The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-10
MANY ENTRIES EXPECTED
FOR SECOND TRACK MEET
"a. a. a. r. AII-for-GIory Games Arc
Sure to Attract Large
Fields.
SOME NEW EVENTS ADDED
No Cups or AIedois. but Buttons Given
By The Times-Dispntch VIII BE
Awarded.

Entry blanks are piIing up fast for
tho second annual outdoor meet of the
Richmond Amateur Athletic Federation
to be held at Byrd Park next Saturday,
beginning at 2:3O o'clock!
Richmond College Is after the Blues
scalp; the Church Civic Association
Toys want to put another ono over on
the lads from McGill Union: Barton
Heights claim they will show up the
Highland Park lads; the Benedictine
Cadets are laying for a chance TO even
ur with the lads from McGuire's Uni
versity School; tie men from the First
National Bank are remem oerinE their
defeat al the hands Of the life Insur-
ance Company OF Virginia athletes,
While the Richmond Howitzers have
several scores to settle.
In tho Junior events for boys under
sixty-three inches in heIghth. tho Y.
NJ C. ~, McGuire's. Benedictine and
the c. c. "A. will enter a scrappy bunch
o. youngsters who will go the limit
to send their colors In at the head OF
the pack.
Tho mile run Will bring number Of
new men to the front, and several sur
prises are IN store.
The 100 yards low hurdles is a new
event for Richmond runners. and ther c
Is no telling who Will finish first.
The 1o0-yard> dash IS bound to sec
the local records sma shed all to pieces.
The 22o and 40 Will attract large
following. and here, too, there Will bc
severai surprises.
The half mile Will be n thriller. as
several Of the local clubs have made IT
known that they were a humber OF
men who arc sure winners. The iur,ps
and shot-put Will all be very evenly
contested, and no club Is sure OF talk
iEE these events.
Several Of the organizations that
have recently Joined the federation
and not mentioned above have n num-
Der Of surprises to spring. and il is
difficult to ge- n line on them, as their
men have never competed I'm the local
Geld. though there arc a number OF
men who held college records In all
tho events to bo> run
Tho second outdoor meet bids fair
to eclipse any event ever pulled on
ty federated clubs will take part.
The entry blank gives the fol-
lowing events:
For boys over seventeen years OF
age: 100. go, 4io and sSo-yard runs;
120-yard low hurdle; one-mile run;
high jump: running broad
jump and 12-pound shot-put.
FOR boys under seventeen years and
over 63 inches in height there are i've
events as follows: 70 and 22o-yard
run; standing broad; running high,
and S-pound shot-put.
For boys under seventeen years and
under five events as follows: so and
! 5C-yard run; standing broad; run
ming high and eight-pound shot-put
The points are: first. 5: second. 8;
third, 1.
All entries must be in the hands of
a. NanBuren, registrar, room 1oS City
Hail, not later than 8 o'clock to-mor-
row afternoon.
This is the second alI-for-glory
meet OF the federation. There will be
no cups, medals or prizes. but all point
winners Will be presented with the.
handsome gold enamel button, the
gift of The Times-Dlspatch. These
buttons are only presented once
year at the outdoor meet of the
complete list Of all entries of the
official program will be published in
The Times Dispatch next Friday. the
lay before the meet; also the judges
and other officials.