The sun., 1909-02-07
new ERICAN RECORDS
MADE AZ IvD33R GtHES or
THE IRISH I. 1. {.
Ono by Collins In the Four Nile nun and
tGe Other by McDOnaiI VITA thc 80
Pound WEIGHT Sheppard Tatcs the
6OO Yard special The ItHsults.

UDo laru Spc"Iel -The UrSults.
The annual genes of the Irish American
Athletic CMb were held III Madison square
Garden Inst might and the afT"ir drew a
crow d of about 300. the smallest gathering
ia tho history Of the club. The manage
ment was morc or less chaotic. ~ a. big
crowd OF officials end competitors swarmed
into thr centre. shutting of the best features
from the spectators.
tt" he'ts of the 20 yard handicap put
the ball In molten. and in the first heat
Robert Clou"han or the Irish American 4.
g.. he scratch man, showed ne d"sn OF
speed. b." jTmped.1way with the crack OF
the gun and AZ halr the journey he'd tho
reid well m hand. lie won bya yard in b.
seconds James J. Archer OF the same
club won tho second heat OF the seven foot
mark, lie had the easiest kind Of Job
and won by fully t!v" feet, Sac third hert
fell 90 W. j. Sud" Of the Pastime club, who
had nine feet. end the Indians" in the
house gave the FIRST real cheer OF the night
W. !. Heating of tho Irish American \. G.,
with td" liberal allowance OF ',e feet, won
the fourth heat. and i. NJ. Rosenberg, a
fellow Chbnaa, won the sixth heat in 2-j
seconds, il hrnc the fastest time thus far,
Clouzhqu got shu' out In the first semi
fnai the winner being Archer. with Slade
second by few inches Reed of he London
HOUSE \. A., who had feet and qualified
in one Of the trials won the second SEM
naa,, with Roscnbcrgcr econd G.. ".
fostc; OF the Irish Americans. who had
eight feet and who was second in one OF the
trials, won the third heat. with Robertson,
three feet. second. In the hrai h"ai
Foster got OF the mark best, and leading
OF. won hY about two feet FROM Archer,
With, Siade about the same distance IN
In the mile hCndicap William y Brocl.-
we'll OF the lweniy-ihird Street VI. {. !"
went away IN the lead al a great clip and
IN the van FOR four laps. hen Frank
Riley Of the Irish A. \. -, who had forty
ave Yards came along, CLOSELY, FOLLOWED
was on the same mark. When the bell
sounded BeTker sprintei aud ran clean away
from the lrish runner, winning by twenty
al the finish. David '. Noble of the Ne"
York 4. c.. who had Siyty.hve yards, an
ishcd strong and made q close third he
and though he ran well he never seemed
to have a ghost OF a chance vi tn the leaders
TEc Ioyard hurdle handicap proved inter
esting, though the uualitr of ne prrlorm-
auce vas far from being Iu tuH record class.
Huggies OF The Acorn \. g, With /. feet,
woE the first heat and J.J. Filler, Irish \, AC"
the second heat. from scratch in 2-i soc
onds. which Is s. Of a second hrhind the
record made last year b. Forrest SmithSon.
!. CHRIS lua OF DE la sale school, loNg
legged chat. who had - Feet v on h" third
heat in the same time Ps tll"r. hrtS'ine
Won the linal easily from t''er' vita EGH-
giles third
special. sheppard, Bacon and ". e. Rob
bins. Dll OF the Irish American A.. G. Bacon
had the pole and he went away with the
Sod So chiEse y the s 0Sr @ S
about h"lf a lap from home. when Shep-
pard made his enort. lie forged to the
front winning by about yard and half
from Robbins, Bacon being only couple
In the ffty-six pound weight. which was
Pat Nc Donald tocE mighty heave out Of
The missile. On his third trial he sent il
hurting 81 feet 81. inches, and the distance
was ii feet inches, made by John J. Flane-
gan a. the fall games OF the Pastime A. [.
in 1905.
four mile run II wes a scratch ahsir
and among the starters were Tom Collins.
Irish A. 4, G.. the nationai indoor Ave mile
the cross-country champion; NJ, +. Dris-
TWO mile champion, and George Y; BonhaG.
rrcord esn holder for fopT me sRe .nG Drsso
found the pace too warm after about n
mile and retired. and Collins and Bellairs
sarSs a. thRrd pSec b0nh'S
At three miles Collins was in command.
with Bellairs at his heels. in the fast time OF
i5 minutes 3-5 seconds. They reeed OF
the first mile in minutes ~ 2-5 seconds
and the two miles in minutes 40 4-5 sec
onds. After the third mile post was left
behind Bella RI led for a while. but Collins
came along in front again, Bellairs stuck
10 the Irishman until Collins drew out and
won by fifteen yards. The time was 10 min
utes 81 Is seconds. and II beat the former
American record OF 20 minutes II LIS sec
onds made indoors by =. V. BonhaR two
years ago. Bellairs also came inside OF the
old mark. his time being 10 minutes 50 sec
onds.
The two mile steeplechase had a water
jump on the floor, and the men had TO take
Il on every round. The ducking each one
received 6s he topped into IL made lots
OF fun for the crowd. John j, DAILY OF the
Irish 4. A. &. went away In the lead, with
Cohn and Joyce second and third. After
n mile or so DAILY drew away and won as he
liked
20 Yard Hurdle, Scratch-won BY, F; Christine,
Dc La Sale Institute IL feet; J. J. Filler. Irish
A. a. G.. scratch. second: c. c. Ruggles. Acorn
A. A., IL feet, third. Time Q rs seconds.
tt0 Yard Run. Novice Won BY A. Il. Cozzens
Manual Training High School; W. Rosensu.
Pasume 4. c, second: T., ]. Walsh. Fordham.
third. Time, Sc 4 S seconds. The winner was pro.
tested on the ground that he previously had
broken his noyiceShip.
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