New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-16
WIN TROPHY BY A POINT
Irish-American Athletes Take
National Championship.
NEW YORK A. c. SECOND
Amateur Athletic Union Games
Bitterly Contested-Point
Divides Winners.

New Orleans. oct 15.-By the light of
the moon Dan Ahern this evening won
the hop step and jump ana with II the
National track and field meet OF the ANA
teur Athletic Union for his team, the
sh-American Athletic Club' OF New
York. The Irish Americans scored 80
points 10 fs credited TO the New York
Athletic Club
With the brief Southern twilight almost
over, the Irish Americans went into the
final event Of the long afternoon strus-
cIe. the hop step and jump, one point
behind the New York Athletic Cluo men,
who had come from behind with ire
mendous rush in the last half hour OF the
meet.
Platt Adams carried the hopes Of the
New York Athletic Club in this hnal event
The two rivals made an eerie appearance
in the gathering darkness as they shot
through the ierky evolUtiCns characters
tic of the contest Adams was a danger
Gus opponent. forcing Ahern to better the
official American record for the event one
quarter Of an inch before the lrishman
victory was assured. The official record,
y feet. Will be replaced by new oHlclal
standing at the next annual meeting or
the Amateur Athletic Union ofcers-
Ahern's distance was IS feet ] inch
No exceptional time was made in the
track events on account of the recent COM
,,Ietion of the course which made the loot
ing too soft, but from the crack or the
pistol in the half-mile run. at early dawn
until night. there was A succession Oh
thrilling finishes by some of the pest atm
Ietes in the United States Melvin h.
Sbepard. the Olympic champion, lost the
half mile run by a few scant lncutS TO
Harry Gissing of the New YORK Athletlc
club Shepard on the last quarter sprlnted
into the teeth of a stiff wind on the back
stretch. with Gissing two yards behind
C,r,ine into the stretch Shepard made a
mistake in Judgment which probably cost
bi, ,l,a raoA He ran vide on the last turn
C.issine threw himself into the space be
tween Shepard and the pole forcing the
Trisa-american runner to take the outer
course They ran a perfect tie TO Wlthlh
FIVE wards of the tape. when Shepard Ial-
tered and ,;fssfng broke the tape the win
ner.
The summaries:
Five-ni,e run-won by W. J, krasmer. IN
Attached New York BeIlara o. S Sss. f 9Id
! 6: New S.o1 YORK. s. s sasl Time = VO7'
soS a4ard TeS GashW69 BY Gwyn Henry q8at
taoed Eden TsS v RG6eT second T5dof F BAR
cbicaEo 4 A third Time. 0:2295- ,-.-,-
SsSSyard run-Won by H. Gissing New Of
American Ct Sex York New neon YORK. second R Egan
irish American A. G. New York thiro- Ilii
g I66~yard dash-won by J n RossnPee GIIeT
Irish-American \. c. New YORK: r, ~ g
JTlshnAm sasffla 4 g thrd time, oio
44o-yard run-Won by W Hayes. 81 S55fsog
A G Philadelphia J. F. t Nnw Yerk A 9.
t n d Time. O.52 go Mi
yard high hurdlesTW92n1 by j. C aSer L
nois a Sev Work second: j Donahue; olympic
a 6 sam Francisco. third Time. Obs Oid
sO %neen1tI ee'P puh.Won by J W Monument
Irish-American A G. New 4 York ssc6nd! O F.
IIi ndAd Brookiine G. G. Brookline. Mass
thtd Ttme 4:3l Old Southern record; 80
s1- Smerican A. e. New York J. HartTanft
New York A. G, second F. G. Waller; GniT ras
A A. third. Time o:25's- Old southern re-
''S sixteen-pound hammer thrGwxWon by ,c Mat
McGTath; rev Se,, Work A G., second. 163 feet
PALM Rose Olympic A. c.. san FRANCISCO In i q.
$50 feet inches. Old Southern record I4S iee'
4 + R GnTf broad tump--,won by F. G Irons
Chicago A. % second ssd % n feet a. inches E
c1iNord unattached. philadelphia third. =
feet II inch. Old southern record Il teet 81
Throwing the tavein.wcn by Brq mo BrGdd
1rIsb- a merican a G. New York. l6S feet
iuch. Platt Adams. New York A C.. second, l4'
feet 2 inches; Ralph Rose, Olympic A {. tnir G''
I4o feet Old American record. 100 feet IV72
Sixteen-pound shot put-Won by Ra!ph rose
oIyn1nic 4 G. San Francisco, 40 feet lncn
Pat McTl7naId Irish-Arlerican 4. G. Ne" YORK
second As feet inches; J. ]. Elliott: lrisn--
American A. G. New York. third, - feet 80
inches Old Southern record. A feet IS lncheS
pole vault for height-Won by H ; Bapcock'
~avy Work. 4 G.. 80 feet ! inch: Eugene Scho-
bigger Chicago 4. A. second IL feet; n; n n;
Schroth Y NJ G. G.. New Orleans thlrd II
feet 10 inches Old Southern record. ii feet ots
Throwing discus-won by NJ H Griffin Chi
caen A A. 1S5 feet 6ia inches; Martin J.
sheridan Irish-AmeriCan A. c., New YORK, sec
ond 134 feet: Rafph Rose. Olympic A - tnlrd'
1n5 feet Old southern record lie feet 1nch.
Running high tump-Won by W lhohassen'
New York A. C.. feet inches; h GuInpeH'
New. York A c. second feet inch: j. case.
illinois a c. third. feet. Old Southern rec
ord ; feet o inches.
ThroUiug 66-pound weight--Vvon by g walsh
New York A. c. ~ feet ne inches: P Nc
ponaId Irish American 4. c., New ork- sec
ond re feet Az inches; II. McCirath. New
York A c. third. So feet l inch Old southern
record - feet !. inch.
Running hop. step and jump-Won by Dan
Abearn IrIsh-American A G. New York. ~
feat /, inch: Plat Adams. New York A. g.
second 81 feet p inch: F. ". Finnigan. knights
81 ST Anthony. Brooklyn third. 43 feet inch