Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-30
Pop" LANNIGAN SIGNS
TEN-YEAR CONTRACT
Veteran Coach of u. of Va.
for l8 Years Will Get
Boost in Salary.
IS POPULAR wITIT THE STUDENTS
Ability Is Acknowledged Throughout
l;nst md south and Ills Services
HIVE Been Eagerly Sought by Lend
Ing Institutions.
Especial to The rimes-pispatch.l

Especial to The Times Dispatch
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. Jan. 30.
Friends OF athletics at Virginia
everywhere will receive with plcas-
ure the announcement that II. H. Lam
niGan, the veteran coach and trainer
at that institution for the past
eighteen years. has signed a tcn-ycar
contract. calling for n material boost
III salary. retroactive TO September
last.
Pop" az he is Familiarity known by
the students. came to Virginia in
1904 from Cornell. where he servcd
as coach Tor n period Of fourteen
years. The genial Irishman at once
made hit with the Southern athletes.
Indeed. Nirginia's supremacy in track
athletics in the South Atlantic Di-
vision dates from the arrival OF Lam
ngan, who, In his first few years.
developed a number OF the best
known track stars in tho country.
among them James \. Rector, the
Arkansas fash. and Forrest Stanton.
the California prenom. Jimmy Rec
every man he faced in this country
and In the loO-mctcr races at tho
Olympic games in London lost by
six inches To ReEinu,d Walker, the
South African, after seven false
starts had been made
Ties 100 Meter Record.
In the same meet Rector tied the
lOO-metcr i"cord seven times in pre-
no
the Southern intcrcollcgiates. held
In Charlottesville, Rector covered the
'OO-yard dash in 32-5 seconds, and
The following week. in n dual meet
with Yale. ran the hundred in 93-5
seconds. The % record was about
to be allowed Rector by Mr.. Suli
van. president Of The \. \. L., but
The latter WAS taken in and died
There Is no question that Rector
vas the fastest man who ever don
ned running shoes. as he was never
extended. In his last year in col
icGc he won the l00-yard dash at
the Southern lntcrcoileEiates by at
least thirty feet.
Stnrrrd In All sports.
Forrest stanton was probably the
best al!-rodnd athlete who ever ut
tended the University or Virginia.
FOR he starred on the srldiron and
diamond. az well as on the cindcr
path. ON ,hc track he defeated
among others. Texas Ramsicll. OF the
University Of Pennsylvania. in the
go ana 40 dashcs. negotiating the
former in is and latter in 1915
seconds. His versatility was demon
stratcd in lis last year at Virginia.
Ec was off on the Northern trim
with the baseball team when Trainer
LanniSan. III baltimore with Vir-
sinia's track aud field squad. sud-
denly found out that he needed the
Californian To run in the quarter
mile event. stanton caught the Yale
game Friday afternoon and. taking
sleeper that night out OF New
Iiavcn. reached Baltimore in time TO
annex the single event needed to
give virginia the meet.
Has Grrnt Ability.
Trainer l.annigan's abilitN is
Acknowledged throughout the East
and South and his services have heeI,'
eagerly sought by leading ins,itu
tons IN both sections. I'm the mast
year he has been approached By |
of leading colleges. |
rivals Of Virginia. but all offers have |
been turned down.
l.annisan's versatility is shown by
the fact that not only does he Act
az trainer for all the athletic teams
ut the University. but cOachcs basket |
ball. track ond wrestling and assists
materially in coaching the baseball /
ana footha'l squads. He also looks |
after the lrNins and fencing tennis |
ana VIII coach swimming when IN.
splendid ncw gymnasium Is com
Picted This new gym. by the way
VIII be the largest and finest bai.d. /
ing or its Kind in this country. ana I
Sh"hid BE- ready by the opening of /
next session. Lannigans boxing |
team opened the season auspiciously |
q week ago by capturing fly. out
or Sis bouts in the meet with tho
boxing team from Washington and |
Lee University