Evening star., 1945-05-20
Gains Only One First
In B-22 Edge Over
Woodberry Forest
Team Scores

newport news, 23,, Woodberry
Forest, %; Baltimore Poly, 2l;
Wilson. 16; Mercersburg. 1874;
Western, IL; CRANKY, 10. VS.
Eastern, 9 SIS; Staunton, 9Ia; &
Episcopal, sKs; Durham, 4; Tech,
4; Roosevelt, 4; Bel Air, 8. ..
Forest Park, 2; Baltimore c. c.,
2; Coolidge, !; Bethesda, 1s.
Although Newport News High
School placed first in but one event
the sprint medley relay-the Vir-
glnians piled up five seconds, a
third and fourth for % points
to win the 9th annual &C" Club
track and field meet in Central
Stadium yesterday.
The. determined squad came out
on top of fighting Woodberry
Forest aggregation that racked up
20 points, and the Foresters in turn
were one point up on Baltimore
Poly's 81 counters, in a fiercely
contested windup that gave New
port News its first win in Is years
of participation in the District fix
ture.
1t was the solitary first place
scored by Newport News that gave
1t the margin of victory. Going
into the next-to-last event on the
days card, Woodberry Forest was
leading 81 to 18, when Newport
News turned in time of 3:47.3 for
the winning time in the two sec
tions of the medley relay.
Wilson Tops d. c. Schools.
Wilson scored l6 points to top
the District schools and placed
fourth among the % schools that
had entered field of $50 cindermen,
while Mercersburg, the defending
champion, was fifth with 1873.
Western was runner up among local
schools, totaling II points for sixth
place in the overall standings, while
Eastern scored 95/6 points for
eighth place, and Tech and Roose-
welt, with 4 points each, tied with
Durham IN. c. for eleventh.
Central, Charlotte Hall, Hyatts-
vile and Mount ST. Joseph of Balti-
more went scoreleSs.
Although no meet records were
broken, four thinclads crashed
through with double victories to
high light the proceedings. Bob
Black of Mercersburg won the 44O
in the time of 52.5 and the $50 in
2:043. Dick Preyer of Woodberry
Forest won the 100 in 1913 and the
22O in 234 Johnny Colvin of Wilson
took first in the high jump with a
distance Of feet 10 inches and
placed on top in the pole vault with
q leap of II feet liz inches.
Central Wins Baseball.
Centrals ballplayers came out
victorious in the unusual relay over
l20-yard course. Remus Scogolio,
Pete Lerario. Carl Goodiel and Bill
Shirey hung up a time of 53.4I
seconds.
Track Events
, 1e0-yard dash--Won by Preyer Wood
News; third. Barnes S Baltimore Sf NtsIS5: PoiS5
fourth Horton Woodberry Forest). Time.
2ed-yard dash-won by Preyer twooG-
berry Forest3: second, Trivette tEasternJ;
FP995eys P9osyard huTdesMos Pmf s3 ssconas sy
tBaltimore PolyJ; second, HasEins NEW New
P0rr Sanders hi9S 9%,sdae
s3d-yard hprdles-won by Leeth twest.
erp); second, Rubach Baltimore Poly; |
tog5a fourth. solomon (TesR5: Time, a7:i
b second waeher 0y slaaSton saDf f6irs
schTaStz Sch az 6Forsst PARK: fourth, CraT-
buEgl;- second, Bullock Durham: third, |
SReaFseE dges Time MEL an4 Az fourth Drew tcool
SECOND, Stephen lStauntonl third, Kea
Newport News; fourth. Kehoe (Bel Air) |
Forest. ,dPreyer, Monteomery,' Murphy and
HoTtonl; second. Newport News; third, |
Wilson's ,'ls fourth. Baltimore Poly. Time
Bssors Ms Poy 4bIg By sesS4s
PoFt 60 News second. MeresTsbars; third,
ert s7''@STs Tme PSz szs' fourth w00d0erry For
Baseball relay-won by Central; Sec
ond, Eastern; third, Wilson Time. 53.4.
more Poly): second, Ian (Techi: air third.
charnosk Cha eastern; fourth. colvin CWil-
Discus s@ Won Yeet 20 aicheS
second, Hawk Newport News: third,
Weickhardt Eastern; fourth, Macdonald
Durham. Distance. 120 feet inches
Shotput-Won by LiZana (Granby):
second, Hawk Newport News; third,
Blatter (Wilson); fourth, Morgan EAST
erq1: Distance, 81 feet
High jump-Won by Covin (Wlson1:
second, Parsons (Woodberry Forest):
third, Doyle Baltimore c.. C); fourth,
ne ,setbesg betTeen diehl 1Mercersburgl, Metzel
Height, feet 10 inches.
Pole vault-Won by Colvin (Wilson): |
second. Semmes (EpiscopaD third tie |
between Brown fStaunton) and Wilson
(EaSternl Heicht Ii feet 81 4 inches