New-York tribune., 1908-03-11
DEFEAT FOR HASKINS.
HILLMfN HIS MASTER.
MASTER.
Dead Heat and Tsco Records En-
iiren Nesc Fork 4. c. Games.

Hilluar.
beat Guy Haskins. the intercollegiate haif miie'
one mile and cross country champion, in the spe-
cisl. seoyard at the annual indoor games oi
the New York Athletic Club in Madison square
Garcen last night The big crowd. which packed
the big smphitheatre from floor 30 galierS Went
fairly crazy with delight when Hinlan. a popular
faxorite. raced by Haskns m the last lap and won
fy full yard. The time. l-2o Is, was so" ana far
behind the indoor record of liza
This race was the carded feature of programme
fun of interesting events and of an evening s
sport which resulted in two new record@ and has
been eoualed by any set of games this season
Hihnan had the pole at the start and showed the
way at slow pace for one lap. when Hasklns
the lead OF necessity. Hillrnan being content
wait behind him for the bell Goins into the
last lap F5asins jumped first and opened UP a gap
Of two three yards. but Hillman settled down TO
racing and. sprinting by his opponent hall lap
from home. held his lead the end under extreme
pressure. The crowd applanded the victory for
three minutes.
A sensational dead heat marked the half-mile
handicap. lie Roy Frantz. Of Princeton. and j. b.
Ealstead. Of Cornell. finished man, in the
good time OF ] IS In the run-off Halstead won by
three yards. after bitter struggle through
the last lap. IN which there some fouling by
boIh runners which led James E. Sullivan, the ref
cree, TO dismiss the claim OF foul and let the
stand the finished. Frartz led in the run
oT for three laps aided by his handicap, but Hal
stead then took command easily that il looked
# he would make runaway of it. With the
bell, however, Frantz raced up TO his opponent,
and they stride for stride around the last turn
badly interfering with each other Halstead ZAP
peared 10 be the offender, and it is that
Frantz was the worse sufferer. being the out
side, that the Cornell man drew away in the
lasS few strides Both at fault, how
ever. and The referee could hardly have made any
other decision
= big field lined un at the start Of the race and
Frantz. from the 35-yard mark made the pace
with NJ Kirgassoff. of Yale in close attendance
when the bell rang for the last lap ii looked as If
the rare Tas between them. but suddenly Halstead
who had been slowly but surely working his way
through the badly strung out field. doomed up
ane went after the leaders with great burst Of
speed The crowd jumped o shout
as he passed the Yale man and gave battle to
frantz- The last named the pole a de-
CiGed advantage. but Halstead caught him in the
last FEM strides. and the two men breasted the
tape together. and close together that the
judges could not separate them. kirgassof
fsir third
a competent corps Of officials, headed by James
=. Sullivan. president Of the Amateur Athletic
Union who referee. did their part in running
the games of in the srnoothest possible manner
The popularity Of the sport demonstrated at
an early hour, when the crowds began pour
into the Garden Later conservative estimate
placed the number Of persons present
thousand
Colegians had things all their own way in the
e@-a-d handicap. In the final heat D. Rob-
bins and 3. Hopkins. both CT Yale, and n. A
Sherman. Of Dartmouth. The latter with five feet
allowance was unable TO up, and Robbins. with
kline feet. handiIy in s2-5 seconds.
The 24eo-.-ard Military Athletic League relay
resulted in easy victory for the 23d Regiment
team Each was asked TO go yards. and
81 the first relay the 23ds gained five yards
advantage. When il got down to the last relay
Escon. who started for the sd. had fully forty
yards start thanks sedley's big gain in the
previous relay
Racon was opposed to Frank and. of course the
former. who is of the best six hundred
yards, had trouble in not only maintaining his
lead hut adding something besides Bacon never
let UP. and result the time minutes As
seconds. easily beat the old 5:l1 25. held by
the Irish-AmeTican Athletic Club team.
Z G. Smithson Ine champion hurder covered
himself with glory by breaking the worlds record
seventy yards II his trial heat
the Portland man skinned over the hurdles and
with his Incompatible stride fairly flew down
the narrow lane in the remarkable time of S As
seconds This heat the old record of Is
onds. held by Armstrong. Of Princeton
When the took their marks for the final
heat il generally expected that Smitllson
wold win; although Robbins and Butler. Of
Vale both Of whom had been given allowances
by the handicappeT. went back scratch The
field got away to beautiful start. and Smithson
had the race well in hand before half
tance had been covered. He did not extend him
self. but al that made the seventy yards in an
even 2 seconds
N NcCSrath. the big New York Athletic Club
representative, although unplaced in throwing he
56-poUnd weight for height. had the satisfaction
of breaking the worlds record. which for years
las The credit Of James s. Mitchell Nc
Cirath threw the weight 10 feet inches. which
was 6re-eigtths of inch better old
mark j !. Hines the contest, aided by
hsndicap Of two feet.
Melvin Sheppard again proved his ability as a
high class middle distance runner by defeating
several good in the e-thousa yard scratch
race. Al the start -Shep' took the lead closely
followed by BerKer and Bacon This order was
nainteined most of he way, but three-Quarters of
lap from home Sheppard cut loose and won easily
by fifteen yards Bacon and Becker q dead
heat for the place
The dual relay at one mile between the New
York Athletic Club and an al-Boston COM
binatjsn by the former. HilIman. who
ran ne last relay for New York. started practically
terms with Witcher, but the local flyer ran
away in the last lap and by seven yards
The coiegiars did exceedingly well, especially
in the sprints. the high hurdle and the high jump.
Yale especially prominent in the da shes Cor
nell made . show Of Amherst III the intercollegiate
relay.
Dan Kelly the Portland flyer who holds the
worlds record of s-5 seconds for the hundred
yard dash cid not last night. conning his at
tention 10 the running broad jump. At this spe-
cialty Kelly is the present national champion
Smithson, who did not take part in the sixty
yeards handicap. viii leave a few days for his
home in Portland. ore. He VIII compete in the
Western try-outs for the Olympic team in June but
ii is the intention Of the great hurder eventually 10
settle in this vicinity.
siTty-iard dash lhandiea2p-Firzt sent final
feet seeohd T4ue e.o iee'' : HieA ein- Yale Is
seoona sen. fnalDMon BY d Robbins. Ya.e % feet.
SoeS. (. Sherman Dartmouth Is feet. second, Time
Final hea'.won BY D Robbins: Yale g teep; B, Hop
@ feet. third Time osoeas.
and-fosty-yard enoyice,-Fna heat won