The Washington times., 1906-06-17
GOOD COMPETITION
At LUNA PARK
Seitz Out of Form and Fails
to Take Dash.
GAMES WELL CONDUCTED
Connor, From Scratch, Barely Lost Mile
Run to Byrne-HerTing Beat High
School Champion in $50.

The first annual field and track games
of the Washington Athletic Club. which
were held at the Luna Park oval yes
terday afternoon, proved TO be much
| more of "A success than even the most
sanguine OF the officials had hoped for
( in view Of adverse circumstances
II had been hoped by those in charge
| that the track would be completed in
good time for the holding OF the meet.
but the rains of the past week have
made it impossible to work on the
grounds. However, by putting on an
| extra force Of men in the morning the
| worst part of the track was weH efn-
! dered and. fontrary TO expectations.
some fairly good time was made.
Competition Was Strong.
In spite OF the fact that the track was
not in record breaking shape, the man
ner in which the officials carried of
the affair I'm the face of these circum-
stances is worthy of praise One fea-
ture was the strong competition in
nearly all of the events In the open
handicap hundred, Gore of the Mount
Washington Club, ran a dead heat with
Charley SeitZ. of Georgetown. in the re-
markaDly good time of 10 2-5 seconds.
Again, in the inter-scholastic hundred
with Lloyd winner by "A scant few
inches. Smithson and Simon tied for
second place.
The mile also proved to be hard
! fought Connor. from scratch. had some
difficulty passing the bunch which had
| been strung out before him for thirty
I or forty yards. and was finally beaten
| on the last lap by Byrne, who had big
| handicap on him by less than three feet.
Shilling of the y. NJ. c A, who was
I third. was not five feet behind Connor
In the SS0-yard, Herring and Wilson.
( the high schOol champions hung to each
| other for nearly the entire distance. but
J in the last few strides the former pulled
] Wilson " nFrf
I dan. of Baltimore for the place, with a
\ few yards to spare.
/ The one-mile junior relay. in which
/ the DupOnts defeated the Belmont Ath-
/ !etic Club was easily the feature. Boern-
/ stein led off for the latter and for lap
/ and half out-distanced Lloyd but the
| Dupont man ran heady race. and
I touched of his team mate a little ahead
I OF Howard, who was second up for the
/ Belmonts. Radford' easily beat Howard
and though SmithsOn, who ran last for
/ failed TO make UP moro than half Of
/ the distance.
| The Summaries.
| IOO-yard dash: or-n handicap. First
! heat, won by Charles Seitz. ex-GeOrge-
! town. scratch; second, Harry Webb,
! Washington Y NJ c. A, yards; third.
/ r. F. BeMat, c. A. c., yards Time,
! Il seconds.
Second heat. Won by Frank schIosser,
| washington Y NJ. c. A. 5 yards: sec
ond, II. l.. Gore, Mt. Washington Club.
~ yards Time. u seconds
/ Final. Dead heat between Seitz and
Gore for first; third. Frank SchIosser.
/ Time. 10 2-5 seconds. Gn toss up for
| medal. Gore won OUT.
1O0-yard dash: interscholastic. Won bv
Ihomas Lloyd. Wes, ern High School:
second. dead heat be ween c. f. Smith
| son, Belmont a. c, and Simon. Army
| and Navy Preps Time. 10 as seconds.
| On toss up Sn:ithson won the medaI)
! 22O-yard dash. Won by II. r. Gore.
| Mt. Washington Club, scratch; second.
F. Schlosser. Washington Y. NJ. G A
3 yards: third. Harry NJ Webb. Wash
/ ington Y. NJ C. A. yards. Time. % 3-5
! seconds.
s4O-yard run. Won by ]. H. sherman
c. 4. c.. u yards; second. H. N Claeett.
/ &. a. c.. 3 yards; third; A. D. Stivers
George Washington. yards. Time. S
| seconds.
SsO-yard run. Won by Paul s. Herring
| c. A. c, 5 yards; second. Wilson. c. A
c, ; yards; third Thomas Sheridan
St Leo's Gym. 20 yards. Time, ? min
utes 20 seconds.
One-mile rur-Won by Frank Byrne
Wash. Grove A. A, . yards; second
w. Shilling, Wash. Y. NJ. c. A, 40 yards
One-half mile junior relay-won by
| LeDroit A G. CEastOn, Sherman. Will
son, Bryant; second. Gurley A. C.
tEgan, Young Hilldebrand, ROse(. Time.
one mile junior relay-WOn by Dupont
a =. CCalvo. Lloyd. Dick. Radford)
Sfcond' Belmont A G. CBoernstein
| 4:I0.
One-half mile senior exhibition. two.
man relay-Wilson and Herring defeat ted
Sherman and Lorando. All members ~
the Columbia Athletic Club.
Field Events.
Running broad jump-Won by A ID
Stivers, G. w. O.. foot: second. r w
Finding, St Leo's Gym. inches: third
Ward. Baltimore Y NJ. c. A Actua-
distance. first man, 10 feet 10 inches.
Running high jump-won by w. r
White, c. A c., scratch; second a
Disney, Fifth Reg, Baltimore. 3 inches
third. F. II. Young, Gurley A c..
inches. Height. feet inches.
Sixteen-pound shot put-Won by F
Schlosser, Wash Y. NJ. c. A, feet
second. O'Gorman. Georgetown Univer
sity, scratch; third, T. Finding st
Leo's Gym, ; feet Distance, IS feet
inches.