Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-20
FIRST ANNUAL TRACK
MEET IS SUCCESSFUL
Indoor Event Serves Purpose and
Brings Leading Athletes Into
Competition.
HANCOCK PROVES TO BE STAR
Richmond Athletic Club Entrant
Wins Individual Honors, While
Ills Organization Team Trophy.
J8iddlc Wins I'm High Jump.

Isiddlc Wins I'm High Jump.
Before an attendance that packed
the galleries and OVERLOOKED along
tn" sidclinca the Richmond Athletic
club sthletcs won By n large margin
the hig athletic meet given In the
new riding hall of the Richmond
Howitzers last night. Tho Athletic
club athletes ovcrdid themselves.
amassinG total OF 81 points Their
nearest competitors were the Rich
mond Blues. with 10 points. The
iowitzcrs team was third with $
points. ana John Marshall High
School registered points
Sam Hancock. former John Mar
shall High School ana University Of
Richmond Athlete, was nigh scorer.
registering II points. Kenneth wood.
another former high school star. Vas
second with II points. while Wharton,
also another j. NJ. II $. star. as well
80 v = runner. came third with
Tho time In all the events was fas,
and the runners we're desperate com
petltots for hcnors. Each event was
,i!n or with pep and dash. Par,
Hashcs. thar opened the meet The
mile and half mile races were thrill
ers that brought the inrEc gallery
Many N"tc""r,hy Events.
The meet was noteworthy from
"eve:al stardpoin,s The clerk. Of
eours". and officials hustled things
up and ran on the meet In Two hours,
according 10 schedu!". This il the
iirst meet ever held indoors in Rich
hond on n dirt toor, and in which
athletes used spiked shoes. Another
singular "v"n' was athl-t"s Of tn"
past running against newcomers
TIL" outstanding feature o: the en-
tire meet was Ia. mile race, In which.
Wood ont for nrst pIac. by foot.
iio!cman. a sprty-y"Hr athlete OF tn"
lfowt'z"rs association. led this event
FOR nearly SIX laps bu, Wharton took
the lead on The seventh zap ana held
II until h" crossed the tape closely
followed by Wood The latter stead
able 20 overcome the lead gained In
earlier laps. The. finish OF this rac-
was thrilling and Brought III. gal
Iery 10 its feet.
school race "as The most thrilling.
John Marshall iiigh school took this
event by bare margin The Nc
Cures University school athie,es ran
they would overcome the lead gain
"a by ia" high school bows. Tn"
Tim" fox this event, = minutes % 10
seconds. Was very fast. as is" laps
we're run by each man. Tn" winners
wer" awarded the cup donated by
Local Police Lone.
The Richmond police team, com
posed OF Policemen WU"st Browning.
Anthony ami Jcnkine. proved to be
,e,lower footed than the Norfolk cop
1Qbcrs Til" bmecoatS from the city
2y'Y tn" sea were an Easy winner
IL oming In nfty feet ahead az the To-
goal police. The Winners wore award
Cd tn" cup donated by tn" Forbes
The team composed al wood Ham
cock Wharton ana if"uh!. runu!N. Tor
Richmond Athletic club IN tn" open
championship ~ Richmond outClass-
I'd tn" team OF The Richmond Blues,
coming IN ten feet ahead of tn" sol
dicrs- rho Richmond Athletic Club
vas q awarded the Harris Flipp"n cup
Cor winning this event.
In tn" junior high school relay rae.
+. thrill wae furnished that non" o;
he other races boastcd OF tn" FIN
feet in tho lead on tho th'rd lap when
George Hip turned a compl"t" som.
orsault and landed on his head and
lay in a heap. OfNcIals IAN 10 his
aid and carried him from tho field.
hrt n" proved to have suffered no Sc
rIouS injuries The bellevue team,
composed OF Dance, Throckm"rion.
in this event and won the cup donated
Hlucs Trim Howitxrrs.
Association was won by Troop no.
i Of the Roy Scouts. They had a
hard race as there were nine teams
after this cup. and the winners had
40. ,; gave them hard race. com
ing i'm a few feet behind. Troop No
80 also made good showing.
Tho Blues. team ran away from
the Howi,zers and Grays an the mill
tary championship. Their team. com
posed OF o'Suliivan. Mckee, Neither
wood ana O.. klise, came In siTty
winners were awarded the cup do
mated h. Pollard and Ragby.
Outside of sam Hancock. who won
the 5o-yard dash. 22o,yard dash, am
showing was tho most spectacular
winning easily the SsO-yard event. he
came back and although given hard
tusslc. came out first In tho mile run.
not satisfied with this. Wharton ran
in the open championship relay Tor
tho Richm"1d Athletic Club. by rum
ming the first lap gave his team
load that the Blues could not over
come
Biddic. a tan dark haired John Mar
shall High school athlete proved the
surprise of the evening by winning
as the winfer of this event. but
Riddlc proved to nc 81 dark horse "
The Norfolk nolicc have already
sea at an early date. Norfoll, athletes
will stage a big track meet some
time next month, and the police will
run at this meet.
5O-yard DASH. Hancock. Rich
mond Athletic club: .. Barrett. Rich
mond Athletic club: .. Gentry. Rich
mond IIowitzcrs. Time. 5.3 seconds.
30 yard hurdlcs-l Wood. Rich
mond Athletic Club: .. Klisc. Rich
Blues. Time. G1 seconds
220-yard dash. Hancock. Rich
mond Athletic Club: 2. McRac. Rich
mond Blues, Time. 2G.a seconds,
iaO-yard DASH. Hancock. Rich
mond Athletic CLUB: .. Jennings.
Richmond Blues; 3, Watkins. Rich
mond Blues. Time. minute ! %
seconds.
Ss0-yLrd dash. Wharton. Rich
mond Athletic Club: . Edwards.
Richmond IIowitZcrs: 3, T.. Thomas.
Richmond Blues Time. minutes Il
seconds.
One miic---i. Wharton. Richmond
Athletic Club; .. Wood. Richmond
Athletic Club: 2. Edwards. Richmond
liowitcrs. Time, , minutes 1913 sec
onds.
High jump. Riddle. John Mar
shall High school: .. Wood. Richmond