Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07
RICHMOND BLUES
WIN INDOOR MEET
Soldier Athletes Capture Two
Cups and the City Athletic
Championship.
HEUBI DID NOT COMPETE
Star Runner Gives Severe Cold
as an Excuse-Gentry Beats
"Fergy" McRee.
POINT WINNERS.
INDIVIDUAL POINT MINNEns.

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Although the competition WAS much
kcener and the events closer than on
former occasions. the Richmond Light
Infantry Blues track team won the
highest number OF points In the Rich
mond Amateur Athletic Federation
meet last night in Sixth Street Armory.
thereby anncxing the championship OF
r,,e city. the prize 70. which Is a hand
som. cuI The infantry boys also car
ried on FIRST honcrs In the championship
relay. and VIII be awarded the cup
offered for this event.
IiOwitzcrs Stnrt Slow.
McGiEs Catholic Union team was sec
ond, having sixteen points to It's credit.
The lowitZcrs started slow. but they
came strong In the last few events.
winning first and second places IN III,
pole vault. which brough; their total
points TO fourteen. Church Hill had six
and Barton Heights three.
The meet last night was the most
succ .ssful and closely contested tina,
has been held this season. Tn. crown.
which Allied the gallery TO OVERCOMING
was wildly enthusiastic. coming 10 i,s
feet many times during the thrilling
finishes.
Gentry Beats "FcrEy" McRc~.
The surprise of the evening was FUR
n!shcd in thc'Iifty-yard dash. when lit.
tie Gentry, representing Church I'M.
nosed out Ferry" McRce. the Blues
star. Gentry lowered his own record
and also that for the local track by
lacking the nnals In s-5 c"cnnds
Ten heats We're run in the dash. tiicre
being about hirty-fve entries. McRce
came back In .ia old time form in the
hurdles. and CAPTURED nrst place.
The 40 proved n thriller. ami pleased
nv
goon margin ut the finish, but nc Was
disqualified on tn" grounds that he did
not break the ;nIc. and that ne ra..
outside OF the line TIL. Howitzers'
his dissatisfaction with tse decision Ia
no uncertain terms. McRec. who rciI
Mt the beginning OF the race was ,ncn
given first place
i'urtnn Wins the $50
ouarles started leading in the $50
lard run. nut was passed on the tnIrd
lap by Burton. who reached the tape
hrst Young Spencer. an Academy. man.
who was second. gave him the run or
his life however. and was only hair
foot behind NJ the iinish.
Finneran, OF McG!lls beat ont
Vaughan, the favorite in the mile run.
which was holly contested Finnegan
WAS leading tho bunch. then lost frs,
place, only IL regain II on the nsat Ian
glance 1T the individual point
winners box will show that II was min
md tick IN nearly all the events Nc
Rec. Burton and Massei were tied for
f-st honors. with ten points. as were
also Gentry, BELL and Finnccan for sec
"nd place, they having i've points.
kniGhtlr came third. with four points
iieubc gave as his excuse for not
taking part in the meet that he was
suffering from se:ore cold
Finv-ynrd dash: first heat-w'nner,
Gentry; Church Hin. Time. A. sec
Elnes; second. Mahoncv, McGill. Time.
- seconds. Observation-Disclosures Rusk :
cl Blues nnn second, Wood. Blues. Time.
church Hin: second Ruskcll. Blues
third. Knightly. Blues. Time. 80
Fifty-yard hurdles: FIRST heat-,win-
Corps. Time. As seconds Second
E"lvey. Howitzcrs. Time a. seconds.
Third hnat--winncr. Knightlv. Blues:
second. Bell; Church Hin, Time, 6 s-5
church Hill. Time. As second. Finals
E,nightly;; Blues: third. Wood, Blues
Elncs; second. spencer. Barton Heights:
third. Anderson, Howitzers Time, .
second. NIcCurdy. Howitzers: third.
Thackcr. church Hi. Distance. 81
son. stringer Binford. Whitlock. Sec
ond, East End-Francke. V. Johnson.
w. Johnson, Patterson. Time. min
utes 20 As seconds.
Relay race-winner. Church Hill-A.
Rel w. Bell. Quarles, Gentry. Second,
Grnys Tint, 2 minutes Is seconds.
Blues Height, S feet i-2 inches.
erfJf och, Gpa lc irn
Elues: third. Ancarrow, blues: fourth,
ondS
Relay race-winner. Battery Court
Whittet Binford, Whitlock, Hill. Time,
minutes 90 seconds
Blues; second. ]. Peasley, Rlues third.
f'elvey, Howitzcrs. Time. minute Is
pole vnult-winner. Bell; howitzers:
baldwin. Blues Height. feet .
Relay race-winner chimborazo-.
lIumbard. Thacker. Hay, Johnson. Sec
ond. McGill. Time. minutes 81 sec
onds.
sacond. Vaughan. Blues; third, McCarty,
Howitzers. Time, s minutes 3 As sec
onds.
Reay oxenSam TbosRsr
Time. 3 minutes 23 2-5 seconds.
Championship relay racc--winner,
Rlues-Ancarrow. Peasley. Ruskell.
First National Bank. 2 minutes 90
seconds.
OmcIals.
Referee, Saville; starter Miles: clerk,
announcer. Hill; Judges. DIR. Hazen,
RULER Rowe, Van Buren,, Shelton;
timers; Waddill; Cooper: inspectors.