The San Francisco call., 1910-07-18

Yesterday was a gala, day Tor the
Irish at Shell Mound park. 1t was the
occasion of the fourth annual games Vi
the original Gaelic dancing ciuD anu
as the day was warm and balmy'
better one could not have been Iouhu
for an athletic meet. Six thousand per-
sons gathered at the popular picnic
ground to make merry and from carry
in the morning until the late hours OIL
the evening people thronged in ana OUT:
The games were run off in the pest oi
stvle and the competition, whlch
brought together many of the best am
ateur athletes of the state, was cloo0
and exciting. President T. D. helle-
her was here, there and eVeryWilele & &
1oaline after the welfare of every one.
There was not single unpleasant Aed-
ture TO mar the day.
The 176 ward scratch event brouSnt
ont a good field of entries and deNel-
oned a new promising sprinting star
in A. H. Needing. a husky young soi
der belonging to the Pastlme Aen-
Ietic club. Needing ran fine race III
this event and had it well In nano loi
the entire distance. although MS team
mate Ralph Hupp, gave him quite
tussle.
FIFTEEN STARTERS IN MILE
There were fifteen starters in the one
mile handicap run with Elliot 7. CralS
the winged crack on scratch. Geors
Paulson of the Visitacion Valley ciuo'
a limit man, started with not pace
which killed him off at the end OF tile
fourth lap, when Herbert Wllhans' tie
Olympic clubs. consistent little nahol-
| cap man, took the lead, followed oy
I,ouis sullivan of the Visitacion valley
! club These two lads fought out the
| balance of the race, Williams beatlns
| his opponent out by a yard in the fast
time of 4:51 2-5.
The quarter mile brought out eleven
starters and the finish was exciting as
the mile. Dan Riordan. the popular
captain of the Irish-American athleue
| club starting on the limit mark was
never headed though l.. j. Carroll OF
the Pastime club pressed him nara IRON
start to finish.
The Catholic schools relay was
gift to the lads from st. Peters schoo
as their team was the only one to ma
teriaIize, so the event was divided ane
an exhibition run in each class.
The open relay race was the pes
club relay race seen herea aoout9 @ Lo
many years and it was the first time
| the Olympic club has been beaten II
! this event for years. The Pastime team
! nut up a great race and III was any
ones event until the finish. For time
it looked as if Joy would get the leat
on the last lap. but Needing responded
nobly and could not be headed.
The weight events developed another
| surprise among Charlie Minto's Pastime
| stars in w. NJ Schwader, big. husky
soldier, who succeeded in winning the
] AZ pound weight and taking second Il
Pat Donovan in throwing the 56 pound
weight over the bar. This latter even
| is one of the prettiest of weight throw
ing contests. and Donovan, who is th'
record holder in the event, gave {
graceful exhibition.
| SEVERAL SURPRISES SPRUNG
The three standing jumps. scratch
event, went TO Orval s. Bumbaugh, the
Olympic club jumper. whose neares
competitor. P. B. O'Connor. was si1
inches behind. O'Connor captured frs
honors in the hop. step and jump from
scratch. James Donahue of the Olym-
pic club, with three feet handicap, tax
| ing second.
A promising lad in the person of G
/ Sahlander of the local turn verein wa:
developed in the high jump, and Franz
Bressi, the scratch man, was compelled