New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
Harvard Star Clips American
Record in Low Hurdles.
LARGE CROWD CHEERS HIM
New York Athletic Club Walks
Away with Annual Games at
Trayers Island.

Of the events were of a nigh order. The
Winged Foot athletes proved their supe-
i-ioritv hy winning the meet, with total
% q points-more than twice as many as
we're scored by any Of their competitors
The Irish American Athletic Club was SC
ond with - points: the Pastime Athletic
club. third with i. and the Mohawk Ath-
letic Club, fourth. with total OF 10 points
Cloudy skies and steady driZzle failed
Il danapen OF diminish the enthusiasm OF i
large crowd which turned out 10 watch the
games and cheer the athletes. When G +.
Gardner. who won the 22o-yard low hurdles
in the intercollegiate games At PhiladeIphia
recently. broke the tape and the American
record simultaneously in the onc-hfth mile
hurdle The spectators cheered themselves
hGa-se-
That event was the star race of the day
F-olIr men crouched on the starting line
awaiting the crack of the pistol at scratch
Gardner. ]. L. Hartranft, of the New
York Athletic Club. and c. J. Bacon OF
the same club L. r. Dorland. Of the Pas
time Athletic club. had handicap OF Tour
yards.
The nistcl cracked. and the hurdlers
leaned away. Dorland's handicap kept Linn
in the lead over the first two hurdieS' anu
,hen Gardner and Bacon flashed oy hinl'
u-jtb Esrtranft al their heels. HaTtr amt
ouickly sp,lrted into third place but nara
l,,cgs WAS in store for him, ana ne zen oh
in4 first turn and retired
The race quickly developed into he"e
ne+u,een Bacon and the Young HarNaiu
star. Taking the hurdles in almost Iaui'-
less form the two athletes sped on NJ"
they ran and lesped side by sloe' no"
led the other by foot OF yarc' ou' d
- .,,a,, wore neck and neck. and IL was
.t,t,~.e rsce At the psychological mo-
,,,er+ the Harvard man leaped forward ana
-,-or IN, less than three yards. Dorland was
third The time WAS "A - seconos' 10"
.-sng the American record established al
7-ravers Island in 1894 by three-f1fths oi
second.
A 5isouslifcatio led 10 q dispute when
so,,evl7a+ r7arred the day. Harry J. smith,
Of me PastiTne Athletic Club, with hahol-
can of 200 yards. won the three mile race
With case. but vas disqualified by fresl-
6e7- James F. Sullivan on the ground lhat
he had edged up and beaten the gun Dy
abcut ten yards. Cissing. when asked rE
NJ Sullivan. said that Smith had not edsed
IN but later admitted that he was not
,7ositive Of this. on the other mana 1"o %
he inspectors stated that Smith had Of
fp0IPd. ana NJ SGlilNdh StoNA''O1
statement and disqualified him
John J. Flanagan. OF the lTish-Amerlcan
Athletic Club. easily won the sixteen-pound
,svnr,er throw. Flanagan was in splendid
form He also did his best to prevent The
Tribune from obtaining any pictures OF
the games. in one Of his mighty heaTes
10 missed the photographers camera by
s,,, inches. His best throw was 1l5 feet
- inches.
There was a fine list of entries for the
ore-r7ile run. w c. PAUL, of the Univer-
sitv of PENNSYLVANIA, and ]. Z. Buckley
,f rba Iouchlin Lyceum, were the runners
who started from scratch. Having learned
from sad experience in the last intercol-
legiate games. PAUL did not start as II he
vas running a half mile, but was content
70 let the pace he cut out for him Kun
ming easily. he held position well up
7lrril the finish Of the third lap. Rounding
into the stretch of this lap he let himself
out a little and then as he swung into the
fourth lap. easily took the lead After that
II became a procession. PAUL won the race
practically as he pleased. and he chose TO
win by a good twenty-five yards. II. d.
Huvsn1an. Of the Corona Lyceum. was sec
ond. and II. Rust. Of the Mott Haven Ath-
letic Club, third The time fast, min
utes 50 10 seconds. Had PAUL been pushed
he could undoubtedly have Topped several
seconds at least off his time, and this de-
spite the slow track.
TIE half-mile handicap was another good
race PAUL and Kiviat were entered at
scratch. but neither competed. J. Bromi-
low Of :he Irish-American Athletic Club.
won the race by about four yards. HIS
handicap was eight yards. E W Hills. Of
the Mohawk Athletic Club. with the heavy
handicap Of fifty yards, gave Bromilow a
hard night but the Irish-American had the
necessary reserve for the final sprint and
breezed in . winner. The time was min
utes second.
z. T Edwards. Of the New York Athletic
Club with an eight-yard handicap, won
from r. Stevenson. OF the Pastme Athletic
Club, with A handicap Of eighteen yards,
in the 440-yard run. 1t was a pretty stTug-
Gle down the stretch between these two
men. and not until the last five yards did
Edwards manage 20 take the lead and
break the tape a scant ward ahead Of Ste
n'enson The time was 81 seconds fat.
fitzpatrick. the star Yale football player
and leader of next wears Yale track team,
won the sixteen-pound shot-put. His best
throw was - feet l0l2 inches. ]. J. Elliott,
Of the Irish American Athletic Club, was
second and s p. ellis, OF the New York
Athletic Club third.
" G. Fielding. with 4 handicap Of two
inches won the running high jump Field
ins is = New York University man and
sot place in the intercollegiate in this
event His best performance was 3 feet 10
inches Il. J. Grumpelt. Of the New York
Lthleuc Club had handicap OF six inches.
and this vas sufficient TO land second place
for him
G. 2 Dukes. of Cornell University. with
handicap Of six inches won the pole
sault. clearing the bar AZ II feet. T. s
Pabcock. Columbia University man. wear
ing the colors Of the New York Athletic
Club. was second lie also vaulted II feet
but his handicap was only four inches. A.
/. Belcher. of the Jamaica High School,
with 4 twelve-inch handicap. was third
Nelson. the Yale intercollegiate champion,
did not compete.
The . 2AG0-yard relay handicap was pretty
much OF a farce. The New York Athletic
Club won with ease while Columbia came
second and the Mohawk Athletic Club team
was third. The time was slow.
one Of the prettiest races Of the day was
the one-miIe high school relay handicap.
The Manual Training School barely nosed
,lIt of the race in the last five yards OF the
last lap from the De La Sale team.
la0-yard dash Olandicap)- Won by F. r Rey-
noIds Acorn A A. tsiz YARDS; }. kahill, Do
.ainican Lyceam % = ,i saI1s,i secSn1i ~ r. D.
one-mile run 0handicap,-won by v. c. Paul.
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