New-York tribune., 1909-03-17
FOUL MARS RELAY RACE
NEW YORK Il. c. TEAM
DISQUALIFIED.
.Sha1c Equals Record an Hurdle
Handicap-B0nhdg Wins at
Fare Miles.

and sensational struggle at the annual indoor
games Of the New York Athletic Club in Madison
Square Garden last night The incident occurred
at the end Of the one-nile intercity relay be
tween teams representing the Boston Athletic As
socation and the New York Athletic Club.
{. The New York quartet won by the width Of
hand in a stirring finish that looked like dead
heat 10 the majority OF those present Nelson. who
ran the last relay for Boston, lodged a claim Of
foul against McEntee for crcwdng on one of the
turns. and James L sullivan the referee, allowed
Il and gave the Boston team the race.
Both organiza tions selected their picked four. and
TO start the race Himan raced the first quarter so
fast that he opened up a gap cf ten yards between
himself and Prout. the Boston runner
in The next relay Young took up the running in
such a determined manner for the visiting delega-
tion that by the time the quarter was finished he
had reduced Haywood's advantage TO a yard. Lee
ran for Boston in he third relay against Sedley
and in the fna! fifty yards the former beat the
New Yorker 10 the tape by two wards.
This enabled Nelson, the Boston flyer. TO begin
the last quarter a yard ahead Of McEntee. who
carried the b0pes Of the local contingent Nelson
apparently Underrated his man and allowed Nc
Entee sprint into the lead. but the Bostonian
quickly reEaned his advantage, and then great
struggle ensued- In passing Nsison for the second
tire the New Yorker crowded his so badly
that he gained three years, and some in the crowd
hissed Nelson made determined and pluckv ef-
fort TO regain the los; ground by brilliant sprint.
prettier- or closer finish had rarely If
ever been seen.
George Y Bonhag once again demonstrated that
as a distince runner he is in class by himself
among the amateurs by setting q new American
record for five miles Eleven OF the twelve en-
trants toed the scratch. the only absentee being j
r. Ballard Of Boston
Most prominent besides Bonhag were Tom Col
ins another Irish American runner. Fred Belars
and ". Bailey. of the New York Athletic Club and
James Lee. unattached.
Dnly in the early stages of the was Bonhag
in other than first place He soon took the lead.
and. wi-ile Bears headed him the mile in z4l 25.
he soon took command again. The quickly
developed into struggle between Bonhag. Collins
and E5ellars. all The others except Lee dropped
at various points up 10 three miles Bonhag
timed in $40 for two miles and 1881 Is for
three. and led Collins by twenty Yards and Bears
by half lap Bonhsg's time Of I7I7 So for three
and a half miles inside the old American
record made by Tommy Connect
H. the fftA mile Collins. who had been following
the pace closely, got stitch in his side and
stopped. and this left Bonhag 10 on and win as
he pleased. He sprinted in the last two laps and
finished strongly 24:59 p a American
record The old mark of 25Ie - held hy Col
lins Bonhag ran the distance Troy in 24:5s 1-5,
but this has not been officially accepted.
\ E Shaw. the national hurdle champion.
equaHed the worlds record for seventy yards in
his heat. covering the distance in BIS seconds In
the final heat. however, NJ Dwight one CT Prince
o;n's coming champions, with 12-foot allow
ance. in seconds fiat Shaw was second.
scarcely six inches behind the winner. so that his
time easily inside the record
Princeton sprang the surprise Of the night by fur
nslling less than six frsts, third and two sec
onds. incidentally. Al Copeland the trainer, came
in for hearty cong. atulations. The first credited
Old Nassau We're in the 70-yard handicap, hur-
die. cards. $50 yards and mile.
r Splitter. Of Yale. d well judged race in the
leo-ard invitation and easily beat J. BromIlow, of
the Irish-American Athletic Club by twenty yards,
c4o- hut
went lame and quit several laps from home
The military relay race at a mile brought out
only entrants, the sd Regiment and the 18th
Coast Artillery. II proved easy victory for the
former, but the men never let Up, as they wanted
& record. The time, however. nothing extra
The seventy-yard handicap attracted strong
field including Robert Cloughen. champion at the
distance and a delegation Of promising collegians.
CIoughen. the scratch man, started in the third
heat which was won by c " Blsistein. unat-
tacAed runner with seven-foot allowance
Cloughen got seccrd. which entitled him to start
in the first semi-final heat, but he failed
In the final heat w l. Dawbarn, Princeton
entrant. who had allowance OF ten feet by
inches after hard struggle with F. S. Geary. of
Fordhar.
A muscular delegation appeared for the shot-put.
". " Coe, OF the Boston Athletic Association.
had the scratch mark, but he failed TO show. +.
Lawrence Of the Leale School. hurled the S-pound
ball feet inches. and this. combined with his
hEndIcap Of feet, made him easy winner. Law
rence's effort Of the best since Ralph Rose
established the worlds record Of 81 feet inches
W l. McGee. a promising distance runDer from
Princeton, showed both speed and stamina in the
oDe-nile handicap. In the absence OF ". PAUL.
OF the University Of Pennsylvania, the virtual
scratch J E Ballard, OF Boston. with
25-yard allowance ". Berker. OF the New York
ASnlerfc Cub had - ynrcc.
IL the early stages Of the ". S. Nolis. OF
the Mohawk Athletic Club with a 55-yard start.
ran cut front and led for several laps. When
1alf IA been 2arlxe in
fifth pace and lap further he took the lead
with Nolis second. McCSee then came through
with rush. and in a squirt that would be
MED easily beat Berker the tape by % yards.
The time. 4I9 Is fast
4 typical New York Athletic Club crowd turned
out. the hundreds Of handsomely gowned women
IN the seats lending color TO the
scene Many OF the women carried flags eInble-
matte Of the Winged Foot organization and they
waved their colors whenever opportunity presented
itself The Garden was not packed 10 oyerfowing
the for the Dcrando-Hayes Marathon
on Monday. but there were few If any. empty seats
ana the crowd estimated eight thousand
persons.
t:iie grananiar school relay saoe,Fnai heat
IN second Public School . Manhattan third Tine,
oRemile military relay race-won by 2sd Regiment
lothins Eay ~oee haes91 and sedeyl: ls;h Coast Ar
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