University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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276 Glorks anti Qtur15 1916 the open quarter; Bretelle first and Wilson second in the South Atlantic 100 yard hurdles; Wilson second and Airey third in the South Atlantic ZZOAyard dash; Bretelle third in the open IOOyyard hurdles; Allen third in the South Atlantic mile, and Wallace second in the open sprints. At the Georgetown Meet only South Atlantic events were entered by Vir- ginia athletes. Barker and Coleman took first and second in the shot put with Mayer tying for third; Wilson and Bretelle were first and second in the 50- yard hurdles and Jenkins took third place in the half mile. At the last meet the Virginians carried off first honors with the following places in the open events: Massie second in the 600-yard novice; Mason third in the quarter; Round first and Edmunds third in the half mile and Wilson third in the 50eyard dash. t In the South Atlantic events Berkeley and Cornick were Iirst and second in the quarter and Maury was third in the two mile run. Defeating every quint on their schedule with the exception of the fast N avy five the Virginia basketball team added another highly successful season to its history. Eleven out of the thirteen games were won. The other game lost went to Catholic University and incidentally it is the first game lost on the home floor for four years. Despite these two reverses the team compares not unfavorably with last years undefeated five. It can hardly be said, however, that the great machineelike work and team play of that five was reached this year. George Washington, West Virginia and Richmond College were defeated successively and without much trouble, though it was noted at this time that the 0101 form was lacking. Then came the defeat at the hands of Catholic University, which was directly owing to the poor shooting of the Virginia team. Virginia,s guards were as effective as in other contests and the Catholic team won with the remarkably low score of 21 points. The team rallied after this defeat and took the V. M. I. Cadets into camp before playing two of the most important games. Both games were played on neutral floors. Washington and Lee was again humbled at Lynchburg in a fast game, Virginia winning by a narrow margin. At Richmond, North Carolina was forced to yield to superior team work and accuracy in goal shoodng. Returning home V. P. 1., Trinity and West Virginia Wesleyan were decisively defeated. These games wound up the home schedule and the team started north for the final three games which proved the bestvof the season.

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1916 Qtntks anti Qturls 275 teams were forced to yield to the superior strength of the Virginians in the maa jority of the events and the Orange and Blue athletes amassed nearly half of the total points of the meet. In this meet Captain Cronly set a new South Atlantic record for the high hurdles and equaled his former South Atlantic record for the low hurdles. Barker established new South Atlantic distances in the shot put and the discus. The season closed in a dual meet with Princeton. The Tigers outpointed the Virginians 7 3 to 44 but not without strong competition in numerous events. N orris ran a remarkable race in the quarter, taking first place and setting a new Virginia record. Walker furnished one of the seasons sensations in the pole vault, dividing first honors with the Tiger vaulter and hanging up a new Vir- ginia record. Gooch made his final appearance as a Virginia athlete at this meet. His parting feat in the broad jump smashed a South Atlantic record and easily won him a first place. Barker set a new Virginia record in the hammer throw but failed to get better than a second place with it. Besides the record breakers mentioned the team had reliable point winners in Berkeley and Walker in the sprints, Coleman and Mayer in the weights, Wilson and Haralson in the hurdles, Fields in the broad jump and Allen in the long distances. All of these athletes added consistently to the team,s total in the meets. Goodwyn, Speer and Minor with Norris formed the mile relay but proved better point winners in the middle distance events. N orris's work for the season in the quarter and half gained him the captaincy of the I916 team. I The 1916 indoor season found the Virginians leading the field of contest- ants in the South Atlantic events which were scattered through the Hopkins 5th Regiment Meet in Baltimore, and the Georgetown and the George Wash- ington meets in Washington. The Virginians entered ten of the twelve South Atlantic events and carried away four hrsts, five seconds and four thirds with a tie for a fifth third. This netted a total of 38V2 points. ' Berkeley, Mason, Stone and Norris running in the order named set a new South Atlantic for the one mile relay. The two mile relay team, composed of Goodwyn, Abbot, Jenkins and Stone won in this South Atlantic event. The point trophy offered in the open events at the George Washington Meet, the final of the season, was won by the Virginians by a one point margin. Other places in the open events were won by Virginia men. In the first meet of the season at Baltimore, besides the mile relay, the fol- lowing events were won by Virginians: Cornick second and Round third in

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I . 1r .- . wt . .4, i . L'. . 1. r , q; 3 i i ii W a 1916 Qlurks anti $ur15 277 Virginia had the Navy five well in hand for the first half but in the second period the Middies rallied and came back too strong, winning a well fought game. The George Washington game was won only after one of the hardest fought battles of the year. The season was terminated by a decisive defeat of Catholic who had beaten the Virginians on their own stamping grounds earlier in the year. The come- back displayed in this game was a fitting close to the season. Captain Strickling and eXeCaptain Stickley were responsible on many oc- casions for the Virginia Victories, both men playing good ball throughout the season. The quartette of guards were too much for most of the opposing for- wards and they kept their scores remarkably low. The tennis team appeared in seven matches during the spring season of I915. In the five intercollegiate matches Fordham and Catholic University were decisively defeated on the home courts, while on foreign courts the Vir- ginians lost to the Navy, tied with Catholic University and defeated St. Johns. The matches played with the Richmond Country Club and the Chevy Chase Country Club were lost to the more experienced and seasoned players. Rixey,s playing featured the season. He won all of his single matches save the one in the Chevy Chase match. Powers and Sterne, and Pott and Morton were consistent winners in the matches at home and abroad. The fall tournament of 1915 resulted in Rixey winning the singles and Pott and Morton winning the doubles. PRESIDENT rWARREN