The Washington herald., 1909-07-06
BlOOmingdale Citizens Join
in Holiday Celebration.
EVENTS WARMLY CONTESTED
HiIdebrand, of GurIey Athletic Club,
Carries on the HOnOrs in Three
mile Run, winning Herald Medal
and "A Trophy offered for the Best
Time in Run-Other Events.

wS-e Up bright and early yesterday morn
ing to witness a day OF sports, which in
interest was without parallel in the his
tory OF the sociable little section.
All classes, old and young. rich and
poor. enjoyed the sport for all there was
IN it, and gave up the entire day 10 the
various events. Like an up-to-date cir
Gus. there was something going on all the
time, the only lapse in tie days activities
coming at midday, at which time the
crowd retired 10 their homes 10 partake
Of luncheon.
As early as $50 a. n. the crowd. COM
posed for the greater. part OF the boys OF
the neighborhOod. who had anticipated
the days pleasure for many days back
grouped along the bank outside McDev-
tits Field. the scene OF the fun, to wit
ness the hrst event on the card, the three
mile, because OF the fact that several OF
the Districts fastest long distance run
ners were entered to compete for the
handsome prizes offered. Because Of the
large number OF entries received It was
deemed advisable by the committee in
charge to divide the run into sections.
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The winner OF the first section turned
Up in the person of 3. NJ Hildebrand.
the mainstay IN lOng-distance running OF
the Gurley Athletic Club. who carried
away the handsome gold medal offered
by The Washington Herald. as well as
a silver trophy cup offered the runner
negotiating the distance IN the best time.
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was questioned by several OF the officials
and after remeasring the course It was
found that the distance was short by
about a half mile. This. however. hard
ly detracts from the class OF Hndebrand's s
performance, as the run was made over
rough and hiIly roads.
Nine men started in the first section.
and all but two crossed the finish line
The two who failed 20 finish dropped
tributing their failure 10 complete the
distance TO lack Of condition. Byron
/ Councillor, born and raised in Bloom
| ingdale." finished second amid a buzz
o. II told you SOS" His time was iust
ten seconds slower than the winners. and
he was heartily RpplaUded by the crowd.
which by this time numbered well over
500 persons.
! Robert E. Rawlings, who last year
/ pitched the Business High School 10 its
/ first victory IN many day, proved that
he Is OF the all-=ound type by coping
| third place. Rawlings went IN the race
for the sport alone, without any train
/ Ing, and certainly without any idea OF
coming IN the money. He, however, sur
prised himself. but not his many ad-
nirers who witnessed the race and who
were aware OF his athletic ability.
Other contestants IN the race finished IN
the following order: Marshall Lowe. OF
the Y. n. Q. A; y. c. Greenley. Y NJ
c. A: Thomas White. Bloomingdale Ath-
letic Club: J. 3. Gordon, Technical High
/ School. and II. S. Reese. unattached. The
last named copped the 'lemcn" Of the
occasion In the shape OF a bottle OF
"catchuD."
COnnOrs I'm Second Section.
IN the second section Louis Connor.
one Of the best track athletes AT Wes-
leyan University. led the field home.
Connor's time. 1880 was not exactly
what was expected Of a college athlete,
but was afterward explained by the ath-
lete. who brought forward the fact that
he was unfamiliar with the course. and
during the greater part OF the race was
forced to adhere 20 the pace Of athletes
way out Of his class. He sUbstantiated
his claim with a great sprint at the
finish OF his race. Tom Taylor. Unat-
I tached. finished one minute later. and A
B. Moore. OF BlOOmingdale. managed 10
take last money. Other contestants fin
ished IN the order named: Shelton Hale
Mount Pleasant Athletic Club: Robert
Rathvon. unattached; George Nairn. Y. NJ
c. A. and NJ De Grange, unattached
Mr.. De Grange was awarded a prize Of
the Reese type.
Following this. a One-mile run arranged
for boys under fifteen years Of age was
pulled of and brought out some hot COM
petition. The entrants were for The
greater part composed Of residents OF
Bloomingdale and lexington. and as each
competitor crossed the finish line he was
loudly eheered. Frank Hardie was the
first Of the youngsters to finish. crossing
the line after seven minutes and fifteen
seconds on the stretch. Not far behind
were II. Egan and 3. ProslSe, who fought
Il out TO a bitter end, the first named
beating out his opponent by a few feet.
An hour for lunch and they were at It
again. Many new comers arrived on the
scene TO witness the elaborate sport card
OF the afternoon
Green Wins 75-yard Dash.
The first event OF the afternoon was a
75-yard dash for boys under fifteen years
or age. Leslie Green and Frank Hardie.
two sturdy looking young chaps. who
4 seem TO be pretty we'll trained in the Gin
der path game. showed the way TO a
\ field OF twenty-five starters. To save
I time. the officials decided TO run the
event in a single heat The result was a
y general miz-up and scramble for the
front positions. the youngsters named
above proving the lucky ones.
This was the case in the greater number
OF races during the afternoon. There
were probably one or two real live Of
ficials among the bunch, and several OF
/ those who held the reins conducted affairs
in a way that proved entire ignorance
Of the rules OF running of field and track
events. However. this rather added than
detracted from the interest and proved
the source Of several amusing incidents
! during the course Of the afternoon.
! A 5O-yard dash for boys under ten
years was won by Roland Nairn. with
II Theodore Bolton at his heels
The lVU-yaru open 0aSn. IN which the
pick of short distance talent Of the north
east section was entered, went 20 Hope
4 Falconer, OF Technical High with r.
I Palmer. Of the Wallack A G, a close
second
The three-legged, potato. and egg. races
brought forth much enthusiasm from the
crowd along the track
Not TO be outdone by the boys. the girls
Of the vicinity were given their annual
chance 10 show their superiority and IN
every race fought II out TO the end