Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

'Cardozo Wins
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The former record was set by
Jack Dempsey. also Of WI OF
Arlington. at 20 feet So inches.
Every time Miles took of his
sweatsuit in the afternoon he
either equaled or set a record.
In the l00-yard trials he tied
the mark Of 10 seconds fiat set
by william Ginyard Of Phelps
In 1856, by winning the third
heat by q good 20 feet. And then
he smashed II in the semifinals
with q 90 clocking. One oficiai
watch has him at s.6. But the
two others said 90 and the lat
ter was accepted.
In the 6O-yard dash Miles
broke the record twice. He ran
his heat In IS and the semi
final In 81 seconds. The old
mark was held by Bart Widom
Of Coolidge. who ran Ga last
year In q heat.
The world record for the 60
yard dash Is 81. held by about
10 dozen runners.
Eight Leaps without Fault
Davis was no less marvellous
In the high jump. though he
competed In only one event.
The dark-haired senior, who
now lives down the Potomac IN
Westmoreland County. had his
former teammates from Ar
lington as his most fervent
cheering section as he made
eight jumps without fault.
David Morris Of Cardozo
stayed with him through g.
feet 2. but missed three times
at an inch higher. Davis made
6-3. then 6-3ls and q measure
ment Of the middle Of the bar
lowered the final mark 70 6
feet 37s inches.
The quiet 6-footer said later
that he had turned his left
ankle the night before while
playing basketball. Luckily his
takeoh foot in the high jump
Is his right.
CardozO Leads In Points
Cardozo. which led Washing
ton-Lee. "a points to 20s+. in
team scoring after the day
time activity. got its first points
in the second event completed
when James Mason won the
i.000-yard run in 2:27.5. Al
though he won his section by
about 30 yards. and his time
stood UP through three more
sections. Mason was almost 6
seconds OF the meet record.
Spingarn got its only first
place by winning the 660-yard
medley relay in l:l2.5. q half
second Of the record. Morgan
Langston. Spingarn's anchor
man. caught the Phelps anchor
on the last turn and won by
inches.
Close Battle In Mile
The mile run. however. pro-
vided even more Of q blanket
finish in the third-and fastest
section. John Gartan of
George Washington and Maur-
ice Mcintosh both passed
Washington-Lee's Dale MCGEE
in the final 20 yards. Gartan
won by q whisker In 3:43.7.
Although Miles was the
headliner from Eastern. the
Ramblers scored their first VIC
tory for team points when
Samuel Duncan won the 600
yard run In l:l7.6. Mike Turner
Of WI was IL seconds behind
in the fourth section.
The invitational mile relay
for prep schools, a new event
which did not count in team
scoring. was won by Episcopal
oy about 7 yards over st. John S.
The time was 3:45.7. which
compared favorably with the
times In the open mile relay.
Andrews Lewis High School
OF Salem. Va. was the surprise
winner Of the open mile relay
In 3:40.0. which 1t set in the
second section. Cardozo nipped
Spingarn in the third section.
which was planned as the fast
est. but the Clerks we're timed
n 3:40.8 and Spingarn In 3:40.9.
Lewis Wins Again
The pole vault wound I'D the
afternoon events and again An
drew Lewis was the winner.
william Howley missed three
times in nine vaults but his
ninth was a fine IL feet. 8
inches. Billy Coward Of Coolidge
and Buddy FUR Of Wakefield
went out after 10 feet 8. but
tied for second.
After Miles crowd-pleasing
wins, Cardozo's Ronald Moore
regained the team lead for the
! defending champions by win