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[[clipping1]] Hampton Seniors Win In Class Meet By P. Bernard Young, Jr. Hampton, Va., April- The Senior class track team of Hampton Institute recently won the annual inter-class track and field meet - score, 49 1/2 points. The athletic contingent of the Senior class, forming the most formidable array in the large entry, emerged victorious with a lead of 18 1/2 oints [[points]] over he [[the]] nearest rival, the ophomore [[sophomore]] class, which made 31 nts [[points]]. The college class trailed closely with 30 1/2 points. In the fourth place were the representatives of the junior class with a score of 14 points. The work-year class came next with 6 points, and the freshman class was last with 4 points. The day before, the track was oaked [[soaked]] in a downpour of rain and as [[was]] somewhat slow. Even under hese [[these]] conditions, however, some excellent records were made. In the century dash Langston, '24, ran a onderful [[wonderful]] race in the fast time of 10 1-5 seconds. He was forced to let himself out to the limit because of the keen competition offered by Jackson, '25. Both men let themselves out to the limit in the finals and came thundering down the stretch neck and neck. Langston won with a dynamic sprint in the last yards and broke the tape only a few inches in the lead. Excellent Records Other excellent records were made in the 880- yard run, the two mile race, the high-jump, the pole-vault, thte [[the]] discus-throw, and the shot-put. The records made in the century dash, the half-mile run, the 220-hurdles, the 2-mile run, the shot-put, the discus-throw, the high-jump, and the pole-vault surpased [[surpassed]] the ones made in last year's class meet. In one or two cases the inter-collegiate records were broken. Coles, '26, ran a great race in the 2-mile event. He also won the one-mile run. William D. Williams, college class, won the honors for individual scoring with 11 1/2 points. Junius Langston,'24, and Robert Coles, '26, and Kenneth Anderson, college, tied for second honors with 10 points each. Stevens, '24, Jackson,'25, Thatcher, college class, and Renfrow, '28, came next with 6 points each. Spectators Thrilled The close struggle for teampoint laurels can be accepted as a reflection of the particularly keenly contested meet. Exciting races, spectacular finishes, and hard-fought struggles in the events kept the spectators thrilled throughout the contest. Captain Langston and Coach Smith now have some idea of the work that the "Seasiders" can do. Trials will be held, however, before the inter-collegiate meets to better get an idea of the ability of the men who had the handicap of [[a]] somewhat slow track and for those who were away with the baseball team. [[clipping2]] Sports Review Finds Hubbard Outstanding (Continued from last week) TRACK Nineteen twenty-six happened to be one of those years between the Olympic games and out of all of the record breaking and record smashing, there was one in our group who remained with the national champions marching through the year unharmed. Dehart Hubbard, not only went through the year with his honors intact, but came through to take another national title and lesser praise and glory. All attempts at upsetting the record set by the jumping journalist of Michigan fame, were indeed feeble attempts. Riding safely on the foaming white caps, Dehart smashed his way to more glorious victories by toppling over the record in the indoor broad jump. The record had been set the previous night by Charley Hoff, the Vaulting Viking of Norway, and before it could recuperate and acustom itself to the new bruises, the Michigan ace, had piled on while Hoff looked on complacently. Hubbard came back to shatter the record in the games staged by the A. A. U., giving him another to add to his collection. In other intercollegiate meets, Hampton, for the fifth time, took first place with 10 first places, 11 second places and 4 third places out of fourteen events. In this annual track meet held on Armstrong Field, Hampton, nine recrods [[records]] were knocked to smitherings while one champion bettered his own mark to save himself from defeat. In what proved two of the most interesting events on the card, Cooke, of Union ran the field ragged to come in first in the century dash. Cooke made the distance in 9.9. Dehart Hubbard running unattached showed fine pre-season form to come in ahead of Cooke. The Union entrant came back to take the 440 dash with a time of 50.4 and won the Chicago Defender trophy. Pierce, of St. Paul defending his honors in the shot put bettered his own mark of 1925 and hurled the ball 38 feet and 9 1/2 inches. Williams, of Hampton bettered the time set for the 120 yard hurdle coming in ahead of the rest of the field. The mile was the other interesting event. These events proved interesting on account of those competing. There was a great deal of grace coupled with speed and determination. These brought the applause of the crowd in round numbers. Coles, captain of Hampton's track team took this part of the program with ease, nearly lapping the last man in the finish. In the two mile event, Coles came through again with his easy style and made the tape ahead of the rest of the lot. Taylor won the javelin throw with a heave that netted 160 feet and 9 inches. Hampton won the collegiate relay with a fast team. In the scholastic events, Manassas won the relay and broke the record set by Union high school, of Hampton. Johnson, of Booker Washington high school, Norfolk, won in the broad jump. The meet, which is staged by Hampton every year, drew a larger amount of contestants than in previous years. There were teams representing all sections of the country. These teams made good showings. Probably the most outstanding scholastic features of the year, were those, in which Gus Moore, of Boys' high school, Brooklyn, figured in. Moore entered 1926 with a string of glaring victories following in his wake and he carried in until seventeen months of unbroken wins had been attained. Moore came in with the rest trailing in all of his events and records began to fall right and left. His first preeminent win was, the cracking mile run that broke a ten year old record. This record had been established ten years ago by [article cuts off] After World's Record [Image] DeHART HUBBARD National A.A.U. champion, who will not only try to hold the title this year but will try to beat Gourdin's leap of 25 feet 3 inches for the world's record.
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