New-York tribune., 1910-11-02
GISS|NG EQUALS RECORD
Runs Brilliant Race in Winning
the 800 Yard Title.
SHEPPARD TIRES AT END
Many New Champions Made in
Spirited Competitions in
Garden.

oqualled the record. and added another title
70 his list in winning the 6Oo-yard run at
the national indoor championship games at
Madison square Garden last night. He ran
the distance IN IA. a mark established nv
the late John TAYLOR and Harry L. HiIlman.
When the call fo~ the 600 was sounded
Gissing. Sheppard. A Il Kivia7. r. j Egan.
u J. Hayes of Philadelphia and c. Wal
1her responded The start was made at the
Fourth avenue turn. with Ktviat AT the
pole Sheppard came next, and then Gis-
Elne Al the bark Of the gun Sheppard
rushed away in the lead with little Kiviat
at his heels. while Hayes took third posi-
tion. a ward IN front OF Gissing, who got
OF slowly
Il was also observed that GissinE IN
E bad pocket. more especially as Sheppard
and Kivist were racing along almost as
one No change in the order Of the lead
'ers occurred until after they had COM
Ipleted the first hap. but then Gissing was
seen 10 increase his stride. Half lap fur
,rher this extra effort carried the Winged
Foot man past Hayes and a few yards
more saw GissinE forge ahead Of Kiviat
Rounding the last turn into the stretch
Sheppard led his rival by three yards. but
there was no denying the others wonder
ful burst of speed. so great that II carried
Gissing over the line : winner by two open
yards
The New York Athletic Club team won the
senior championship with a total OF -
points while the Junior honors went 10 the
Pastime Athletic Club with a total Of 10
points The 1ght for the senior honors
ended as follows.
New York Athletic Club. =, Irish-Ameri-
can Athletic Club. 81. Pastime Athletic
Club. %; Montreal Amateur Athletic Asso-
citation. 6: OTTAWA Athletic Association. =
Yale University. 8: Mott Haven Athletic
Club 8. Mohawk Athletic club /, Aranac
Athletic Club. l.
The scores made in the junior champion
ship follow.
Pastime Athletic Club 1s. New York Ath-
letic Club. 18: Harvard University and St
James Athletic Association. of Rhode Isl
and. each: Mohawk Athletic Club. :: Co
lurnnia University Irish-American Athletic
Club and BrookIme Gymnasium. each;
Mercury Athletic Club. OF Philadelphia;
Yale University. LSoughlin Lyceum. St
Mary's Athletic Club and Holyoke Athletic
Club. s each. ST. George Athletic Club. New
West Side Athletic Club Trinity Athletic
Club and New York University / each.
Tom Collins the Irish American distance
runner. won the five-nile championship.
His time was 25:4S % Collins made a
great finish at q sprinting pace He was
TWENTY-FIVE wards in advance Of Fred Bel
lars and Win" Bailey. both Of the New
York Athletic Club, who finished in the
order named. with only inches between
them. Bellars jumped ahead Of Bailey at
the tape in as thrilling a race as men ever
ran
pole vault for height He cleared Il feet
inches Ftsre other men ried for second
plaCe-H- s. BabCoCk. New York a C.:
H Vessels. New York A c.. f H
Schroth Of the Toung Mems Gvmnastic
Club Of New Orleans. J. y Bvers. of
Yale and : E Wagner. Of Yale
The tie led TO an accident as. in striving
70 clear The bar. Bvers fell and dislocated
his left elbow For some time the com
. petition stopped while he was cared for
by N ambulance surgeon from the New
York Hospital
Babcock. the national outdoor champion
and newly elected captain Of the ColuT-
bia track team. finally won second place
on the iurnp-off bv equalling the winners
vault Of L feet inches.
Old--irrlers rubbed their eyes n astonish-
menr as result Of the thee standing
jurps Ray C. Ewry. the New York Attn
letic Club wonder whose springy muscles
have made him invincible al the jumping
game for nearly hfteen years. was al last
compelled 10 step aside in favor of that
rapidly improving jumper. Dan Healy. OF
the Pastime Athletic CLUB.
Early in The fray IL became apparent 70
all that 1he real fight would simmer down
10 z three-cornered affair between Healy,
EVrv and Plat Adams Il was noticeable
70 many thar Ewry had less Of that erst-
while snap. whereas Healy seemed all
surings Adams was also al his best.
Finally Healy with supreme effort
cleared an even - feet This jump of
F4eaIy's won the title. Adams getting sec
Cnd with 80 feet 1Ol4 inches and Ewry
third with & feet So inches. il was the
first time that Ev-ry had been defeated at
the three jumps
Later IN the evening Ewry failed TO roe
the mark for the standing high jump. an
other Of his specialties. giving as reason
that ne was suffering from q sprained
hack In his absence Plat Adams won
quite handily.
The FIRST event on the programme consist
60 Of the I5-yard championship. There
were three trial heats, and according II
the conditions the TWO third men with the
fastest time also qualified for the serni-tnal
trials F L. Lukeman. the Canadian,
rushed awav with the f1rst heat in I6 sec
onds and he had no trouble in winning his
serni-fnal tilt IN similar time. Jack Eller,
after winning his heat. squeezed into the
finals by getting the place in the second
trial CIouEhen cid not start In this com
petition.
IN the decisive dash Lukeman showeo IN
front all the way. but the champion from
OTTAWA only beat Eller by inchcs. J. NJ.
Rosenberger. winner Of the recent national
outdoor championship at New Orleans, was
third LUkeman. who has won three Ca
madam titles covered the distance IN is
seconds. winch Is a NTH Of a second slower
than Euer made over the same track a
year ago
Something OF a surprise was sprung 10
ne junior one-mile run. II had been ex-
pected that Matt Gels would account for
first prize. with Joseph Malone. the Mo
hawk cross country runner. as a danger
Gus factor During the early stages VI
Powers an Irish-American club runner, SET
the pace but he gave way little later 70
Malone. VINO was closely attended by ". L.
McGee-of Philadelphia. Gels and o. Hea-
Iund OF Brooklyn
When the bell sounded for the last lap
McC1ee passed Malone and Cieis also moved
up. but neither man able to withstand
the unexpected rush of Hedlund. who lett