The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
IRISH AMERICANS
ATHLETES OF
CLASS.

NEW YORK, Sept S-The senior
track and field championships Of the
Amateur Athletic Union of the United
States were decided on the Traverse
Island grounds of the New York Attn
! letic Club. Contrary to expectations no
new records were established and none
was even equaled
The Point Trophy was won by the
Irish American Athletic Club OF this
city with SO points, the New YORK
Athletic Club being second with 3S-
The representatives of the Chicago Attn
1etic Association were next with Is
points Archie Hahn of the Milwaukee
| Athletic Club, who won the 10o-yard
dash at Athens last May. failed TO
! qualify in the short sprint and finished
1 last in the final 220yard run.
Nigel Barker. the Australian. who
defeated Arthur Duffey in the Antipo-
des was beaten in his trial for the
| 220-yard sprint
The f1ve-mile run proved disappoint-
ling. George " Bonhag of the local
| lIrish-American Club started out TO beat
tE c. Carter's record of 25:23 go He
Ibid well for two miles, but then lost
one Of his shoes after he had secured
a big lead on William Nelson or Eng
| land who ran unattached. Bonhag ran
another mile before he stopped to put
on his shoe, and this delay lost him the
race. Summary:
44O-yard run-Won by Frank L. Wal
/ Ter, Milwaukee A. C.; James Z. Teeyan,
Irish-American A. c.. second; j. q; Col
/ liton Irish-American A c., third Time,
| 5011 seconds.
Throwing thirteen-pound hammer
Won by John ]. Flanagan. Irish-Amer-
| ican A. c., 166 feet IA inches D
Giilfes, N. Y. A c.. second. 15S feet 51a
1 inches: E ]. Sheridan. rish-American
A. c., third, Isl feet 6, inches.
SS0-yard run-Won by M. w. Shep-
pard, Irish-American A: G., New YORK
c., second; P. H. Philgrim. N. Y. A. c.,
third. Time. 1:55 2-5.
10O-yard dash, final heat-Won by C.
American A. G.. second; Lawson Rob
ertson, I. a. A c., third Time, 10 Is
seconds.
one mile run-won by F. A. Rogers.
second; G. Haskins, N. Y. A. c., third.
Pole vault-Won by Leroy samse'
Moore N. Y. A. c.. second. IL feet 6
! inches; "A. C. Gilbert. Multnomah A c.,
Portland. Ore, third, II feet Samse
and Moore decided the tie with the bar
at l feet IL inches.
Five-mile run-Won by Williamson.
England, unattached; George BonhaS.
I A: a. G, second: W; G. Frank, L A A
Running high jump-Won by j. W
| inches; II. A. Gfddey, Maiden. Mass.
second, feet liz inches (tie for sec
ond place.; Robert Herman, N. Y. A c..
| third, feet 10A inches.
Putting 16-pound shot-Won by Wes-
| ley W. Coe, University of Michigan, 46
! feet 101a inches; Dennis Horgan, n. Y.
| A. c.. second, 46 feet inches; L. E.
| Fenebach. n. Y. A c.. third, 42 feet 9
| inches.
! 120-yard hurdle-Won by W. NJ Arm
strong, N Y. A. c.; John ]. Eller Jr..
| l. A a. c., second; E. Lovington, n. Y.
A c., third Time 16 seconds.
220-yard run-Won by R. l. Young.
! l. A. A. c.; Lawson Robertson, /. A. A.
c., second; L. B. Stevens, N. Y. A. c.,
third; Archie Hahn, Milwaukee A. c.,
fourth. Time, % 20 seconds.
Discus throw-Won by M. J. Sheri-
dan. I. A. A c., 120 feet 10 inches; M.
John ]. Flanagan. I. A A c., third, ia
220-yard hurdle-Won by Harry Hill
man New York; Joseph Malcolm, Chi
cago A c.. second; John J. Eller Jr-. l.
A. A c., third. Time, 25 1-5 seconds.
Running broad jump-Won by dyer
Prinzstein, I. A A. c., % feet 4 u
inches; j. T. Mahoney, N Y. A. c.. Sec
ond, 81 feet ~ inches; T. F. Cronan,
Shawmut A. G. Boston, 81 feet 2 inches.
Throwing fifty-six-pound e-ght-
S5 feet inches; NJ J. Sheridan, I. A
Horr. I. A. & C., third. 81 feet.
Point scores-I. A. A. c., So; ". Y. A
c.. As; Chicago A. A. 10; University OF
Michigan, s.; Milwaukee A c., 5: Eng
land, s. Multnomah A c., 2; Maiden
Mass, 8; Shawnut A. c.. 1.