Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26
WHARTON WINNER )
OF MARATHON RUN
Youngster Leads Field Of Forty
Five Runners in Annual
Five-Mile Race.
TEN MEDALS ARE AWARDED
Church Hill Event Was Wit
messed by Large Crowd.
Taliaferro Second.
TEN MEDALS ARE AWARDED

More than thousand p-orl. we're
assembled at Thirty-sccond and E,o,d
Streets yesterday afternoon when the
runners in tn. second annual abbrcyia,-
/ ed Marathon race was started from tho
en;ranc" TO chinborazo lark Not ono
that had been there At the star, lcf,
The street unt!l the last cntrant OF the
tor'N-hv" runners had finished the
course Cheer after cheer arose when
wharton. OF the Church Hill Athletic
Club. under wr1sc alispiccs tho meet
Was held, crossed the white line with
the best time OF amy Of those who en-
tered tho race. Ills time for the five
miles. 3o2 yards. was a1.3l.03 decided
y the best time Vet made in any SINH
lar race here.
Long before the race was started the
street was crowded with spectators.
and II was with difficulty that the
start was made. Once away, however
the runners had the clear course down
BROAD street. around jefferson Park
and hack To the starting point with the
addition of several times around CHM
borazo Park to finish out the course
The FIRST ten runners finished ~ fol.
lows:
Wharton. Church Hill Athletic Club:
Iai'aferro. Church nm Athletic CLUB:
! Sheatham. Richmond College: Hoover
| Richmond College: Taliaferro. yich-
mond College: Woods. William and
! Mary; Neal. Church Hin Athletic Club:
| Hale. Ind pendent: Carter. Church Iiill
Athletic Club, No. Il"
! Ten prizes were given to the ton
/ men who led tho race which was with
out doubt 4 most strenuous one Some
or the entrants were not able to stand
! the ErillinE ordeal and foil out along
the way. O. =. Parrish. president OF
the church Hin Bank, gave the ten
.,.i., -
/ are Of silver and five Of bronze
: Schwarzschild Brothers engraved the
| medals FIRE. OF charge
LARGE CROWD on HAND
nEF0HE RACE STARTED
There was a wildly enthusiastic
crowd gathered M Thirty second and
! BROAD Streets when the signal was
; given 10 start on tho long run.
: There was decidedly more interest
than ros, people would imagine: the
streets we're lined with friends OF the
various organizations in the match and
= Chc'r'' we're not infrequcnt as the va
ri"us '"'ors dashed by. Crowds along
Broad Strcci stopped and watched the
race. and while many did not know
what i, WAS all about they applauded
more than one sturdy runner as he
/ passed along the course
! Out at ChimhoraZo friends Of the
''
OF more than thousand before the
race was over and as the runners came
in, and /, Was unothcialy announced
how the! were finishing. cheer after
! cheer Went up for the favored ones
Very naturally the Church fIll lads
came in for y" larger part OF the
applause and enough somewhat wearied
. from the crllinE race Of five miles
. they MANAGED to smile AT those who
/ formed the thick walls through which
they had to run the final lap to finish
the course.
The entrants in the race follow:
/ church Hin Athletic cluh--McCook,
Patterson. Wharton. Bell Neal, John
SON. w. Johnson. Taliaferro. OXenham,
| w. Bell, Pollard, Carter, Franck and
Jones.
! McGin Catholic Cnion--Landrum and
Kelley
! Independents Halle and Bassett
Richmond College --Taliafcrro, Chcet-
ham. Parks Mustoe. Hoover and
Turner.
I tairmoun, Athletic Club-Thackcr
Fclvey, Green and Andrews.
: ceiticsSced. Thornton. Day and
Payne.
! Richmond Light Infantry Eiues -
j. II. peasley, il. and J. w. reaslcy
! William and Marv--W Gods and Tuck.
Barton IIeights-IIuebi Lacy. Stroth-
or and Gregory.
AUTOMOBILES FOLLOW
RUNNERS OVER COURSE
|, was with some difficulty THAI the
runners assumed their places in the
line and got away. Eehind them was a
number Of automobiles with enthu-
siastic friends. who urged the runners
Ito do their best. These cars follow ed
their favorites almost around the
course aud then FASTENED h.ci; to b..
/ In on the finish
/ f,at
trance to Chimborazo pork TO Twenty
I ihird street thence % Clay street 10
jefferson Park. Jefferson Park was
circlrd and then the same route back to
thimhoraHo Park was wendell and
! chimhorazo Park was circled four
times 10 make GU; the course mapped
out.
! II was a tired bunch Of runners who
came in at the final linc--,nost OF them
we're rather wobhly-but game to the
last. and the hundreds OF people who
were present AT the finish. as we'll az
! the thousands who lined the way,
cneered enthusiastically as the sturdy
runners Went around the course and
finished up.
" was tho most successful event OF
the Kind held thus far in both poin,
OF entrants aud time. as we'll as the
number Of spectators who watched tho
performance.
! The officials We're rs follows: starter,
t'r. Charles NJ lIazcn: clerk Shep
trump; assistant Reuben Eurton. Jr.:
! Judges. John IlirSrhberG. i. j. Blake.
Dean Ilaw. Ed lIotzc. a. Eas,on. l.
Fcivey. Frank Roc. Mr.. l.cibwitz. Dr.
William H. Parker. Wavely Melton,
Charles Talley. Captains y. H. Cousins.
wyatt Carnral and DE-. Harris: and
! timers, j. ~ Scay. IlowitZers: John
! Ryan. McGill's: Fergus McRuc Blues:
! y. q. Schaaf. {. II. ~ c.
! ra,rolman Jones had charge OF no.
| lice, and stationed men at Twenty
lana BROAD. Twenty third and Marshall
continued on Third Pa.cD