The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20
Wins Race Twice and
Is Denied Credit

TRAVERS ISLAND, N. Y, Sept. 49,
The national senior track and field
championships of the Amateur Ath-
famous oval of the New York athletic
club. AS usual there was fight for
supremacy in point of honors between
the Irish-American athletic club and
the New York athletic club. Many of
the recent Olympic competitors took
part in the contests and the irish
American club won the honors with So
points, the New York athletic club
being second with % and the Chicago
athletic association third with 16.
The other points were distributed as
follows: Olympic athletic club, San
Francisco, s; Montreal athletic associa-
ton, 6; Boston athletic association, A;
Gurley athletic association, Washing
ton.. d. c., L; Pastime athletic club, New
York, /. and three points went to ath-
letes who were not entered from any
club.
The five mile run was won by Fred
Bellairs of the New York athletic club:
j. j. Lee, New York athletic club, was
second, 90 yards away. and was two feet
ahead of John J.. DAILY, Irish american
club, who finished third.
scene of great disorder followed
the second running OF the one mile race.
The T f1rst time the the race was won by II.
club after q false signal announcing
the last lap had been given by an
official. Although Trube was well in
the lead at the end of both laps. the
race was ordered rerun. A similar
blunder marred the second running OF
the race, which Trube again won after
Cohen had stopped at the false signal
The race was then ordered postponed
until Wednesday night and this decision
was followed by boots from the crowd
and hundreds of spectators rushed on
100 yards, first heat4-won by W. r. Hamilton
Chicago A. A.; 7. H. Stinson, Montreal A. G..
second; J. NJ. Rosenberger Irish-American A. c..
third. Time. 10 1-5. Second heat-won by W
+. Keating Irish-American A. c.; r. G. Taylor
Chicago A. A., second; @. ]. II. Seitz New Yorl
A. A. C; third; Time Time 10 70 Final heatZwoI
$50 yard run-won by NJ W. Sheppard Irish
ond; J. NJ BromiIow, Irish American A. G.
third. Time 1856 3-5.
cago A. A.; J. b. Eller, Irish-American A. G.
Time, :15 Is.
Putting 16 pound shot-Won by Ralph Rose
Hill, Brookline gymnastic team second distanc,
A feet IL inches; NJ. f. Horr Irish-Americar
A. c.. third, distance 42 feet 81 inches
44O yards-Won by Harry Hiilman. New Yorl
A. G.; G. Cassasa, rish-American A. c.. second
]. J. MeEntee, New York A. c.. and Leroy B
Dorland, Pastime A. c., tied for third. Time
| :49 3-5.
Running high 5ump-won by n. F; Horton I
Grumfel, New York A. G., second; Il. A. Did
ney Boston A. A., third.
| Pole vault--Won by W. Hapenny, Montreal A
c., distance IL feet inches; Claude Allen.
A.. a. c.. second; ]. L. Barrett. y. Y. A. C.
| third.
Throwing 16 pound hammer-won by NJ. ]
McGrath. n. I. A. c., distance 173 feet: Le
Talbot l. A. A. c., second distance 169 feet IL
inches; J J. Flanagan. /. A. A. c., third dis
tance les feet so inches.
Running broad jump-Won by Piatt Adams
New York A.. c., distance sci feet 6 inches
second, A. G. Northridge, Irish American A. @.
p feet 2 inches; third, g. a. King, Gurie.
Throwing the discus-Won by NJ f. Horr
Irish 4msrlean A. c., with. 1872 feet s inches
| second, Ralph Rose, Olympic A. c., San Fran
cisco, with 127 feet u inch; third, Lee Talbot
Irish American A, c. with 100 feet liz inches
200 yards, hurdle-Won by ]. J. Eller. Irish
! American A c.; second. A. B. Shaw, Chcag
| A. A.; third, Harry L. Hillman, New York A. c
Time, :24 4-5
200 yards final heat-won by W: f. Keating
! second, w f. Hamilton; third R. CIouchen
Irish American A. G. Time, % %
Throwing SO pound weight-won by J. J
Flanagan, Irish h-American A c.. distance 81 fee
i115 inches; second. n. J. MeGrath;. New Yor
Irish American A. c.. 81 feet 7h inches,