New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-15
NEBRICK'S GREAT RACE.
Beaten Inches by Frank in Distance
Race at Garden Games.

runners In this country Few persons outside. of
! those who follow the doings OF the amateur ath-
! letes from day TO day had heard of Nebrick. but
AFTER the last number Of the programme OF handi-
cap games and relay races held at Madison Square
Garden last night, under the auspices of the New
! York Athletic Club Nehrick the hero Of the
occasion
! Although Nebrick was practically unknown to
! majority Of those present when he entered the
| garden there were large number OF people among
the spectators who knew OF his stout heartedness
ana Oh MS ability to get over ground in long dis
tanoe race at the END.
Nebrick had a herculean task to perform and
/ when ne crossed the finish line q few inches be-
hihd the victor, W. G. Frank, of the disclaimer
caii Athleuc Club the majority of persons present
gave voice to their feeling and shouted that they
/ had seen Frank cut the corners more than once
/ and that he should be disqualified Despite all
thls' Frank won clearly, and as the race was run.
ana with the handicap of twenty yards which he
mad he could probably repeat his last nights per.
| formance if he and Nebrfck met again
The distance OF the race was one and one-half
| miles Some of the contestants. owing to their
handicaps' were almost right at the heels Of
| Nebrick, the scratch man. when the starting pistol
was nred In the first lap when all the contestants
were fresh, 1t did look as II Nebrfck would be
among the honor at the finish. After the
third lap. however, the grind began 70 tell and
many OF the men dropped out. Still Nebrick was
considerable distance away from the leaders but
in the fifth lap he began 10 pass his opponents one
/
enlargement In the eleventh lap he spurted and
took the lead. He held the place OF pacemaker
until the last lap, when Frank moved Up and in
long, bitter struggle TO the tape by inches.
Yale won the intercollegiate two mile relay race
from Cornell through Popes poor showing in the
second lap. In the first relay Rogers of Cornell
beat Armstrong of Yale, two yards. but Pope lost
thirty yards in the second relay and Yale held the
race safe thereafter In the third relay Yale in
creased her lead by thirty yards. The final lap
found Munson. of Cornell and Parsons the inter-
collegiate champion Of Yale opposed The upstate
man made gallant effort but able to reduce
Yales lead but trae the latter winning by sixty
yards The order OF the relay was: For Cornell.
Rogers, Pope, Overman, and Munson; for Yale
Armstrong. Hill Burnlap and Parsons. Yale's
time was s:4 Is; Cornell's. SIP LIS.
There were only two colleges entered in the
one-ie local intercollegiate relay race 1t was won
by the New-York University. Fordham lead until
the last relay when Warford. in fine sprint beat
out Gargan and crossed the tape twelve feet in
the lead
The boys OF Public School No 20 sprung big sur
prise by defeating Public School No 50 In the halt
mile relay for public school boys as the great
showing of the latter representatives In recent
meets made them strong favorite. D. Weinsteiu
who ran In the first relay for Public School No
40. gained lead of more than twenty yards. and
the four other members OF the team increased the
lead, and won by hundred yards Public School
NO. Is was second, and the best that No. SO could
do was TO come In third, a foot behind No 49,
a interesting
nnlsh and inches separated the several men who
started in the final heat 1t was won by J. ]
Danaher, Of the Xavier Athletic Club. with L. r.
Kablnson Of Yale, second, and w z. Finley, OF the
NewYork Athletic Club third
Yale and Columbia met in The one-rnilA relay,
race, and il turned out to be an easv victory for
The NeW-Haven men. Gates, for Yale. and WaIz for
Columbia. started IN the first relay and the former
gained d fifteen yard lead In the second relay
Robinson relieved Gates and Wood took WALKS
Snd NJ raEo, =
creased her lead to twenty yards The last two
relays were run by Sheffield and johnson for yale
and Mcdonald and Taylor for Columbia Yales
margin at the end twenty yards
The summaries follow:
c l. Y run lhaesa6diSaPWSn William Thgn
Time Bin @"'9S = D / M I A 'Os yards third
One mile rsa, q6se ooegsswOn By Ne~-YorG
relay RAGE nigh and pFepaTstor5 schoolovvo
R F Fs.e sGhSs And gels !. NGH , &
school second w Whtakef ! T. Hutahinsd iG On in urn
HenshsT Bryce H starr and b E Fse M s.
.d erom pas fy tS Dgf sS %s6,s
valid H Kupfer e Denrocke and NJ MaTshajn. F1nhi
school No IS. second Public School No So third Time
Sixty 3n 4endicap2, Won by J.. pansher
second; W E. Finley NewYOrk A. {. ~ fseb. third
w55 Sy the Ss2qsRa weight 3 %
in J. s Mitchell New York % q n' tserae G1h Il n
. in. second; /. e Feuerba6h. New York 4 c. 10
mile relay athletic clubs by New
Pilgrim and Il = vaen,ne es' N a & a.
ridSs5 second St. Barhodmea " z q w Horner o. J.
Q, keete v. E. clmiou ard P. J. MeDoHald), third /
Three standing {.a a sHs oSs BY TGmR
unattached tseTatch) 80 feet s4 inches second; Ray
Ta By p tys5s@
t aas Time a. : 2o Yale second A Watt Columbia
Elasy. York A g. ri ards; H K robinson
& Zine
one-miie relay race tcoiiegcs,-won by Yale team
and shefield Columbia. second composed Of j. /
walz c. Wood A. Mcdonald and J. "A. Taylog. Time,
Two-me relay race for athletic clubs-won by Irish
G. Bonhag H Cohn and J 6, A. Fandar7nan st Bar
tholomew Athletic Club second Mohawk Athletic Club
one and one-hslf m run thsndicap)-won b, W G. /
ebPies 18th Rsssn aao ts scrse6 ~ ssaoa
Armstrong Yale ioo ysTdsl ad third Time 100
ST Bartholomew Athletic Club g inches II 10 in;
Horrax. Montpelier High School "a nches. It. in.
Putting sixteer-pound shot CnandIoap)-won by l. D.
Kloqs Msw-f9rk 15hletig Club g fes 80 # in
second: L. J Feuerbach. New York Athletc Club 6 {
feet. SO # 10 in. third
yads e eh9 xs y Ae'
Yards second; + W Merit Yale and NeV-Yo-k A c.
Eight-iap relsy Crntsrsettlernent A A--won b.
pr G and f's Mae oys @ Second s
composed .n Of W ssekus r Waker p Daiy and J:
and Clark House third, nut disqualified
Two-Tnie relay race Ccolleges>-won BY Yale team
composed .: n Armstrons G D Hill. s. R Rurnap and
Rogers F Il POate NJ q overman ana 3 8 Munson W.
Pole vault (handieap,-Wop by T NJ Jackson * Cornell
# in second; J. r. o'Br;ea Yale @ inches Il II
HARVARD FOOTBALL COACH ARRIVES.