Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-28

Under gray skies but In the presenc.
OF an enthusiastic crowd Of nearly 5oo
people. Starter a. Van Buren, fred mo
pistol shot that sent nineteen runners
OF In tho five-mile modified Marathon
race at Chimborazo Park YESTERDAY
afternoon. Twenty seven minutes lotor
McCook. of Church Hill Athletic cIuh
was being congratulated as the winner
or the fve-milc event tho first ru, .,
US KING hetd under the auspices of the
Richmond Amateur Athletic Iredara,ta,,
Although tho race was scheduled for
= CLOCK. the crowd began to gather an
hour earlier. and waited In the face az
penetrating south wind until tho
start, Mt All o'clock Waiting for Tho
start the athletes were ounStcrnd 10
the basement Of the Broadus Memorial
Baptist Church. opposite the corner or
the park. VI
Or the twenty-nine entrants only
nineteen appeared. The Howitzers ana
the Blues were not represented. Aside
from the seventeen Church Hill bows
VINO started, the only compc titors vera
Heubi. OF Barton Heights. and Innd,un
of McGill's. 800
RUNNERS KEEP TOGETHER
FOR ABOUT HALE MILE
When the starting shot was fired tho
lineup OF the cleancut. thinly clad attn
letes was fiawless. For nearly half ,
mile. out Thirty-second Street and
INTO Gay Street, they held together i'm
soild block, with IIeubi. who set the
opening pace, and McCook and Patter.
son. slightly to the front Landrum.
the only man wearing tho green Of
McCiilfs was far in the rear
entering Jefferson Park. McCook and
Patterson were in the lead, which tbey
held 70 the end OF the race. Heubi was
running third, with Holeman close he
hind, and pressing him hard
on the return to Chimborazo. Land
rum gained ground and passed several
OF the slower ones At Twenty fourth
ana Clay Streets. Hubbard. who had
eral hundred feet. fell heavily; but
pushing aside offers of assistance re-
gained his feet and went pluclilv on
Tor 200 yards more, falling again at
Twenty-siNth Street. Although suffer-
Ing intense pain from cramped stomach
muscles, 1T took the combined efforts
or the occupants OF the official motor
car to keep him from trying again.
lie was carried to the clubs tenn
porary quarters. where four others of
me Church Hill team dropped out OF
tho contest
Fourteen men began the circlinE OF
the big green park for the four laps
necessary to make the five miles and
the fourteen finished. At the end of
the first lap McCook and Patterson were
running almost shoulder to shoulder.
Holeman had run Heubi back to fourth
place. and ]. c. Doyle was the last
man.
FhANCKE AND IANDRUM
PASS SWIFT IIEUBI
There was little change in place
until the end OF the third lap, when
rrnncke and Landrum passed Heub!.
Friends OF the McGill boy. and tho
church HUI rooters In particular, were
wild In their enthusiasm: but the long
limbed Heubi spoiled 1t all by work
Ing back to his old position in tho
last lap, finishing fourth
Aside from tho sudden spurt OF
Francke and Landrunn. the race. from
start TO finish. was paired off between
the lead, and Holeman and Heubl, hght-
ing together nearly side by side for
third and fourth place. The other ten
men were practically out OF the win
ming before they reached Chimbor.za
fark after their street run.
j. G. Doyle. who finished last. was
Tapped at the end OF the third circle
by both McCook and Patterson.
Arthur Bell. after a game fight to
come up from the rear. crossed thu
me IN thirteenth place. using the last
OF MS nerve and muscle In the final
straightaway. and falling prone on the
asphalt mt the chalk line
Medais awarded by the Church Hill
Bank were given to the first ten who
finished. -Four others crossed the line.
w. ONenhnm. w. Johnson, a. S. Bell
| and ]. C. Doyle.
AS predicted In these columns yes
terday morning. the winning time. &c
minutes and SO seconds was cuual in
average speed to the one mile records
In the armories this winter In fact.
II was faster than some of the indoor
races