The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-26

Invitation meet, conducted by the
Richmond Light Infantry Blues and
Richmond College in the Horse show
building Saturday night. was the chief
sop!c among the amateurs yesterday.
in the relay race between tue
. Georgetown itesegv es ana the fremont
Aubetic 1iuo, OF tne D.~lfict OF ~
iu.Hoia, Elier was aiscose cred wearing
sn,e> witn con"c.iea splhes. Coaea
, LARRY har,in. or the nicn,i.unu Lvi-
lese track team. d FORMER lnieersnv
O." Virginia runner, iii.a peclaae sas-
plclous VI Eiier sraiu performances,
hiau IN the teiay race his suspiuiy:.h
we're connrm.7n.
W men kiier was caught with tho
ut Inc ireinun, team MAD given lin
PERMISSION to wear the suoes, DdL tins
plea was not borne out IN the sapse-
auent InvestIsatIon. EAer was
quaiiiied, anu the fremont team AS
awarded the race.
Euee GREAT Work.
Eller had performed in phenome-
nal style. In the o. yard cash lie ned
equaieu the worlds RECORD of 20
seconds. tie won the Ua-yard huruies
in seconus. he won the shot put,
rSoIfIS ~ VI tItc 81 ppiiits Edptufcu
| toy Georgetown. Then came the re-
lay race, and the oisquailncation of
kiler. he was found TO be wearing
needle-liKe spInes. concealed in the
ruoper eau!ks of his shoes. When he
stepped the rubber gave away enough
to enable the spikes 10 get Il grip on
the moor, consequently EIIer had q
great advantage over mis- competitors.
The Georgetown man denied that
he had useu tine sf1oes IN r1s dash, the
hurdles and the srot put. He declared
that he had put them on for the relay
race only. More than enc person
pointed out what they declared to be
the marks of El1er's spikes In the
floor, and Coach Martin and Coach
Lannigan, of the University Of Vir-
einia, declared that they were quite
convinced that spikes had been used.
Eiler's phenomenal time in the dash
and the hurdle race also gave rise
to the opinion that he had used his
magic shoes In these events.
Record ~ Baltimore.
II was recalled that Eiier had beaten
the worlds record. for the 10o-yard
hurdles, held by his brother Jack, at
the Johns Hopkins meet in Baltimore.
one week ago. Eller $ remarkable
time at this meet was the subject To,
preston was that 1t was too bad that
such a grand athlete should meet with
disqualification for unsportsmaniike
conduct
Had Georgetown won the meet In
stead of losing by point to the Uni
versity of Virginia, much more might
have been made of the matter, Out
as the Virginians won chief honors
Trainer Lannigan Was content VIII
merely expressing his personal oplhio'1
about concealed spikes and amateurs
who wore them.
The meet Itself was grand success
athIe,ically and financially. To De
sure the crowd had to wade through
| a small sea OF mad to get into tne
/ building. the car service was neree' anu
altosether the place of hoidlag .he
I game, might have been improved upon.
RICHMOND Blues Happy.
The Blues were made napp! ps
Tho victory Of their relay team over
! the champion Fifth Regiment eeaH.
] of MARYLAND. The Blues are no"
champions of two states. Also tneS
| have the champion Mutt and Jen re-
iav team in Virginia. Their title is
F., undisputed even ii there ls only one
! other Mutt and Jeff relay team
known-,hat of Richmond College
Richmond College lost to Washing
ton and Lee in their relay ia {, but
, beat the Y. NJ. c. A boys ana FORK
Un,on Academy. The special race De
tween teams from the Richmond
I hanks was won by the National sank
! of Virginia Todd took the 4io LOT
| Virginia and Cooke the see, Whiie
| Bacon, OF baltimore City College. ran
| the mile In 4:zs. which certainly was
/ grand good time.
9 Sasup IN
! edward dash, schotastic-Ftrst heat
Won by Galloway. b. c. G.. sec
ond IA. b. Bruton, w. r. S. Time,
| eos. second heat-Won by a. smith
/ Tome; second, Westerveit, W. r. >.
| Time. 0:06.
s0.yard collegiate-Firsth eat--Won
| by IS. Eller, q. IT,: second, I. II. Todd.
va. U. Time. 8:o5 As. Second heat
Won by Fl. McGrath. g. u; second,
p. G. Stacey. Va. Z. Time, o;oa 20.
Third heat--Won by H. Golden, @. y;
| Time. o:05 40. Fourth heat--Won by
! N. Fl. Brewer, G. u: second, Ii. Gish.
| ". c. c. c. Time. 0:05 As. Fifth
t heat4-Wott by H. ~ f1agna, W.y.sssst
l.: second, TS e. Stokes. T. A. Time,
| O:o5 AS. Sixth heat--Won by a.
Smith, Tome; second. +. Davis. g. Z.
| Time, 0:05 As.
so yards, semi-finals; collegiate
| First heat-won by p. M. Holcomne.
| q. OF Va; second. A. Smith. Tome;
| third. II. Golden. G. U. Time. 0:0b 3-s.
Second heat-Won by b. Eller. q. ";
second. T. H. Todd, u. of Va: third.
| II. II. brewer. q. =. Time. 0:eh "a.
Seward hHrsies, schoiastic--Fsirst
heat---Won by j. II. Conley. +. II. s.:
second, J. E. Galloway. 3. c. c.: third.
III. b. Bruton, w. F. 8. Time. 0:06 20.
Second heat--Won by NJ. &. Wester-
welt, w. F. S.: second. C. +. Buckley.
Tome; third, B. N. Carter. w. +. >.
Time, O:06 as.
50-yard hurdles coiiegiate---First
heat--won by Bacon. Fifth Regiment;
second, X. X. Gooch, u. Of Va; third.
II. Golden. G. U. Time. 0:o6 1-s.
Second heat--won by b. Filler. G. T.:
second, ). H. Croniey. e. H. g.: third.
". r Ward. U. Of Va. Time, o:eS LIS.
SS0-yard run, collegtate--Wo by
w. r. Cooke. U. OF Va; second, e.
]. Chapman. G. u: third, c. Landon.
q. u. Time. 2:0l as.
50-yard asttc--F>inal---Won by
A. smith. Tome; second. H. b. Bru-
ton. w. r. s.: third. n. c. Wester-
Welt, W. f. S. Time, O:05 as.
50-yard collegiate--Final by
Il. Eller. g. u; second. A. Smith,
Time. o'uo go.