The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
THE TRACK EVENTS.
Everything Went Off Smoothly and With
out Difficulty.

The track events went off quickly.
There was a lack of heats on account
of the small entry list The superiori-
ty of many athletes over any compe-
tltors known before the games made
some of the events embarrassing as
contests.
The only interest shown was in the
work of the stars IN the respective
events. The quarter mile was the no
table exception furnishing a magnf-
cent race for half the distance between
Gallup the speedy academy lad, and
Moran. the high school crack, who was
severely handicapped by a fast half
Just finished The mile was q good
race on account Of the gDod work
done by BallOu, academy's novice dis
tance man, who gave Trott Of Medford
the acknowledged winner a hard push.
The 100 yards was run in two trials
an dthe final. A +. Duffey of Wor-
cester Academy romped away from the
field in the first heat, winning in 10 is
s. w. A. Schinck of Andover was Sc
cond. Moran Of Worcester high was
distanced in the heat The second heat
was a good thing for Worcester Acade-
my, +. b. Scheuber winning hands
down, with G. II. Wheeler, his school
mate, second. Booth Of the Worces-
ter high was third. The time was
10 1-5 S.
The starters in the final were Duffey.
Scheuber and Wheeler Of Worcester
Academy and Schinck OF AndoVer
Duffey made a good race and broke the
record, doing 10 fiat Scheuber beat
out his Andoyer opponent for the
place
Worcester Academy came to grief in
the 120 yard hurdle race. Abercrombie
its best man fell and was out Of the
race. There was only one heat, the
starters being Taskel Howard and
George S. Hasbronck OF Andover. L. w.
Stantin and r. Abercrombie Of Wor-
cester Academy. 1t was a hot race
between Abercrombie and Howard un-
til the seventh hurdle when Abercrom-
bic fell and was out of it. Howard
won with his mate Hasbronck second
and Stanton third. The time was
II 1-5 s.
Duffey Of academy had an easy thing
in the 220 yards. Only one heat was
run. Duffey ran away from the others
as If they wore a ball and chain at
tachment but the little fellow does not
like the distance, and slowed down per
ceptibly toward the finish. Schinck Of
Andover ran we'll near the close and
drew up on Duffey, but the latter had
several yards to throw away. Booth Of
the high school was third. The time
was % 3-5.
W. II. Moran Of Worcester high had
a good thing in the half-mile His run
ming mate. Dowd. who was picked 10
win second followed too fast a pace
for the first quarter. and could not fir
ish. Cooper Of Worcester academy met
with like fate. The starters were
Moran, Dowd and F. NJ. Drugan of
Worcester high. A. F. Noble Of Som
erville. W. ]. Cooper Of Worcester
academy and ID. A. Crawford and H.
L. Petit Of Andover. Moran went to
the front with Cooper second. Dovd
raced past Cooper and followed Moran
past the quarter mark in 56s. Rounding
the first turn on the last lap, Moran
had a good lead and Cooper and Dovd
had TO stop. Crawford. xho Law back
a considerable distance, came up AID
little Drugan of Worcester high fn'-
lowed. Moran won by Is yards. The
time was Pm. Ass.
The low hurdles was run in two
heats and a final. W. d. Hallett ot
Academy had an easy thing
IN the first heat running away from
MS rivals. Hasbronck Of Andover was
second. The time was 2S 3-5s
Scheuber simply walked away from
he field in the second heat. Howard cf
sndover was second. The time was 2Gs
In the final Scheu0er repeated the
Of the trial heat and won