Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-18
FIVE = MILE RUNNING RECORD
q. Y. BonhaR Covers Distance in Less
Than TMenty-FIve Minutes.

NEW YORK. March 1L-Georyc V. Bon
bag Of the Irish American Athletic club.
gave a grand exhibition Of his prowess as
a runner when he won the five-mile race
at Madison Square garden tonight in
24:59a5. This beat the best accepted record
Of 29l52s made IN Tom Collins. at the in
door championships here last year,
In the second trial heat Of the 7O-vard
high hurdle handicap, a. r. Shaw OF Dart
mouth. from scratch, equallcd the worlds
record OF O:qh. In the final heat Shaw was
beaten by a few inches. Dwight Of Prince
ton with twelve feet. winning. These few
inches deprived Shaw of making a new
worlds record.
There was a large attendance al the an
nual indoor athletic carnival of the New
York Athletic club tonight. In all. there
were $50 entries for the program Of light
cen events. Following are the results OF
the principal contests;
one mile run, handicap: Won by w. r.
MCGEE, Princeton university. go YARDS; w
Berkcr, New York Athletic club. go YARDS,
second; J. f. Ballard, Boston Athletic asso-
citation. Gj yardsD, third. Time; 4l9 l-l5.
Seyenty-yards dash. handicap, final heat
Won by w. j. Dawborn, Princeton, 90
feet): F. 9. Geary, Fordham university.
@ feet), second; r.. A. Gamble, Princeton,
q fcetJ. third. Time: O.fe6.
one mile military relay: Won by Twenty
third regiment, National Guard, New York
team. CRobbins. Haywood, Bacon, Fedley
and Sedlcvl. Time: S:30aA.
-Four hundr, d and forty-yard run: Won by
r. Noble. Columbla; r.. h. Tervilliger, un-
| attached. New York, second; A, Heidrtck,
Yale. third. Time; O:56is.
puttinE eight-pound shot. handicap: Won
bv r.. Lawrence, Deale school @ feet). with
66 feet 6 inches; j. II. Bredemus, Princeton,
90 feet. second, with 81 feet, ~ inches
{. c. Little, Harvard, 10 feet, third, with
SO feet one-half inch.
Running hop. step and jump, handicap
Won by ID. Ahearn, lrish-Amer1can Attn
Ietic club, G feetD, with A feet; Plat
Adams. New York Athletic club, (scratch)i
second. with As feet, 2 inches; q. Hauslciter
Irish-American Athletic club, e fecD, third
with Al feet, 6 inches.
one mile: Won by Boston Athletic associa-
ton team. w. c. Prout, h. /. Young, n.
Lee and e.. e. Nelson. New York Athlete
club team. H.. /. Hillman, IL. Haywood, II
A. Sedley and j. J. McEntee, won, but was
disqualified by Referee j. IL. Sullivan OF
account of McEnee fouling Nelson in the
Hurdle handicap: Final heat won by NJ.
Dwight, Princeton az feet), A. r. ShaW
Dartmouth scratch second. w. M, Rano'
Harvard e feet, third. Time: OO9.
Eight hundred and eighty-yard run, nan
dicap: Final heat won by W. M. Lard
Princeon go YARDS; r.. BUST, Pastine An
letic club (3s yards), second; +. j. Wright
Pastime Athletic club 90 yards)' third
Time: 1865.
Throwing fifty-six-pound weight from . .
stand, with one hand, handicap: Won bv, T.
Mcdonald, Irish-American Athletic clut
(scratch), with q feet ~ inches; 5. p. Gil
Ivan, New York Athletic club, second, witt
% feet 8 inches; Il. II. Payne, unattached
New York e feet), third, with 20 feet II
inches.
One thousand-yard run, invitation: Wor
by r. Spencer, Yale; j. Bromllow, irish
American Athletic club, second; c. Walt
hour, New York Athletic club. third. Time
2:lSa.
Three hundred-yard run, handicap: Fina
heat won by A. N. c. Conger, Princeton
QS yards; H. NJ. Sawyer, Princeton q.
yards), second; II. c. DeLouselle. New Yorl
Athletic club Q3 yards), third. Time: 0:S29S
Five-mile run, invitation scratch: Won b!
George V. Bonhag, Illinois Amateur Ath
letic club; F. @. Bellars, New York Ath
letic club, second; ]. J. Lee. Mercury Ath
q letic club, Yonkers third. Time: 24:592s.
Pole-vault, handicap: Won by j.. 7
Moore, Princeton 90 inches). with II feet
c. Campbell. Yale % inches), second, witt
II feet; H.. s. Babcock, New York Athleti
club az inches), third, with 10 feet 6 inches