Evening star., 1940-05-19
JaveIin Failure Costs
Vikings Meet Won
With = Points
Three Records Shattered,
Another EquoIed; Lees
Leads individuals


under the most dramatic cir
cumstances, Washington-Lee High
School of Arlington, Va, won the
22nd annual &C" Club track and
field meet yesterday at Central
Stadium by the smallest margin in
the history of the event.
One-sixth of a point was all that
separated the Little Generals from
the second place Central High
School team, which for more than
an hour tensely waited for a hand
full of javelin throwers to complete
qualifying and final throws. In
this usually overlooked event were
two Vikings who, by gaining
fourth place between them, could
have won the Emory Wilson Me-
mortal Trophy and the Cornell
Alumni Cap.
George Lavinder, football player
qualified for Central with a throw
which was fifth best, but he was
unable to improve upon the mark,
which was less than a foot short
of the fourth place man, George
Glisson of Staunton, and SO Wash
ington-Lees margin stood up and
the meet was won, % to % SIS.
Javelinists Given Extra Attempt.
Only handful of spectators was
In the stands but the crowd re-
manned long after the running track
was clear of participants and only
an argumentative group, surrounded
by disheveled javelin throwers,
stood in the center of the field. The
field end of the meet had been held
on a three-chances-per contestant
basis, with the high hurdlers, pole
vaulters, ct al, being limited to a
trio of tries.
But at the last minute it was
decided to give the javelin throwers
a fourth attempt, thus conform
ing with I. C. 4-A rules. The Gen.
trail boy, Lavinder, failed again to
improve his position but on the
extra throw Eric Olson of Franklin
and Marshall Academy, Lancaster,
Pa. won first place from Paul Kelly
of Newport News. The latters
coach, Bill Kahn, heatedly an
nounced he would stay away from
the games next year.
The event, lasting nearly five
hours. was marked by the smashing
Of three records and the tying of
another mark. The Washington
Lee sprint medley team tied a six
year record and Wally Legg. ace of
the Little Generals team, broke the
120-yard high hurdles record in 154
bettering by two-tenths of second
the mark set by Everett Slye of
Eastern in 1882.
Durham High is Third.
No other local or nearby school
finished high among the teams in
the race for the Wilson Memorial
Trophy. Durham IN. c. High was
third with 10 points, nosing out
Greenbrier Military Academy, which
had II. Twenty-four schools were
represented in one of the fastest
fields of its kind ever assembled
here.
Another notable record was estab-
lished when Alvin Smith of Jefferson
High School of Roanoke ran the
mile in 4:346 to break the former
mark of 4:38. set in 1886 by Jim
Kehoe of Bel Air, Md. The third
new record was made in the shotput
when Bob CAN'T of Durham tossed
the ball SIS feet inches. The old
record was 81 feet 10 inches, and
was made in 1888 by Don Vogts of
Bulls Prep.
Washington-Lee, which has won
twice and been second twice in the
last four meets, rode to victory on
the track. In the field events the
Little Generals won one point. which
was fourth place in the discus
Legg, one of the best scholastic
athletes developed in this area, won
both hurdle events, the 120-yard
high and the 220 low. He failed to
place in the broad jump, although
he has jumped six inches farther
than the winner.
Billy Carr Shares Honors.
Almost as brilliant as Legg was
his teammate and captain, Billy
Carr, who won the half-mile and
ran well as anchor in the sprint
medley relay. Starting his quarter
mile part of it about 10 years behind
the leader, Carr fought his way to
the front, dropped back at the head
of the stretch, and then produced a
kick which carried him we'll to the
front of the Bel Air anchor man.
These five points ran Washington
Lees total to 23
Central began to creep up as the
few remaining events were unfolded.
In the pole vault Emil Jettmar
finished in a three-man tie to win
three and one-third points. Then,
in the mile relay, final finish by
Capt. AL Hayden, running anchor,
brought victory and five more points,
making it 23-225s and leaving it up
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