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White turned in a 1888 race,
exactly one second under
B-CC's record Of a year ago.
The Barons' winning time in
the finals at night was 1883.
Because Of the tight finish,
this was one of the top crowd
pleasing races on the big
show.
st. Johns, competing for
only the third year, won two
OF the 10 daytime events, as
did Washington-Lee.
StnOns and Reilly Win
John Stnons, an ace rebound
er in basketball, who was
wearing a bandage on his right
leg because of a pulled muscle,
took the high Jump with an
impressive 5-foot-10 effort.
Robert Green of Cardozo and
John Lindley of Woodberry
Forest tied for second at 5-8,
and there was an 11-way tie
for fourth.
Three events later Joe Reilly
put the Cadets far in front by
winning the mile In one of the
days best finishes. Rated at
4:40 in the mile. Reilly did Just
that-on the nose-but he had
to- stand of challenges from
Vardell Nesmith of Wakefield
and then Spingarn's Jones'
Allen Muse to win by about
i've yards.
Gimmel Closes Fast
Perhaps the most impressive
finish belonged to B-CC's Gim-
mel in the 600-yard run, al
Though he missed the meet req
ord by q full second and more
Running in the eighth and
hnal section, Gimmel came on
from sixth place in the last
three-quarters Of a lap to catch
everyone and win by about 10
yards over Clinton Walton of
Sptpgarn in 1898. Catons-
viile's Ramsay Thomas was
awarded second place with a
1:l9.0 clocking in the fourth
section.
Eardozo and Spingarn started
giving st. Johns trouble early
when Charles Mont Of the
Clerks nipped Tom Wright of
st. Johns at the wire to win
the, / 1.0o0-yard run, and Sping-
arms 660-yard medley relay
team won the next event, the
third on the program.
Nathaniel jackson, Donald
Wheeler. Philip Faxio and
Morris Robinson OF Spingarn
were too much for Wakefield
in the fifth and last section,
winning the sprint medley in
.1:l3.6 by about Is yards.
-Roosevelt's Anderson got his
6Qsyard gold medal in q
close finish with Bernard Burns
OF Anacostia and James Jones
Of Eardozo. winning In the very
good time Of 6.4 seconds, two
tenths on the meet record.
Washington got one of
its two gold medals in the mile
medley relay when John Ran
d0lph. Larry Keating. Russ Pet
etson and Richard Forman led
all the way to win in 3:50.1, or
slightly more than three Sec
onds over the record.
Peterson Wins Jump
The Generals from WI got
another first place minutes
later when Russ Peterson won
the, broad jump at 81 feet "a
inches, a quarter-inch less
than teammate Bob Taylor did
last year for the meet record.
Taylor was sidelined with a
sprained ankle this time. Rob-
ert Green Of Cardozo, who had
tied for second In the high
Jump. got second by himself In
the broad Jump.
The invitationaT mile relay
for prep schools. which does
not count in the standings,
went to Episcopal as anchor
man Jim Howard caught his
0onzaga opponent on the last
lap. Max Chapman, Frank
Fletcher and George Cooper
ran the first three legs, con-
tributing to a 3:49.9 clocking.
Through it all-in fact for
6R hours, starting at 10 am
the pole vaulters kept the
crowd Of some $500 fans con-
SANITY grunting with their
contortions over the bar.
AT the finish Joe johnson of
Wakefield and John Mont
gomery tied for first at 12 feet.
Both tried in vain to equal the
meet record Of 1913.
Montgomery's best previous
vault was liz feet. johnson
unofficially was the areas best
schoolboy vaulter last spring.
and he got the gold medal this
time because of fewer misses.