New-York tribune., 1911-01-08
KRAMER WINS LONG RUN
Beats BelIars, Among Others,
Over Three-Mile Distance.
STARS DlSAPPOINT CROWD
Kiviat and Sheppard Fail to
Meet at Games of the
Xavier A. A.

W. J. Kramer. the national hve'iniIe
champion. at present unattached, gathere"
in the chief honors at the \avier AthieuV
Association winter games in the 22d ketl
ment Armory last night by winning l''
three mile handicap run from scratch. me
victory was the more creditable from t'e
fact that he had 90 work his way throuSi'
field OF fttv-odd runners, and Incidental
" concede handicaps all the way up 10
I5o wards Fred Bellars. Of the New ho'N
Athletic club. the 'cross-countTy chain-
pion. also started from scratch ont ra'
unplaoed.
In tho early stages Bellsrs set the pace
closely followed hy Kramer and the laI''
was 60 full Of running that he Sa'Ieu pas.
-he Winged Foot man before a mie ma"
been covered Paul Schroeder, Of the No,'
Haven club. led for a while. ano thoh W.
A. Devannev. Of the Navier c'uo' anu
Harrv NcGinu. a New York Athletic 'Iun
man with a E0-vard allowance. took turns
IN showing the way. Kramer caught these
two half mile from home and. drawing
away won as he pleased in tho fair time
of 15N5 L.. Devanney finished second ana
McGirn third.
Dis,nnoirtnert was caused through The
rai,ure Of 4. r Kiyiat and NJ W. Sher-
rard. the star Irish-AmNricau runners, to
meet I'm the three-qusrtcr- -miie run. Shop-
rard did not start. while I[yiat. after WIN
ming his heat. failed 20 appear for INC final.
This was wen by Il. J. Esan from the ten
ward mark.
Fgan and Joseph Bromilow. who ha'
twelve yards nut mp an interesting race
hut tho nryt named drew away IN th" last
Ian. winning nv five yards i'm the "Nc'''en'
time of $40 s-5 The distance appeared ''
no a trifc too far for Bromiow
sheppard started iu ON" Of th" beats "'
tho 2no-vard ruu. The champion ard rec
ord holder ran In something like his Oh
form. but he was not quite equal to get
ting through tho neld finishing fourth.
,'ompet!tors swarrued over the f"'r' me
programme showing q total OF four nun
drcd-odS entries Their" was also so''
eized crowd present although many of me
spectators arrived late. apparently carnS
more for the dancing which followed ue
games
n W Holland, ono Of tho speed1'S' "'
the Xavier sariuters. appeared for inc seV-
entv-vard handicap. He had two 1901
allowance hut i'm his eaEerlesS 10 get away
bc ma5o two unsuccessful attempts 20
heat the gun ard was set back by McHush'
That tool! all his ambition and he refused
70 run.
Xavier rooters had a chance to exercise
their lungs when Howard r Conser, alo'a
Nv an allowance Of eight feet, won inc
sevcntv-yard handicap. The winner oarc'S
heat 4. Miller from the knights OF oI'
Anthony. ! ! Archer. Robert Eller, JACK
v,ller and William J. Keating, quartet vi
scratch men, al started, but none even
reached the semi-fnal heat.
60 numerous we're the entries IN the
tbree-ouarter mile race that three tr'ai
heats and a final were required. hlViaI
started in the final heat, cOnceding manor
cans 10 twenty others. He moved alons
fast. picking UP his men so quickly thaI
he reached the front by the time hat 'ne
distance had been covered. r. a OSs' a
Mohawk man, with thirty yards start
tried 10 hold the Staten Islander, but 1t
was useless and Kiviat won. cased up IN
the good time Of 3:l3 IS,
Egan ran in the third heat. and had he
wished the Irish-American runner could
have shown the way 70 tho tape. He pre-
forred 10 save himself however contenting
himself with qualifying third. behind Gar
ing ana laNellE' WHO "'4t HiaI anu "|o-
ond. respectively.
The West Side Young Mems Christian AS
socation team won the mile relay race
easily. tho Brooklyn Central Young Men 5
Christian Association hrst team getting
second.
The summaries follow:
70 yard novice Cfnal heau-Won ny Clarence
Nicholson Iaetitia :. A.: J.. Ward. Paulist
4. -, second. T. McNamsrs, unattached, third
Time. : seconds.
7O-yard (handicap; final heau--won by How
srd Il. Conger. Xavier 4. a. Is feep; A. NIL
ler knights Of St Anthony 30 feeD, second: IA
Schloesser. jr., Loushin Lyceum % feeU' third
Time. as seconds.
Putting ~ pound shot Chandcap)--won by
II c THOMPSON, 50. Micbaefs A g - feeu
with an actual put OF 40 feet . l-3 inches; G.
Rronkhurst. Bronx Church House CscratchJ, with
a put OF 40 feet inches, second. j. !. Null
gan Grace Athletic Club q feet, with an actual
put Of 20 feet ~ inches, third.
3OO-yard thandcap; final heap-Won by
W u. Koch, Mohawk A. c. Gl yards; William
Casey. St Gabriel's a. A. l5 yards. second
Thomas B. Paton' Ps' Columbia University ul
Three mile run (handicap)-Won by W. j.
Kramer, unattached tscratchO VI. A. Devanney
Xavier A. 4. 900 YARDS. second: Harry Nc
CHM. New York \. &. l5O yards third Time
15:05h.
4to-vard (noyice)-Fiual heat won by w. II.
MCINTYRE, ir. unattached; Il: G Ronalason. & &7lSt
Regiment A. a, second: " Hume West side
Three-Quar7ar- mile run Chandicap)-Final heat
won by r. J. Egan. Irish-American \. G 90
yards: Joseph Bromillow, Jrish-American 4. 5.
$50 yards), third. Time. $40 -.
One mile relay lsndicap)-Final heat won by
West SIDE Y. NJ. G. y. I23 yards) Hooking
King. McEntec and schnoebel Central y N. G.
Valentine and TerwiiRoT. second, Harlem Y.
". g a. 90 yardsl Fisher, HudEerd Barrett