Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-16
VIRGINIA ATHLETES WILL
PERFORM At BALTIMORE
Pop" Lannigan Has Entered Twenty
Three Stars for the Hopkins
Fifth Regiment Indoor Meet.
TO TRY FOR a RECORD
WIFI Go After His Mark I'm Low IIur-
dies Evcnt--Coleman and Barker
in the Weights-Middle-D
Men to BE i'm the Spotlight.

CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. February
15.-University OF Virginia has entered
4 squad of twcnty-thrce men In the
Fifth Regiment Johns Hopkins games
which will be held next Saturday even
ing. These individuals are the pick
of the Old Dominion institution. and
Pop Lanigan expects his protcGcs to
carry off the honors of the meet.
Virginia. with her last years team.
practically instact. and with several
additions from the various prep schools
of the South, Is considered to have
one of the best-bainnccd track and
field squads in the country. and st is
expected that the coming season VIII
be one OF the most successful In her
history.
John Cronly the wonderful hurdlcr.
is captain OF the team. and is consid-
sidcrcd one of the best barrier jump
crs that has appeared In the East for
the last three years. At the Univer-
sity OF Pennsylvania relay races two
years ago, he won the l0oyard hur-
Gles, defeating some OF the best men
year We're equally as good. ~ the
Johns liopkins-Fifth Regiment games
cronly lowered the worlds indoor rec
ord for the l0O-yard low hurdles go-
ing the distance In II 3-5 seconds. a
nth of a second better than any, prev
ious mark. Al the games next Satur-
hurdles open handicap, and the 100
yard South Atlantic intercollegiate
Athletic Association Championship. and
viii again cndcavor TO lower the rec
In the shot-put. H. W. Coleman and
Barker. two of the best weight men
in the South. will be entered Cole
man was second in the Pennsylvania
Virginia dual outdoor meet last spring.
and hurled the, weight nearly forty
three feet, and received the second
n q 20 n
ships later in the season. His team
mate. Barker. comes from the Cnivcr-
sity OF Missouri. and won hrst IN the
:. y. l. y. y. championships last sea-
son.
Rollins and Aston In Mile.
Two new men Will be entered in the
mile open. Rollins and Astor. and al
though nothing is known OF their
ability from their past performances.
are that their work has been cxtraor-
dinarily good in the practices. The
veteran milers Of the Old dominion
squad, Morris ana Tucker, viii be en-
tered in both the open handicap and
championship mile. and the showing
OF the former is awaited with It great
falc's best distance men two years
ago. but met his match here last sea
star, who is now attending the univcr-
sity OF Wisconsin,.
Wilson, Mekeel. g., T. Walker have
open handicap. and loo-yard dash;
championship. and this trio is expected
to figure in the winning OF points: WI :,
son and Walker are both ,eNpcriencch
men. having performed FOR Virginia be-
fore. but Mekecl is preparatory
school recruit. who gives promise of
being one o. the best dash men Wiz
ginia has ever produced.
AS team mates OF Captain Croniy IN
the hurdles, Haraldson and ktnSolvInE
have been put in the hurdles. thus
making this department OF the Virginia
team ono of the strongest OF any of the
institutions entered in the meet.
year At Virginia, having gone there
from the Episcopal High school. where
for several years he was considered me
leading all around athlete. For the
past two years at the annual set OF In
tcrscholastic games At Homework he
has been the Individual point winner.
and has lowered several Of the records
he will make second cronly. Kin
solving has also been entered in the
high jump
Abundance Of Material.
Virginia has an abundance of mid
die distance men this season and Is
relay team. Goodwin. berkeley Ma ,
son. Walker, Minor, Spccr, Brync and
=. Walker have been entered in the
100 and 500 yard events. Several of
these men came from the Episcopal
High School. where they ran on the
fastest relay team ever put out by that
Institution.
Edmunds will run in tho go open
ana 22O championship: Perry. in the
half mile. Brophy, in the 40 and 40
ward open: Archer has been entered
in the high jump and shot put; Fni;
:. A. |. \. A.; Minor. In the go open
and 800 = A. l. a. \