New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
EQUALS HURDLE MARK.
SHYrHSON DOES TRICK.
Taylor Wins Spscial Race at lr'sh-
s1 American Games.

fxrr, .c-a,ch i- Is seconds. Sn,ithson. who is
.ns,ire Of the Pacific Coast. . at present nhs.-
tached The record he eaaailec is also heia pv
q = vorthri,,ee OF the lrish-Arneriean a, (
Seuithson equaiiea The mark in al three nesss
IN s,e final one of the timer; caught the f'Nhei "
eiGhke seconds fat
J. B. Taylor. the neelc ru.ner OF the nfhNe'SiH
cf Pennsylvania Won the coward special race
Harry Hsgiman failed TO appear. TO the dlsapPe'i
uent OF the crowd. and Tayior had niue s'ouo'e
a defeating c J. Bacon, Of the irish
Athletic Club. and Harry Haywood. Oh N'e ->s"
York Athletic Club
Bacon took the lead he start with Haywood
second and Taylor trailing This order was main
ratned most of the way '1acon Was running
strongly and Jed around the last turn by two yards
hut there was no denying the coiored wonder when
he made his effort. and Bacon tired badly IN
sne last few strides Taylor won easily oy a yard
The time minute is seconds-was only fair
In the final heat Of the yard dash Snifilson
the champion hurdler, twice penalized for try
.pg TO beat the pistol. He originally had two
foot handicap, but after taking The penalties he
found himself behind scratch. which efectualiF
put him out OF the race 50 faf as winning prize
was concerned
The race wa. NC. by William Miller. unattached
from the seren-foot mark IL is said that he Will
become member CT the lrisii-American Athletic
Club within a few days c. Butler. Of Yale. with
q handicap Of four feet. was second
]. Malone of the Mohawk Athletic Club, with
an allowance of sixty yards; Won the mile and a
half handicap in clever fashion He cut out a
"a before
heen covered assumed the lead. He beat H. T.
Tube. Of Cornell. ny about five yrads. Malone is
one OF the Mofawks crack cross-country runners
When j. B.. Tayicr out with the University
of Pennsylvania relay team for warming up spin
the crowd gave the intercollegiate quartern nile
champion an ovation. The band struck up Way
Down in Dixie"
An unwieldy field. containing thirty-seven start
ers appeared the l,oooya handicap run, which
bS H Lee. of Boston, from the So-yard
.
fast.
The unusual sight these days of athletes beating
the pistol furnished number of times during
the heats OF sixty yards. On several occasions the
contestants got the jump the starter TO the OK
of three yards.
F. r Bu-eh, Yale's football captain. started
in the sixty, lie q hve-foot handicap, hut ran
unpaced in his heat.
AS IL scenting something of the ordinary. the
crowd began to gather early. and long before the
sp-inters called the final heat in the sixty
yard dash the and galleries were well filled
Later 1t was estimated that July seven thousand
persons were present.
Under the head of added entries" the name
Of Dan Kelly. the Western flyer, VINO holds the
worlds record of :Gs SIS for The hundred Kelly
VAS entered in the one hundred and three hundred
yard handicsps but he failed appear The Gar
Den seemed cold Greenland. hence there
more Truth than poetry in the failure of some of
1he Contestants 20 run fast enough 10 keep warm.
Cornell Won the one-miie intercollegiate relay
race. PENNSYLVANIA. Cornell and Pratt Institute
the only starters. Each repre-
sented by four men, each man running quarter
Of mile. Ia the first relay Cornell secured an
advantage, which was further increased by the
from Ithaca. that when Taylor
picked up Pennsyiranas last relay he had 10 make
up about fifty yards.
The negro flyer finely but he not quite
equal closing the gap, and his opponent, ".
Muench, by five yards. The time was min
SO 1-s sec.
The haif-me walk for policemen in full uni
form resulted in the disqualification of Patrolman
Hnkey, of the 5th Precinct. In addition TO the
charge Of running part of the distance the claim
made that Hinhey wore only single breasted
blouse instead of the regulation double breasted
and padded winter coat, which is heavier. Hunt,
OF the 3sth Precinct with Cunningham, 9Th
Precinct second, and Scannel Brooklyn Bridge,
third The time min. Is
The one-Eaile walk brought out a large field with
Sam Ilebgold, oldtime champion, scratch
Considerable merrInent caused when the band,
If encourage the heel and toe artists, played
My Mariuccia-' G Bartholomew. with sixty Sec
onds start, pleased, but the prize
withheld for investigation. If he should be dis
qualified f. Eisenng, of the Mohawk Athletic Club,
viii get first while IIebgold will come in for third
prize 1t claimed that Bartholomew was a
ringer
The summaries follow:
saxty-yard dash chandiosp. final heaa-won by Will
fn T. q Sss rSrk
N en un tSansapw0n by J. M.
lone MOhank Athletic Club go yards: Il TIqes Cor
@ Isf,e G. Cub AesS' so aTds ,hird Time i sSss
y
@ & e o .1a 9dss ss
& hegh Win Wrinkle Frank ana sn0Sss': Public School 10
sssEe hurdle hsna;osP .s ,si en,. osa hssWon Won
University 9 sse,S seeoad Tims oosi. sseohd
IhI Ks Yse Dg Il - tes hss sseos Tss ooe
Final heat.w0n By smhson. unattached .scrs,eh!:
Yale University q :eet,. third. Time o:os.s
ssIe S,sie;c asooiaon a eso PADS, ~ E.ense
A.ssr Atalsts As:oeatlon css yaTisS second; ",
One mile aoass relay aichiEwon New
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A,h,ss,s s,ub second Haywood. New YoT~ Athletic
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sas IN ss e ser.,c 6 II miro I,ss E
Running hisn jump oaandioapl-wen BY G Roosevelt,
asss.o a. he S' club b nee. sse
osa sns sih Ae sSR e Cub Is scsteh raird with Jump
by c c Harris. 1wentyhird street Young Mems Chris
ssn association az feet; dosssn' rssti%e Ash,
5sss % =
As,ssc Club tenn Sc ey gsr1, % sa ksnnssR ssssp
s Gns @ e Yo hhss Club
rs 2. yards E:hsa 20 yards y White sc1s.eh Has e
s.rs., s.oans: second Ssx York I.hIsslc Cub team
srono. zlnfh tha Tn. seo "h'e HAYES ana
sEeheot carpenser Cook aad i1ern.., University o,
eennsylvsnis second Pratt Institute % Brooklyn third
on.-nails wsIs a,sna.e.no.wen BY G s,,tho,os. New
.sie cub ssooads,. .seond A soHms1asld, Young