New-York tribune., 1911-04-23
LOWER THREE RECORDS
Fast Times Made at Military
Athletic League Games.
NEW MARK IN HALF MILE
Thirteenth Regiment Carries on
Team Honors Easily with
Thirty-five Points.

Three league records went by the board
at the fifteenth annual Military Athletic
League games. which were held in the "a
Regiment Armory last night. New marks
were made in tho half-rnile run. the Or
stacle and the sack races
The 18th Regiment had little difficulty IN
winning the team championship with =
total Of % points: while tho iith 22d an5
I'D regiments were tied FOR second honore.
With 70 points each The list Regiment had
a total Of ts points. and the remainder
were scattered among half dozen teams.
Abel kiviat. the Irish-American middle
distance crack wearing the numerals ~
the 18th. smashed two-nfths OF second of
Melvin Sheppard's hsf-mile Military Ath-
letic League record which had stood for
four years. The schoolboy ran the dis
tance in IS 2-5. hard pressed all the way
by De Grouchy. OF the ed. Kiviat was a
trife slow in getting off. and at the end
OF the first fifty yards De Grouchy was
leading by margin OF several yards.
Kiviat. however. was not worried. and let
De Grouchy hold the lead for the first lap
Gradually he gained on De Grouchy. while
the two opened up big gap In front or
the field. which was led hy Driscoll. ot the
Sth. Of Buffalo. On the second lap Kiviat
let out another notch and worked past De
Grouchy. The two ran stride for stride
through the fourth lap, when Kiviat set
sail fer home, and broke the tape with 4
lead of twenty five yards over De Grouchy.
Drscoll was third, fifty Yards behind De
Grouchy
Yrfa A~AA ~Sz
star. running for the 18th Coast Artillery
was eliminated from the 7o-yard dash n
the semi-hnals IN a red hot race Rosen-
berger got off TO wonderful start and led
to the 5o-yard mark, when ". j. Keating.
OF the 9Th Coast Artillery, made q won
derful sprint and sped past Ro.enberser.
NJ. G. Plat, Of the 65th Infantry. OF Buf-
falo. was at Keatings heels and nosed
Rosenberger out for second place
In the finals J. J. Archer, OF the seth.
sprang a surprise by jumping away out IN
front az the start and getting further
ahead with every stride Heating was Un-
able 10 keep up the pace and dropped be-
hind c. 3. Clark, OF the 22d. Archer's time
was 5-5 seconds--withn one-frth ~ a sec
ond Of Lawson Ronertson's record time.
Keating however, had his revenge in the
furlong winning by two yards from Cog
gins, OF the list. Archer was shut out all
the way. and had TO he content in fourth
place, finishing behind Clark, OF the I'd.
Heating made the running from the start
and was never in danger. IN the first haif
dozen strides he opened up lead of
couple OF yards, and increased IL right
along
Rosenberger had little difficulty in win
ming the quarter, despite the fact that be
was slow In getting off and had 10 run on
the outside for the greater part OF tbs
first lap. Buist. of the list. made the pace
for three hundred yards and ran himself
out. At that point Rosenberger took tFs
lead and was never headed. 6. WaltheT.
OF the Esd, forced the Irish-Anerican flyer
hard In the last hundred Yards but Rosen.
berger had lots In reserve when ne broks
the tape with Walther couple Of yards
behind him. C. Butel. Of the 81 Pennsyl-
yaria,. was THIRD. Rosenbergers tines
seconds--was not within A second OF the
Military Athletic League record
The one-nle relay race, which wound
up ,aDgI the gsGisrsTnTpS was hsmmerand me
Scharf, OF the 18th, ran neck and neck Ia
the second relay and the teams we're on
the came footing through the third relay
In the last INviat. and SHEPPARD had
wonderful duel, and klviats superior con
dition gave him and the 18th the victory
by eight yards. Sheppard made 4 desperate
squirt. but kiviat was more than strong
enough 70 shake him off.
The summaries follow.
seventy-yard dash (novcs)-won BY H. Fab.r.
18th Coast Artillery. I. Livingston. Iist n
fantry. second, J. Tanning lith Infantry. thir1
Time, 0:0s.
Seventy-ysrd dash-won by J. j. Archer ss-h
Infantry: c. r. Clark. 22i Engineers, ssco-d.
". J. Keating, 9th Coast Artillery. third. Tine
Hiaif-mile run-won By 4 R. Kiyiat 1871
Artillery: q Z. =. ciurchv csd Intsntry
ond; J. Driscon, S5th Infantry, third Time,
0ne-nile bic-cl. rare-won by ". Van a.r
Dries. fist Infantry; c: Mohr1nann, 18th Coast
ARTILLERY. second: ". Buckingham, ga Ensin-
one-mlie mile vaik-won BY 8. Mann. I'd Ensin-
GERS. z. 6 Whitehead. Goth Infantry. SECOND
J. ] K.uv. list Infantry. third. Time. I:oIS
coward obstacle race-von BY II. a. Loiseli.,
cad Infantry; ". y Sanford 23d Infantry Sec
ond 3. Edgerton, 18Th Coast Artillsryi third.
soo.ysrd run tnoyiceo--won by J p Connolly.
list Infantry: 4. r. Foster. 22d Engineers e.''-
ord: c imke. 18th Coast Artillery third. Time.
22o,ysrd run-won BY. ". J. K.a;ins. atn
Coast Artillery: r = Gossn.. Ilss mar IT..
second c. B. Clarke. 22d Engineers 'nird' Iim''
Teo-rnii. bicycl. rsce-won By u. Van den
Dries list Infantry. G Mohrmsns. lSfn C:sH
third Time. 5:l6t.
220-yari low hurdles--von BY J. NJ Ross,
-a-T Coo.t ARTILLERY; r. z. Goegins. fist Infsr-
try. second W. Raleigh, i4th infantr'' third
.4o.yard rln-won by J NJ Rcseroerzer. F'h
Coast Artillery: g Valther, 23d lnfartry sHc-
ond: c. Butsll ID Pennsylvania. third riH-.
0:53. . ,x.., Sc,
Coas, Artillery second.
Tug of wsr-i.th Infantry defeated the IL.
Pennsylvania Infantry By 3 inches
ri i y.
House and r McNslly. i3~ Coast Artilloryi
~ T Keatirz and ". J. ssds. Hth Ccasr Artil-
lsrv second: / J. Lowell and ". Raleigh. itth
Infantry third Time. 0:os-s
iI6-yard sack rsce-Won by 9. r slatt.rv,
ood engineers n c. Johnson, e3f Infantry,
second. A. E. Green, ed Ensinssrs, third
Time. 026 -, 49,. -
one-mile run--won BY T. ". Riley. 18Th coss'
,rtiierv. J 7 Gst'ney, iith Infantry. scccno
r. Davis a3d Infantry third. Time, %'s.fs
"one-ntle relay-Non By 18th c. A. D. ~
rnrineers second. 2Si Infantry third. Time.
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