New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-02
RECORD FOR COLLINS
RUNS FAST FIVE MILES.
Sheppard Beats Gissing at Cham
pionship Games an Garden

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7 s-ollins. Of the Irisl-American Athletic Club.
made q new American record NJ . minutes u -
seconds in winning the sve-mile run from a strong
eAls 81 the indoor track and field championship
meeting Of the Amateur Athletic Union in Maoisoh
Square Garden last night He ran clever wen
Judged He waited behind the pace TOT 'hie
miles moved up gradually in the fourth niie'
worked his was to the front half a mile from
home. and finished like quarter-miler, winning ny
some ten yzrds. W. Bailey. OF the New horN
Athletic Club. managed to beat ms team mste'
? g Bellars by inches fer second place. WINE
George Y Ronhag finished fourth. after brave
effort 70 get W ! T Eisee. the old Princeton run
ner being distant fifth.
The performance was the more remarkable as
Collins finished fresh and strong. and broke the old
outdoor re-ord Of . minutes @ 2-5 seconds. made
sway back in iSN by r. c. Carter. Alfred schruo'
the English runner. now a professlonsl, hcios 1ne
worlds record for the distances minutes SS 20
seconds
That followers Of track and field athletics are
more than usually interested in long-dstance run
ming was plain during the race. The men were
carefully watched over every foot Of the distance
and q he5lam OF cheers drowned the noise OF the
hand as the AnaI sprint came. Nine runners faced
the starter and six ran well punched up to the
last three laps when the outcome looked as open
as al the strt- Y Clark, Of the Xavier Athleuc
Association. dropped out st the end Of two miles
J. J. Lee Of the Boston Athletic Association. the
iinior -cross-countrv champion, well UP for
two and a half miles hut then fell back beaten
and was finally Tapped and dropped out at four ana
& half miles " J. Kraemer going up at the same
point Lee stumbled and went 10 his knees early
In race. which may have had some effect on his
running
W Bailey ied at the end Of the first mile in the
fast time OF 49, Is. with Belars. Miller Lee and
Ronhag al his heels and Collins and Elsie trailing
The second mile was almost fast. with Bailey
stu showing the way. Elsie bad moved to third
place but Collins was last Of the bunch. but run
ming vel within himself The time for two miles
9,5s 49,
BeIIars Bailey. Collins. Miller. Elsie and Bonhag
were all together a the three-mile mark. with
BeIars forcing the pace but Bailey soon went 10 the
front again and held his place to four miles when
Miller took q turn making the running Collins
moved into second place by this time. running
50 smoothly that the more enthusiastic in the
crowd proclaimed him winner Early in the last
mile Collins jumped 10 the front, and with Beilars
and Bailey following closely. drew away slightly
from the others. Two laps from home Bonhag
tried 70 20 up the leaders, and it looked for a
time as If he might succeed. but Collins had some
thing left and with well timed sprint in the
last Jap came away TO win by a safe margin
Collins ran second 10 DrlScoH IN the tWc-Inlle
race on Monday and disappointment was expressed
when the latter failed 10 start last night
Melvin ". Sheppard r--ned the tables on H
Gissing. who beat the Olympic flyer in the 1000
yard run on Monday. by winning the 6l}-yard run
LAST night in the fast time OF l:l4<s. Sheppard,
Gissing. Sedley Bacon and Haywood were the
starters in the final heat. with Sheppard on the
outside and Haywood the rail The last named
jumped away IN front and made the running for a
lap and half. when Sheppard took command and
showed the way 10 the end. winning by three or
four feet from Bacon. who closed resoUtely in the
last lap. Gissing third after getting of badly
and meeting with some interference during the
race. He moved up fast the outside coming to
the last lap. but the effort TOLD and he fell away
again.
A good sized crowd in attendance. but there
were q number Of empty seats. which was surpris-
ing in view OF the Importance of the games and
the fast times and good performances made on the
opening night-AIonday. James E Sullivan, presi-
cent OF the Amateur Athletic Union, acted as
referee
~. " Coe. Of the Boston Athletic Association,
cid not have 10 exert himself to win the twenty
four-pound shot put and hold the title he last
year. His chief opponent n the absence of Martin
Sheridan. who injured his shoulder on Monday,
was s. P. Giles, of the New York Athletic Club
but the best the latter could do 81 feet ?
inches whereas Coe made a put OF 81 feet 111a
inches J. J Elliott, mere youngster, gave fur
ther promise by finishing fourth, with put of 80
feet y inch
c Vein Of Princeton, won the pole vault for
height after a pretty fight with J. J. Barr, Of
Harvard Both showed excellent FORM but
Vein proved the better and cleared the bar at II
feet inches Barr Jailed at this mark and was
second, with Il feet.
J. J. ElleT, OF the lTish-AmeTican Athletic Club
wen two indoor titles. He beat good sprint
ers. including z. Cloughsn, in the l50-yard dash
and later the 30G-yard hurdle race in the good
time Of 81 % seconds ClOughen had the satis-
onds. only cre-hfth Of q second behind the Ameri-
can record, held jointly ny Lon Myers, who set the
mark in 1882; J. W TeWkesbury, W u. Elton and
W. DeEaoo.
The irIsh-American Athletic Club Won the point
trophy with s. points 10 its credit The New York
ts si & wz SeGqRd win SS points tP the
ton Athletic Association fourth, with IL
SUMMARIES
Putting 24-pound shot-Won by W W Coe Boston
A . fes5 u : lnehsS second s P. GILES \ !
\ inch.
one hundred sna- aG-yyard run Won by J J. Eler
T I.ukernan Montreal A A A, fourth, r. T Edwards
standing high 3unpyon by J. A Bier. Brooklyn Cen
y 7 A c fee il inches. thrd s . faW rrait
Harvard a A. inches; fourth between L
z Packard / A A. G. and 2 ~ Gabelieu. y Y. a
fTTe- milo Tun-won BY 7. J Collins. I A A G.:
Is 10 20 "a new American record.
Harvard a a. 81 feet 10 inches: second ? dams \
Y A c. 81 feet ia. inches. third / p Packard :
9 81 zee: -. inches fourth. J. A Bilier brooklyn
CUTE 7fT = q Ar q 1,f fse s inches
6e' Tsse!o6 n IN p y sec6 6alf[
saty-gara dash1Won by r ii1 Siop gB. 7s
} F -o.connell \. y A G. second. R Reed Gordon lon
= A 5siTd J. NJ Rosenberg, / A A. G. fourth
-hgnared-,ard ran-wOn by Melvin W Sheppard. A
sttaehsd. third II. Haywood. \. 7. : c fourth Zine
Pole vault .or heght-won by O vegn Princeton
University J. H. in: : G Lawrence Harvard Uni
% n "a thira. J. A Mcleod. J. \. ! &. 10 feet
Three nile xslk-won by sam I4esgoId rastine A e
= Mann Pastne : c second J. F Crowley. ! a. A
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