New-York tribune., 1910-11-01

Soirited and warmly contested races
marked the opening Of the indoor TRACK ana
ae15 CHAMPIONSHIPS a. Madison square
Garden last night. One new American rec
-rd was established when c Z. Walsh, OF
the New York Athletic Club, made marx
OF Is feet 2s-ls inches in throwing the 90
,,o,7ns weight for height This bettered by
about two inches the record held by Pat
Mcdonald. of the Irish-An1ericsn club Matt
Ar,,zra-b entered the contest as the pTesent
American champion ard Walsh's only com
r,efjtor. and. although he improved his oV'n
record. he was forced 70 be content Win
second place, At IS feet
Platr Adams, OF the New York AthiellS
club contingent. established new World
record al pole vsulting for distance. tie
SCI The mark out 20 2S feet inches, as
measured by the Official steel tape As
.omnerition figure, however, he received
the benefit OF an additional eighth oL an
jrch Martin Sheridan made the former
record OF 2S feet about three years ago.
This splendid performance came as
climax to the night Ii was brought Oh il
she face Of some difficulty. FOR it was nearly
a., l,o7,r after all II the other events had
finished Consequently the crowd sur
rounded the vaulters and hampered Them
-rbe athletes Of the New York Athletic
CTul, led on the point score In the senior
chan1pionshirs Of the night Their totai
was Is Doirts The lrish-American Athleuc
club was second, with 81, while the fas-
r;rne Athlete Club had >, Yale and the MOTT
Haven Athletic Club each g. and the MO-
hawk Athletic Club ana the Montreal
Amateur Athletic Association each point
Tho ,ofnts scored in the Junior events
during ihe night Tailed: Pastime Athletic
tqul 10. New York Athletic tluo, le' ~.
Narv-s Athletic CLUB. 3: Holyoke Young
Mems Christian Association, 3; Harvard
university. * Mohawk Athletic Club, ;,
and Trinity Athletic club. !.
Bobby Clouglen wTested the championship
iitie from Keating in the seventy-five-ysrd
dash. while l. b. Doriand maintained his
1,ol5 ON the age-yard run title. Ray Ewry
won the standing bread jump with ease,
while Harry Gissing raced 10 victory In
.he l.0eo-yard run. A fair sized crowd was
sn attendance.
The lrstre Of what promised 10 be the most
thrilling race of the evening was dimmea
nv The loss Of one OF its stars The much
herslded struggle between Me- Sheppard
and Harry Gissing started with colors fly
srz but petered down 10 mere sem
blsnce Of SIS former self when sheppard
dropped ont Of the race on the third lap.
Illness. IL was announced. had prevented
-ard rIn earlier in the evening. He
started in the 10oo-yard Tun, however,
hut IL proved too much fer him, although
nc appeared in splendid form In the first
two laps.
The contest was not lacking in interest,
.ven without Sheppard, IS It soon mar
rowed down 20 a bitter fight between Gis-
E.nR. of the New York Athletic Club, and
TxgIdat and F-gan, Of the Irish-Americsn
Athletic Club.
S,iesine ran a hea3y race, allowing his
two competitors 10 set the pace and saw
sng his strength for a sprint al the finish.
The three runners were well punched for
the first four laps. All were running
strongly and showed no signs of weaken
tnc. ON the last lap, however, Gissing
f,louehed his way forward and finished an
easy winner, with TIiviat second and Egan
sbird. The time was minutes and 20 sec
unds
l. B. Dorland, Of the Pastime Athletic
Sgub sucoessfully defended his title Of
indoor campaign IN the So9-yard run, when
re breasted the tape in the final heat
.bree wards ahead of Kosenberger, of the
rr3sb-Arnerican Club who was second.
Dorland got off 10 flying start and,
having the jump on Rosenberger and
schsaf. maintained HIS advantage 10 the
end
IN working Up "a the 1inal heat. Dorland
had a spirited race with "'Mel'' sheppard
The two were pitted against each other
3n the second heat of the preliminsries.
Tho champion was forced 10 equal his
record Of 3 % seconds in order to beat
Sheppard by a foot. In his semi-final heat
Sheppard had no difficulty in winning in
f3-5 defeating Schaaf, but he was forced
10 withdraw from the finals.
Waither, OF the New York Athletic Club