New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
IRISH 4THLETES LEAD.
Capture Point Trophy IN Games of
iSp0nish Var Veterans.

The Irish-American Athletic Club the beau
tiful point trophy at the annual athletic games
of the Spanish War Veterans. held at Ulmer Park
yesterday. The Irish club captured the trophy by
scant point from the Acorn Athletic Association,
of Brooklyn. The programme was short one or
five open events, with two closed to the War Vet
creams, and the finishes close and good times
were the rule despite heavy track.
The one-rnile run. handicap a feature, and
was won by James Holmes, unattached. from the
100-yard mark. A 6. Knight, of the Irish-Ameri-
can Athletic Club Alexander Maria. of the West
Side Young Mems Christian Association. and
Holmes alternated in the lead. Holmes took the
lead at the beginning of the last lap, and won by
fifteen yards. Knight finished second.
The 100-yard DASH handicap, was run in the fast
time 10 seconds by Edward Coyle, of the Xavier
Athletic Association, with handicap of 6la yards.
He won by a foot from George E. Hall, of the
Irish club, who defeated Bert Dewar, his club
mate by the same close margin. The 300-yard
run, closed to Spanish War Veterans, won by
J. Kurka, with ]. Van Pont second. Kurka tried
his best to win the haf-mile run. the other closed
event, but the strain Of the former race told on
him at the finish and he crossed the line ten yards
behind ]. Allen who in As. The many War
Veterans present made themselves conspicuous by
their uniforms. and the committee in charge han
died the games splendidy-
The summaries follow:
Won by G. E. Hall irish-Amercan Athletic Cub (6]s
yards; Edward Coyle Xayier ATHLETIC Association 20
Irish American Athletic Club az yards; W J. Land
graf St Bartholomew Athletic Club 6l2 yards) second
Final heat-Won by Edward Coyle; G.. E Hall.
Bert Dewar third. Time 0:1O
hundred yard dash novice; to elementary
schoolboys unlimited weight)Won by Berger Hedberg.
Public School us Brooklyn: William Rogers. Public
school 2 Manhattan second Edwin G Hartman Public
six-hundred handicap first semi-fnal heat)
Won by P. Noles National Athletic Club; O ! Patrick;
Athletic Association, second Time. 1:49s Second
semi-hnal heat-Won by NJ Ball Ignatius Boys
club: B. Mcmahon west Side Athletic Club, second.
Time 145% Third semi-hnal heat-Won by J. Bonser,
All Souls Athletic Club; J. W Atherton. Bethesda Ath-
letic Club. second Time, 1:47as. heat-Won by
NJ Ball; O. J. Patrick, second: B. Mcmahon. third.
Time IAN
Two-hundred- -tuenty-yard dash dlandicap. open
high school)-Won by F. ". Finegan. Manual Training
rs yerds E Sanford. Manual Training (scratch), sec
ond s. V. Aldridge Manual Training 90 yards). third
Time O:301s
Eght-hundred- ighty-yard Chandicap,-Finai
by Fred R Bopp Unattached 80 yards; 2 A.
Kelley. unattached so yards) seconl W. Dnlman Trim
ity Club yards). Time, 2:261s.
One-naile lhandicap)-Won by James Holmes 100
YARDS. unattached; A. G. Knight, IrishAmercan Ath
Ietic yards). sAcond: A. Masra. Young Men
Christian Association. third. Time. 526B.
heat won by Edgar East Orange High School u5
YARDS: W. McCracken Brooklyn Central Young Men
Christian Association d6 yards). Muloy. New
West Side Athletic n6 yards) third Time, 0:2Sts
Three-hundred-yard CLOSED Spanish Veterans)
Won by J. Kurka; J. Van Pout. second J. St Clair.
third. Time, 046
-eightyyard Ccosed Spanish War
yeteTans)-Won Joseph Allen; J Kurka, second:
rnander Holmes third. Time. 3:o7&