New-York tribune., 1910-02-20
GJSSlNG THE STAR
VINS IN FAST RELAY.
Bonhag Romps Through Big
Field at Trco Miles.


on an indoor track Harry Gissing carried
the colors Of the I'd Regiment 20 victory
in tbs one-nniIe Military Athletic Lesgue
.elay race at the Spanish War Veterans
games at the sad Regiment Armory last
night Gissing ran the last quarter OF g
mile I'm the exceptional time of 80 30 sec
onds
Opposed 20 the I'd Regiment quartet were
teams from the list and Sd regiments, and
both had out their strongest runners
The much-talked-of Melvin Sheppard ran
second for the I'd Regiment and he more
than held his own with Parke. of the list
team. McEntee. who relieved Sheppard
found Dorland. OF the list. tough Gus
toner. while Bacon the third man for the
sd failed 10 keep up with the others
There was practically no differences be-
tween McEntee and Dorland at the end
Of their quarter. so that Gissing and Egan
sped away In the final relay on even terms
Egan led for half the distance and then
Glssinz cut loose. In a twinkling he had
passed Egan, and. increasing the distance
between himself end his rival at every
stride, won by nearly twenty yards The
time-3:27 2-5-was only q second behind the
record.
An unwieldy field Of seventy runners TOOK
their marks for the two-nliie handicap,
with George Bonhas and Mike DriscolI on
scratch. At the start Bouhag sped away
so fast that DriscoIl soon began TO lose
ground. The champion picked UP his field
rapidly. every additional lap finding addi-
tional handicap men giving way as result
of his space devouring stride z. A. Bren-
nan. Pastinle athlete. with an allowance
of $50 yards. kept IN front for q tins, but
Bonhag caught him at a mile and a half
and thereafter had the race at his mercy.
The indoor king did not exert himself
throughout the last two laps, else he might
have come close 70 his own indoor record
for the distance-9:c7 2-5. As II was, Bon
bag covered the route IN 9:33 As; Brennan
was second and Eddie Carr. the veteran
Xavier man, third.
So many turned out for the half-u1fis
handicap that Ii had to be run in heats
Both Gissing and Egan started from
scratch in the first heat, but the interval
between this and the srIelling relay was
too short, and neither finished r A. osg
a Mohawk runner. with forty-two yards
start, won the final heat.
Quite a crowd turned out All the seats
were occupied, and there were several rows
OF standing spectators on the -ides and
ends
The summaries follow:
Won by L Parke. Pastime a c. Us yards
L Lowell. Irish American a. c. 90 fset>. sec
ond; J Meswseney. Irish-Anerican A . CIs
feet, third Time, cor.
Oue-n1iIs irterschoIastfc reia- raca-7vo, hz-
Englswood High school (CasweI1. GarviR.
sroIherton. Aggss} 40 yards). High School
baum GO yar1sJ, second. Bsrrtngsr High
SCI D'AngoIs, Dempsey. Baum. Wagner
t35 ysrds). third. Time. $50 SO
Iwo-rnile race (handicsp)-Von hv George
?. A Brennan, Pastime \. c. $50 yardsl.
ssGo9d ,scE r. E s ca carr Xavier A A dos yards).
+4o-yard run novice; final heat)-von b.
Harper. unattached; 7. SteTens. Loughlin
Lycsunl, l&.s second: W MacIane, unattached.
one-n4iIe walk (handicap,--von BY \
Eptttn Eoelimek9 PaStir,e CO C. go seconds: J
r r; , clifford; MeSadd5n ca Lyceum C25 seconds}.
one-u1ile relay race C1liIffsrv Athletic Leazuel
Won BY 22f Regiment tLohse. Sheppard. Nc
Entee and Gissins}: 71st Regiment ,Morrissey.
Psrke. DorIand and EEan,. second: 2ad Regimen
Putting 12-pound shot fhandicap)--won by a
an actual put OF A feet inches. g. Cordez
Put Of Al feet 1ot. inches: ! Elliott. irish
American 4 G. scratch. third. With an actual
Haf-nliIe run dhandicaP; frs1 hsat-von b.
2 \ OGs. Mohsrk a {, 90 -ards1: r Wright.
Fa slime a G t5t; Yards. second II smith m
attached IA Yards. third. Time IL
ifh-yard (handicsN. final haat-Vou b.
=. Pepis, Clark House Ct2 ysrds). r z Cog
gins Fastjme A. =. ii ysrdsI. second: T. Peck
with. Pratt Institute 30 Yards. third. Time
O:aIts
pne-lap flag race tfor Spanish War vatersns,-
Wen by A Fairbank. Old Guard, r seymour.
Manhattan No. l. second: John Van Welt CoIonei
Wyckof Camp. third Time. 0.2Szs
Running high jump thaudlcap)-Von by "
Oler. Paving School - inches. with an actual
jump Of ! feet 10 inches F EoschIing -
George 4. G. q inches. second: " Thomasssn.
Ssw YORK 4 Q scratch. s feet third.
Twc-n1ie bicycle race (handicapl-Uon By W
Vaudnu Dries. 92d Regiment (scratch)- II. Brown
I'D Regiment go yardsi second: r Carlson
22.5 Regiment 900 yardsl. third Time. 5:Ina5