New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
NILE RACE A FARCE
OFFICIALS ERR TWICE.
r,,f Times at National Champion
ships at Tra0ers Island.


Jnl''- al the long history of the country's gov
Ga ..hietic body there was never exhibition
e.i,etencv on the part of the officials TO equal
q ~ ~. vbioh turned this great meeting into a
me ND disguised every one of The five thou
fsroe ao+s+ors who circled the beautiful oval.
s.. ssrraceful work Of the officials in the
4" r was one OF the early events, and
nahs ,orether most OF the greatest milers in
pIO-e- ..,,n Of the country. Because of the neg
uAs - the officials at the finish the bell. which
,-.,-s rrng just the men begin the last lap
-,ce was rung at the end of the third lap.
= =, ave-lap track, and naturally the men be-
= .heir sprint with the bell
esl -r-,be Of Cornell and the New York Ath-
c,-h came sailing down the stretch an easy
W. h,,+ as he reached the worsted the officials
~" - him that he had another lap TO go.
- nan in the race thought IT was over, but
,..-nea differently when he reached the
y - line Trube though he had shot his bolt,
Aa-e5 around once more. and won the race in
s~ss tins of 4 minutes 80 SIS seconds. Then
" ssofsls decided it was no race" and the
l.. US moved 70 the end Of the programme.
60 ,oin the nlilers were sent away on their
= .,,,-nev This time at the end of the third
n1'u .is.rl vas fred. Harvey Cohn dashed past
~ and held 2 ten-yard advantage to the nnlsh,
- he s+oDpea. believing he had won the
am 1.bs however fought his way through
- which had surged the track, and
- che track once more, as did several other
When Trube continued the officials
80, ~ realize that only four laps had been
JUS rs,s1lv they decided it was no race and
s. 70 be run over some evening this week.
that ended the farce
iHa1 = --,s177- the case there was a fight for
=. t,,ors between the Irish-American Athletic
rs-h and the New York club. the former scoring
= noints 10 % for the Mercury Foot men. The
gti,.po Athletic Association third, with 16
points
With the exception Of this row, there was moth
,,g n mar The excellent programme. Champions
Of the district, country and world competed in
rosnv Of the events and desperate battles were
sought out There were representatives Of Bos-
ION Montreal san Francisco and Chicago, besides
the local Hlsn
One Of the greatest races Of the day came in the
sve5ule event Twelve men toed the scratch. with
Fred BeIars and J. L. Eisele, Of the New York
shleti, Club slight favorites over J. J. DAILY and
e Y Bonhag. ths Irisll-Americar Athletic Club
-st- The race assumed an international appear
snoe bv the entries Of J J. Lee Of the Boston Ath-
lstc Association. and P. Royal. Of the Montreal
Amateur Athletic Association DAILY had many
followers. as he was the American champion.
Al The end Of the mile the men were still well
tunched with Lee. Bellars. Eisele and DAILY right
toreher The first mile was run in 4:49 Eddie
Car The old Xavier plugger. was the first to quit
hs7fpg hal enough at the end Of q mile and a half
Tbsn Edgele dropped out. and others began TO fall
hshn1
Thgn they had gone two miles the race narrowed
6gzn TO Lee Belars and Daily. Lee. who is a
c-a- fought il out stride for stride and at the
end q three miles and g half they were running
ten yards in front Of DAILY Each took turn in
showing the way DAILY came up on even terms as
they cornpleted the four miles. But Bellars was
stn running well within himself and he pulled
away IN the last TWO laps. and Lee dropped back,
apparently beaten by Daily. Bellars held his ad-
Vantage 10 the end and rather easily by about
twenty yards.
