New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
NEW ARMORY RECORD
N.4DE IN NOVICE RACE.
Harry HiHman Runs Fast Ore
Hurdles at Regiment Games.

Only one armory record was broken at tbe 81
rusi games of the 18th Regiment in Brooklyn last
night This when y Jarboe won the half
mile novice race minutes Is 2s seconds. three
seconds better than the old mark which had stood
since ieaa.
4 decentralization spoiled the one-rnile match re-
lax race between teams OF the I'D and sd Regi-
r1lenrs. AS there five men side. each
man was called upon 10 run So yards There was
i;t,le 10 choose between the opposing sides at the
end of the FIRST two relays but when McEntee
started the third relay the I'D IL was claimed
he failed touch the he relieved
This proved unfortunate. as he actually gained
about five yards IL his When the last men
20; apav Bacon, for sd, found himself about
fifteen yards behind Dan Frank. and of course
was unahl close the gap When Frank raced
across the line fully yards ahead of Bacon
it uas generally supposed that the 22d had Won
but the protest allowed and the so got the
IN The 1eo-yard hurdle handicap Harry Hill
man scored capital victory from scratch Al
though the record holder had 10 concede as much
as ten wards he handily in Il seconds nat
This is fast. considering that 70 spikes were al
lowed
Lawson Robertson started from scratch IN the
Ioa-ysrd handicap and Won his heat easily. he
ed too much CO. however, IN the seIni-nnaI
and failed set a pla0e- The hnal was won oy
H Derar OF the "a Company, il ID seconds, fat
He had handicap Of ~ yards
The half-re handicap resulted IN d good race.
u Van Thur. of the 5th Company, who reNels
ter and thereafter was headed. He won in
minutes Is seconds. good time despite the fact
that the winner started from the 5-yard mark
Keen interes, was centred in the 44oyard handi-
CAP run because fiilrnan : starter The holder
n the low hurdle record himself out, but the
fast pace set by the long markers proved too much
for him.
Atrer the hrst three hundred yards Hilln1an had
ret Iessened The distance between him and Van
Thun. who was racing out front Hillnlan fin
ished strong. and picked up lot Of distance, but
The best he could 90 was 10 get fourth Van Thun
Won from the 15-yard mark in 81 - seconds Hill
mans time was g 3-5 seconds
The mile invitation resulted in rhe easiest kind
Of a victory for George Hoyns. Of the New York
Athletic Club Despite his good work in recent
races. the handicapper gave him fifty yards start,
with the result that he he pleased in i.25 IS.
Neither Thad White nor George Bonhag. who
were down 10 start from scratch, cared to com
pc1e. White hand. but he said his health
was POOR. and that he would much for
the next few weeks
Every one appeared delighted with the arnory.
which one Of the largest in the country. Since
the new wing has been added ii is possible TO
the l9a-yard dash in plain view Of all. The track
measured seven laps 10 the mile great crowd
was present probably five thousand persons The
summary follows.
t9fi7[ nj, dg 5g6is ss4l' E s
o.netcn l"1h Conpeny IS ards second J Vest isJ
cne-nile run hlsndioapl: oren-won by Geore.
Hegns New Eerk Athletic Club so Yards: II T5onE-
.-snders New York Athletic Club 50 yards, third
zenty-yard CHanaicsgl7ron hs'
Company 20 <ardzl. second: 'i L Hail. 9th Company
IisIf-rnile walk dhsndicap,-Nen by Il Y. Cotn. s,h
ads second; 4 Heller Company go ysds 1fira
Rsnnine htg, 5unp o1andiesP).Hon by Lawson Rob
80 % Ia,h ly fIsn- :" 80 i,,Gtst feet r~b se1ori
? Helngs 5'h Company e inohes' feet inches,
W. S t2Tt2Ta - I IN 4s, Gss2aio7PWo ,;o,G sy
sapa@2 2Pshy rs yarss>s arc 1Sird Tpe. 'n
regiment taamsnoS '5S bT sd Resiment IorthTidse
NcEntee, s@dley and Bacon, Time. 5-21 q
iste Associs5onNon g 1le ASor2 AtheG Asos,i9n
Trinity Club ana sIaldng Athletic Club. third.
nd-tue71yard tilree-Iegged race 0andi-
.aT9-Non by 9. Z Hall and l. Pierce. 9TH Company q
sscratcho, second; L. GlaceI and soddington.
''i 8f a t!a rn oyic,-won by
y Jarboe 5,h Company: " J. Bal 9th .-onps,!a Sc
Australian bicycle pursuit Taoe-vvon BY Van Dan
iSth Re@n1ent. seeond, line. 8i7s5
onelIundred-ysTd dash tnoEice; fTst seI-ns s
sf2a fisv Fs2P r. cs. by II :.S6o Bs85s T 3 Si Company W
Ihlrd tr1s-eon ~ = ) tT@@si toHfanS' n
Flnsl heat--Won by " a McElroy. >th Cor1pany; 9
-o-apsS5, third rsn TYat. o:i1it
One mile bicycle race fnovicelwon by H A Taylo-
sohneyer. eth cornpany. third Time. 2;59Ss . e.,
llesf|Won ~ Il DewaT d Company a: YARDS: H.
Naming t9 9qE20y a. g ards PieTfa Ihiro 81, CopS 3
ards Y. Z. FINLEY. 4th Company % yards1 second
hes:Non By H neHar p Cog,5snE Ca,- - q Z
fIniey. 4th company . yarisl, 'hIr5- Time; o:lo
ElEhi-epn9Sa i = s1 ppir oy Ctr COM
rsny C75 yaTds1 second: N N Chanhsrs 9Th Company
bieZole CasnsicaP.-yyon by G Israen. ..
sroond: " sclneyer. 9th Company $50 YARDS. third