The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-13
Opening With users Harper VIII Oppose Paero
VIRGINIA TECHS MADE
GOOD TRACK RECORD
Boys Won Three Consecutive Meets and Then Made
Very Formidable Showing at South Atlantic Meet
Held Last Saturday in Baltimore

Blacksburg, Va. May 12.-Under
the capable coaching of Coach Branch
Bocook and led ty Captain Chinn, the
". p. l. track squad has just com
pleted one of the most successful sea
sons in the history OF the school. The
Techs were hard At work early In the
seasoi- under the direction of Coach
Bocock, who made them toe the mark
and observe the most rigid training.
when the season opened very prom
Using group OF last years men had re-
ported at Manager Helms call and
also a large squad Of new mex. The
good material was soon spotted and
separated from the freshman squad
when Coach Bocock selected his train
ing table. Among these men were
Terry, Sinclair, Fulton. Benedict ard
Bopp. AS the season advanced all
of them as well as the members of the
previous seasons squad began to show
up extremely well. Cottrell. Porter
and Tebbs were among those who
justified a seasons training by COM
ing to the front. Captain Chinn and
Davenport showed great improve
ment in the distances. Fuqua Inn
proved on his oldtime speed In the
uashes and France beat his last year
record in the pole vault.
Techs Won Easily.
In the first dual met of the season.
which was held at Blacksburg, the
Techs easily defeated Richmond Col
isge with the large end Of rs to %
score. The v. r., /. men showed sigma
of ability far superior to that which
they were forced to exert against the
Richmond College athletes. All Of
the old men easily held their own. and
the performances of the new Try
Iouts were extremely promising. The
work Of Benedict with the shot and
Bopp with the discuss was especially
good.
The ". p. /. team journeyed to
Raleigh, N c., TO compete with the
strong A. 4 NJ team in It's second dual
meet. The Techs were again VIC
ltorious defeating the Tarheels, 81 70
-. Captain Chinn lowered his two.
| mile record by several seconds anc
Tebbs, of v. p. l., forged to the front
t In the hundred yards. breastfng the
ttape in ten nat.
Downed the Generals.
The Techs third schedule meet wa
staged at Blacksburg against the w.
| & l.. team, and again the Orange and
Maroon was victorious. defeating the
Blue and White, so to 81. The two
teams were very evenly matched and
| the result OF the meet was In uOupt uh-
| I'll the last event was finished. The
Techs drew ahead of the Generals a.
the finish by taking twelve OF the last
eighteen points and won the meet ~
"a three-point margin. Captain Chinn
won the two-mile run in novel
fashion, when he smilingiy walked the
last thirty yards of the course, nnAsn-
ing more than a lap ahead OF MS
nearest competitor.
The v. r. /. .eam closed It's season
as usual this year by sending entries
TO the intercollegiate meet at Balti-
more. Here again the Techs made An
exceedingly brilliant showing. Sis
men were entered and with these tne
Orange and Maroon team won sec
ond place, beating out Johns Hopkins
w q l., Georgetown, George WASH
ii gto.., and a number OF other col
Ileges IN the South Atlantic Division
| ca plain Chinn was again star per-
former. he clipping and As seconds
from the South atlantic two-mile rec
ord OF 10 minutes. lis seconds.
F.uoua led the fisid in the 220 and the
I00-yard dashes Squaiing the south
Atlantic record OF ten nat in thai
event. The Tecns and their support
ers are highly eiated IT the excellent
showing made by the team this sea
son.