The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
TRACK WASTOOCROWDED
No RECORDS BROKEN AT THE BOS-
TON INDOOR ATHLETIC MEET.
Nearly o ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Team Relay Races-sprinter Phe-
Ian, of Princeton, Injured.

BOSTON, Feb. S.-The Boston Athletic
Association held its winter indoor athletic
meeting at Mechanics building tonight,
exceeding all its previous efforts in bring
ing together well-known athletes. While
every event was keenly contested, no rec
ord was smashed, because the sprints by
necessity were broken into very many
heats and the track was too crowded in the
distance runs to permit any brilliant bursts
of speed. The number of men competing
was nearly 900 and winning cups were
pretty well distributed.
AS usual, the team relay races were the
most spectacular. An accident stopped the
most promising Of these when Phelan, OF
Princeton, in the race with Cornell fell and
sprained his ankle. For two relays Cor
nell, with the pole. had held a slight lead
over Princeton. Rogers, for Cornell. had
a good start on the third relay and Phe-
Ian tripped and fell. This stopped the race.
The Harvard-University of Pennsylvania
race was a disappointment, as the men
with the crimson ran away from the Penn
s~ylvania men from the start. OF the other
team races, those between Dartmouth and
Columbia, which the Hanover boys won.
and the Amherst and Williams race were
the best. Columbia had a good team, but
was able 10 gain on the last
two races by the close finishes of her run
ners.
The Amherst-W Williams race brought peO-
pie to their feet, for at no time were the
runners more than twenty feet apart and
Thompson, for Amherst. and O'Neil, for
Williams, simply staggered to the tape at
the nnish, the latter not over five feet in
the lead.
The time was only three-fourths of second
slower than the record made by Harvard.
The Harvard class team races were really
a feature, because of local rivalry. The
freshmen in the final heat gave the juniors
their first defeat this season. In the pre-
paratory school, relay Andover had am easy
thing with Exeter.
In the chief sprint, the forty-yard special,
which brought together ten of the best men
in the East, SchebuT. of Harvard, proved
superior, although given a hard tussel by
Eason. of Amherst. Duffy. of Georgetown.
was naturally looked TO as the star, but he
finished IN the bunch, getting third place.
He entered a protest of being fouled. but it
was not allowed The time made, 4 So sec
COnds, was the present record.
In the mile run there We're so many COM
petitors that by the time three-fourths of
the distance had been covered the tail end
ers had been Tapped, so that it was hard
to keep correct scoring. The judges first
decided that Cook, of Providence, was the
winner, but it was afterwards shown that
CARMEL, of Amherst, "A scratch man, had
finished first, almost in a walk. To him,
therefore, the first place was awarded.
Dick Grant, who also was a scratch man,
got so hOpelessly lost in the field that he
stopped running. Summaries:
Forty-yard dash, novice, scratch: Final
second, j. Nj. CrOwell, Nj. l. r.; third, w.
A. Clark, NJ. l. T. Time, :O4 AS.
Forty-yard dash, special. scratch: First
f. Duffy, Georgetown, and f. G.. Snow,
Chicago Y. NJ. c. A, tied for second. Time,
:4 So. Second heat won by w. ID. Eaton,
Amherst; j. l.. Sullivan, Holy Cross, sec
heat won by Scheuber, Eaton second, DUFFY
third. Time, :Of 3-5 (equaling the record.)
Team race, Dartsmouth VS.. Columbia:
Won by Dartsmouth Edison Smith, Hardy
and Hid by 40 yards. Time, S:12 SIS.
Team race, Amherst vs.; Williams: Won
by Williams Gore. Newell. Crawford and
ONefil), by five feet. Time, 3:12.
Harvard class team races: Juniors de-
feated seniors by fifteen feet. Time, 3:12 2-5.
Freshmen defeated sophomores by 100
Team race. Holy Cross VS.. Georgetown:
Won by Georgetown CEdmanton, Ownes,
Riley and Holland), by 100 yards. Time,
1913 As.
Running high jump, handicap; Won by
s. $. Jones, n. Y. n. c. (scratch). height
8 feet q inch; L.. G.. Blackmer, Williams
ward Cls inches). tied for second place at
same distance as Jones, who took first on
actual jump. GLADDEN. won the toss for sec
Putting sixteen-pound shot, handicap:
Won by r. Z. ROllings e feet 9 inches,
Amherst; distance 10 feet 8 inches. II. Lee
a feet y inch; +. W. &. Foster, Harvard
& feet 8 inches), third. Al feet Z inches.
Forty yards. handicap: Final won by G..
K. Henneberry 0 mches); NJ. Williams.
NobIes School @ inches). second: w. D.
Eaton. Amherst q inch). third. Time. :O4 2-5.
Three standing jumps, handicap: Won by
b. Doherty, Dorchester q inchesl, distance.
81 feet 10 inches; r. c. Ewry, New York
Athletic Club (scratch), second, 81 feet: o..
J. Walker, Stoneham Athletic Club one
foot. third. 80 feet ) inches.
Forty-hve-yard low hurdle, handicap.
Final neat won by j. H.. Shirk. Harvard
q inches; r. w Neal Dartmouth 90
inches second; L.. q. Blackmer, Williams
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS run. novice
Final heat won by j. T.. Shirk. Worcester
Academy; w. IL. Russell. Newton, second:
H. H. hltman' Volkman School. third.
One-thousand-yard run, handicap: Won
by {. b. Marshall % yards). Columbia: A.
a Lees. Maiden (5 YARDS. second; II. NJ.
Walsh, Harvard (5 YARDS, third. Time,
2.24 is.
Team race. Phillips, Andover. VS.. Phil
lips, Exeter: Won by Andover Watkins,
Edwards, H.. Edwards and Gates by $50
yards. Time. 3:17.
Harvard team class race. final: Fresh
men beat juniors by fifteen feet. Time,
Team race, Boston y. NJ. c. A. VS.. Cam
bridge Y. NJ. c.. A: Won by Cambridge.
Time, 800 4-5.
Team race. Brown VS.. Wesleyan: Won
by Brown Green, Cam, Kinsley and
PIERCE by l25 yards. Time. 3:24 1-5.
Team race. Tufts vs.. Worcester Polv-
technic: Won by Tufts (McCarthy, Page.
Buckley and Mason) by seventy-hVe yards,
Time, BIS So.
Team race. Cornell vs.. Princeton: WON
by Cornell through accident on third relay.
Northumberland run. handicap: Won
by II. G. Halleck, Dartmouth GO yards1.
+. e. Perry, Princeton 90 yards behind
scratch), second: p. p. Nichols. Nj. r
(a yardsl. third. Time, f:26.
One mile. handicap; Won by Cornell
| (seratch). Amherst; III. c.. Cook as yards,