New-York tribune., 1909-12-12
RACE FOR CROWLEY
WINS WITH A SPRINT
Irish-American Star Capfyr..
Four-Mile Contest

Jim Crowley. the long distance run,..
the Irish-American Athletic Club. RAJ,
Of the best races OF his career In N. rs
pany r games at the ssh Regiment a. -
ory last night. when he defeated -"
Obermeyer. of the National Athletic 90
BY twenty yards IN as thrilling fnI.s '
could be desired ON poriy marked. ,l,o,..'
board track. Crowley ran. forcing the -.
except for odd intervals and coming 49,
I'm the last two laps with a whiriwind s,~...
that brought him across the line tSs,...
yards ahead OF Obermeyer. while Rr-
Frank was left I'm the ruck and finished
poor third. Crowley's time. HAAS. r,.
fast. considering the condition OF the t-ses
on which the race was run.
There was long wait at the star, a
the four-mile race. which was the a,tr.e'
tion of the evening. because Oberneysr h,.
trouble In bandaging his feet. When N.
men got away. Crowley jumped into IA.
lead. and for the first nine laps showed "a.
way Then Obermeyer took a hand an.
led tn. runners when one mile had bs.,
covered. Obermeyer soon relinquishsd M.
lead. however. and Frank. who had b~.,
running In third place. shot ahead. ar-.-
Crowley had led for another half dozs,
II
1909.
In the next mile the lead passed sror,
Frank 10 Devlln. then 70 Gilbert. of TIA
Mohavks. and finally came back 10 Crow
lev. who led az the third mile. The biz
Irishman and Obermeyer began 20 draw
away in the last mile. and at three and ons-
half miles Obermeyer had forged ahead and
vas leading Crowley by half dozen yards.
Crowley. however, was not 70 Be denied,
and two laps from the end ne started
terrific sprint. Obermeyer was forced OF
20 one side OF the track on one OF the turns.
and before he could get back into his strids
Crowley was I've Yards ahead. and he IN
creased this advantase steadily Until hs
had a clean lead Of twenty Yards His
sprint brought the crowd 10 its feet, and hs
finished in a Wild burst Of cheering
On. Of IN. most exciting of the pr.Ln-
nary races was the hsk-rnile hsndiczp.
which was won by R A Ogg, ot the No
hawk A. c Ozz had a handicap % ffsy
Yards and got ont IN front az the star
There was a field of half hundred. and
they punched in behind Ogs. lighting svery
inch OF the vay In the last dozen yaris
VI. J. Mclaughlin Of the knights of =
Anthony. made a hard sprint ard Jus,
about caught Oss. who fell across The lns
exhausted.
The McCaddin Lycsum team finished h-st
in the = sos-yard relay race. but was dis
qualified for not touching on. This sazs
the race TO the Dominican Lycsum team.
which beat the Cuylsr A c first team sy
two yards. The Cuyle- team ran from
scratch. and with a little further 70 90
would have won. for IL was wearing down
the held rapidly
Dave Noble made a ulucky fight in tia
one-n1ile rUn, but could not quite overcome
the handicap imposed upon him and hn-
ished third. about a dozen feet behind 4.
Silbernazle. with a handicap Of 80 yards.
who won. and half a stride behind T. c.
Jordan, Of the Xavier A -. with a hsndi-
cap OF 100 yards. Silbernagls followed tho
pace set by Jordan for the greater part Of
the Journey. and then got out in the lead
and STAYED there. Noble ran a vel Judged
race. keeping up a steady. even pace from
the start and overtaking one BY one the
field, closing up the gap between himself
and the leaders with a splendid burst Of
speed that almost carried him 20 ths from
Although Lou Collins made a hard hsht
for the seth team in the TezimentaI rslsy.
he was beaten in the mile run by NJ Gsis.
Of the list. in what proved TO be the iscid-
ing relay
The summaries follow
sso-yard run ChandicapI-vsn y ? A ogH
Mohawk a. 9 so vardsl. NJ NcLals1tn.
X Of 81 A. 80 YARDS. second. J. wTishr.
65-yard dash Chandicsp)-Won BY J. McNIss-
New eqs" York {. ,is feet,. second: ). Rysn.
south Paterson A c. 1s fsst'. third Tina
l. 4os-yard rslav 1handicao-von 81 Doui-
nicsn Lyceum 80 yards. win Hesly.
Healy. j. Bonser and z Gilmore. Cuylsr A.
first team (scratchl. with = Valentine 2
Bowes. W wsthereI and 7; Chestnut. sscon4
valentine. n Usher. V Knock and g. Rouse
third Time. 2:S2-s-
nsgIs. Mohawk A. c. 50 ysrdsl: 2. c. Jcrten.
Xavier a. A. (1Oa yardsl. second, \. Y. Noo4
New York A. G go yardsl. third Time. 4:25A
22o-ysrd thaudicsp'-Won BY J. J. Muoolss;
IS ysrdsl. second; y. J. Burke. Company .
yaTdsl. third. Time. 0:25
FOur-nnile run--Won by ]. r. Crowley. lrisn-
American A G, George J. Obernsyer. Natona
a g second: ". 6 Frank. Irish-Ameresn
A g. third. Time. 81 :34A
Soo-yard run-Won by p =. RidssVsy' ssy Pas-
tlI yardsl second; ; G. Northridge. lrish-Anis'-
team A. G. u ysrdsl. third. Time, 0.SS.
44O-yard run-Won hy r. A. Farrenso. Nc
Csdden Lyceum. r A Welter. NsS YORK. a -
second; e Kelly. unattached. third. Time. e.sL
7lst Resimsnt (5S yards'. Win R. e Gosr...
s0th Regiment t5s yards. second. With y :.
Archer j. J. Mulooley. T. collins and T. :.
Frisbie: I'D Regiment ts5 yardsD third. s,s
n de Loiselle. carr Walther. ". Berker ana ~
Hayward Time. 1884,
Running high jump lhandicap'- Won ey L
Gear. New York A. G. Is inchesl. with -
second. with feet I inch: F z. Ko-chlstn =
George a. c. q tnCheSi, third. With fes