Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-01
SPIDERS FIELD EVENTS
WILL BE ATTRACTIVE
Field Meet To-Niorrow and Sat-
urday at Stadium.
NO CHARGE FOR ADMISSION
Entries Can BE Made Up to the Very
Last Minute-'ro-MOrrow Events
Include Shot-lut, Hammer Throw,
Pole Vault and Jumps

All preparations have been COM
rleted and everything is in the best of
condition for the first annual interclass
track ana field meets. which will be
staged on the big athletic field OF
Richmond College at Wcsthampton to-
morrow and Saturday afternoons. The
workmcu have been putting in strcnu-
Gus ondcavors to get the track and
field in good condition. and their efforts
have succeeded TO u great extent. The
field now puts up Il very pretty ap-
roarancc. and is in fairly good shape.
However, II is no matter of - few
weeks 10 make Il good running track.
ana the Held is not all that can be de
it is in far better form than any other
neid IN the city, and it Will suffice very
Wen Tor The present. The records that
VIII Ice Laid down at the meets Will,
therefore. he all the more commend
nhle because Of the slight shortcominG
OF the field.
All the field events will be held to-
morrow afternoon at $3.50 o'Clock, and
on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
all the running events Will take place.
or course, the latter are far prcttier to
Took at and much more spectacular,
but the field contests are sure to toe
very hard tOught-out and Interesting.
The entries have not been closed or
limited for the purpose of the meets
are to give Coach DohSon the best OPP
portunity and method of selecting the
different men who will represent the
Red ana Blue on the turf and cinder
track this season in the many dual
meets and intercollegiate champion
ships In which the Spider team is TO
take part.
since il will be possible for others to
enter right up TO the opening of the
meet
40 admission will he charged at
either meet and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
coach Dobson will be the starter and
sisted by MANAGER Leslie and his corps
Of hcuchmcn. The list OF events, in
the order in which they will be held
Fridays field cvcnts--shot- put. ham
MGR throw. pole vault, running high
jump. running broad jump. standing
broad jump, standing high jump.
dash 1thrcc hcats), the first and sec
o.nd men in each heat, Qualifying for
tn" finals; 22o-yard dash uhrec heats).
same rules as to final qualification:
S>o,,yard run. l2o-yard high hurdle
dash. same heats; etc. as in dashes:
finals :2o-vard low hurdle dash. go
Mard dash finals; last. relay races.
These latter events are not definitely
decided upon.
These meets arc in tho way of an
innovation by Coach Dobson at Rich
prove to bc OF the greatest interest as
well as benefit to the college and tho
individual athletes. All of the men on
tl' S'lu'it 'ilb piHtlS w nv Iul ppSc tb-
pcarinE in the meets in the different
events have trained hard and faithfully
for the past three months. and ought
to he in the best OF condition. They
will all try their hardest in view OF
the fact that their places on the team
depend very largely upon the showing
and records they hang up. Il is hoped
that the new material will show up
considerably in these meets to coun
teract the loss OF some valuable vetc-
ran athletes OF last year.
The following men are counted upon
TO hc sure point winners in the various
entirely by the actual rcsults--Dur-
ham. Liggan. Rahlke, Gary. Snttcrfcld.
Anderson, Craig. Rodcn and Cheatham.