Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
TEAM TROPHY IS WON
BY MERCHANTS BANK
Ollie and Jesse Devinc Are
Principal Factors in
Victory.
FEDERAL GIu,s GET GU
W"mcn Of Government institution
Score Twenty poInts-Miir-Hun
GrurilimS-Sr,rrnl Collapse Mt
Finish.
Ivy Alan Gyunn uIc,.mnn.

10y y" , WIN
OH" and Jesse Dev.n.. brothers
by name. nature and avocation helped
themselves TO "A perfectly legitimate
Indoor track meet IN the Coliseum
last night. winning between them.
four events. placing second IN two
others and scoring points which wcr.
ample, sufficient and enough TO place
Merchants National Bank ON top Of
The list OF ten banking institutions
competing.
The former John Marshall High
School athletes ran their respect I've
opponents ragged ana carly In the
meet gay" Merchants National a com =
mandiuE lead which never really was
iiiblc to threat. invasion II cviupro
mise. ollie dashed home easily the
winner in The iiO-y yard run. but was
S"r" pressed /" take IN. coward
hurdl. event from \ h. Gus" Bar
rcit Federal R"scrv" Splinter. He
ran second In the hnlf-c.ntury daS
ana placed la similar position In the
.20-yard dash
Jesse. an equally strong linbcd
young man. l"p-d smnothly through
the nclds ia the h,if-mli" and ME
runs. Ia IA" latter race h. aprang
away from the van took tn. lead
ANA sprint.d around the ncor, again
overlook an" Nolt when The gun
smashed through tho noise Of cheer
lnE hundreds, Jesse still had onouS n
IN reserve to make "a brilliant IaZ-
cling srr!n, To- tho tape
wife Itun l. Thrilling.
LlnwD"d l!uttcrworth. Il t"aIninate
~ Jess"'s. former star athlete at
Randolph Macon college. ran q heart
break race In tho mil. event. when
the revolver barh-d It's message. in
dicating the final lap. hc was fully
heels ~ bob short. Federal Reserve
distant man. Hut,crworth. who had
maintained fast paC" throughout.
called on his r"scrv" and in IL hair
raising sprUt caught Short at the
lar turn. stride Tor stride the two
raced Tor tn" tapc nf'y yards dis
tani. Buttcrworth was near spent.
Short. too, was tired. short made his
inal bid ana drew slowly away But
t"rwurth. tired. eruEgy and cas,
hrcaA!i wVbnlin. ia his stride.
stsad!"d and In a Misunderstanding
sprint. dang himself al tn" barrier.
finishing IN dead h'a, with Sh"rC
Bc'h collapsed. linn .GihtcI: wIl-
lin. hands corr!ch Eutterwurih and
short To comfort. aad after several
minutes they were revived. Others
too. who carried on during IT,"
terrific pace OF the race. nvns them
selves FUN lcusth on tie i'por. guip-
Ing great broaths 90 air INTO their
hcaylug chests The cr"wd arose as
one and ruared II. ackn"w lrdg mcnt
of tho courage Of the contestants in
,Choinr cheers.
Marian Wharton. First National
WON the iud!vidua! scoring honors IN
the girls event, with eleven points
Hattie Jones. Federal Reserve, fought
hard. winning the ffty yard dash
and the potato race, hu, Marian MAS
not TO be denied and when cam. the
indoor baseball throw, she just
caught hold OF the ball. swept the
track floor win Il cool. calculating
eye and with "a mighty masculine like
heavc. just naturally threw tho ball
away. 50 1" speak, her throw measur-
ing l2i feet.
Peggy Harding, American National
fell exhausted at the finish of the
potato race ana was carried from
The iioor 10 the dressing-room where
She finally WAS revived. Miss Hard
ing ran second to MISS Jones. in
the fifiy-yard dash. The time Of which
incidentally Was but 80 seconds
slower than that hung up by Joe