The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
IRVING CRAIG STAR OF DUAL
MEET HIGH SCHOOL WINS FROM
RICHMOND ACADEMY RUNNERS
Breaks School Record and Shows Unusual SpeedBue and
. White Team Takes Annual Affair by Score Of Sc to
81 26-E. Roden for Orange and Blue and Peple
of High School Also Do Well
BY ERNEST POLLARD.

Another wreath Of laurels adorned
tbs brow Of Irving Craig, seventeen
years old, of John Marshall High
school, yesterday afternoon, when he
established q new preparatory school
standing broad jump record in the
fifth annual indoor prep school track
meet In the Central Young Mems
Christian association gymnasium. His
Jump was nine feet eleven inches,
This Church Hill youngster not
only demonstrated his prowess as a
Jumper, but In other ways covered
himself with mantle of glory by
capturing all of the events in which
he participated, and scoring the
largest number of points of any In
dividual man entered in the meet He
wac easily the star performer at the
exhibition. and proved himself an all
round athlete of no mean ability. and
ono, OF whom great things may be ex-
pected when he further develops. as
he Ia only seventeen years old and
weighs about 1870 pounds.
Duplicating its annual feat John
Marshall easily captured the meet,
occurring Sc points to 2S for Richmond
neither McGuire's University school
or Benedictine college entered teams.
II was dual meet between the two
first named Institutions.
Interesting Meet
Despite the large mum Der OF points
won by the public school boys the
meet was one of the most interesting
ever held, The Academy boys start
ed off we'll and for a while it looked
as ii the Marshaliites would be given
a hard tussle.
The championship and midget re-
lay races proved to be the most ex-
Af %n aF& nrS1r
OF the races were won by John Mar
shall.
The runners in the championship
relay ran side by eide until Craig and
r. Roden started on the Anal run.
Craig gradually took the lead and In
the sprint he left his opponent al
most ten feet.
Peple. of John Marshall. and E.
Roden. of the Academy. deserve
special mention for their excellent
showings Roden scored the largest
number OF points for the Orange and
Blue boys. while Peple ranked next
to Craig for John Marshall.
Following are tho events and win
ners;
30 Yard Dash-Craig. John Mar
shall, first: Roden. Academy. second.
Pitt. Academy, third Time: 4-5
seconds
10 Kara huF0ie@--ftOden. ACADEMY.
first: Owen. John Marshall. and Pitt,
Academy, were tied for second place.
Time: al seconds.
.50-Yard Dash---Owen and Pepie.
John Marshall, and Roden. Academy.
all tied for hrst place. Time: GA
seconds.
100-Yard Dash--Roden. Academy.
and Peple, John Marshall. tied for first
place; Wood. John Marshall. second.
Time: ,2:2 seconds.
Ss0-Yard Run-Spencer. Academy.
first. Turner. John Marshall. second:
u. Roden. third Time: 2 minutes
IS seconds.
Shotput Twelve pounds)--Atkin-
son. John Marshall. first; Rothert
John Marshall. second: Miller. Aca-
denny. third. Distance: 80 feet Z
inches.
Running High Jump-Pepie and
Johnson. John Marshall. tied for first
place: Atkinson. John Marshall. sec
ond. Height: feet inches.
Standing Broad Jump-Craig. John
Marshall, first: Miller Academy, sec
ond: Peple, John Marshall. third.
Distance: 8 feet II inches.
Championship Relay-won by John
Marshall in 80 3-5 seconds. The team
comprised: Craig. Wood. Peple and
Aaron.
Midget Relay-Won by John Mar
shall IN 80 seconds. The team was
composed Of the following youngsters:
O'Neil, Peasants, Pamplin and Vest