The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-05
TOOK DUFFY's MEASURE.
Former Champion Splinter Is Now
an Ex-ChampiOn.

NEW YORK, Feb. 4-Washington Del
gado, tall, rugged athlete of the Y. M
=. a. defeated Arthur Duffy, champion
s 50 I OF two continents, at the games
OF the hnickefbocSer Athletic club In
Madison square garden tonight. The race
IN which the Georgetown Splinter met mis-
Waterloo was a sixty-yard dashacross the
board ffoor of the garden. Ii was a
special race. Ranged at Dufry.s side
were six other sprinters known to pos
seSs great speed on a board floor Ar
thur kent, OF the Pastime Athletic club,
was picked out. by the atfletic sharps
to finish second to Duffy, but Delgado up
set all calculations. When the pistol
cracked Duffy and Kent We're off like a
team, Delgado about foot behind They
retained this position, leaving the other
starters further behind at every lump
until they had covered thirty yards. thea
the long legs and space devouriug step
yards he had passed both his rivals and
was still gaining. When he broke the
tape yard separated him from Duffy
who was a foot In front of Kent. They
finished in that order The meeting was
the third athletic winter carnival of the
Ar1fckerhecker Athletic club, and
brought together the fastest runners at
all distances and best Jumpers in the
country. Alexander Grant represented
the University of Pennsylvania and after
a desperate struggle with q field of six
teen, Won the half mile raee from scratch.
.~fhere was an Intercollegiate team race,
IN which twelve collegi2ns took part m.
Cornell, Columbi. and the College of the
City Of New York, each sent four of
their Speed1est men to capture this highly
prized trophy. Cornell gal1oped off with
it without trouble. Each of her men cut
ran the other representatives. Columbia
was second, and the College OF the CITY
of New York a bad third The last race
OF the night was tie mile handicap. Gal
!agher, of Cornell was eG scratch with
Brady, of the Xavier CLUB twenty sec
onds III front. Neither OF them ever had
chance. T. J. VogelIus, OF the Xavier
club, with a forty second start, raH faster
than the men behind him, and gradually
g gst5 every man in the race; But he
clared that i'll the confusion attending the
race, G f. IIoughton, of the Star .Ath-
letlG club, who started on the longest
ed on the same mark with Vogellus was
second. Fogellus was given third prize
me other events We're well contested, and
fast time was made.
Won by ]. a. Waltz, Cornell; w. A
Watts, Yale. Time, seconds.
), d Fight-hun ql and ,eighty-yard run,
Y. NJ. c. A, "A yards; Alexander Grant,
University of Pennsylvania; 50 yards, sec
ond. Time, 2:05 3-5.
SiXty-yard dash. handicap final heat
Won by A. H Kent Pastime A. c., 8
feet; j. c. DOYLE. Brooklyn A. c., IS
feet, second. Time, G seconds
intercollegiate team race, teams CT four,
each man to run quarter mile-Won by
Cornell Columbus second, College City,
OF New York, third. Time, 3:42 10
Intercollegiate team race, relay, teams
OF four-Won by Brooklyn high school,
Mont Clair high school second Pratt in
stitute third. Time, S:52
Six hundred and siXty-yard run, Aandi-
cap-Won by H. II. Danneberg, b A S.
A, so yards; C. w Rulison K A. c.. so
yards second Time 1:16 %
Scratch siXty-yard dash-Woa by Del
gado, West Side Branch Y NJ c. A;
Duffy second, Kent third. Time, 2-5 sec
onds
Three-mile run-Won by c. H. Haugth-
ton. Star A. c., minute 2 seconds: c.
McGarry, Pastine A. C. go seconds), sec
ond: I. j Vogellus, Xavier, 80 yards,
third. Time, 1925.