The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-25
vIR GINIA Wins
At TRACK MEET
GeorgetownDefe
Narrow Margin Of
One Point.
ELLER, THE REAL
SPEED DE M ON
Washington and Lee Trims
Richmond College in Feature
Event of Evening-Blues De-
feat Fifth Maryland Regi-
ment-Excitement at
High Pitch j.

BY the narrow margin of one poina
me University Of Virginia last night
managed to nose out Georgetown Uni1
versitH, winning the point trophy IN
the Blues-College indoor meet bcfore
tho largest and best satisfied audience
which has witnessed any similar branch
OF sports In many years. Tho fnay
score stood 30 to 21.
Bob Eller. the speed demon OF Tho
Blue and Gray. is responsible For tho
great number of points credited to HIS
team mates. lie won first In each OF
three events. and his speed was easily
the feature 1t took the las: event ia
determine the winner Of tho meet. j
After the crowd had surged to tES
door. waiting in vain for car to ar,
rive In front OF the Horse Show Guilds
ing. Cochran. from whom littie had
been expected. managed to add three to
the nineteen points ulrsady to the {
credit OF Virginia, thntoby winning
the meet and tho tron;iy.
Naturally 1T was exciting. Pop Lsn~
nigan stood to ono side ana gritted his
teeth. The fellows from the hilltop
had journeysd to Richmond for the
sole purpose Of trailing Virginia's COLI
ors in tn dust. For many moments I'D
looked as If they would be successful.
But after Todd had annexed the 400
j shN ooSh III a. puTSI Ds
/ speed, with Cooke trailing close to his
| heals the hopes OF Virginia Frightened
considerably.
Referee Wants Faetx.
Something yet to he determined ia
Washington and Lees claim to second
place In tho high jump Virginia will
surely get ona point, and maybe three,
Referee Stuart wants to have all OF
the facts presented to him, so that he
will be able to determine whether Nir-
| ginia is entitled to second or third
place. In neither event will rhe re-
suit be altered. Tho only difference
Will be, in the event Virginin's claim
! is allowed. that Virginia will havl
| twenty-four points to her credit in
stead of twenty-five.
From local standpoint the one bit
| ter disappointment was the defeat of
Richmond College by Washing ton and
Lee in the feature event OF the even
ing. Hopes had run high in the Spider
camp. Georgetown had fallen VIC
| time before the Blue and Red, and it
| was believed that tho Lexington four,
having met defeat at the hands of vir-
ginia, would be easy prey. The first
quarter lent courage to the Spiders.
| Gary, looked upon as the weakest
man OF the four, took the lead away
| from Grower In as pretty a race over
| the quarter course as one will want
| W So APc touSaSQ VII <AHNStiEoM tWlth
! about n yard lead, and tho short bsIs
stocky lad in turn gave the adyS9-
| tase to Captain Dock Vaugl n
Vaughan went into his easy side
and beat Thorn, his opponent, H. s
| good five yards. Carter Glass, Jr.IGFaa
! the last runner for the Lexington iins,
and lie proved worthy Of the fatally
from which he sprung He overcnme
Meredith. and never was III trouble.
finishing easy. with lots to spare
Blues Take Honors.
To make up for the loss OF tka
| Spiders. the Blues came in strong. win
ming easily from the crack Fifth
Maryland Regiment four. Petersburg
| High School sprung a surprise BY win
ming from the two local prep. schools
McGuires and Richmond Academy. In
all Of the other relay races. In which
| the reserve teams of Richmond Coll
lege were entered the Spiders won,
| fremont Athletic Club won from
Georgetown in the fastest time made
during the evening.
No records were broken. but re1eBs
| cnce to the summary will show that
! remarkably fast time was made for a
thireecn-lap track Financially tho
meet was success Sattirsl,lv iu
view OF the fact thatthis is the frsn
Dig meet these two Institutions have
attempted, there are many thing to 4
criticize. The street car scrvice wac
alb ominable
The company has torn up the strceta
| for two blocks from tho horseshom
building and travel. under tho wcathcr
conditions obtaining last night. was
almost impossible. Many turned back,
| prefcrrins TO fnrcEo tbs pleasure "a
seeing tie athletes to daring tho mud
which was evident
/ Ono Mile Run.
one of the DrCtticN of II
| evening was the mile run, in which
[! Cooke, of Virginia was completely
outclnssed by Bacon, of the Baltimore
City College. In fact. the winner oe
the event lapped the mighty Cooke.
| passing him just as the tape was
reached. Cooke did not score "A point
In this event Tome School. winner of 4
TIC interscholastic trophy, also scored
in the collegiate events. winning the
mile and getting second place In the
nfty-yard dash.
Tome also was the pole vault. III
AS whole the meet was q succcss.
Certain IL Is that no money was lost,
Next year 1t is promised that every
thing Will run more smoothly. There
were entirely too many officials and
many OF the spectators complained. !
The summaries follow:
Fiftyyard Dash. stic--Firss &
| heat. Galloway. b. c, G., won; Brir-S5
ton. W. f. second; cronin. b. C. G.. thira.ss
Time. seconds Second heat smith, fA
Tome. won Wcstervelt, W. f., second 4
Cottreli, Atcti,, third, Time, c seconds,
Finals: Smith, Tome. won; Brutop.
w. +. second; Wcstervcit w. f.. third.
Time. 90 seconds
Fifty-yard pash. Co.lrGiat CO. Firas "a
heat, l.llcr. G. w. first; Todd. u. OF sE
Va. second Time, 81 Second heat. Mel
Grath, CIV, won stacey. U Of W.. XII