The Washington herald., 1912-02-25
LOSES
RICHMOND MEET
BY SINGLE POINT
Pole Vault Event Gives Charlottes-
vile Collegians the Lead,
Score, % to 81.
BY FRANK COLLEY.

Richmond, Va. Feb. s4.-Virginia's ath-
letes won the Richmond College meet to-
night, nosing out Georgetown by one
solitary point final count being % to 81
The pole vault decided the meet. E. c.
Cochran. OF Virginia. captured second
place. giving the Southerners the much
needed point. The high jump tied the
two colleges, as Virginia got one point
in this event.
Bob Eller was the bright star Of the
evening. scoring Is points for George
town. His record, which was made in
the 50-yard collegiate dash, will not hold.
as the floor was in a springy condition
with a little slant at the start.
The fremont A. c. deserves great credit
for their race against the Georgetown
reserves, which they won handily.
All the Washington athletes made a
good showing in the various events.
The 5O-yard collegiate dash brought
out the merits of the Washington con-
tingent. Bob EIler. pride OF the Hill
top aggregation. captured first place
honors in the first heat with ease:
Todd, OF Virginia, was second. The
second heat another Georgetown man
brought home the bacon-H. McGrath
IT. P.'stacey. OF Virginia, was a close
second.
Holden. of Georgetown. captured the
third heat in fine style. as did Brewer
in the fourth heat. just nosIng out
Gish. Stokes. Of the fremont Athletic
Club, was nosed into second place In
the NTH heat by Hayne. Of Washing
ton and Lee. "Inky" Davis captured
second place in the sixth heat for
Georgetown.
Georgetown had two men placed in
the 50-yard collegiate race. Eller
captured his heat in good time. win
ming easily from Conley, of Episcopal,
and Ward. OF Virginia. Golden was
the other man to place for George
town. getting third.
The collegiate SSO-yard run was hot
ly contested between wylie Cooke, of
Virginia, and f. J.. Chapman. of
Georgetown. Chapman led until with
In two laps of the finish. when the
Nirginian took the lead and won by
about two yards. Chapman finished a
good second. with Landon. OF George
town. third.
Bob ElIer added five more points IN
Georgetown score. capturing the JO-yard
race in - seconds. Smith, of
Tome. was second. with Brewer. OF
Georgetown. a close third. According 10
the watches of the timers. ElIer's time
equals the South Atlantic record for the
distance.
ElIer again came 10 the front in the
5O-yards collegiate hurdle race taking the
jumps in six seconds Conley. OF Epis-
copal. nOsed out Ward. of Virginia, for
second place. the Virginia man finishing
a good third
TirEinia's relay team ran away from
George Washington in their race. Fite.
for Virginia, took the lead at the start
and the Southerners were never headed
Roger Bone and "Micky'' Day, two
former Western High School boys. ran
third and fourth of the winners. re-
spectively. Both boys held their lead.
Taylor Thorn. from Washington and
Lee. a former Western High School boy.
was nOsed out Of first place in the one
mile collegiate race by Bacon of BaIti-
more c. c. Thorn ran one OF the pref
tiest races OF the evening. coming from
NTH place into second by a great squirt
on the final lap.
Bob Ellet captured the shot put. put
ting Georgetown in the lead for the point
trophy. tossing the shot a feet inches.
Blanchard, Of Virginia. was a close sec
ond.
The Georgetotwn-Tremont A c. relay
race started with EIler taking the lead
for Georgetown, Stokes close on his heels.
On the second relay Mahoney took it up
for fremont with McGrath for George
town. Mahoney got the lead on the last
lap. but il was not for long, as Golden
passed Stenz on the third relay. Hur-
ley. for Georgetown, and Rawlings, for
fremont, had IL out in the fourth relay.
''Shag' left Hurley at the start and won
hsndily by about fifteen yards. Time. )
50 seconds.
The 440-yard dash brought out another
Washingtonian. ''Inky'' Davis, of
finished in third place. Capt.
Todd, OF Virginia, was tirst, with Coke,
Of the same institute. close on his heels.
The feature relay Of the evening be-
tween Richmond College and Washing
ton and Lee resulted in a victory for
and Lee. Glass, running
asst for Washington and Lee, took
up the relay about four yards behind the
man, but by final squirt man
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