Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-06
ATHLETIC STUDENTS.
RIcHM oHp-coLLKGE BOYS HAVE A DAY
OF hAELY GAMES.
Numerous Spirited Contests and interest
ing Observation-Disclosures on
the Campus.

Nearly iorty years ago Monsieur ~ AL
! phonse taught athletics 10 Richmond Col
/ lege Physical culture has had its ups and
/ downs since, but has never entirely died
out. In 1Ssj-'S6 the .fIrst systematic effort
was made 20 provide an indoor-gymnssium.
AS soon as the south wing Of the main edifce
was completed the large and comfortable
basement room, 100 by 40 feet, with a
/ pitch OF fourteen feet, was fitted up with
neediu apparatus and regular work
was begun. Not satisfied, however,
with these arrangements the trustees.
at their annual meeting in June. 1887,
adopted plans for a separate building
which was begun in July Of that year, and
into which on its completion the gymnasium
was at once removed. Mr.. c. N. Hazen was
instructor that session. and it has been evil
dent from that time that athletic training
was 10 be henceforth part OF Richmond
/ College llfe. The work on yesterday was
the outcome Of the action Of five years ago
and She direct fruit Of the watchfu and
/ faithful efforts OF few men who have be-
! lieyed the old adage, "a sound mind IN
/ sound body"
THE DAY AND PEOPLE.
Signal success crowded th plans OF trus-
/ tees and faculty on The first Field and Ar
/ bor Day" gnown I'm the history OF the inst.
/ tuition. The weather was braciDg, the
arrangements perfect, the programme at
/ tractive, the crOWd-among whom were no.
/ ticed many OF our best people-was large
and very epprecistIye. There was an evil
/ Gcnt heartlness in the response OF the stu
! dents to the spri. of the occasion, and they
made fine record for courtesy and gentle
manly department as well as for physical
/ trimming and development. There was
not jlr i'm The harmony OF The
/ day-nOt an accident, not an lndiscreton,
/ 20 far a. was noticed. Professor Cornelius,
( the llszen brothers. II. II. Harris, Jr., Dr.
/ William Matthew's Murray McGuire,
! Sir. Is. =. johnson the financial hacker OF
the department Of physical cultufe( and
/ Mr.. |. &. kemplcn Wmpire for the football
teams), rcnde ell t.e kindestand most efficient
SeryT.e on The held, giving entire Subtraction
10 contestant. and visitors. The committee In
charge were MessrS. &. II. RgRnQ for the
/ trustees, II. II. Harris for the faculty, and
4. ". B0stNri 6t ior the Athletic Associa-
ton. 10 the latter was committed the ac-
tive management oi the exercises, and he
performed his p7rt admirably.
THE CONTESTS.
Promptly az $3.50 A. ". the lawn.tennls
contest began, aud Nr. j. VI. wilbur, OF
South Carolina, won the prlze. being closely
pushed, however. by Harry Pollard, oil hing
and Queen county, who plays an excellent
game.
The contests OF the day occurred in The
! following order:
one hundred yards dash, won by II. i.
Jones. Of Pennsylysnia, IN nine seconds.
OuaTteT-mile run, by {. II. Baker, OF west
Virginia. in sxly-two seconds.
Standing high jump, won by joseph
whitehead, Of Pittsylyania county, Va, who
cleared four feet eight inches.
Running high Jump, Dy same, clearing Eve
feet one inch.
One.mile walk. won by T. w. Deer, Of
Spolsylyania county, Va, in nine minutes
and twenty seconds.
Ono.mIle run. won by NJ. W. Thomas, OF
! Maryland, In five minutes.
Throwing ball, won by Joseph Whitehead,
I l02 yards.
/ Putting shot ClG pounds: c. II. Baker,
West Virginia. 30 feet inches.
Baseball: Won 10y the team OF which j.
Il. Bagiey, OF King and Queen county, was
captain.