There was q grUeIling tussle IN the last two laps
between Lee and DAILY. but the game Boston young
SER on with q great burst Of speed and out
rsa the veteran for the place The others were no
where and the tine was 26:14 SIS
Harry HiIlman had 10 run one Of his best races
h the quarter mile 70 beat . Cassasa of the Irish
American Athletic Club who took this event in the
junior championships the previous day. Cassasa
got Of flying and led 20 the stretch where Hill
nan closed with great burst of speed and breast
e5 the worsted in - 80 seconds.
Me- Sheppard had easy time in the half mile.
snd the Olympic champion won as he pleased in
he fast time Of 1:55 50. Harry Gessing an unat-
tached runner. proved a surprise by taking the
pace from J. u. Bromilow, Of the Irish-American
Athletic Club
4 3. Shaw, formerly Of Dartmouth and now
'onpetlng for the Chicago Athletic Association,
Who established a worlds record over the high
hurdles q week ago, ran right back to his best
t~n and showed the way 10 a good field Of timber
ppes. finishing out the 10 yards in Il Is seconds,
WHICH equals krsnzlein's old time and is one-ffth
second slower than his world record mark
as rule, the work Of the men in the field events
was not as good as that done by the runners but
AL McIIrath got the hammer out 173 feet John
flanagan made q new worlds record. but his toe
S-lk out Of the ring and the throw foul.
1@-pA Roses best put with the shot was 40 feet a
-ch-close 10 his record mark The other events
VI not produce such sterling performances The
summaries follow:
E 2S5hU5 forty-yard run-won by Harry L
ar7e-s -,t| 1ork Athletic Club: c Cassasa, Irish
Fes "a, athletic Club second; : J McF1ntee New
Cg5 4h5eiic Cub L. B. Dorland, Pasirne Athletic
eso athletic Ess9o e9s o. ~ Kim
A.tlsil2 Cub second; T. Il stnson Montreal Am
aghs run&won by NJ w
slard Ilis-A raeroan Athletic Club; Harry Gessing.
49, 49, second; J. II Bromiow. Irish-American
oa s-f SSe. t6iEe- Time. 1888
s1scs1 go AtAisJie Association: J. E1sT. iT a
'9 4.1 Athletic cub, thiTd Time. Obs.
gu Is sIoT#on BY N F Hoar q the ITish-AI
n = ne Olympic athletic Club with throw OF l27
A2 cub throw 5%D Of 12 2 Fl II in third
Cub Rss-Won by Ralph Rose Of the olympic Athstic
Eos SssIn Win put Of ~ II II N; secoa mi
AZ. sas vault-won BY ". Happeny. Montreal Amateur
A5saeEie@a Athletic club, with Il IT in second
trd -i' Ne" 4ofk Athletic Club' Win II Il I" ---'
ssEsentag high tu-np-won by H +. Porter. Irish
Co.. Athletic Club height 3 # Tx in; n A
ss-;slN New York Athletic Club, height, fl 10 M
ssgS-1' = A Gibney. Boston Athletic Assoclauon
g. n IN third
sS;...llng broad junnp-won by Blan Adams New VOTE
RS Cub, with jump OF q # e in; s. = NorLI
I1s-Arnerican Athletic Club, second. WITH 2uahp
tr-o- N; 6 a. King. Gurley Athletic S4uo VIZ
niFc, with jump Of 20 It e1z in -. YORK
tnrow-Won by N J. McGrath, IseH
LILLE Club with throw OF l78 feet: I. J. Talbot
ericsn Athletic Club second, with throw % 10
t-s n z Flanagan Irish-Amer1can AthIeuc S4uD'
- WIN throw Of l6s feet ,.,
.Ns-nie rlu-VVon iyv FRED BeIlars New York Am
Cub; J. J Lee Boston Athletic Association, secono6
9lss - -'-S+--AiheT1c1n Atheuc N'NN' ~
- rrn-No raoe -
aored-ano-twenty-yar dash-Won bg ",
Co.. lsh-Anerican Athletic Club W. f. hain Itt
&ns-'.sA annette Association. second; r. Ciouehen' 4