Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-22
BY DICK SLAY

WarQ early, rOlleo up SfS2 poiuL
to win the team championship
trophy yesterday in the secon'
annual Metropolitan Interschol
astic Indoor Track Meet at tn
National Guard Armory.
Cardczo. which won the BIZ
trophy a year ago when the higi
school competitors were given |
separate meet In The Sta
Games for the FIRST time. grabbed
three first places in the last fou
events, but could muster onl.
% points. The Clerks won with
IS last January.
Scores of other leading team
were George Mason, II points
Wakefield, 10 SIC: Phelps, 10
Coolidge and Armstrong. c each
and Woodbury. Forest. 5. Point
were awarded on q 5-3-l basi
for first. second and third.
: Sims. Peterson Stand Out
Rivaling the team perform
ances for attention were the in
dividual achievements Of Ra!
Peterson, who scored 10 o
George Mason's II points b!
winning both dashes and Ware
Sims Of Woodbury. Forest. VIII,
pole-vaulted q tremendous /:
feet 3 inches.
A crowd of $500. roughl!
twice as large as last year, saw
Washington-Lee win the frs
event. the broad Jump, and nevel
relinquish the scoring lead there
after.
Jack Dempsey won the broad
jump with a leap Of 20 feet 81
inches, and minutes later PA
Grafton tied with Wayne Smith
Of Wakefield and Edward Cor.
bitt Of Coolidge for first in thu
high Jump at 5 feet 9. Thai
gave WI eight points at tht
start. ~
After the heats in the dashes
and hurdles, Cardozo picked ur
Ave points when Jules Lucas
won the l,000-yard run in
2:2l.7. But then wills $50
yard relay foursome won it:
event and Steve O'Connell and
Bob Short finished one-two in
the 70-yard high hurdles final
to open q 16-point gap over
Cardozo.
Going into the last i've events
on the prosram-the mile run,
the 600-yard run. the 60-yard
dash final. the mile medley relay
and the mile relay. in that order
-Washington-Lee had 81 points,
Wakefield Z and Phelps Z. Car
dozo still had S.
Cardozo Moves up
Leo Mccarthy of Cardozo
then placed second to Norman
North of Armstrong in the mile,
Nathaniel Austin Of Cardozo won
the 600-yard run and Cardozo's
relay teams won the last two
events, the mile medley and the
mile relays.
WI picked up a vital 3ia
points in the late going when
Gary Fritschmann ran second to
austin In the 800 and the Gen.
erals tied with Spingarn High
Tor third ID the mile medley
That was enough.
Sims, one Of four entrants
from Woodbury. Forest. was the
victim Of the only possible hitch
IN q 31a-hour program which
otherwise was organized per-
fectly. It did not occur in his
pole vaulting. however.
Bystanders. mostly coaches
with stop-watches. were sure
that Sims took second in the
70-yard high hurdles. But OH
Gals at the finsh line had wills
Short as runnerup. Sims was
placed last.
Mixnp in Judging
1t was learned later that there
had been a nlixup about which
official should time second place
In the hurdles. There was no
protest by Woodberry Forest
and. probably more important,
there was none from Cardozo,
Since WI won the team trophy
by Q margin Of q point and a
half, and since second place was
worth two more points than
third, the Cardozo people felt
that they lost the meet on that
decision in the hurdles.
But there was no argument
about Sims In the pole vault.
His magnificent effort Of 1913
was nine inches higher than
that Of Techs Tremaine Finch,
who won the event in last years
scholastic section and who holds
the Interhigh League record at
II feet even.
Sims. a 1.-the 17-year-old
started at 9-feet-6. passed Il
1876 and then vaulted l0-feet-6
11-feet-3, 11-9 and IL feet with
out q miss. skimming the bar or
the last as he tied the best mari
ever attained in District school
boy competition.
He cleared l2-feet-3 easily but
then knocked of the bar thret
times at 1876 as the entire Grove
erunted with his leaps. Sim,
had vaulted IL feet twice ir
practice this winter and he did
1913 in his best effort last sprinf
during the outdoor season.
Peterson Breezes
Peterson, a muscular, TO-
pound senior from Falls Church
was the only individual cham.
pion who returned from last
year. He won the so and l0(
yard dashes with plenty Of day.
light, repeating his victory In
the so in the same time as Q
year ago. SIS seconds.
Peterson was timed at 6.3 b,
the chief timer, who was over.
ruled by the majority Of clock.