New-York tribune., 1909-02-12
WORLDS RECORD FALLS
CLOUGHEN SETS MARK.
Great Sprinter Beats Nelson an
Forty-seUentb Regiment Games.

new worlds amateur record for 1SO yards was
made by Robert Cloughen of the Irish-American
Athletic Club. in the special scratch at the
47th Regiment Armory games last night Cloughen
flashed across the finish line In the remarkably fast
time of IL As seconds According TO the announce
ment, this created a new indoor record It also
beats the best outdoor fgures-l3 seconds-made by
Wendell Baker, the old Harvard athlete
In the first trial heat of the special e E Mel
son. the Boston Athletic Association crack, who
had been credited with doing the hundred In Q As
seconds. had trouble In showing the way. The
time-l3 seconds-was the same as that made by
Cloughen In the next heat
The final heat resulted in grand struggle be-
tween Cloughen and Nelson, with Lawson Robert
son, another Irish-AInerican Athletic Club man.
close up. These three left their marks like one
man. but Cloughen got into his stride quicker and
before the distance had been covered he led Mel
by nearly a yard. The Boston man then
made a supreme effort, but could do no more than
partially close the gapp and Cloughen broke the
tape foot to the good Robertson was fully two
yards back. The men were allowed to use spikes
IN this race, by special permission
Winfield Bailey the clever little distance runner
wearing the winged foot of the New York Athletic
Club won the four-mile atch event in impressive
style For the first three miles George Obermeyer'
Of the National Athletic Club pushed Bailey hard
but the latter cut loose and easily by one hun
dred yards. Mike Ryan. of the Irish Club got
third.
The one-rnile relay race for the championship Of
Long Island resulted in the Acorn Athletic Club
team winning by scant margin over the Brooklyn
Central Young Mems Christian Association.
The summary follows:
one-niIe relay race championship OF Long Isiandl-
Won b. Acorn A. c. q. P. McNaIly. L Pierce, r s.
Charlton and F. K wsllinJ; Brooklyn Central Y. M A.
second Or J. Solart. w. J. Murphy, A Karoer and W
Coots); Trinity A c. third (ET Stephenson, W. Eoe F.
Horton and ] Hanion). Time. 5;56ts.
One-nnile handicap (cioSed)-Won by Owen Reilly
(scTatohl ]. Mitchell (scratchJ. second; Davis COB
HaIs-rliie run Chandcapl-Won by Gardner, Irish
American A. C go yards) Eugens GhlnnorA Dominican
Iyoeum (2G yards). second; David Noble New York A G
80 yards). third Time. 1b6So. .
Final by P P Spada 90 yards; John scraIn
az yaTs) second James Murphy @ yards. third Time
Brooklyn Handicap dsO yards. final heap-won by J;
Paul Reeve unattached Ci yardsj F. Holloway. Central
Y NJ C A. Oil yards). secondi w ksating. L A A. &
C3ik yards), third Time. Ola - -
q G60 yards); Ed Eiseman Mohawk A. c. Q0o yardsl
second: w. L. Kramer. Acorn A A go yaTos third
fHsitmfie novice CanaI heao-won by T. B. Come
second, II Kudch, Columbia A A. third Time 2O1 =
hurs4red-and-foEty-ya (handicap)-Von by
r. Edwards. n Y. A c. "a ysrdsl 3 E 1Ier1se ,s Ts
n 2 A G. ar yards) third. Time o5lb ,
ne-hundred-yard three-legged handicap race coseo}
Won by P P Spada ]. E Miller q yards) F smith
ana Ge9rge Kaiser !s'rste9 tSt1 TsG0aa no o4 u'
-tVentyyard handicap 1clo5gD
by F e Nealy. Company T (scratcn) W. II, me- X
Company 90 yar&4S,, & seGoRai Rsi James Ounn'
Cne-hlndred- -thrty-yard scratch SPECIAL
Won by Robert C1oughen Irsh-An1ercaI a =; r. =
Nelson Boston A A. second LAWSON Ho0er's'n' iii
American A. c. third Time. o12tk: -, NJ. 49,
FourIne run (scrach-Won 5y Winned Bailey so1S @eT
yorS. a.; George Obermyer national A. -
Mike RYAN rrisl1-Anerican A c. third Tine 0ofo7s'