Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-23
H|BERN|Ah GAMES
A GREAT SUCCESS
Large Crowd Watches Ath-
Ietic Stars in Interesting
Contests.

The opening day of the field sports at
the Benning track. given under the au-
spices of the Ancient Order of Hiberni-
ans, was great success. the crowd being
very large and the different contests full
of excitement and interest. The fact
that the greatest athletes Of the world
were to take part in the games proved a
big magnet. and sport lovers from Mary
land and Virginia, as we'll as this city,
crowded into the big Enclosure from
about 8 o'clock in the morning until late
in the afternoon.
The first race on the program was the
10O-yard dash. which was won by H. A.
Lepper Of the Washington Grove Ath-
letic Association. Lepper was on scratch,
but. catching his opponents twenty yards
from the tape. he won rather easily In
the fast time Of 10 is seconds. F. A.
Seuft of Loyola was second, and H. L.
Royce of the local Y. NJ. c. A. third
Royce lost the place in the last two
yards.
The SsO-yard run brought out a field of
eight starters, with Gallagher Of Brown
Prep School on scratch. This sterling
little runner laid back of the pace until
within seventy-1ve yards of the finish,
when. with burst of speed never before
witnessed in this city. he caught Hide
brand, who had been in the van shortly
after the start, and won as he pleased
In 2.O5 2-5 Considering the sandy condi-
ton of the track and the fact that Gala
CHER pulled up at the finish, the time was
very fast. Hildebrand, the South Allan
tic half-mile champion, ran rafting
race. but could not keep pace with the
speedy Philadelphia, but he had little
difficulty in beating L. M. Elphinstone of
Baltimore for the place.
This same event saw the defeat of D.
" Fahey, who is said to have made the
American Olympic team. Fahey had a
liberal handicap but finished in the ruck.
A Big Upset.
One of the biggest upsets Of the day
was the defeat of c. E. Smithson, the
South Atlantic quarter-mile champion.
Starting on scratch with ]. j. Gallagher
and giving good handicaps to the other
contestants. Smithson was unable to fin
ish better than fourth, being beaten out
for show money by Gallagher in the last
ten yards. The race was won by J. M.
La Gaia of the Baltimore Cross Country
Club. who had forty yards handicap,
while W. r. Duncan of the local Y. M.
c. A. was second.
Martin ]. Sheridan of the Irish Amer
lean Athletic Club carried off three firsts,
winning the 120-yard hurdle handicap
the 16-pound shot-put and the discus
throw. Sheridan took second place in
the hop, step and jump, the event being
captured by Connolly of Baltimore.
The broad jump went to D. v. Fahey
of Mount st. Marys College, with Con-
nelly of Baltimore City College second
and c. A. King of the Washington Grove
Athletic Association, on scratch, third.
There were several interesting relay
npr0Y M he l>~s-
mile event between the Washington
Grove Athletic Association and a team
from the Baltimore Cross Country Club,
which was easily won by the former.
of which were won by Anderson.
The summaries:
The Summaries.
sesd wells third ss Ss4s.
q, s. - Time. minutes 20 seconds.
Ten, mile motorcycle racs-Won by Seymour
third. Furr E1celsior,. Time. II minutes SO
Fifteen mile handicap motorcycle race-Won by
lRoyan. % seconds; third sangold Gndian). Is
iooyard dashIFrst heat won nFf by Iepuer
6 Yards; second heat won by sslft. Loyola
" nxo' G. ca,.! s.erstsh, , second; + A. ssaft
i|osWa NoHeSe u tniTu, I1ukn Royce
Y. n. C. A. a yardsl. Time. 10 is seconds.
$50 yard run-Won by J. J. Gallagher, Brown
Prep School tscratchl; second Il. NJ Hildebrand
W. G. A. A. e yards; third l.. NJ. Elpinstone
Baltimore Cross country Club 90 YARDS. Time
minutes ) % seconds.
Toys hurdles (handicapl--Won by Martin J.
Sheridan. Irish American A. C. scratch; second
H. l.. Royce. Y. N. G. A. Il yards); third. NJ
j. B. McDonagh, Baltimore Cross country Clut
"A xardsl; Time. II secoIds.
Chenille relay race-Won by fremont A. G
a. Mahoney. +. e. Stokes. C.. Kunowsky. r
Rawlings; second. Potomac A. e: "a. Frank. W
3-5 seconds.
22O-yard dash; open handieap-Won by o. A
King. W. G. 4, A. scratch; second. F. A
Seuft, Loyola College e yards): third. X. E. Raw
Iings, fremont A. c. Is YARDS. Time, % g.:
seconds.
Onemile relay race-Won by Division No. 8
A. o. Il. u. Doyle, z. Burke. W. Mahoney, H
OMeara) second. Division No. l. A. o. H., ID
Herlihy, NJ Mcdonnell, NJ. Curtin. j. CahilD
Time 4 minutes 81 2-5 seconds.
&4U-yard run; open handcap-Won by ]. NJ
lie Cato baltimore Cross Country Club q
yards.; third; J. J.. Gallagher. Brown Prep
One mile relay Won by Washington Grove
| Athletic Association III. l. Lepper B. NJ Hi.
dehraud & SmithSon 4 fpcl. Seropd OoI