Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-30
BYRD LEADS ANOTHER MEET
NORFOLK COUNTY ATHLETE
INDIVIDUAL POINT WINNER
McrccersburS Again Captured Prep
Event nt Washington md Lee.
ROnnOkc High Second.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l

lSpecial 10 ne llmeS-D III
LENlNGTON, VA, April 29.-Mer-
cersburg Academy. by a wide margin.
won the fourth annual intcrscholastic
track and field meet of Washington
and Lee University. The Pennsylvania
cinder path corps won by margin OF
over thirty points. scoring 81 1-2 points.
Roanoke High School. with %, An
ished second. while Stanton Military
Academy was third. with 81.
Four records established by attn
letes in the preceding meets were bat
| tered Byrd. OF Lafayette High School,
smashed the broad jump mark, while
Schamb OF Staunton Military Academy
set new mark for the javelin. Shields
! the Merccrsburg crack ran the mile
in i:29, while Stark, OF the same school,
vaulted II feet in the pole vault.
Byrd, the lone representative of the
Lafayette High School, Of Norfolk,
was The individual point scorer, scor-
ing 10 points. He won the broad jump
ana high jump. and placed in three
other events. The track was fast. and
good time registered in virtually every
event. Staunton Military Academy won
the Virginia relay event. Mcrcers-
burg took the open relay. The sum
maries:
loo-yard dash-won by Brown.
vile. Mercersburg: second Harsh
stanton Military Academy: third, Mat
son. Roanoke High School: fourth
Burton. Crewe High School. Time. 10
seconds
! .2o-yard dash-won by Browns
ville' Mercersburg: second, Snead.
Lynchburg High School: third. Hove
stanton Military Academy. fonrtl,
Barber. Roanoke High School Time
~ 3-5 seconds
4i0-yard dash-won by f,b.n,,a
Mercersburg; second. Rankin, West
virginia High School; third. Schanh
5.aunton Military Academy: fourth
Is a5 roanoke High School. Time,
r., second. Swede, Merccrsburg: mira
h"nkin. w. Va. II. s.: fourth I;a,'
~; 5 Time. 2:o5 As.
! .e ruh-won, Shields: Mercershurc
second, Murphy. G. S. r.; third H.;
us ,'sh' Ms,rrershurg; fourth. Lilier. W
va r. > Time. io9 '"
yard high hurdles ,,,
stark. Merccrsburg; second NH, oy
Mercershurg: third. Byrd. IoEnr ,,,"n
II. n: >; fourth. Helvenstine =.
Time. II lis. ~ II. s.
S"rd low hurdles--won by Ei,,
man, Mercersburg: second, Dicison
- third, Ballah. w. Va IT e.
pn H. ,'iohons. II. H. s Time. % -
burg. SOL, won by Stark. Mercers-
,hi.l second Bullock. Mercershnra
,hird tic between r.eszczwna,.;
A. and Gibbons. Il. II. 8 I,o = NJ,
feet - tciGht, IL
pound shotput-won by Oes,.r,o
IrneIcersnurs; second. Byrd. J.,fawa,.
~, %; third' Prather, S. NJ. A.: fo,,r,h
wright 5. NJ. A Distance, A. roat
Is inches icet
High jump--won by Byrd. r.afavette
H. >: second. tic between Stark. Mer-
cersburg and A1atson. II. HIS: third
ne hetween Ballah, w Va. p. s and
Asner Lexington. Height, feet a
inches.
DISCUS throw--won by Matson. r TT
>; second. Byrd. Lafayette IT & e.
third Thomas, r. II. s: fourth, pratbor
8 NJ y. Distance. 81 feet 8 incbee
Javelin throw-won by Schan,I, c
~ ~; second Paine, r. ri. s; thjrd
r ,her' = NJ a.: fourth. Byrd. La
inches. ''e'
Broad tump--won by Byrd LAFAYETTE
u. 5; second. Matson, r. II. s. third
Harsh s NJ. a; fourth. stark Me-
cershnrE Distance, 81 feet . inches
open milo rclay--won by Mrrccrs.
burg; Fi'lman. Chapman. Rrownyillc
shields; second, Green Brier prcshy.
terrain School Time a:35
| virginia championship mile relay
won by stanton Military Academy;
Harsh, Alexander, Stevens. IJinc. 500.
ond. Roanoke High School. Time,
asp 3-5
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