Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-07

by wonderful exhibition OF stamina
and staying power. Houston Hughes,
thru baseman of the North End base
ball team, won a gruelling fiye-miie
running race on the Casino grounds
yesterday afternoon before fifteen
hundred people ~ S. Mckinney, al
athlete of the Young Mems Christian
Association. made a game fight 20 the
finish. completing lap after lap when
IL looked as il he must drop from
sheer exhaustion. tie finished twenty
seconds behind Hughes, whose time
was 80 minutes and 10 seconds. Con-
sidering that the race was on a rough
and grassy track, this time was very
good.
Four Runners start Race.
Four athletes started in the race.
the course being 10 times around the
one eighth of a mile track. Hughes
took the lead at the start. Tom Mean
ley running second. Mckinney third
and T.. V. Christie fourth. When the
runners had finished little more than
mile, Christie gave up. The otner
three continued and - the two mile
mark, Meanley sprin;ed and passed
Hughes. After that the race was CRU
cling and when the two and one
half mile mark was reached. Mean
ley's knee. which he injured several
years ago in playing basketball. gave
cut on him and he was forced to re
tire
Hughes and Mckinney continued
the contest. Coaches of the two run
ners threw water in their faces and
gave them lemons and wet handker-
chiefs. All along the line. the specta-
tors yelled words of encouragement
TO the runners as they plodded on IN
the great test Of endurance. Hughes
had not trained for the event and had
been in two previous contests and
for that reason Mckinney. who was
in training, was picked as the win
ner.
Mckinney Fights Gamely.
At the fourth mile Mckinney began
laboring, but Hughes was keeping his
steady stride and it was practically
certain then that Hughes would win
for be slowly increased his ieao.
Around and around the course the
men went. Mckinney getting weaker
and weaker. Still he hung on with
game determination. At the last quar-
ter, Hughes had lead OF more than
half OF lap and he held 1t to the
hnish. Mckinney came home with
squirt and fell after crossing the fin
ishing line.
Amid the cheers of the crowd,
Hughes was led off the field by his
brothers. Jchn and Albert Hughes.
Two hours later the winner OF this
race played at third for the North
End team against the Athletics.
While the f!ve-mile run was easily
the feature event of the invitation
program arranged by the Central La
Dor Union, several other good contests
we're seen and the crowd enjoyed the
fine sport.
A. Hughes wins Jump.
The running high jump was the
nrst event of the day. Those entered
we're: Albert Hughes. Houston
hughes and Z. V. Christie, of this
city. and W. f. Coin. of the Norfolk
Young Mems Christian Association
II. Hughes won with a leap of feet,
I inch. and A. Hughes was second
with a Jump Of feet. Coin was third
| with 4 feet, 3 inches.
Next came the poe vault Paul Ma
hone. OF the Baltimore Athletic CLUB.
showed up in fine form. but he had
bad fan, his pole breaking when he
cleared the bar at feet s inches. He
was slightly bruised and shaken up
! and did not again sho~ his form W.
| Z. Com won at 3 feet. 10 inches.
John Hughes. of this city. who Is
member OF the V. p. I. track team. fur
nished surprise when he defeated
Percy Ashby. of Hampton. a sprinter
on the University Of Virginia track
team. in the 1oO-yard dash Houston
| Hughes was the third entry. Ashby
was picked 10 win. but he get bad
start and both the Hughes bows Ge-
feated him, John finishing first and
Houston second. No time was taken
on this race.
The relay race. scheduled between
teams of the Newport News and
Hampton Young Mems Christian As
scciations. was awarded 10 Newport
News by default. the Hampton team