New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
EASY FOR NEW YORK A. G.
JUNIOR ATHLETES WIN.
Winged Foot Mem Make Szceep IN
METROPOLITAN Meet at T'raUers Island.

A crowd that comfortably filed the stands saw
the decision of the sixteen junior championships OF
the Metropolitan Association Of the Amateur Attn
letic Union Travers Island yesterday and was
rewarded by one of the best meets the season Is
likely to produce. now that the Olympic competi-
ton has denuded the country of its best athletes
Much material shown in the various events
that will later reach Olympic calibre In the
scramble for points the New York Athletic Club
was first with so. the others being nowhere. The
Irish club got 70 points and the Pastime men
gathered Is.
William Beaker. of the New York Athletic Club,
impressed all who saw him win the one-mile race.
in which he handled his field nicely. winning In
4S3 3-5. from his clubmate. W. ]. OConneL
H. F. Andrews. while he did not duplicate the
sensational victory of Matt McGrath in the junior
championship that first brought him fame had lit
tie trouble in winning the hammer throw for the
Winged Foot, his toss of 145 feet inches being
thirty feet better than that of Porter. his team
mate Another good performance by a New York
Athletic Club man was that of Flemming. In the
high jump, who cleared the bar at feet 1Gh
inches, a sterling leap.
In the running broad jump J. R. fitzpatrick full
filed the expectations of the New York Athletic
Club by winning with quarter Of an inch
better than twenty-five feet The take-on was
bad, and this was a good jump.
F. J. Sullivan the former New York University
track team captain, surprised his friends by beat
ing Fitzpatrick, his club mate, in the high hurdles
thus winning his first championship. Sullivan
time was OH, but he to be getting into his
stride and should be able to do better than thls'
as, indeed, he has already done
The events off very slowly, and 1t was
nearly dark before all were ended. The three hun
dred entries accounted for this in part, but there
was a lot of apparently needless confusion to
boot.
The summaries follow:
one-hundredyard dashWon by GUS EKnan hforf fee
Association; W Kimbel New .i f9[s a'1E 1Tnb
55a high hurdle g5S Eaes-XHn r KIN
New v York sIa Ahs1 cSb Club hT ec0nf fine o:1
"411s5 NsT fs5a AesS eeS,ss
NeFk YORK Athletic Club Second FaTraday New
York Athletic Club, third Time o;22 -acsvon bv
waiter 9nfss6 Sw foE i 9
AbPe AhsS clas qHR tbP T%s vs
acoa Na% york Athletic Cub
san Atasss ss9oRd d Time
mile runWoR by G New L Hhn York Athletic CUB
second; William G. Nichols Xavier Athletic
'ha nenile runWon by William Reker New York @ Ath
1etic Club o,Conps New tb1s4o 1Gfk dab third
BY ydSda Mike gsset. HS5suFy as seoa6
Harry smith Pasme Athletic CUB thrs Iim New York
qmR s f p @,,s feet Jump u inch Oh 81 feet
G Club lnGRTi With ssc8a jump Of % feet inches
York Athletic cub 10y in; H J. GramPs PfrtcSeT NsH
York Club. #. 90 in: secono E fAlohsoi
Athletic club # els in third third. Swedish
Throwing discus-Won by Donald GanIe, SWeu.Sl
American Athletic Club. it 61a in; Thomas a NC
I.a,,ghiin Loughlin Lyceum 1o1 # in second; E &
Hines Athletic Club. l01 # in. thlro.
Throwing fiftysix pound weight-Won by b. p &C. Hngs Yb
Pasme Athletic Club, q #. in John j Whte, Irls
American Athletic Club "a # IL in seeond thqas 1b9
Putting 1e-pound shot-Won by H A CopP New York York
Athletic club Il It 81 n J. R kiIatrSo sad MeW be
swsdsh-American Athletic Club SO # "A in third; ~
Throwing l6-pound hammer-Won by H Andrews, New
York Athletic Club las TT. in w D Pollock New
York Athletic Club, 115 IT. second Il T. Hines fas'e
Athletic Club 100 # 8 in, third a.,
Pole vault-won by Harry Babcock, New York Ath-
1ac club on tunlp-o tie with Gordon Dukes. Irish
American Athletic Club. at II IT H 1uttie Central
Young Mems Christian Association 10 # In, third
One-mle walk-won by A. P Hunt Pastime Athletic
cInh. Renny Mann, Pastime Athletic Club second; Al
bert smnlerAeid brooklyn Central Young Mems Chris
tian Association third. Time. 7:35