New-York tribune., 1909-12-19
OBERMEYER IN VAN
CROWLEY IS BE4TEN.
National Il. {. Runner Wins at
BOYery Mission Games.

George J. obermeyer. of the National
Athletic Club, again turned the tables on
James F. Crowley. his bitter rival by de-
cisively beating him in the fve-mile run.
which was the feature race of the games
of the Catholic Bowery Mission. held at
the 22d Regiment armory last night Ober-
meyer won by about fifty yards from Tom
Collins, the irish-American Athletic Club
crack. who stuck to the former until three
laps from home, when he succumbed TO
the pace set by Obermeyer. Crowley was
never in the going being beaten from the
tap of the gong, and was Tapped by Ober-
meyer at the finish.
The close of the race was exciting and
loud applause greeted the National Athletic
Club man when he crossed the line for his
remarka BILE performance.
A field which included practically all the
distance stars of the metropolitan district
toed the mark for the start, including
Fred Belars, who has been in retirement
for some time; Win Bailey. of the New
York Athletic Club: W. G. Frank of the
Irish-American Athletic Club. and Dick
Devlin, of the Mott Haven Athletic Club.
Tony Rose. the full blooded Indian, from
the Hastings Athletic Club, of Hastings. n.
Y. who was touted as promising oppo-
poor debut. as he was never in the race
being Tapped early in the contest
Another exciting race was the one mile
relay. handicap. which was won by the Co
lumoia University team. with a handicap
or oil yards. The race was a fast one
Trask. of the Morningside Heights team,
just nosing out Treuse. of the West Side
Young Mems Christian Association. Trask
had his right wrist dislocated by a fall I'm
the trial heats, but the mishap would not
keep him out of the final heat Although
in great pain. Trask ran a good relay.
Egon Erickson, the national junior and
senior champion. and Harry Porter the
high jumper. had a tussle for premier hon
ors in their favorite event. Both cleared
the bar at feet inches, which is three
oights of an inch behind the record. but
Erickson. who had an inch handicap. got
first prize.
\ peculiar incident was that four other
jumpers, with their handicaps, were tied
with Porter for second place Porter re-
ceived second place, and Grumpelt of the
New York Athletic Club, who had the low
est handicap of the other men, was placed
third
Abel kiviat, the fast haf-miler, who has
been off the track for some time ran his
first indoor race. in the half-mie handicap
Starting from the ten-yard mark
Kiviat succeeded in capturing second
place, after H. Caring, of the National
Athletic Club, was disqualified for cutting
the corners. r. A. Ogg, the fast coming
runner of the Mohawk Athletic Club. won
by few yards.
Robert j. Egan. an unattached runner
easily captured the northumberland run.
special, which was one of the features of
the evening. Egan passed Carl WaIther. of
the New York Athletic Club, in the last
lap, to win as he pleased.
The summaries follow:
seventy-yard dash handicap. fnal seau-
Won by II. Jacobs. Columbia University IN
iieen; Bert Dewar Irish-Amercan A. G. G2
feeO, third Time, O:O7 2-5.
sSSo-yard run 'handicaP)-Won by r. =. OEg.
Mohawk \ G.; go YARDS; Abel Kiviat. Irish
TaSei Mohawk A. G. GA yards'. third Time.
by L Mclaughlin, I-oughlin LyceIm IL yar,lsI:
NJ Mclaughlin, Knights OF 81 Anthony q
scratch third Time su5ly 2os 5 L'Isn''" L'eeu
6oO-yard run ,spcciaD-Won by r. ] Egan.
unattached; carl Wal;her; New York A. e.. ss,", sec
Git45 Gna; 3 f'''F' Ne" York A c. third Time
3oo-yard Iun lhandicapl-won by r NJ
FrtSnaaH' F,dsa@a1 Pss, Re% York g l6 Yards F. J.
O:32 Is. '"''
One-mile walk handicapD-Won by J. ]
Ewing. Mohawk \. {. t50 seconds: G. Morton
Trinity a &. Il minute. second; X r. clifford
7:402s. "N'
One-mile run Chandicapl-Won by A &
Knight. Irish American A. G. G5 yardsl; % w
DE Grouchy New York A. &. $50 yardsl second:
J. A. Meeks, Acorn "A. 30 yards, third
Time. 4:26.
o-yard run novice)-won by H. Huston.
Irlsh- american a g. f. Jeni. Cuyler a. a,
third. Time. 1:21%.
Five-mile run thandicap)-Won by O. J. Ober-
meyer. National a. C.; Tom Collins. Irish-Amer-
lean \. g. second; j. 4. Crowley. Irish Ameri-
can a. G. third. W. C. Frank. Irish American
a G. fourth; II. McGnn, Paulist A. G.. fifth.
Time: - 5:43Sb
Putting u pound shot handicap,-won by f.
Efthinias Pastime A. g. 60 fceO. actual put Of
~ feet 3ia inches: r.. Lawrence New York
2 inches: j. Onken. Tish-American a g Is
feeb. third. actual put of ~ feet 4l2 inches.
One-mile relay (handicapl-Won by Co
lGmbia University t6l yardsl, team composed
of Trask, Stewart. COunselman and Boorman:
West Side Y NJ g. a. (62 yardsl. second. team
composed of Schnabel. Finneran. .Sandkuhler
and Ferise. New York A. g. tsecond team)
go yardsl, third. team composed of Haywood
Walther. Koch and Frck.
Running high jump thandicapb-Won nv
Egan Erickson, Mott Haven \. g Il inchI
Irish-American \. g. tscratch). second, iump
or feet inches: W j GrumpheIt New
York \. 6. q inches), third. actual jump OF
q feet -