Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-18
ATHLETES MEET.
Exciting Sport at the B. A. A.
Games at Boston.
Two New Records Mac e--HaIl Crowd
ed to Full Capacity.
BoSI0in Wins Relay Race With N. !. T.-.Har-
ward Wins from Penn.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 17.-One new
record. regular and without any mOdi
fications, and two other indoor records
We're made at the monster Il. A A.
meet held in the grand hall of Me-
chanics' building. Saturday night. The
second, without any question of frills,
was that established by F. c. Scheuber
of HopkinsOn, in the 45-yard low hur-
dies. four hurdles. He topped" these
in 4-5 seconds, breaking w. ID. Full
ler's record by one-fifth of a second.
The old indoor record of the two-mile
run was also fractured, and Alex.
Grant set the new time in 9m. 40 4-5s.
The relay race record of 3m. IL 1-5S.,
made by the Georgetown quartet was
beaten one-fifth Of a second by the
Crimson bclted Harvard sprinters. in
the event against "Pennsy." which was
devoid of contest. Had there been
real live struggle. it is possible that
the exhibition record Of 80. made by
the Harvard team a few years ago,
would have been shattered.
The meet was just as big a success
as in past years. and the attendance
Was up i'll the thousands. There We're
no bare spots, either on the floor.
stage or balcony, and hundreds stood
in the upper gallery. There We're no
long delays, the clerks of course hust-
ling and rushing things. 50 that the
fourth record was broken in the mat
ter of time. the last event being fin
ished at 1925 p. NJ.
Malcolm Williams, a +. A. A. junior
and a Noble * Greenough's lad, dis
tinguished himself. He captured first
place in the novice 40-yard sprint and
made run away Of the novice quarter
mile run. The excellent management
was due to the conscientious work of
George Il. Billings. chairman of the
athletic committee.
At the conclusion of the novice race
the sleekest sprinters in the land made
their appearance to contest in the spec
ial invitation 40-yard sprint 1t was n
fine sight to see the star dash runners
timber up preliminary to the great
test.
The lull peryaded the immense audi
forum as the men got on their marks.
Al the crack Of the pistol the five men
consisting of Arthur Duffy of George
town University, d. G. Lancey and NJ.
l.. Lightner Of Harvard, J. j. Sullivan
VI ilpIN ' lOSS, anu W. l., Eaton III
Somervile High. got away as a unit
and scampered across the short stretch
in less time than it takes to tell it.
Duffy. the faVorite. made his effort
half down the path, and the way he
broke loose from the bunch was con
elusive proof of his great superiority.
He crossed the tape with good yard
to spare, with the rest of the COM
petitols making a hard fight for second
place.
The men We're closely matched and
only inches separated them. but the
decision went to w. ID. Eaton of Som
erville High school, the interscholaStic
flyer. 1t was a big feather in the cap
of the school boy. who was travelling
in such fast company. J. F. Sullican
of Holy Cross. captured third. a he
was we'll up and coming faster as the
tape doomed up. Much regret was ex-
pressed that the mercury footed
Tewksbury who was billed to give
Duffy tight rub, failed to appear.
The novice 40-yard dash had a big
field of runners that had won a prize
in open competition, and while the
contestants Were earnest enough their
embryonic state was evident in form
and time.
The trials passed off without much
demonstration, burst of speed being
noticeable only on rare occasions.
When the second round of trials was
announced the college men began to
make their presence felt. and cheers
sounded from different sections of the
hall. Phillips Andover let itself loose
as several of ifS r1,nno,S
front in the heats
1t took II heats to run off the large
number of entries. and the time was
slow in all but three
The ninth heat brought out n clover
Splinter in Malcolm Williams OF No
bles & Greenough's school, who did his
distance in As seconds. and dunli-
Gated his performance in the final. TAX
ing first place by substantial margin.
G. Sumner of Phillips Andover received
second place and his win was popuIar
with his colleagues who thronged the
hail: w. F. Chase. a wearer of the
crimson sash. took third prize.
In the handicap 40" the feature
came in Duffey's heat when the George
town wonder caught those arrayed
against him before a dozen strides had
been traversed r. ]. Leonard of New
ton High. Clifton Wheeler of Burdett
F. c. Scheuber of Hopkinson school. NJ
j. McFarlane. Jr.. Tufts college. J. F..
Sullivan and Baldwin of Holy Cross.
We're the leading lights in the race
and all qualified for the final.
With the seven men two heats We're
rum II. J. Leonard. eight feet. won the
first. with c. II. Wheeler, nine feet
second. Duffey got the second with
]. +. Sullivan, four feet, second.
Duffey was strongly pulled" for the
final. and he responded nobly. but he
was forced to give way to dark
horse" in the shape Of r. j. Leonard.
the Newton school boy. who made
good use of his eight feet handicap.
Duffey caught second. with Sullivan
third.
Aleck Grant, the ex-University of
man, won the two-mile
run, but was made to hustle by Frank
NJ Kanaly. the local distance expert.
The contest after the first few laps re-
solved itself into a triple battle with
Aleck Grant, Dick Grant and kanaiy
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