New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-19

Hin Point Trophy an Junior TRACK,
and Field Meet.

| With the deciding of the national Junior field
and track championships at Travers Island yes
| terday afternoon entirely set of champions
| was placed before the athletic world There was
| bitter struggle between the New York and
ishAmerican athletic clubs for the point trophy.
and 1t not until the last contest had held
| that the team honors by the latter. with
| total of So points. The New York Athletic Club
| second with 81 points, and the other clubs
finished in the following order Brookline IL:
Montreal Amateur Athletic Association 9; Swedish
American Athletic Club S: Pastime Athletic Club
| Z, Mercury Athletic Club, g Chicago Athletic Club
| 4: Acorn Athletic Club, 4 South Boston Athletic
| Club g. Gurley Athletic Club. of Washington, g.
| Mott Haven Athletic Club, :. and unattached. g.
The attendance disappointing, in view Of
| the importance of the games. Not more than five
hundred persons were gathered at the island home
of the New York Athletic Club and they were for
the most part relatives and friends visiting
athletes. The track was in wonderful condition,
and the day could not been better suited for the
meet.
The work of H Gissing, who ran unattached from
the metropolitan district in the half-rile
the feature of the day. Gissing had trouble IN
winning and ronped home in the fast time Of
SO As Gissing ran we'll Judged race, breaking
the tape twenty yards in advance of w Mckay, OF
the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. who
, beat Hedund of Brookline. few yards for second
place
NJ J. Driscou of the Mercury Athletic Club.
again showed his quality, by winning the fve-rne
run Ten men started, and before mile had been
run the race became a fight between Lee. of the
Re ston Athletic Association; Reilly, Of the Mohawk
Athletic Club and Royal, of the Montreal Amateur
Athletic Association. Lap after lap they went
Faiong first one, then another in the lead Dris-
coll bided his time but raced up to the pacemakers
at the beginning of the last mile ana eventually
won by twenty yards from Lee
In the howard dash Eckman, of the Acorn Ath-
1etic Club appeared finish in front of Cloughan
who for some unknown reason was declared the
winner None Of the officials was willing to talk,
Int Cloughan said in the dressing room after the
race that Ecknan had beaten him.
The summaries follow:
ne-b.n1red-yard 1ash-won by R CIoughen. Irish
American Athletic club EGSma3 Acorn AhIstic
6isS6 ,bipG s Tfme. o:io is
By Af GsHs Asaotafon .sg
O F. Hedland Brookiine NJ G. l. T. F tnlrd w j.
90 hundred and -tventy-yard hurdes-won by G
American Athletic Club second; SULLIVAN Ne"
mile runwon by NJ T Morris Br9okilne NJ G
b Thompson, New York Athletic Club. third Time
Fl Five-mile run-wOn by DriscolI. Mercury Ath
Club: J. J. Lee. Boston Athletic Associato sec
ond: J. T. Reilly, Mohawk Athletic Club. third Time
pis c b 0
Montreal Amateur Athletlr ASSOCIATION second J. j
Two-hund red AMI twenty-yard run--Won by j. NJ
ior Chicago Athletic Association; second; c Eek
AcOT
Two-hundred- and i wenty-yard huTdics-Won by J.
Ionahue Irish American Athletic Club: Walter Bursch.
New york Athletic club. second: V y. Murray. New
Running high junp-H. ]. Grumpelt. New York Ath-
Ietic Cluf and Erickson. Mott Haven Athletic Club
tied for first place with OF 5 IT. 1919 tn c. J.
Flemiug New York Athletic Club. third. with Jump
~ < n o. in H T. Grumpelt first place IN jump
an with a Jump & It. 10ls in.
Running broad jump-Woa by D. J. Ahearn. Irish
American Athletic club with jump OF 20 IT. 1t's in:
king Ciurev Athletic Club. second with jump of
90 r. II in: Hausleiter. Irish American Athletic
cub third jump of 20 IT 10 in
Pole vault l. Rarr. New York Athletic Club and
Mace T. :. Babcock. New York Athletic
eiuh and q Duke Iris-Americsn Athletic Club. tied
<or third place at II in ]. L. Barr the vault
~ for first place at IN. and T g. Babcock
u" Trttinq the IL pound shot-won II.
Tine NJ q, r T.. put of - It 10 in: D. cable.
Sa,adsh- American Athletic club. second with a put ot
Al ~ III in: 7 J Elliot. Irish American Athletic Club.
third With a put Of 40 II. 11}7 in
throwing the i6-pound hammer--Non by H F. KRIS
berg New York Athletic club. with throw OF 146 n.
s in 3 ? Sherman unattached. second, with throw
~ 145 n 3 in; T ] Hoofer New York Athletic Cub.
third With a throw Of 123 q. 81 In
THROWING the discus-Won by p cable. swedish Amer
team Athletic club ~ 100 2l7 in; ".
McNamee Montreal Athletic Association
Irith a throw ~ ia {. Stsou Pastime Athletic
Cluh third viii Of 100 feet
Throwing the pound weiEht-Wc7 tv g Stiison. Pas
time Athletic club throw Of ?? It. in Sergeant
" lynch south Boston Athletic Club. second. witN
throw Of RI feet: NJ 7 Collins. Pastme Athletic Club.
third with a throw Of 81 It. 6 in.