New-York tribune., 1907-10-14
BIG CROWD SEES GAMES.
Last Outdoor Contests Of Irish
american athletic Club.

The Irisil-American Athletic Club closed its out
door season yesterday with its autumn games at
Celtic Park, Long Island. a crowd numbering
ten thousand persons was in attendance Inc
contests were exciting, and aroused much ehthuSl-
aSm.
The throwing Of the javelin which promised to
be the feature event, could not be decided on ac-
count of the two javelins belonging to the ciuh
having been broken by some pf the competitors
while in practice before the games.
Martin J. Sheridan. the all round Metropolitan
champion and holder OF the worlds record VITA
the discus. with this missile both at American
and Greek style. With throw of 129 feet Az
inches lie won the American style event, and in
The Greek style sent the weight half better.
He glory by winning the pole vault
with actual leap of 10 feet inches Claude
Allen of the Irish-American Club, was scratch
in this event and he finished second vaulting II
feet but Sheridans handicap gave him the event
The two-mile steepechase race furnished plenty
Of amusement. II won by j. J. Daily, the
holder of the United States Amateur Athletic
Union ten-me record Eddie Carr, Of the Xavier
Athletic Association second, fifty yards behind
DAILY. with ". G. Frank, of the Irish-American
Athletic Club. third. The men had TO jump three
hurdles and pool of wsteT. Not one of the
competitors succeeded in making the jump with
taking a swim. The weather was extremely
chilly and the water nearly cold as ice. a roar
Of laughter and amusing remarks went up when
each of the men took TO the water. IL was eX-
tremely funny for the crowd, but not so for the
athletes.
The two-mle relay race in which the Irish
American Athletic Club started from scratch, was
by the Xavier athletic Association by four
wards with the Irish American team second.
Melvin W. Sheppard, the champion middle dis
tance runner of the world, finished second in the
6oOyard run. IT was won by Harry Haywood, of
the New York Athletic Club. by six yards. About
fGrtyone started in the one-mile event for
novices 9. ". Walters. of the New York Ath
letc Club, crossed the tape first in the fast time
Of minutes A 10 seconds. w J. keating. the
Junior national champion, easily won the 1W-yard
dash in 10 seconds. The summaries follow:
TRACK EVENTS
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club a 40 ards u fasg5 Rosen5g HGagf 4h
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@ % @e run 9 60 BY & Hss
Holy Gross Lyeeam O. yaras second W, Haysip un-
-hundred-yard dash .scratchl-Won by W. J.
his6?S 3s's Ss9 Adi:S6 f.s
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3 & kennedy irish-American Athletic go yards.
Three hgndred-ysrd -g 9hanaloap1woq4 sSy ! B.
b4g4 nhee Cub e Ets' is yards second
c. Cassasa Irish-Anlerican Athletic Club as YARDS.
r Bss D. Ps ws 10y %.96s 4s5ss Rs a
10 ards ! oLoqghn Tno. P1sme ~ Ahlef Cup & .
lFa Z s4a e'3Ra Rr cRafss fn 5o0s Ne" York Athletic o'
x York iss Taa sseigR e6 cons
Athletic Club. second r; J Egan, Catholic Athletic
mile steepes9as'e hanaioap-WoR by ]. PPslx
Xavier Association go YARDS. second ". q
Frank, Irsh-Amocan Athletic Club go yards), third
TWo-mie relay Clandicapp-won by Xavier Athletic
Thumnn ConneI and Freeman; American Athletic
Cscratchl, second. team composed OF Sheppard
Riley Sullivan Bromow; Mohawk Athletic Club 90
yards third, team composed OF Rehmsn, Reilly. Doody
and Nobous Time sl7.
FIELD EVENTS.
H Pfh ST. 5pm s s4 a5 By
actual jump f. in. & y. Toole New York Athletic
Femns % unatt9chd % g nc6es % 6ifd H actual m jump f.
Gin
Throwing discus American style Oandicap. I5-foo
limiO-Won ny NJ J. Sheridan Irsh-American Athletic
Club fscratch acrlal throw OF l29 IT. ~ in; NJ. J.
actual throw # AZ in; c. Stetson Pastirne
Athletic Club 10 feet. third. actual throw Of Ill t.
II in.
Throwing Is pound hammer (handicap 8O-toot lmIO-
Won by b. sherman. unattached go feeO; NJ. j. Me
Grath New York Athletic Club (sciatc), second, actual
throw of in; G. Williams. Xavier Athletic
Association 80 feep. third actual throw I32 II
Running broad jump 'handicap. 2-foot llmit)-Won
g. / Fleming. unattached go inches). Jump
20 IT. III George T. Hall, IrisAmerican Athletic
Club ga nches second actual jump Of 20 IT. . in NJ
third, actual jump @ 20 f.. in
Throwing 56pound weight dhandicapl-Won by N. r.
throw Of 32 # II in J J Flanagan. Irtsh-Amerlcan
actual throw OF % II. in.
Pole vault Oar be started at 10 feep-Won by NJ J.
Of 10 # in; c. a. Allen, Irsh-Amercan Athletic
Cub (scrstch) second. actual vault of II feet;
Frank ITisl-A american Athletic Club IA inches third
Throwing the discus Greek style)-won by ~ J.
throw OF 10 H. > IN; j. J. Flanagan sf-American
Athletic Club. second. actual throw l2s f. = in: p
Adams. New York Athletic Club third actual Of
one-haIf-ne walk-won by Samuel I.ebgold Pastime
Athletic Club Louis Liebgod Irish-Amercan Athletic
third. Time, s:4St. -''