Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-20
USUAL RIVALRY IN
N. !. TRACK MEET
Irish-American and New York
Athletic Club Still Hot
After Each Other-BIun-
der Marred Events.

TRAVERS ISLAND, n. Y, September 10.
The national senior track and field
championships of the Amateur Athletic
Union were decided today on the famous
oval of the New York Athletic Club AS
usual. there was a fight for supremacy in
point honors between the Irish-American
Athletic Club and the New York Athletic
Club. Many of the recent Olympic COM
petitors took part in the contests. which
were of international interest. and the
Irish-American Athletic Club won the
honors with fifty-five points, the New
York Athletic Club being second with
twenty-nine and the Chicago Athletic As
ISOLATION third with sixteen. The other
points were distributed as follows: Olym-
pic Athletic Club San Francisco, eight;
Montreal Athletic Association. six; Boston
Athletic Association, four; Gurley Athletic
Association. Washington, =. c.; Pastime
Athletic Club New York one, and three
points went to athletes who were not
entered from any particular club. The
| five mile run was won by Fred Bellars OF
the New Iork Athletic Club; J. j. Lee,
New York Athletic Club, was second fifty
yards away, and about two feet ahead of
John j. Daily, Irish-American Athletic
Club who finished third.
a scene of great disorder followed the
second running of the one-mile race. The
nrSt time the race was won by H l..
Trube of the New York Athletic Club,
after a false signal announcing the last
lap had been given by an official. AL
| though Trube was well in the lead at the
end of both laps the race was ordered re-
run. A similar blunder marred the sec
ond running of the race, which Trube
again won after Cohn had stopped at the
false signal. The race was then ordered
/
decision was followed by boots from the
crowd. and hundreds of spectators rushed
on to the track to protest
Summaries:
1oo-yard run-First heat-W. F. Hamilton, chi
second ]. NJ ' Rosenbergcr. nSG American American Ac
third. Time. 90 ID. Second heat-W. +. Keat-
af saSand : TGn SELF T. New I'{ e4
&C, third. Time. 0.1o 20 Final heat-W. +.
Hamilton, won; w. F. Heating, second; I. H.
ss0yard rum. ". Sheppard, Irish American
&C, won. Harry Gissing unattached, second
j. NJ. BrouIilOw, IriSh-American A.C., third
Time 90 3D..
IOoyard hnrdle-A, B. Shaw. Chicago A.
W. Waller, New York A.C.. third. Time OLD 10
Putting 16-pound shot-Ra-ph Rose. Olympic
gymnastic team. second, II feet II inches; NJ. +:
Horr, sh-American A.c., third ~ feet sh
inches.
c. cassassa, Irish American A.C.. second; J. J,
Pastime &C, tied for third. Time, 40 80.
:2O-yard hurdle-First heat-Dead heat between
II. L. Hillman, Mao and J. j. Eller' LA.
c. Time, OBS 3-5. Second heat-A. H. Shaw,
Chicago "A. won; W. Burseh, N.Y.A.C.. see
ond. Final heat. ]. Eller I.AA.C., won A.
b. Shaw. Chicago Al second; Harry L. Hill
man. N.Y.A.C., third. Time. 0.24 As.
Running high jump-H. +. Horton. &C,
won D feet Il! inches; ii. 4. Grumfell. MA.
c., second; H. A. Ddney, Boston A, third.
22O-yard run-First heat-W. +. Heating, la.
A.C., won. &. c. Steinert. N.f.A.C, second.
Time O..3. Second heat-Dead heat between *.
Cloughiin. LA.A.C., and w. F. Hamilton, Chi
cago "A. Time. 0.22 10. Final heat-W. i.
Heating won, W. r. Hamilton, second; Il.
Cloughin. LA.A.C.. third. Time. OBJ 2-a.
Pole yault-W. HaperU, Montreal A. q, won.
II feet . inches; Claude Allen, IA.A.C., second;
j. l.. Barr N.Y.AC.. third.
Throwing l6-pound hammer-M. j. McGrath, y.
VAC. won 173 feet; Lee Talbot, IA.AC., see
ond 1853 feet So inches; ]. ]. Flanagan, LA.
c. third los feet 81. inches.
Running broad jump-P.att Adams, NY. A.C.,
won u feet inches; A. C. Northridge, LA
c. second, Il feet = inches; 9. A. King. Gurley
A.C. Washington, d. c., third, ~ feet Ga
Throwing the discus-M. F: Horr Irish-Amer-
lean A.C. won, 1872 feet inches; Ralph Rose.
Olympic AC.. San Francisco, second. III feet "a
inch: Lee Talbot. LA.A-C., third, IT, feet l1l3
inches
Throwing 56-pound weight j. Flanagan, ]. A.
&C. won, 81 feet liz inches; NJ. j. McGrath.
MAC. second. "a feet 3D. inches; Lee Talbot,
LA.AC., third, u feet IA inches.