The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
CONTESTS CLOSE
AND EXCITING
University of Pennsylvania Man
Caught Doing Rough Work
and Will Be Reported to
Philadelphia Author
ties - Record of
the Competitors.

Amid "a scene gay with the flashing q
electric lights. woil-nlied boxes Of beau
utnily dressed women aud nearly 1000
Iookers-on. the second annual meet OF
OBJ" Richmond intercollegiate Associa-
tion was held Orb Jre Horse show Build
ing last night
rhe house was well filled. and. with
tho passing of every event. hundreds or
anxious n"cks GRAINED from the tiers OF
seats where tho people sat watching
with beating heart tho racing, jumping
and hurdling ~ the favodtes. Echoes
rams from floor 20 ceiling whenever an
unusual exhibition Of human cndurauce
or swiftness was remarked. and all
through the faiir~ of the meet tho cheer
ing was loud and vociferous. Tho relay
races always brought forth "a series oc
prolonged cheers. especially whenever -
member Of any Of the local teams ran a.
FEW yards ahead of his opponent. and IT,
perchance. me fen. as happened several
times. groans OF sympathy issued from
tine ringside and the boxes. LEGAL men
We're always favorites. though the visl-
tors We're accorded Il hearty welcoma
whenever they appeared.
Meet a Success.
A thousand people or more occupied the
boxes and seats. and half as many were
ranged around the rinE. The cold vcath-
"- kept away many that would otherwise
have been present but though the crowd
lacked i'm numbers il was not behindhand
one little in its praise its sympathy and
it's cheering. The most intense interest
and excitement We're manifested through
out the meet. and i'm this the event faI
eNceilcd that ~ lest year. when 'v
people had small idea OF what an indoor
meet was. Last nights exhibition of eX-
reuencc in college athletics gave the
sightseers better idea of the purpose
and meaning OF an indoor meet than they
rad ever held before. and in This phase
il fully served it's purpose.
In point Of competition. number OF en-
tries. and physical excellence. the meet
was an entire success. this sentiment
being voiced by both local and visiting
competitors and By the Judges and other
officials. Dr- Grant. one of tho most
prominent officials OF the A a. L.. who
acted as referee. expressed himself
being highly pleased with the events.
and said tha~@t was on OF the best meets
ne had ever seen. Mr. James O'S shea.
% Washington. D. g.. starter for thu
meet. was also high I'm his expressions or
praise for the Richmond intercollegiate
Association.
In all. there were about three hundred
entries individually and IN relay teams.
All the contests. with the exception or
several Of the relay races. were close.
and the winners could not be picked until
tile line was fairly crossed. The young
sters none of whom had ever been in a
with honors and the midget relay race
between Woodberry Forest and the Wash
ingtou School for Boys was one OF the
most exciting and spectacular events of
the evening. The race was won by Wood
berry. the distance being four laps, in
one minute and ten seconds
The most unfortunate occurrence OF tina
evening happened in tho half-mile run.
Haskius Of the University OF Pennsylva-
MIA was caught doing rough work by
catching Herring formerly OF the Wash
ington Y NJ. O.. A. in the throat and
trying 20 trip him. Herring came up On
the inside Of the track and stepped over
tn. line and "a he did so the PennsylVa-
mia man grabbed him BY the neck ana
hurled him out OF the way, taking tho
pole as he did so. Haskins was sus-
pended by Dr. Grant. who Will report
tuo matter 10 the Philadelphia authOri-
ties OF the 4. A. L. Woodbury. Forest
protested against the actions of one or
the runners of tho Episcopal High School.
but Dr. Grant declared his action was not
a foul. and tine matter passed by without
ado With these two exceptions, every
thing went smoothly and satisfactorily.
The meet began promptly at o'clock
and lasted until midnight. much later
than vas expected IL was found i'm
possible to compute the points for the
intercollegiate championship. owing 10
the iltpness Of the hour and this will
nor Dee definitely decided until tomorrow.
rle championship. however. probably
rests either with Georgetown or George
Washington both Of whom made spec
tacular showings in all their entries. both