Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02
lIR|SH-AMER|CAN
 CLUB IS WINNER
Tom Collins Beats Record For the Five Mile Run.
SHEPPARD DOWNS GISSING

Werld's Record For Throwing the Fifs ty.six Pound Weight For Height Is Raised Five and Three. .eisbths Inches by Mcdonald - ElIer Proves Himself the Greatest Individual Point Winner at the indoor Championship Meet. .."
 New York, Dec. 2.-The lrish-Amer. ican Athletic club won the point score at the two day championship meeting of the Amateur Athletic union in Mad ison Square Garden. The final score of the winning organization was 84 points.
 Three records were broken in the meet The worlds record for throw ing the fifty-six pound weight for height was raised from 15 feet ' inches to Is feet 9s inches by F. Me Donald, and NJ. P. Driscoll made new figures for the two mile run.
 Tom Collins of the Irish American Athletic club set new American fig ure for the i've mile run. breaking E. Carter's record of 25 minutes g 8-5 seconds, made in 1887. Collins time was 20 minutes 19 2-5 seconds.
 Melvin Sheppard won the 600 yard run from Bacon in 1 minute 14 4-6 seconds. Gissing, who was considered sheppard's most formidable opponent, came in third.
 ]. J. Filler of the Irish-American Athletic club was the greatest indiyid- uaI point winner, with 15 points, se- curing first in the 150 yard run and the 22o and 300 yard hurdle races.
 The final point score was: Irish American Athletic club, 94; New York Athletic club, 36; Pastime Athletic club, 22; Boston Athletic association, II; Harvard Athletic association, l0; Princeton Athletic club, 9; Brooklyn Young Mems Christian association, &; unattached (Gissing), 6; Mercury Ath- letic club, 5; Mohawk Athletic club, 4. The results in the leading events were.
 Six hundred yard run, final. won by Melvin ". sheppard Irish-American Ath- fstic club; Charley Bacon. Irish American Athletic club, second: H. dissing. unat- taehed. third; H. Haywood. New York Athletic club, fourth; time. minute l4 t-5 seconds.
 Three hundred yard hurdle race. won by J. j. Filler. rrlsh-American Athletic club; M Dwight. Princeton University Athletic association, second: o. F. Lan- gan, Irish-American Athletic club. third time, 37 z-5 seconds.
 Five mile run, won by Tom Collins, Irish American Athletic. club; W. c. Bai- ley. New York Athletic club. second: F, c. Bellar. New York Athletic club, third: George V. Bonhag, Irish American Ath- ietics club. fourth; time. $ minutes, 1s 2-5 seconds.
 standing high jump. tie for first place between J. A Biller. Brooklyn Y. M. c. A.. and B. W. Adams, New York Athletic cub, with { feet Il inches; s. c. Law snce, Harvard Athletic association. third, { feet 10 inches; L. B. Packard. Irish American Athletic club. and P. w sabelisn, New York Athletic club. tied for fourth, with feet 8 inches. J. A. Biier won the jump oil for first place, with feet II inches. ~ Pole vault for height, won by c. vezin. Princeton University Athletic association, with Il feet inches: S. c. Lawrence. Harvafd University Athletic association. second II feet: J. L, Barr. Harvard Ath- Ietic association, third, 10 feet Inches; j.. A. Mcleod. Irish-American Athletic club. fourth. 10 feet. 9
 sixty yard dash. final heat. won by Robert Ciougham, 1rfsh-American Ath- ietic club; J. F. Oconnell. New York Athletic club. second: c. R. Reed. Gordon House Athletic association. third; J. Ros- enburg, Irish American Athletic club fourth 4 time, 6 25 seconds.
 Three standing broad jumps. won by s C, Lawrence, Harvard University Ath' letic association, with g feet 10 inches P. Adams. New York Athletic club. sec. ond, si feet 1ik inchss; L. P. Packard Irish American Athletic club. third. s feet q, inches: ]. A. Bilfer, Brooklyn Y MO A. fourth, 3i feet si1 inches.
 Putting the twenty y-four pound shot won by w w. coe Boston Athletic as sociatiou. with a feet iih inches: s. P Giles. New York Athletic club, second s7 feet inches: H. Meyer. Irish-Ameri ran Athletic club. third. 30 feet 10 inches T !. Elliott. Irish- American Athletic club fourth, % feet # inch.
 One hundred and fifty yard dash. ina hesfs won by T. ]. Ellers Irfshl AmerfeAr Athletic club; R. E. cosgins. Pastims Athletic club. second; F. Luksman. Nont real Athletic association. thir1: .. T. Bd .warda. New Hork Athletic club, fourth ennno ff focoD1o