Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03
ELI PARSONS BEATS
SHEPPARD IN 600-YARD
COMES WITHIN FoUR.FlFTHS OF
HIS OWN RECORD
Closing Events of National Indoor
Championships Simmer Down to
Contests Between Irish A.
c. and N. Y. A. c.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2--In the closing events
of the national indoor championships at Madi-
sor Square garden last night the contest was
| again between the members of the Irish
! American A. c. and New York A. c. for the
! point honors. Athletes OF these clubs showed
| we'll in front from the beginning, and the
competition was veery keen. Tho feature races
! were the 500 yards and Smile runs.
| Ell Burt Parsons of the N. Y. A. C. showed
clean pair Of heels to the fleet distance
champion, Melvin W. Sheppard, in the 800
yard run, winning the indoor title for this
distance for the third successive year. Par
SONS Jumped into the lead from second posi-
tion at the pole taking the rail from Mackay
OF Montreal and set a terrific pace from the
crack Of the gun.
Dorland Of the Pastimes followed closely on
the mercury footer for quarter of q mile,
and looked though he might prove Dig
surprise. The pace was too much' however ior
the youngster, and he dropped out, leaving
Charley Bacon and Sheppard as the con-
tenders with the New Yorker.
Sheppard remained in fourth place until 150
wards from the tape, when he let loose his
ere at paca deyouring sprint. Parsons never
faltered in his trerihc burst OF speed and the
real race was for second place between the
two sh-Americans, Sheppard and Bacon. The
former made gallant effort to overtale the
flying red headed leader, and his dash carried
Kim along so fast that he flew past Bacon by
a very scant margin. Parsons was an easy
victor by fully five yards. Although his held
was a very fast one, Parsons was four-nftns
of a second outside of his record of l minute
II seconds.
George Bonhag won one of the finest run
races seen in many day when he crossed the
line in the Smile barely two yards ahead
of Eddie Carr of the Xaviers. The struggle
for the last quarter was so thrilling among
this pair, tom Collins and f. Bellars, that
every spectator was his feet yelling madly,
and hats were tossed wildly In the air In the
tumult of excitement the quarter few down
the last few yards of the stretch.
Winfield Bailey of the New Yorks. and Col
pfeh a1fa
pace for the first couple of miles, while Bon
fag took it rather easily behind the leaders.
''Billy'' Frank started little excitement
when half the journey was covered by OPEN
ing up gap of ten yards. but his effort was
a dying one, for he began to drop pacK rapiuiy
after the three-mile post had been reached.
Bailey had enough at three miles, and Frank
retired at four and halt Inc race from
that point on was a great battle among Carr,
Bonhag, Collins and Bellars. With only three
laps to go Bonhag took the lead and began an
attempt to run away from the rest. Al ans ans.
wered his challenge, and the quartet were
fighting gamely for every inch OF ground.
Little Carr stumbled bit coming around ne
last turn and was thrown out of his stride,
else Bonhag might have beat the race. The
Xavier bow recovered in time to rush into
second place, but the little he faltered cost
him a possible victory
The Summary
15O-yard dash-First heat, won by William j.
Keating Irsh-American A. c.; A. ]. Crock
ett, N Y. A. c., second: time Is 40 seconds.
Second heat won by F. L.. Lukeman, Montreal
A. A. A.: H. A. Sedley, N. Y. A. C., second;
time IS 2-5 seconds. Third heat, won by L. b.
Stevens NJ Y. A. c.; o. II. Langan irish
American A. c., second; time 10 4-5 seconds.
Heat for second men. won by H. A. Sedley'
n Y. A. &c; time II 2-5 seconds. Final heat,
won by f. A. Lukeman; second. VIM. j. Keat-
ing: third. Harry A. sedey fourth l.. B.
stevens; time 16 2-5 seconds.
Five-mile run-Won by George " Bonhag,
Irish American; Edward P. Carr, Xavier A.
A. second; Thomas Collins. Irish h-American'
third: F. BelIars N. Y. A. c., fourth. Time
/ mile, 5m 6s; . miles, 1Om 24s; miles. l5m
6s; miles, 21m 3s; miles, 25m 30 lbs
6OO-yard run-Won by ELI b. Parsons N. X.
A C.; Melvin W. Sheppard, Irish-Americans,
second; Charles Bacon. Irish sh-Americans, third;
Time I'm Il 4-5s.
Putting 24-pound shot-Won by Wesley W.
Cone, Boston A. A. with put of So IT, ~
MI; second, Martin j. Sheridan, Irish-Ameri-
cans, SO IT. in; third Denis Horgan. N Y.
A. c., 80 IT. Sh in.
Point score at this period-Irish- American
A. G., Sc; N. Y. A. c., 50; Boston A. A. Il;
Pastime A. C., IL.