The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-04
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VIRGINIA GETS RAW DEAL
Todd Disqualified After Beating Eer Causes Loss OF Race
to Relay Team--Handioap in Pole Vault
Gives Cup to Georgetown
Special to The Richmond virsinian)

| Especial to The Richmond Nirsinian)
| CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. Marcn
3.-Although dissatisfaction runs high
| here today over the disqualification
| the winning Virginia relay team In the
| GEORGETOWN meet. Saturday night, Dr.
| w. A. Lambeth, chairman Of The
| Athletic Committee, declined to make
! any statement on the ground that he
| was not present at the time. and had
/ not received official notice Of the dis
! harment. He also said that he did
| not know that the treatment received
| by relay team would have any effect
! upon the continuance of relations Win
| GEORGETOWN.
! Trainer Lannigan is more outspoken
| In his indignation. After turning out
! a. team, with new material. that came
! within q fifth of a second of the IN
I door record, and showed itself the
i clear master of the Blue and Gray,
| he is angry at the disqualification OF
I the relay team as the result Of Elefs
| conduct.
j The Virginia contingent say with
! him that Eller. who drew the pole
| at the start, elbowed Todd contin-
ually all the way and prevented him
! from getting by. and that when the
/ Virginia captain attempted to sprint
j by in the narrow course. Eller push
/ ed him from the track. In spite OF
| this Todd beat his man Handsomely
+ and the race was won by the fifteen
| yards.
Blanchard Beats EIlsr.
I.annigan. who with Larry Martin.
L. positive that he caught Filler wear
I ing spikes concealed under rubber at
/ the Richmond meet the Saturday pre-
] Xions. thinks be has the goods on
i the Georgetown man. While Filler
! beat Blanchard, the Virginia shot
i putter, by eight inches at Richmond,
i Blanchard d!stanced T,ller by a foot
! at Georgetown.
The relay race did not count In the
contest for the point trophy. The
winner OF the cup was decided by the
pole vault. in which Cochran. of Vir-
: ginia, yaulted eleven feet, six inches
/ against ten feet, eight. by Costello. the
| Georgetown football star. The Vir
| einia man, however. had been handi-
-capned- two feet by The tndKes- and
! weu!d have had to equal the world .
indoor record TO have Won
/ Got Rather Raw Deal.
From the Geographic accounts of the
I GenrRotown meet Virginia go. a rather
i raw dea! In the games Bob Edler
beaten by Todd. had his revenge by
/ the disqualification of the virEtnian
in the pole vault Cochran would have
| lad TO approach thirteen feet 10 win
! from Costello with twofoot handi-
=. cap. Costello won with an actual
/ vault OF ten feet. eight inchez. Coch-
ran stopping at eleven feet, six.
I Eller, who does not hesitate to use
/ all the means that viii escape dts
I qualification. evidently caused Todd
/ to lose his head or the latter wonld
never have attempted TO pass him on
/ the inside. thus affordinR Eller. In
! the lead. TO elbow him of the track.
but on the inside. thus giving the ref
cree a chance to disquaiify Todd.
/ This trick OF tockesing by the man
in the lead In an old one, as old az
the trick OF starting a number of men
In q race with instruction TO two or
three TO pocket the star runner Of
runner OF the 5ockesing team free
field
The raw work OF Eiier did not es-
cape the reporters who witnessed the
! games II. c. Byrd, in the Washing
ton Star. says:
What II. c. Byrd Says.
Virginia
| Again the relay team representing
Georgetown in the annual mile race
betv cen the two universities failed to
/ take the measure OF the one wearing
thu Orange and Blue coIors. But II
was not by the wide margin that II
las defeated the local schools in the
past two or three years that Virginia
won last night, In what was uneaes-
tionahly the most successful meet that
has ever been held on floor in his
city. Unfortunately. Virginia was dis
qualified after the race. thus losing a
well-earned victory on what should
| be lenientiy called technacaliiv
| Georgetown presented the strongest
aggregation OF runners that it has
placed on the floor in years, and the
race they ran against their old rivals
| IL deserving of much favorable COM
| mendation.
When the Georgetown and Viz.
Einia teams went out to meet in what
was thought would be the closest race
In years there was "A general hush in
anticipation of the close event that
was expected. Huxzas greeted the
two teams and then silence as the Two
men who were to run first got down
on their marks. Todd. OF Virginia,
WAS down on the mark To cover the
first three laps against Eller. OF
I sa@rgaiawss.ss. Elder had. tlss4 posa. ard
when the gun was Aired both men
curve Todd dropped in behind Eller
and stayed there, although running
| the Georgetown man hard until the
end OF the second lap. where he took
the lead. and from that time on grad
ually opened up gap OF about ten
yards. Briggs, who started for yir-
| ginIa after Todd. had a fiffeen-yard
lead on Davis. of Georgetown. The
I former Business Nigh hay cut soR il
fast pace ON the third lap after mere
lv trying to hold his own on the first
1.-TWO. and closed wy about eight yards
Of the distance. Guy. OF Virginia, and
| I4andon, for the Blue and Gray, were
next on the floor.
Guy cut out fest pace from tho
start and ran exceptionally well. Lam
don closed up some Of the distance
on the first two laps. but lost II on
the last straightway. and the former
Western High lad finished with about
the Same lead that he started. When
Cooke started the last relay for vir-
ginia with about eight yards on
Chapman. who ran last for George
| town. it was practically assured that.
barring accident. Virginia would win.
Cooke II one of the best quarter
milers in the South. and there was
not much chance for Chapman to
close up the distance. brilliant runner
though he -. Chapman ran q fine
| race and made UP a little OF the
handicap that Cooke had on him at
! tho start.
! "Ths race for the Southern cham