The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
NEWS OF The ATHLETES
HOLD ~ PtSTIME 4. 4. on
MANHATTAN ISL AND.
Gtssin& May Have Try ~ EnsiisL Half.
Wiie Chang isnnisip- \. 4. Cham.
pisa MILLER ~ Peunsyis ania- Boom
for Indoor sports NJ Philadelphia.

The victory Of the Pastims A. G. in the
JUNIOR point championshi p AT the A. A. u
national meet in Madison square Garden
has drawn attention to the fart that.it was
the first win for the Indians in that line.
In the long strnE OF national events which
have been held in and around New York
for decade the Pastlnes have always been
Ia the fore With point winners Of more or
less strength. but never have they been in
IN" van, and what still more enhances the
achievement vas that all the big clubs we're
arrayed against them this time The Irish
4 A & was outclsssed early in the battle.
and though the New York 4 q. finished
strong tn. Mercury Foot Just failed to
collar the Pa-tim.-
Every man with the true sporting instinct
was glad that tn. Pastir,-~ won. especially
a. u IL a club not overburdened with wealth
nor does lis memb" r-h,p roster glistsn with
politicians or men With hank rolls to help
out in a pinch Neither do the Indians
support a training table nor can they AFFORD
to employ retinuc Of trainers. coaches,
rubbers or cappers tn bluh matters out
and awe their rivals What they did in
tn" vay Of scoring came IN natural way
and from men who exercise because 1t il
beneficial to mind and BODY. with the love
Of sport thrown in
Z. Another thing remarkable about the Pas
time 4 &. is it, tena-iiy to an existence
Manhattan island. for track and tram
ing quarters other clubs were forced across
tn" Harlem Bridge while som" had Ia hike
u to Long Island and one or two to New
Jersey, hut III" indians never rnsy
kept Arm grip on New York and ar. there
sin They SAW "a little hardship ON the
homestead lin. and were -hunt-d a few
times. bu, II was only for a lev blocks AT
each remove ~ course this uncertainty
A. tn a location had its effect in one way. FOR
the Pastime- never owned an imposing
mansion A. the club headquarters Al
they ever boosted of was a shed with Iu-t
enough room for few nj the boys IN don
TIA. gloves for a uuI@t setto a place Ia play
haIl. 10 run. To wslk. to pitch the wsixhtr.
and cool sandy boi'omed pool for a
plunge. Your true devote- ~ out ioor
exercise longs for norhing more
n everything goes right with Marry p.
GiSsing al the New NOrN 4 thai - with
regard Ia ms training until n-NI spring he
NAV take trIp Ia England for a trv AZ IN.
IN" mile An old time distance runner who
saw GIs-ing run for the rr-t time in has oiS
yards against Shsppard said after The
ga mes that the New York 4 man was he
best build ~ a runner he had even seen
since the DAYS Ot Lon MYERS ". al.O
thought that i'is-ing " trained for li'iio
distance sork cO'Ild run even a better milo
than half or .'1s yards and that he. wa-
the most likely man OF the present genera 4.
m,nu tea Is ::'s ..c"nd. Within The last
few DAYS H. leaked out thai Gissinx VAS "A
much better man for IN. half mile This fall
than was generally h-ites.d Those who
~ho,Ild know Say that h-for. he ~en' 10 New
4 Orleans h- could have beaten 81 On any
sort ot favorable track and niayhe n
push.d b. could siagg~r ~ Ills wins
over sheppard IN he $50 and 49, vsrds
show h,uI !" h" undourt"d The hest man.
ana II h. - "Ou-Is1enI ana careful ~ his
training he viii scoop IN a lot If prizes ms
winter
Something notsbI. this fall q thai mor.
