New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
CHAMPIONS IN FRONT.
e. B. Parsons Equals World's Rec
ord an 1OO-Yard Run.

= Champions held sway and successfully de-
Tended their titles last night at the continuation
of the Amateur Athletic Union indoor contests
in the Madison Square Garden "A large crown
was on hand. expecting TO see the asplrailts lOI
titles carry off the events, but the veterans heu
their own in the majority of the events Inc
final score by points New York Athettc
Club 76; Irish-Amercan Athletic Club 90
Canada and the United States were pitted
against each other in the 150-yard DASH ana
the honors went to f. L. Lukeman. the repre-
sentative Of the Montreal Amateur AthleuC
Association who breasted the tape a scant yard
in front of w. ]. Keating, the lrish-AiI
Athletic Club Sprinter. H. n. Sedley was thiru.
At putting the twenty-four pound shot, the
second contest of the evening, w. w. Coe, OF the
Boston Athletic Association had no dlthculIy
in winning with put of 80 feet 5&4 mches'
which Is three feet behind the record neid oy
himself. Nj. ]. Sheridan, the American al-rouhu
champion was second and Dennis Horgah thlru'
Seven starters were off with the pistol IN the
long fve-mile run. George V. Bonhas. the Ia
vorite took the lead at the second mile ana was
never headed thereafter. r. 2. Carr came IKE
a whirIwind at the end and got second plac'
easily from T. Collins The time was % MlIi-
utes 80 1-5 seconds.
raw Ewry. champion standing high and broad
Jumper for years. was in his usual form, ana
added five points To the New York Athletic CIuo
total by winning the standing hign jump with
the bar at feet Is inch. J. A. Bliler was SeCoIU
and Z. Adams third.
OF the ten middle distance men who started
in the 6lO-yard run the present holder OF the
record. L. Z. Parsons. of the New York Ath'etic
Club and Yale proved the fastest OF the lot'
He won from Melvin Sheppard by 21s yards IN
l minute II seconds, which equals the "Ol'N
record for the distance.
The New York Athletic Club carried or tne
silk championship banner offered by the ANA
teur Athletic Union TO the club winning tno
greatest number of points. The Mercury Foot
men scored 16 points to 40 for the irish Amer
lean Athletic Club The banner carries Win
| cla ,inr1Gh Of
A sprung board in the new floor of the garden
was the cause of unfortunate accident 10
W. ]. Keating, one Of the crack sprinters OF the
Irish American Athletic Club. He had gone only
fifteen yards in the first heat of the 6O-yard run
when the board tripped him, throwing him so
hard that he had to be carried from the track
with a badly spralned ankle. he does not eX-
pect to be able TO train again for some weeks.
/ In the low hurdle race Smithson. of Oregon.
was pitted against Harry Hillman. Every spec
, tator stood up when the final heat was an
/ nounced, and the roar that went up as the con-
| testants started continued 10 the finish
/ Hnman won. In 81 seconds. by a scant
| four yards SmIthson strained tendon in his
! leg yard before finishing. ". r Brusch was
a close third.
Samuel Lieghold Of the PastiTne Athletic Club.
( won the three-mile walk. beating George V.
! Bonhag The latter led at the end Of the first
! mile, which covered in minutes and 22@5
/ seconds. The Pastme's man passed Bonhag.
however near the completion of the second mile
! covered In 16 minutes AZ secondhand from
/ that time on he widened the gap until he fin
/ ished still fresh with Bonhag in second place,
/ half lap IN the rear. The time. 24 minutes 06
seconds. while not record. was considered fast.
one hundre,l-and- df;y-yard r1n-won BY =. L Luke
uIar Montreal Athletic Association; W. j. Keat
ing Irish American Athletic Club second H. A. sedIey,
] New Athletic Club. third Time. O.l62s.
J Putting the tWenty-four- pound shot-Won by W W
Coe. Athletic Association NJ J. sheridan. Irish
/ American Athletic Club second; Dennis Hcrgan New
inches: sheridan So feet inches orsan feet az
/ inches
Athlete club r T. carr Xavier Athletic Association,
second: + Collins IrishAmeFican Athletic Association
4 third Time 255Bis.
! standing high tump-won by r c. Ewry. New
Athletic Club: ]. a BfeT. Central Young Mems
! Christian Association. second: 2 Adams. New York
Athletic club. third. Ewry-s jump II = in; Buers
| SiX-hundred- yard run-WOn BY F. y. Parsons. New
] York Athletic Club; NJ ". sheppard, Irish American
Athletic Club second: @ Bacon, Irish American Atm
letc Club, third Time 1:li$- The record la he'd
! by Parsons.
| Three standing broad junps-won by r c Ewry.
! New York Athletic Club = Adams New York Athletic
! Club. third Ewrys jump. y - - IN Adams .
jump. 81 It AZ in Shertdans jump, II T. q IN.
! Sixty~yard Tur-Won by J. + OCcpnell New YORK
] Athletic Club. & J. New York Athletic Club
! ont. u Murray Dublin. Ireland. third Time O.O5As.
/ Three hundred-yard low hurdle race-Won BY H. l.
Hillman Athletic Club: f. Smhson. Portland.
on. second; W. T. Brusch New York Athletic Club.
! rhree-nile walk-won by Samuel LebSod. Pastme
Athletic Club. Y. BOnh4g. irish-Amcrtcan Atf-
letic club second: l. Lieogod. IrishAmeriean Athletic
pole vault for height-Won by c. Allen. Irish-American
Athletic club. = T. Nelson. New York Athletic club.
/ second; Il G Moore. New YORK Athlrue tlub. thlFd,
Aliens vault IL IT. in Nelson's IL feet Moore, 10
] N.