New-York tribune., 1911-09-05
RECORDS co WITH BANG
Relay Team Hangs Up a New
Worlds Mark.
SCOTT IN SPLENDID FORM
South Paterson Athlete Lowers
Time in 5000 Metre Race
by Brilliant Running.

annual fall games of the Irish-American
Athletic Club A -one-mile relay team COM
posed Of Melvin Sheppard. Harry Gissing,
II Schaff and ]. NJ. Rosenberger broke the
worlds record for a relay race run by four
men, and Matt McGrath the former New
YORK Athletic Club weight thrower, now
competing unattached. set up new worlds
fcures IN the 56-pound weight event. The
other record was made by Louis Scott. Of
the South Paterson A. C.. who ran 5000
metres in Is minutes % l-5 seconds. This
performance established an American rec
ord and IL is believed also broke the
worlds amateur record for the distance.
The fact that the time is less than four
seconds behind the worlds professional
record, held by Svanberg. the Swedish pro-
fessionai. makes II all the more remark
able.
The record smashing performance Of
Sis l-5 in the relay race was the culmina-
ton Of an afternoon of very fine sport, and
although the crowd Of seven thousand that
was on hand for the games was detained
more than an hour while Melvin Sheppard
came all the way from Newark 10 take part
In the contest, il was fully repaid by the
sterling performance that was run Of
Sheppard himself was the bright particular
star Of the race. for he ran his relay in
a 2-5 seconds snd moved down the two
opposing teams with an overwhelming
burst OF speed in the last hundred Yards
Of his relay. That piece Of running alone
was what gave the lead TO Sheppards
team, and II eventually resulted in the
victory and record
Sheppard was the captain Of the winning
quartet and showed rare Judgment in Sc
1ecting his men. He sent Schan in TO run
first, took second place himself gave third
70 Gissins and let Rosenberger have the
hast ler. As the race proved. the COM
hination was practically ideal. The contest
was open 10 teams composed OF members
Of any club. and was staged for the mere
reason of establishing a now worlds
record
Gissing. although he wore an Irish-Amer-
lcan Athletic Club emblem on his Jersey
was listed as unattached on the programme.
and the team. therefore. cannot be consid-
cred an out-and-out Irish American team
The teams against which il competed were
composed Of A. Pepis and J. Bromilow Of
the Irish-Americsn Athletic Club: T. Frick,
of the New York Athletic Club and j. j.
McEntee, Of the West Side Young Men 8
Christian Association, and J. j. Archer. A
Higgins, B. Storey and r. f. Terwiniger,
all Of the lrish-American Athletic Club
The team first named had handicap Of
~ yards on the winning combination and
the last named a handicap Of A yacGs
Schaf made up a lot of ground in the Hrst
relay. which ne covered In 81 2-J seconds.
The slowest Of the four and touched OF
Sheppard with the limit teams lead cut
down 70 % yards and the second team
only 10 yards ahead. Sheppard started off
Ike the wind. and in his first half dozen
strides had cut down the lead very percept-
ihlv Then he settled down to a terrifcdlly
fast pace. and all the way around the back
stretch he ate up the distance separa ing
him from the men speeding before him
Rromilow was too fast for Higgins and
Just al the leaders flashed around the turn
10 the backstretCh he passed Higgins. But
Sheppard was right on the heels of both,
and shot past them with the speed Of
deer running strongly and we'll within
himself Approaching the tape he shot
forth with all his energy and crossed the
line 10 the touch off in one Of the fastest
quarter-mies that has ever been run on me
Celtic Park track. Bromilow was five yards
behind Sheppard and Higgins n like dis
tance behind the second man.
Thereafter the contest was comparative
ly easy for the winning team. Harry Gis-
sing took up the running where Sheppard
left OF and had TO shake of Frick, who set
out with terrific speed and all but caught
the flying Gissng. The former Mercury
Foot man was too fast for Frick. however
and in the backstretch began to draw away
and open UP the gap again. Frick was
game and kept right at Gissing until the
homestretch was reached when he gradu-
ally fell back and finished eight yards be
hind Gssing Gissing's time for the quar-
ter was - 2-5 seconds, and when Rosen-
berger set of on the last quarter he was
well within the time made in the old rec
ord-breaking race.
Rosenberger had the disadvantage Of run
ming without pace, but for all that he sped
right along and finished his quarter in
20 seconds, next 10 Sheppards the fastest /
relay OF the four McEntee. the last man /
on the second team. was a dozen yards |
behind Rosenberger, and held back at
the end when he saw that II was impos- |
sible TO overhaul the winning runner. The |
time was 8 minutes 1915 seconds, some /
? % seconds better than the old record. !
which was made by the Irish-Americau /
Athletic Club team. made up of G. S. Cas-
sasa, NJ W. Sheppard. J. VI. Rosenberzer /
and ". C. Robbins at Travers Island on .
September Is, 1900.
Scott's performance in the 5,Cn-motre |
contest was not nearly as spectacular as
the relay race but nevertheless II was
splendidly run, and Scott won by consis-
tent fast striding, entirely without pace.
The pop-apnearance ~ George Y. ROph3g
the Irish-American champion, enabled /
Scott 70 go back 10 scratch instead Of going I.
away from the six-yard mark. and his .
nearest competitor was John j. DAILY, Of /
the Irish-American Athletic Club, who was /
or the sixty -hve-yard mark. Scott did .ot .
take long IN wearing down DAILY. but al /
though he managed 10 pass him and get !
4 lead Of something like seventy-nve |
yards. that was as far as he could get |
ahead Of the long Irshman, who plodded F.
around with his old steady grinding pace. /
Scott ran very smoothly and was well /
within his reserve strength when ne set |
out 20 spring through the last lap. All the /
way he had had no difficulty in catching /
the handicap men one by one, and for the /
lsst mile and half Of the race which I.
was trihe over three miles, he had the /
neld 10 himself When he was within one
hundred yards Of the finish IN was seen |
that he was making phenomenal time, end /
only then did the judges urge him TO come |
faster Had he extended himself in the |
earlier stages OF the race he would proba-
bly, have knocked several seconds Of [
Syanbergs time AS he appeared fresh and /
ftrong when he crossed the line
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