The Washington Tribune

Armstrong High Athletes Set 2 Records at Hampton Meet

Four Marks Also Fall in Collegiate Class As Pirates Capture C.I.A.A. Championship; Berry Williams and Martin Sulter of Howard in Star Roles

By ART CARTER

HAMPTON, Va.—Four C.I.A.A. records, two track and two field marks, had been shattered into discard as the glorious evening sun set over historic Armstrong Field here Saturday, marking the close of the fourteenth annual Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association track and field championships.

Proving an ungenerous host, Hampton Institute's well-balanced track aggregation repulsed the combined attack of a dozen invading teams to win the meet with 47½ points to 33½ for Virginia Union, of Richmond, last year's champions, who placed second.

St. Paul N. and I. Institute cinderpathers of Lawrenceville, Va., were third with 19½ points, while Howard University placed sixth with 12 points. Miner Teachers' College did not have a team entered.

A thrilling team battle was waged in the scholastic division between Bordentown Normal School of Bordentown, N.J., and Douglass High School, of Baltimore, with Coach Louis Watson's Jersey lads capturing the victory trophy by the narrow margin of one-half point, the final scoring reading Bordentown, 32; Douglass, 31½ points.

Although only fourth in the team scoring, finishing behind Phenix High School of Hampton with 19 points, Armstrong High School tracksters, coached by Duval Evans, took individual honors in the schoolboy class as two sturdy Tech athletes, James Harrod, versatile performer, and Kermit (Jabo) Kenner set the only new marks registered in the scholastic division.

Kenner Sets Mark

Kenner, Tech junior, who shattered the existing mark in the 12-pound shotput at Howard last week, continued his onslaught on the records by heaving the iron ball 47 feet 3½ inches to erase the old mark held by Dismond of Phenix High. Kenner's new distance is nearly five feet better than Dismond's old mark of 42 feet 10½ inches, made at Howard in 1934. The hefty Tech athlete had tossed the shot 47 feet 8 inches in the trials early Saturday morning, but this put was disallowed. He made the record heave on his first toss in the afternoon.

Harrod, ace Armstrong sprinter, leaped 21 feet 11 inches to lower the broad-jump standard set by Watkins of Bordentown in 1934 after dividing dash laurels with Archie Lewis of Douglass High School. Harrod's new record bettered the old distance by 1½ inches. His teammate, Freeman, was fourth in the broad-jump, with a leap of 20 feet 3½ inches.

Howard Jones Stars

Howard Jones, former Philadelphia high school boy, carrying the colors of Virginia Union University, was the day's standout performer, winning the 220-yard low hurdles, the high jump and pole vault, tying for first place in the 120-yard high hurdles and running No. 2 man on the Union medley relay quartet which captured the collegiate medley relay title in the comparatively slow time of 3 minutes and 40 seconds.

In winning the pole vault, Jones soared over the uprights at the dizzy height of 12 feet to clip McGee's mark of 11 feet 4½ inches of one year's duration. Only a few minutes before the Union "one-man track team" had leaped 5 feet 10 inches to take the high jump, and 30 minutes before that he had raced to victory in the 220-yard low hurdles.

Payne-Hurdles Victor

Frank Payne, ex-Cardozo High School star of Washington, led Jones all the way in the 120 high hurdles, and, to the eyes of this observer, appeared to be ahead of the Union star by more than six inches at the tape, but officials declared the finish a dead heat after going into a huddle. Payne, who finished second to Jones at Howard last week, however, received a little consolation when he won the toss and the gold medal. Kerry of Hampton was third in the race.

Gladstone Durant, hefty Lincoln University shot-putter, of Atlantic City, heaved the 16-pound shot 42 feet 9½ inches for a new record, eclipsing the old mark of 42 feet 6 inches made by Simpson of Morgan last year. The other two new records were established by Hampton athletes.

Lipscombe in Dual Win

Capt. Eddie Lipscombe of the Pirates, who scored a double victory, winning both the mile and two-mile events broke his own mark in the mile run. The 2,000 spectators rose as one great body to give the lanky Pirate runner a big ovation as he bested a surprise entry, Brown of Clark University, in a thrilling fight down the home-stretch. The expected duel between Lipscombe and Ed. gar Lee, Virginia Union, failed to materialize as Lee, after setting a terrific pace on the first three laps, dropped back on the final round and came in third, 30 yards behind Lipscombe.

At the outset of the race, Brown jumped into the lead, but Lee quickly overtook him at the second turn and led the entire field by 25 yards until the last lap. Lipscombe and Brown ran side by side for the first three laps, then the Clark harrier pulled ahead for a split second. About 150 yards from the tape, Lipscombe, his smooth, powerful stride carrying his lithe body down the stretch in a thrilling burst of speed, outfought the plucky Clark runner to break the tape 12 yards ahead for a new mark. The time, 4 minutes 25.1 seconds, was 2.4 seconds better than the Hampton junior's mark set at Howard last year when Lee forced him into a dramatic finish. Eddie Plummer and Florant of Howard failed to place in the race.

Sutler Threatens

With Lee scratched in the two-mile, the expected competition from Martin Sutler, Howard runner, who all but beat the determined Pirate captain. Both Sutler and Lipscombe had been content to lag behind the field for seven laps. On the eighth lap, Sutler took a momentary lead. Lipscombe passed him on the second turn, but the Bison two-miler was undaunted. Still 200 yards from the finish line, Sutler uncorked a sprint that carried him to Lipscombe's side. The two fought doggedly down the stretch with the driving power of the Pirate runner again carrying him to victory by a bare three yards. Sutler fought gamely to the end, falling in the arms of his teammates at the finish. Both Sutler and Lipscombe lapped Saulters of Lincoln on the eighth lap. The time for the jaunt, 10 minutes and 15.4 seconds, was considerably slow.

Hampton's now famous one-mile relay team, composed of three