New-York tribune., 1911-12-28
SKATER MORE RECORDS
New Marks in Order at Big
Games in the Garden.
KRAMER RACES TO VICTORY
A. T. Meyer Adds Two More
Titles to His String in Win
ming the Dashes.

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peated by winning the sO-yard dash. Close
to five thousand persons were on hand to
enjoy the keen sport.
The college men made only fair show
ing. In the 56-pound weight for height T
Gables, of Harvard, won with creditable
heave Of IA feet inches. Later ]. G.. Hay
dock, Of the University of Pennsylvania
| raced to victory in the junior hurdles.
The most spectacular performance Of the
evening was the winning Of the f1ve-milt
senior run by W. j. Kramer, a former
'cross-country champion. He was opposed
by such sterling distance men as Tom
Collins. of the Irish-American club Louis
Scott. Of Paterson; Luis Tewanima, the
Carlisle Indian. and a score of others more
or less prominent.
In the early stages ]. Silva. OF Boston,
raced away In front, but after going a
mile he came back" rapidly. The Indian
led for a time but Kramer took command
at three miles, and the Long Island Ath-
letc Club athlete set such a killing pace
that the others were soon beaten off, Silva
and Scott retiring. Toward the end Collins
spurted and beat Tewanima for the place.
In the first heat Of the 150-yard senior
dash ]. J. Archer, OF the Irish-Americar
Athletic Club, showed the way to his club
mate, A. T. Meyer. The time was is IL
seconds. The second heat saw Jack Eller
show his heels TO Jim Rosenberger, who
retired from the 3oo-yard run on Tuesday
night because of Illness. Eller beat "Ro-
sey" only by inches the time being the
same as in the first heat.
FrSlz Ill >,
the sprinters got together in the decisive
heat Here the feet-footed Meyer ap-
peared at his best. For time It looked as
II Rosenberger would win, but the tall
athlete took the Fourth avenue turn badly
and Meyer nosed him out at the tape, the
margin being less than two feet.
AS Archer finished third, IL meant a clean
sweep for the Irish-American club. The
time, Is As, equalled the indoor record,
made by J. j. Eller in 1909
Only four men toed the scratch for the
6OO-yard senior run They were A. r. XIV
lat. Of the Irish American Athletic Club o.
De Grouchy, of the New York Athletic
Club: II. Hirshon and Dick Egan. At the
gun De Grouchy jumped away in the lead,
closely followed by Kiviat, with Egan next
and Hirshon last. This order was main
tanned until the bell. when Kiviat raced 10
the front and increasing his advantage with
every stride. won by twenty yards from De
Grouchy. The winners time was ia the
same as Gissing made when he won year
ago.
Poor Judgment ruined f. r. Moran's
chances of winning the junior one-mile
run. The race had not prosre5"od for
before it became evident that first and
second places rested between Moran and
G.. =. kimball. Of the Boston Athletic
Association. At three-quarters of a mile
Kimball and Moran were leading by n wide
margin Moran then attempted to take the
lead. but the Boston man started a sprint
which did not terminate until Moran had
run himself into the ground. Kmball won
by twenty-five yards in the fast time Of
4:29 8-5. This beat the old junior mark,
made by oscar HedlUnd, by one-1fth OF a
second
T. Cables. the sturdy negro athlete from
Harvard, was the first Of the collegians TO
score. II was I'm the Junior 56-pound
weight for height. and Gables heaved the
big ball "A feet inches. which equalled the
best junior mark. This was three inches
better than the throw of J. Cahill. OF the
Irish-American club. who got the place
The Adams brothers went to the fore In
the senior standing high jump, Patt Ad-
ans winning with leap OF feet Ia
inches. while 3. W. Adams cleared the bar
at feet u inch to take second place.
Whatever hopes T. Neunendorfer of the
New York Athletic Club. had of winning
the three-mile senior walk vanished a few
seconds after the start when he cast a
shoe Before he got reshod the field had
gained lap. A. Voemeke, the Pastme
heel and toe artist, was ruled off for skip
ping, and thereafter the race narrowed
down to a struggle between II. +. Kaiser,
Of the New York Athletic Club, and f..
Penz. representing the Mohawk club Kai-
ser won by Is yards in 22:55 3S5, new
championship mark. but long way behind
Goulding's indoor record Of 20:59 3-5.
A. Almleaf. Of the Swedish-American
Athletic club, set a new junior mark in
the hop, step and jump by clearing A feet
3Ih inches r. l.. Rooney, OF the Dominican
Lyceum, earned the place. nearly a foot
further back.
p. VI. Pritchard was thrown twice In the
quarter-mile senior hurdle race and then
decided to quit. l.. B. Dorland won, closely
pressed by D. Valentine, Of the Irish
American club.
]. G.. Haydock. of the University of Penn
sylvania, made a new record In the junior
7O-yard hurdle race by covering the distance
in 9 As seconds. J. K. Lewis, Of Harvard,
won last year in 10 seconds.
When the men were called for the sixty
~ ba ont &c yhr
failed TO respond was Robert Cloughen.
last years champion at the distance. The
sudden death Of his father few hours be-
fore was responsible for his absence.
The dash was decided in two trial heats
and a final f. =. O'Hara, Of the Boston
Athletic Association, won the first heat by
less than six inches from Archer, the time
being 6 3-5 seconds Meyer won the next
heat in the same time. He broke the tape
a foot in advance of Clarke In the final
heat Meyer gathered in another title by
beating Clarke "A foot The time was 3-5
seconds.
W. Oler. jr., the promising New York
Athletic Club high jumper won the junior
event at this style with leap Of 8
feet u inch. more than three inches better
than the old junior mark.
b. w Adams turned the tables on his
brother I'm the three standing jumps for
seniors lie won with 80 feet ! inch. while
Plat Adams. who did 80 feet inches. had
TO be content with third place.
The point score follows Senior events
Irish-American A. c., 10; New York A. c.,
45 unattached, 21; Boston A. A, IL; Co
lumbia University and Mohawk A. c., 10
each Xavier A. A, s. Long Island A. c.,
s Montreal A. A.. s., Mott Haven A. c.,
Georgetown University, Harvard University
and South Paterson a. c., each Pastime
A. C.. West Side Y NJ. c. A.. Knights Of
St Anthony and Carlisle Indian School.
each.