New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
YALE RUNNERS BEATEN
COLUMBIA TAXES RELAY.
Record CroScd Sees Nezc York a, C..
Games at TraUers Island.

The victory Of the Columbia reIay ...~,p
marsh jr., C s. Hetherington, John W Brodi-
and A. Zink-over the crack Yale quartet-E p
Parsons. ". J. rEngle, jr J r Williams and
Darlington Moore-was the feature of the sew
enty-sixth games Of the New York Athletic Club.
hcld yesterday afternoon at picturesque Trayers
Island So fine was the weather that an nm
usually large crowd made the trip TO the clubs
country home to witness the competitions. Over
q hundred motor cars were parked about tho
grounds, while the lawns and stands were
fhronged Gaily dressed women made up a large
pzrt of the attendance
AL the events except the relay races were
handicap affairs, but so skilfully had Thomas
F. O'Brien. the official Handicapped of the Metro
politan Association Of the Amateur Athletio
Union, marked the contestants that numerous
close finishes resulted
Yale was figured 10 beat Columbia in the two
mile relay race for colleges. in which the dark
Blue and the light Blue and White were the
Only entries, but even with the help OF Ell Par
sons, the fast half-miler Of Olympic Games
fame. The New Haven collegians were not able
to turn the trick Yale to be sure. secured a.
lead Of over two hundred yards on the first two
relays, when Parsons and rEngle were running
against Marsh and Hetherington but Brodix. of
Columbia caught Williams. of Yale. on the third
relay and link beat Moore home in a close
finish The time minutes 3-5 seconds
Zink rsn the last half-mfle in / minute 81 3-5
seconds
TIE TWO hurdle events We're won oddly
enough. by the captains of this years Yale and
Princeton track teams. W. NJ Armstrong the
Princeton captain, took the high hurdles from
scratch. with T Y. Howe of Yale. second. while
:. II cafes, The Yale captain, with a handicap of
-four yards. won over the low hurdles The high
hurdles race was run on the grass
of = Tha De
wcn both the SS0-yard run and the 44O-yard run
Coates, Seton Hall Preparatory School boy
with q handicap Of IS yards, was second in the
GsG-yard run
Frank Pierce. Of the Pasti7ne Athletic Club
who Is g full -blooded Indian and a brother of
jerry Pierce, Of cross-country prowess finished
third in the ons-mile He started from the
s5-Yaro mark II. Davenport. Of the Trinity
Atis-eJic Club, Won.
George II. Cossenlas. Of the West Side Branch
J. H. c. A, also won two events. He took the
1O9-gard dash, handicap, from the 9-yard mark
II II seconds. ana the 220-yaFd run, handicap
IN p % seconds, from IS yards. Through a
strange coincidence L. 3. Stevens, of the New
York Athletic Club, was second in both races
Ine one-uaile relay race for teams Of five
FchoO-Doys was OF course, The event OF the meet
for the juniors. Seton Hall Preparatory School
with HARRY Coates heading its team. won from
De Witt Clinton High School High School OF
Commerce and tOrdhaU University Preparatory
School which finished in the order named. The
tHle was minutes 90 As seconds
Members Of The New York Athletic Club took
most Of the places in the field events. The OBJ
ftacle race, last on the programme. pleased the
crowd.
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