Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-02

N 1ARRY G1SS1NG, of the New YORK
A.. c., proved the sensation OF
the A. A. U. indoor champion
ships at Madison Square last night,
when he annexed the 600-yards' run in
record time, defeating Mel Sheppard
and other crack n of the Metro
politan district. Gissing's victory was
the feature of the concluding night of
the championships.
The New York A. c. won the point
! score over the sh-Americans by a
score of rs to s..
For the second time during the meet
ing Mel Sheppard, the champion mid
d1e-distance runner of the Irish-Ameri-
can A. c., was obliged to trail his colors
to Harry Gissing, of the New York
| A. c., when Gissing defeated him after
a sensational race in the 600-yard
event. Gissing lad to contend against
| three Of the Irish clubs stars, and
though he was unintentionally pock-
| eted on several occasions he emerged
| with colors flying and equaled the
indoor record of 1 minute and IA sec
| onds, the time being made only twice
before.
Diminutive Abel Kiviat, ~Sheppard's
club mate, squeezed into third position,
finishing FIVE yards behind Sheppard,
who, in turn, was led to the worsted
by Gissing by less than two yards.
The last lap was sensational in the
extreme, as Gissing forged to the
front from fourth position, racing his
way past Hayes. Kiviat and Sheppard.
Fifty yards from the finish Mel and
Harry rounded into the next to the
last turn. Sheppard Rugged the turn,
while Gissing went wide of the rail.
This unexpected werve on Gissing's
part enabled, the Mercury footer to
gain a bit on Sheppard, and the two
entered the home stretch oil equal
terms, with Kiviat and Hayes FIVE
yards behind. Thirty yards from the
tape the field spread over the track,
and the garden was in an uproar. Vic
tory was anybody's at this stage. Here
Gissing put his favorite jump into ex-
ecution, and drew away from Shep-
pard, swapping the tape two yards in
advance of his worthy foe.
BY the scant margin of one point.
the Pastime A. {. athletes carried off
the Junior team championship, just
nosing out the New ork A. c. repre-
sentatives. The Pastimes grabbed nine
teen points the opening night, and
though they failed to score in last
nights events. their aggregate tally
was sufficient to give them h honor
J. X. Lewis, of Harvard University,
the Crimson end who played against
tfhe Army eleven last Saturday, regis
tered eight points for his alma mater.
and tied with the st. James A. c., of
Providence, r. l., for third honors.
Sam Liebgold, of h Pastime A. c.,
the heel and toe champion, managed
to retain his title, but not without one
of the hadest struggles he has ever
engaged in. Timothy Carroll, unat-
tached, vas the party who pushed
Liebgold to his utmost limit in order
to gain the decision of the judges, for
a decision was necessary, as the pair
crossed the finish line almost on equal
terms. To many it looked like a
dead heat, but Liebgold was adjudged
the winner Liebgold, incidentally, bet
tered his own American indoor figures,
clipping 90 1-5 seconds off his record Of
% minutes 45 As seconds, his time
being 20 minutes % 3-5 econds.
Frank Lukeman, the phenomenal Ca
madam sprinter. who switched his club
affiliations from the Montreal A. A. to
the Ottawa A. c.. since his last APP
pearance here, carried back the 100
yard championship to the Dominion,
trimming Gotham's best short-distance
stars. Lukeman won his trial heat,
semi-final and final in splendid fash
ion.