW.-LD: third. Cooksey EAST
ern): fourth, Bryant tStaunton. Dis
Nile runEwon by McCaw cstaunton,
second, TabsCott lGreenbierD third. Choa c
!MT.,L M u : fourth Amen Baltimore Poly'
nore Tech, Barham lTech). Lancaster
ss Fr10aSh Neapor NEWS snd
Reed 'Mlddletown'. Height, feet 9'4
Pole vault-won by Bartes (Newport
News. second Enslar Forest Park
third, Thompson tstauntonD fourth
suhllng CEpiscopaD. Height, IL feet
.e2o-vard daSh-Won by Napoli Roose-
selt, second, Toulette tW. L.; third
2uppa ICentraD; fourth. Durrett (West-
ern1. Time 93 seconds.
.,22o-yard low hurdles--Won by Lege
(W. L.; second, Hooe Eastern; third
Mcintyre Newport News; fourth. Whar-
ton tBulliSl. Time. 25.4
Sprint Medley relay-Won by Washing
ton-Lee tToulette Pyle Legg, Carr; Sec
end, Mddletown; third, Episcopal; fo1 tn
Newport News. Time 3 minutes i66
seconds
Discus throw-Won bv Romine Green
br1er) second Lambert tGreenbrerl
n nd-
ward (EpiscopaI. Distance, ut 134 feet s
Inches
Mile relay-Won bv Central Bred
benuer, Porter Edgerton Hsyden): sec
ond, Mount St. Joseph S: third Balti-
more Ply; fourth. Eastern. Time, 8
minutes 33.1 seconds.