Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-07
ENTER GEORGETOWN MEET
VIRGINIA TO COMPETE IN
SOUTH ATLANTIC EVENTS
ohc-icnr Rule Does Not Apply to Track
hnh baskctball-Suund Going
to Bultimorr.

lin itlIoi f.SN LILLE. VA. February
6.-Thc General Athletic Association
board Of the University Of Virginia has
decided that Virginia should 10 rep
resented in Inc :. y. l. A. \. events
10 he held at the Georgetown meet,
since they are TO be held under the
auspices Of the South Atlantic Inter
collegiate Athletic Association. ana are
not TO be condemned by tn. authorities
OF Georgetown.
question s,ll nmsolvcd by the
board Is the eligibility rulc as apnIjad
TO BASKETBALL and to track The Gen
cral Athletic Association passed some
tinc ago Il rule whereby no first wear
man ~ eligible for amy university
team Under discussion it was found
that this rule. though practical to the
major sports, could not pc deemed so
for basketball or for track where CON
ditons are so different from those of
football. and baseball Under the
rres"n, rule of essential conformity.
whereby the university shall only play
S 't institutions as conform to sim
liar rule, II is found that there is
tanger TO the growth and the success
Of such teams in that Virginia would
| have few competitors either ia the
North or IN the South.
There are few colleges with a SINH
sports, and the result would be tina,
many Of the teams that Virginia now
plays and completes with would have
I" be abandoned. For example. the
orange and Blue could no longer com
rctc In track with johns Hopkins Nm.
der thcse conditions as :h!s i:st;tu-
ton has not at present any such eiiri-
bility rule. However this woul! not
mean that the track team could no,
enter the open meets. such as are held
every year in Washington. The same
+ would apply in the case Of BASKETBALL
Virginia would find II mos, difficult, TO
obtain representative schcdul. In
this branch of athletics, as there are
but few colleges that such eligibility
rules.
picked to represent Virginia at tho
Johns Hopkins-F Fifth Regiment meet
in baltimore next Saturday night. and
should stand an excellent chance OF
Winning. The squad is raridlv round
log into shape. with better prospects
than were hoped for earlier in the
season.
Interest, AS a rule. cen,crs chiefly
around the relay races run al the in
dc meets. as the training of rela-
teams has been one Of Coach I.anni-
gan's spccialtics since he has been
track coach n the university. Tho
team this session should hr one Of The
best Il nor tho best one-inilc relay
"hich has ever represented Virginia
Captain Norris made e new record for
the university board track last week,
when he covered $40 wards in 30 SEC
/ onds fat, lettering by almost a second
any time previously made on tho
! track. stones time was next 10 this
and h" was followed by Mason, and
w 4 Abbot. each making the same
time. Monir was NTH man. Berkeley
vas unable to run on account of n
recent attack OF grippe. The men to
! run in tho s. a !. y. ~ CHAMPION
ship relay will bc picked from these
SIX team which should average close
to 80 seconds on The university track
Three long distance men are showing
more promise than has been seen Al the
university before, tina, the team bids
fair 10 hold its own in the ono and
I tw"-mile races. Allen. Maury and
! Crane have been doing very good work
and arc Improving rapidly Wilson
with Rretclle as tcammatc in the hur-
die events, should prove 10 be one of
, the most consistent poInt-gaincrs for
both the indoor and outside meets, and
vii! make good dash man. especially
! in the go.
! In the dashes Wallace. Aircy. Fi,e
and Pace arc showing speed. Coleman
and Barker have been unable to do
much work on tho weights so far. but
should be in shape by the Georgetown
meet, on February 10
Virginia Will send small team TO
compete in the South Atlantic cham
pionshp events. which will be- CON
tested At the Georgetown University
meet. as these events are solely under
control Of the South Atlantic Associa-
ton. Tho 6. \. I. A. \ events IN he
hold at this meet are: ffty-ynrd da sh
hfty-yarh hurdles. SsN-yard run. siot
put and high jump. The remaining
:. y. |. y. 4. indoor events are an
portioned between the Johns Hopkins