The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-07
BLUES AND SPIDERS
ARE READY FOR FRAY
Annual Dual Meet to Be Held in Horse Show Build
ing Tonight, First Event Being Called at 8
o'ClOck-Both SQUADS Predicting Victory

The Richmond College Blues closed
track meet and relay carnival VIII be
pulled off tonight in the Horse Show
Building. the first event starting at s
o'clock. Both teams are i'll the pink OF
condition, and confident OF winning
out. The Blues have been keeping
rather quiet regarding their chances
for victory, but the smiling faces
seen at the armory after strenuous
practice BODIES i'll for the SPIDERS
iieuhi, of the college, and Burton, of
the Blues, have both been putting In
some hard and severe practice during
the past week and are both very con-
tident of winning the half mile. This
race lone will be we'll worth the
trouble of journcying out to the meet
tonight. From present indications,
Heub seems To be the prevailing fav-
Prite, but Burton's friends arc banking
on the soldier boy to win out. Burton
has won every race he has run this
year. and then without extending him
! self; but when he goes up against
Slim" lIeubi lie will meet an athlete
on equal terms with himself. Heubi
| made a wonderful record for himself
| last year while running on the Rich
mond Academy track team, winning
every half mile entered. with eXcep-
| ton of the one he lost al Byrd Pai *
In the dual meet with McGuires. re
patch Marathon held here last fall,
and also landed first place in the novice
race in the Georgetown games last
| season, beating out representatives
| from all the prominent Southern uni
/ versities. So. ii Burton takes this
lads scalp. the sporting fraternity
around Richmond Will DO glad to take
their hats off to him the best mid
dle-distance man developed here in the
last few years.
| Tho mile ruin should also prove to be
q thriller, as two of the best milers in
this section Will be pitted against each
other Dick Vaughn needs no intro
duction to the local sDortlovers. as lie
has long been known as the cream of
| the local milera
He did not do as well as was ex-
pectcd Of him In the "all-for- glory"
meet, held last Saturday. Finnegan. OF
McGiils, all Mccarthy, OF the How
/ itzers. both nosing him out on the last
lap. His defeat in this instance, how
ever. was due to his poor condition,
rather than going up against better
runners. He has been training hard
the last few days. and announces that
he Is In the best of condition and ready
to run the race Of his career. The
Spiders will depend on Captain Gary
| to defeat the soldier star in this event.
Coach Dobson has been training Gary
70" this especial race. and tho latter
has been coming to the front with
rapid strides. Carter and Satterfield
will also be i'm the mile for the Spi-
ders. and while they are not considered
quite as fast as Gary and Vaughan at
present they may scramble the dopo
Tonight and beat the stars. At any
rate this race will prove fully as thrill
1 ling as the $50
The hurdle race should furnish n few
thr Ills. az both teams have O great col
lection of timber toppers. The SOL
diers will depend on Knightly, II. Nc
Rae, Strother and Meeks to bring home
the bacon" I'm this event. Tho Spiders
chances for victory in this event has
been greatly augmented by tho addi-
tion of Mac" Cosby, the speedy little
hnrdlcr from John Marshall, to their
team. In practice Cosby has been keep
Ing UP with tho best that the Spiders
could produce, and his work has been