New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
CORNELL RUNNERS WIN
FIRST IN RELAI hACE-
Yale athletes Shoe to Adranfdge
at Columbia Games.

~, ,earo runner and intercollegiate quarter r-mile
champion, became i'll after winning the V'-Sa
special and could not run on the reiaS ~
Penn offered to run with three men. but James
E Sullivan the referee. refused TO allow thiS-
AS Columbia was not represented, the starters
narrowed down to Cornell and Dartmouth
bia did not start because Captain Zihk ie0en''
hurt his foot and c. B. Bowes. another CoiuIioiai'
became Ill. These excuses did not Sd'i7iS ~
crowd, which was outspoken.
Cornell gained thirty yards in the hrst NAN
relay and after that always held cominailuiis
lead. In the last relay French won by . yaroS-
new indoor high jump record was estabiished
by H. F. Porter formerly of Cornell. but no"
representing the Irish-American Athletic CIuD- OH
the second trial he cleared the bar at ieet or
inches which is small fraction better than the
old mark of 8 feet 32s inches. held by NJ r. S"ee
ney. After Porter made the jump 1t was ciahieo
that a mistake had been made in measuring anu
that the height was only feet 31s inches Further
measurement however, proved the original hsufes
to be correct Porter then tried to clear feet
inches, but injury to his hip received recehus
began be troublesome and he had to give II up
J. B. Taylor the Pennsylvania champion, led all
the way in the 600-yard special scratch race ana
Charles Bacon. of the Irish Athletic Ctuo
by about four yards. Harry Sedley. OF the Ne"
York Athletic Club the only other starter, hnishee
a poor third. Taylor's time was 11o2o
BY the easy way the long limbed negro runner
maintained the lead the early stages it looked
as If the contest would prove ordinary \ lap from
home Bacon loose and for brief space threat
ened to take the lead, but Taylor always heId MS
man safely and pulled away in the iast Few stTldeS-
Three Yale led the in the 1eVD-yard
handicap run 3. A. Splitter, in good brush with
NJ B. Villas, won in the last ten yards While VI
Kiriasoff Just managed to land third. Spltzers
time PIG Ills.
Columbia was substituted for Fordham in the
one-miie intercollegiate relay The other
starters were Wesleyan, Georgetown and Pratt In
stitute From the instant the pistol spoke "es-
leyan took the lead and increased 1t with eaeh re-
law winning by about fifty yards from Georgetown
who got the place. The time was -2";Sl 10
The starters in the One-mile invitation scratch
race were J. p Sullivan, the national champion,
Irish American Athletic Club T. S. White. New
York Athletic Club ". PAUL, Pennsylvania; e. W.
Hoynes and William Baker New York athletic Cluo
At the outset White cut out the pace, closely FOL
lowed by Sullivan, and this order was manta1nel
for three-quarters of mile. when Sullivan moved
I'D White disputed every inch of the way, but LOT
a Lap the Irish Athletic Club runner would not De
denied Two laps from home White, who had Deen
going easily made his run. Sullivan also spurted'
and for a time looked though the winged
Foot representative would be able TO get by
Going round the last turn. however, White man
aged TO cut in front of the champion
This threw Sullivan off his stride. but he was
beaten anyway and died away so rapidly IN the
last few wards that Becker beat him out for the
place White won the race by five yards In the
good time of 4:231-5, only second and nan
slower than the indoor record maue pE IL W.
Shepard years ago
The crowd, which gathered early, was speedily
roused from its state of lethargy by a succession
ot sn,rted heats in the sixty-yard dash handicap.
G 7 Seitz of the New York Athletic Club, the lV1-
ward Amateur Athletic Union champion, started
from scratch, but failed to get place In Iact'
the Winged Foot flyer displayed none OF MS ac-
customed speed.
In the final o. F. Langan. of the Irish-American
Athletic Club won handy from the ten-foot marx
in the excellent time of 6 % seconds
In the two-mile handicap with a 15o-yard
limit the long-mark had such an advantage
that tie best BelIars. the scratch man. could do
was to get third j. F. Reilly of the Mohawk Ath-
letfc Club with $50 yards, in s:32 10 Charles
Muller another Mohawk man, got second from the
80 yard mark.
FeIars ran a good race wearing down such
cellent short-markers Carr. Frank and Malonee
the winner of the three-mle race week ago
AS usual James E. Sullivan, president of the
Amateur Athletic Union, offciated referee. He
was assisted by competent corps of judges and
scorers while Sam Lee started the contestants in
his usual clever style. which meant there no
beating of the pistol conspicuous at the Garden
games a week ago. The summaries follow:
Iangan 1rshAmerican Athletic club 10 feety {. But
University IS feet5 third. Time O:O62s
run enb schRo f s5 so BY Manual
second De Witt Clinton High school. Manhattan third
run %. Sandicap'wGn s RIl, Py ys 4
Tniversit! TPisas 80 YARDS second Klso Yale Tni
versity $50 yaris) third Time 2:lo1s- ,,- H ,,-a,s
University University second; Georgetown Uni
Treyis YOUNG Mens christian ASSOCIATION New York
H W Heidgerd Columbia second; R. sehwarz Colum-
ba. third Time. 1;e1z5- -, ,,...,.,-.. -,
Won by R 5 White. New York Athletic club William
lrs6-Amercan Athletic club third Time. 423'9 ST.
Six hundred yard lspeeiaDaWon by J. b Taylor
of
lean Athletic CLUB. .seond; Harry sudley. New York
and PEs9sratSsy sshoSl relay rase
Collegiate HackettstGwn n n j. second Hudson River
Military h'a9fy ssee enb relay handicap-won by Irish
Ns YORK hhsS caS RFa b " Claude Allen
Athletic club Scratch with II IT, IT. in ; G
ond with in: e Parker Harvard Athletic Asso-
eaSp mile na nnnT7 rh shs ~s BY F Reilly Mohawk
athletic & cSS @ ARDS nS Second Bear New York Ah
ietic club '(scratch), third Time 9s21s 90 &C..
ders Hutchinson and Edsag1: 10 ,, team N9ss
ss cErwP Pasdn ana and Hua Sd Time
n1esettiement relaywon by Gordon House
team sPTc clark House team sehwnsen Pep Ben
stein f5ndso, SPTo Gul19 team third Tine s;s4
mile Young Mems Thrsan cb6gnye
street nan9h 1oon tSam
team murphy. solari Friedman. Chisholm and Cootel
TWome Intercollegiate championship by Cornell
University composed Of Sarpenter French HITCH
composed Of Carnes. shipey. Evans and soulel Time
Two mile Military Athletic League relay handicap
Won by fist Regiment team composed Of porland 30
sSre sweeney as Hari~, 18th Resmsn
rssed pos 1apd G VA" and Cohn s yarsS 2sd Regiment third
Of 3 BScen ssrsssG sS sr. Whit % eTa:ss
Running high jump (handicapl-Won by H. F. Porter
.'SF e Fieidns New York Athletic club nehes r. 10
in second l. Robertson. Irish American Athletic club
ff in rl