The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-27
INDOOR ATHLETIC MEEp
IN RICHMOND ASSUMES
NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

Entries for the blues Richmond
college indoor track meet to he held
in the Horse Show building here Sat
urday night, March 5th, are being
rapidly received. Virginia, George
town, Washington and Lee. Johns
Hopkins, University of North Caro-
line. Richmond academy, McGuire's
university school, Petersburg High
school, Hampton High school. Ben
dictine college. John Marshall high
school. and clubs under the jurisidic-
ton Of the Richmond Amateur Ath-
letic Federation have already been
heard from and Ii seems certain that
entries will be received from George
Washington, Tome, Woodbury. For
est, Episcopal High school, Washing
ton Athletic association Fifth Regi-
ment of Baltimore, and possible Penn
syivania
The management of the meet has
been corresponding with Pennsylvania
with a view OF having them send q re-
lay team here with Ted Meredith, the
flyer, who set up a worlds record in
Stockholm. as one of the starters.
Meredith will be a contender in the
Georgetown games next Saturday
night
Manager Olin Richardson will ac-
company the Blues team to George
town and endeavor to close deal
whereby Meredith will be brought
here. 1t had been planned several
months ago to bring James Thorpe,
the great Indian athlete, here, but the
idea Was abandoned when Thorpe was
biacklisted by the Amateur Athletic
union. Though Meredith Is far from
being in the same class as Thorpe. he
Is one of the greatest men on the
paths in America and will prove a
a e. . r-n r..A
Even in the event that the manage
ment failed to bring Meredith here
there will be such an array of crack
amateur athletics of the East as to
insure the pulling Oft of numerous
closely contested events. From
GEORGETOWN will come Bob" Eller.
winner of the fo0-yard hurdles and
hundred dash in the Johns Hopkins
meet equaling the South Atlantic rec
ord, IL As in the later event, winner
of every event he started In in the
Fifth regiment games largest indi-
viduaI point winner In the games held
under the auspices Of the Naval
militia. of Hartford. in Hartford last
week, and one OF the greatest hurdiers
in the East.
Harry Costello, the great quarter
back, the man who has twice beaten
Virginia by his brilliant playing:
i Gallagher, among the starters in the
Olympic marathon: Horter. a demon
on the cinder path: Stebbins and
Terwiller.
Gallagher, Horter, stebbins and
Terwiller compose Georgetown's relay,
and with the possible exception of
Johns Hopkins, represent the most
formidable relay four in the East.
Costello took second honors in the
pole vault in the Fifth regiment meet,
and will essay to win that event here.
In the high Jump the Blue and Gray
has Laws, who won his event In the
Fifth regiment games, clearing the
bars at six feet, Gallagher liz also
| used IN the mile races. while Hortez
and Stebbins are reliable men In the
z4o and 22e races.
virEinia,s Contingent.
While yirgtnia's relay four has fall
ed so far to win any great fame for
the Orange and Blue Il In conceded
to be one of the fastest teams the uni
versity has put out In recent years.
There are some extremely fast men on
the team. but for some reason or
other 1t has failed to make any big
showing thus far. The veteran Pop
Lannfgan has two men this year OF
whom he Is we'll pleased. Cronly,
who came to Virginia from the Epis-
copal High school. romped home n
winner in the quarter-miie event, and
Wright ran brilliant race in the two
mile In the George Washington games
last Saturday night. the latter clip
ping a few seconds from the vfr-
ginia record for that distance.
Captain Wiley Cooke is laid up with
an illness and Diebolt, one OF the most
reliable men on the relay, is out OF
, the game nursing a sprained ankle.
But there is CAN'T, who finished Sec
ond to Abel Kiviat. the Olympic cele-