Gymuqsum drill by large class, from
whom were selected eight 10 contest for
fr,t ard second prizes. These eight were
M,s.rs. c. T.. TAYLOR, +. {. johnson, c. j.
kincaDon, Garnett Ryland, L. {. james, J..
=. wright. II. e. Burnett, Jr., and ". II.
l
JOHNSON the second prize.
Pie running given to the winners Of the
lO0-yards dash and the qulrter-mie run:
! Made by G.. III. Baker, OF West Virginia,
| go yards in 80 seconds. Mr.. Baker drew
the inside position, snd held 1t TO the finish.
HURDLES, FOOTBALL, &c.
The next was the hurdles, 200 yards over
ten hurdles two feet high, twenty yards
apart. Won by g. Ii. Baker, OF West Nr-
gnin, In - seconds.
The broad jumping had 10 be postponed
/ TIL day at 10 O'Clock.
The "tuC Of war" was won by the Junior
II. Greek class In two straight tugs.
Football WAS won by the team Of which c.
II. Baker was captain, making points to 6.
THEE-PLANTING.
The tree-plsnting by the graduates Of 1883
80 was very euiOyable affair. The nine
gentlemen who took part tone was unav0ida-
| bly, prevented) were MIR. W. B. McGarity, OF
Georgia, accompanied by Miss Josephine
| Ryand; Mr.. c. II. Baker, OF West Virginia,
ani MisS Harris. OF Texas; MIR. Joseph
| Whitehead. Of Virginia, snd Miss Minnie
/ Brown; Mr.. Simm-, OF Virginia, and Mss
Weisiger: Mr. Ii. W. Jones, OF Virginia,
aud Miss Derbyshire Mr.. Tiaipban, OF Vir.
| gina, and Miss SavilIe; Mr.. WOodson, OF
! Virginia, and Miss Burr; Mr.. Bristow, OF
| Virginia, and Miss Kate HARRISON; and Mr.
! W. Ii. Harrison, OF Virginia, and Hiss Jack
son. These Young ladies', with their tiny
/ blue-ribboned shoyels, threw the first earth
on the reo,s OF the trees, and did much to
grace the occasion and render il attractive.
TIE MAYORS ADDRESS.
| The splendid company who had borne
themselves 80 patiently through the day and
remained TIL sunset were rewarded ut the
| close by an address from Mayor j. /. Ely
son, an alumnus OF the college, who had
been selected to deliver the hOnors OF the
! day. Beautiful stands OF colors aud other
pr2es were bestowed.
Mayor Ellysou said be had been requested
10 perform the most pleasant duty oi the
day-tbSt Of presenting to the successful
contestants the prizes they had by their skill
so worthiv won-and this he did with the
more pleasure since he recalled the fact that
TWENTY-FIVE years ago this mouth ne bad re-
ceiYed his FIRST public honor at the hands OF
his fellow-studenls OF Richmond College.
lie was not one OF those who looked with
an aiiectation OF cynicism upon the strug-
giles OF college young men for college
| honOrs, for there were no distinctions IN
/ life more 10 be coveted or which brought TO
their posSessors keener satisfaction than
those won within the walls of their Alma
Mater. lie had witnessed the sports OF the
day with sympathetic enjoyment. for he felt
| that the movement recently inaugurGted for
awakening a liyelier interest in physical cul-
ture would mark the beginning Of new era
in the history OF Richmond College, and the
eyeuts OF this day would form en- epoch
marking event In the life OF The institution.
He recognized the Indebtedness OF tue
Young men TO our pubic-spirited towns
mSn, b. +. johnson, ESQ.,. for his gift 81 the
means TO carry ON this department, and con-
graduated the students that they bad so
genial aud accomplished a gentleman for
| their instructor as Professor Boatwright.
More Drawn would mean more brains
more muscle would insure higher moral
standard, and greater capacity for intellectual
development.
Emerson says that the first wealth 10
health, aud Henry Ward Beecber, whom the
Mayor said he ranked IS Primus inter pares
among the intellectual men OF bis genera
ton, bad declared that he who is 10
be man OF might among men, and
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