= men here ana there nav. entered
different colleges FOR special "ou--s~ han
anY wear IN the past quarter oi century
White here have been a good many cases
in th. hast there. are >iIll more ~ the West &.
hui. Ea-r ~ W--' the most prominent ain
l.'. OF tho front brrxad. ia TAKE On himself
he work ot - special course Is Joseph "
ballard III Boston. ho - at P-nnsylN anita
lie Won tfr national I Iuntor and
senior miles 81 Sealfl" at wear dong
- ~ seconds for the former event. aud
making rhs field iOok like u lot of --iling
plsisr- tnd he Won h. senIor ra"- the
following day. th"Igh tho time MAS no' ~
good. the loo>'' condition Of he track being
the Gauss II Vas wonderful piece OF
work on the part NJ school boy. for Ballard
on the. o5It-kiTts oG boston \ w-~A after
the meet al Seattle ballard ran in the three
miles a. San francI-"" and defeated Harry
Met ain. he Indian runner. aud then con
-id-r-d Ia have n" equal IN America ai all
distances ahoN" ~" miles The Boston
boy rrsIi-d the r-d.stn uuIil about "a lap
from houl. when h-. flew past NCisin and
ran clean away from hin In he one N--A
Ballard shos"d that Ia. had speed and could
stay n - -aId tha' ne viii hs eligible for
m. Pennsylvania team next wear. a. u VIII
h.. nearly Two wears since he represented
any othsr club and 40 he to"k his entrance
sxsmInai ion Is.t June h- will have quail
fed Tor a iull wear work a. college Hal
lard - not doing any running lu-t nov, nor
NIL hs. TIL the aprInR. hen ~ - ~ p-, ted
hat a months hard N0rA viii round him
INTO snap. Ne belongs &" the class Of
athl~t-s Wh" need very ltt'le raining. -
-. a "A ~
b = limbs " would not he a hit surpri-ing
" ballard turned our one Of me hest miirrs
IN america neat rssr
Ga Tr-n durip tho indoor "hampion-h tips
Wa Peter carn.v. he hand ,'apper of he
NtlanT % assoc IutiDr. who gained atIs'h a
Nr.'nrs for clean -E.st '.-c.n'lv IN Phila 70
d"iUha In N. annual "l"s'IOn 81 The
NHn'W Association not long ago b" ~"n
his u,-f - On. ~ the OpDo- y ion ticket .
and rho." who have Tor some tine h-@n =
log III the wheels al progress War" routed
the Ou.k"r CIV 80 do -"mr'h ing TOW ard
IN" ,dN .n'"m.n' pi indoor sports He
-,id that The mil',ry people had sign ned
their intention to help the cause along bv
allowing ivoA events AZ zach set of
armOry gam-- Tbs plan will permit nf
"A rnnipls.. set " indoor Champton.hip
event. h.inr given and IN. plan - the b.-t
that has been made IN the Atlantic A--o-
.iaIirn for years
- Ter Tho annual sci of indoor gsm-- at
Madison square Garden IN" date " ~
f,ll an a SATURDAY night. AMI he fs"i <hould
mean bigger squad ot college entries
~ he week snd NJ" 'nllegs men 'an get
away and those WHO are Interested IN attn
le'f'- IN ne hiG institutions Will have not IN <
B 20 bar them from ir'p 10 tovn. Every
wear since tho Mercury Foot instituted
he indoor tnec' II has been held about
he middle NJ IN" ~a-k. and the events did
not draw IN" entry from Vale. Harvard
~ In".iou and penn-ylv aria that might
naturally he eNpert"'I IN" list of event
/ has not vet been annoiGn' ed. but ~ - under
stood thar Capt Mat Halpin has Some
/ thing new up his -le-v.
n nen don't come back NJ hoIIng aud
/ other sports thar need q great deal Of Youth
ard stamina. men surely stsV longer At the
walking game THIS theory was Il emon-
- rat ed IN III. ihrrp mile walk ~ the indoor
cham pion ships y few nights ago About a
foot ~ space separated sam LIsbRold and
Tim carroll n pair NJ old timers. and they
walked clean away from n big field Of
Younger mon IIebgold won his first
| pIOnship eighteen wears ago. bur car
roll il tho senior by several wears. for his
fir-t bracket came 80 him long ago NJ
IssI u was IN The mouth Of June NJ the
/ Ah~rIow sports in Ireland. and Tim had lOo
| Yards s,ar' on MS oldest brother. the latter
| heing then one of he hest men In ireland
! for Two miles Tim won hanhiiy. and the
Veterans who he r-se Immediately
stamped him "a the coming champion He
won several titles aftrrward and was retired
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