New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-18
RELAY FOR NEW YORK
GTSSINGS GREAT SPRINT.
Bonkag Earns Fresh LaureLs IN the
Three-MiIe Handicap.

An exciting intercity relay race, IN ~hlch NO"
York defeated Brooklyn by inches, proved the feat
ure Of the Knights Of St Anthony games at the
47th Regiment Armory last night running IoR
Brooklyn IN the first relay, Harry Hilman' the
ouarter-nile champion. gained lead Of four yards
for his side His opponent. Coch. led for the hFse
lap tut died away in the last 10 yards
To start the second relay Bacon set a killing
pace and soon led McE;ntee by i've yards. but tne
New Yorker with Of his characteristic nniShes'
reduced this margin in the last lap, so that Brook-
lyn had only foot or SO advantage Al the Iii4o
pickup
For Brooklyn Rosenberger had more speed than
Dorand the New York representative in the first
eighth OF a mile. but Doriand spTtnted In the last
100 yards and Brooklyn started on its last relay
only two yards to the good 1t was then case OF
Robbins VS.. Glssing, latter running for New
York with speed Robbins soon Increased the
gap between himself and GissinE to tNAeEo yards
and Il looked all Just then Gssing cut loose
and the way the 1.0Oo-yard champion ran the last
eighth set the crowd yelling Fifty yards froEI
home Robbins stin led. but Gisslng broke the tape
first by about two feet. The time. 3;2s As,
fast
That sterling distance runner. George IL Bon
hag gathered In fresh lsures by winning the
three-nile handicap from scratch In excellent time
Fred Belars. Of the New York Athletic Club. re-
fused 70 take his thirty yards allotted by tbs
Handicapped. and went back to scratch with Bon
hag. James Lee, the former Boston crack, had
sixty yards while James Clark, the Xavier man.
no won the Brooklyn-seagats Marathon on LIN
coins Birthday. had ninety yards allowance.
Clark No ], the same as in the previous
contest
From the crack OF the gun Bouhsg set a fast
pace closely followed by Bellars and the pair
soon worked their way through the field. At the
end OF the hrst mile Lee was running fifth. and
a few laps further Bonhag drew away from
BeIlars and assumed the lead. closely attended by
Lee with Ballars third They in this order
for the remainder of the race, save when Bel
lars passed Lee. shortly after passing the second
mile post Lee sprinted and regained second
place retaining II to the end. Bonhag beat Lee
by one hundred yards. while the latter led Bel
lars by twenty yards at the finish The time was
146s 40.
In the one-mIle interscholsstio relay the
High School OF Commerce team finished first, but
disqualified for not touching First place
then went TO the st. Johns High School
The summaries follow
Four hundred nd forty yard novice anal head
columbia University. second: r Mckinley. unattached
hundEed-ysrd handioegwen BY ). ". Rich
Hyo.a u !. ya?d second MuiiR e. Z X ds
yATqs t s5d dnei C;s$ 10; MN ,.a, o,,o., n
knights Of 81. AnthoSy)-IEon bE N. MaLogshlin go
ysTds' third. Time, s:044-5,
t run .. hsn6cag CLOSES e TO
Riley seIa5chl second; E J. BertsOn Is yards. third
hgnarsdySsa haPd.R closed to cstholG AA
: ssiS5 "a F q;g nsh'' Of St Anthony 5a' 'aFd'
WON IN n ntsE yn7 s1y race M a 90T Bus s
Brooklyn lnan. Bacon. RosenbArger Robbins) second
Time, S25 As.
One-hundred-yard dash dhnndicap: final heat)-won by
H Holland. Xavier A. A. q yards), F. e Holloway,
Central Y NJ. A. YARDS. second. r. T. Edwards
York A. c (6 yards. third Time o:lols
Sixty-yard dash (scratch; closed to Knights Of ST.
Anthony: mai heat-Won by NJ J. Hu;ehnson 2. Nc
Gowan w. J.. Donnelly third Time, 00TaS
seventy-fve-yard dash (handcap; closed TO Catholic
Isnatius a sards(; J. A. cass John d2 ysrdsD.
ond II A. Donnelly knights OF St. Anthony 90 yards
third. Time, o:O74s.
Three Quartsr-mle run (handicape-won by w Hay
Irish-AInertc6n A G. (o2 yardE). J. .. Buckley
Loughlin LgosIm $50 ysTdsl second: H " Brown Star
One-nnile run Cnatch relay; Acorn A A Trinity
Club-won by A A. CCharlton, Jsrboe. McNally,
Peroe Trinity A. second Cgoster. Ebel. Hanlon, ste
phenson). limo, S:4S%s.
Johns High School; Ensewood High School second
Polytechnic Preparatory. third. Time. 3:522s.
Three-rne handicsp)-Wou by George H Bonhas
4. G tsCratch): James Lee unattached
yards). Beilars, York 4. c
tscra lch), third. Time 1865.