The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-03
PENN Wins TWO-MILE RACE
Defeats Columbia and Cornell in
Irish Athletic Club Meet.
Galaxy of stars Compete in Annual
Games in Madison square Gar
den-The Summaries.

Madison Square Garden, New York.
Feb. 2.--The athletic carnival OF the
Irish Athletic Club brought together
the biggest crowd of stars that has
been in Madison Square Garden since
the Amateur Athletic Union had ils
indoor track and field meet. The doors
were besieged by a large crowd long
before the opening hour. The univer-
stiles We're represented by Columbia.
Cornell. Yale, and Pennsylvania. which
supplied a gala array Of stars
A new American record was estab-
lishcd in the three-legged race. The
summaries:
IN The first heat. IS Yards C. J. Setz OF the
New York Athletic Club the National A. A L
champion, was the scratch man. but although he
ran vel, he failed 20 give tour yards 70 slade.
% the Pastime 4. G.. ". ID. Eaton OF the Boston
A A., az scratch 10 the second heat and Ike
Seitz failed 20 give four yards 20 Crockett Of ne
NcW York 4 e.
Putting 25pound weight. with follow-won by
J. ]. Flanagan. ]. A A. e.. a feet inches ". J.
sheridan. J. A. A G.. second = feet inches. J.
Mccarthy, J. A. A. C., third. p feet SO inches.
iio-yard run. noyice-Won by X u Boorman. Co
lumbla University; y. u. Anderson. TWenty-third
Regiment A. A. second; q. g. Lynes. Yale. third
Time s. IS seconds
229ySFd run hsndiear,-Won by g. J. Clarke. F.
A. g., . yards; o. d. Rr0vn, Pratt Institute. Is
yards second J.. Miller. J. A. A. g. y ysgds third
Time. 0.31e5
Throwing the 56-pound weight handicap. from
stand without ioll0w-Won by !. Hyues star A. G..
fest, with an actual throw Of q feet 2 inches
Charles stils0n. J.. A. G.. 8 feet. second With an
acslal throw q Is feet % inches. John L. Burke
I. A. A. e., three feet. third with an actual throw
Of = feet inches.
One and one-balf mile run. hsndicap-won by
]. J. Farrell. New YORK A, g.. 30 yards g. Jane
sen. St bartholomew A. c. 10 yards second
Albert knight, /. A. A. G., 80 yards third. Time.
IS 25
Seventy Yards hurdles handicap-Won by c. r.
Toole. n \. A g.. Il feet; r. J. Eesr Xavier A. A.
G, feet. second, 4. g.. Leayitt, Boston A \ G..
feet. third. Time 039 -
Two-mile relay -ecc for coeges-Wou by pennsyl-
vania fCsTrJtheTs. Boomers. Taylor and Haskins
Columbia "A. link G. Hams T. ;. Heriugt0n,
and Z. Marsh, second Cornell a.. e.. AIagoftu. C.
NJ French. 2. b. Townsend, and Il. NJ. Rogers.
third, Time sl63-s
Threelegged race, Is yrrds from scratch-Won By
Lawson Robertson J. 4. A. g., and Harry Pill
man. New York A. C.: J. n Teeysn and c. r.
Han, I. A. A. C., second L. Price and Wainwright,
AeW York A c.. hird. Time. COS as In this
race the new American record was made.
Running hop. step. and Jump: bandicap-Won by
+. T. Ri5ey, Irish 4. A. g., foot, with act
nal Jump Of IS feet inches; J. F. O'ConnelI. New
York A. C., scratch. with jump Of IS feet inches
second Plat Adams New York A. C.. three feet,
third. with actual Jump Of q feet 10 inches.
Fivemile Hn-Won by George Y. Bonhsg. l. 4.
A c.; II. ". Basson. Young Mems League, second
William Nelson. Twenty-second Regiment A. A..
tE.Ud. Time. 3 50 Is.
roe vault; handicap-Won by W s Foster. Cor
mel University. z inches with an actual vault Of
10 feet inches; John Brcdemons unattached, 6
inches second. with an actual vault 81 II feet; e..
H, Perry Central Y. NJ C. A.. Il inches third,
with actual vault o. 10 feet inches.