New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
HEDLUND SHOWS THE WAY
Wins Mile and a Half Special at
the Mohawk Games.
BAD SPILL IN BICYCLE RACE
Kramer Big Help to Long Island
A. C. in the Medley
Relay Struggle.


! o. y Hedlund the sterling distance run
ner from Brooklne won the mile-and-a-
! half invitation scratch race AZ the nth
annual Games of the Mohawk Athletic
| club in the ed Regiment Armory last
night George =. Bcnhaz. the much adver-
tised entrant did not start, but the good
race put up by VI. J. sullivan. the former
mile champion, saved the affair from de-
veloping into farce.
In addition to Hedljind and Sullivan. Matt
Gels and Joe Malone faced the starter. Al
the gun Malone set the pace, closely fol-
lowed 5v Sullivan. Hedlund and Gels, IN
the order named. Before the field had gone
far Hediund assumed the lead. with Ma
lone second. Sullivan third and Gels last.
This was the order at the half. which
Hcdlund covered in 3:l3. BY the time they
had travelled three-quartcrs OF a mile Gels
began TO slip back Thus far the pace ad
been slow. hut Hedlund heightened his
stride from there on and ran the mile in
40
Here the pace told on Malone, who gave
way to Sullivan. while Gels was left far
behind Three laps from home Sullivan put
on a squirt that carried him past Hedlund.
From there 20 the finish the men raced at
top speed. and II was not until they had
rounded the Broadway turn for the last
time that Hedlund succeeded In getting 10
the front He defeated Sullivan by FIVE
yards. The time, 6:5S 2-5. was slow.
George V. Bonhag. from the scratch
mark. won the threemile handicap race.
His time was Il minutes and 50 % seconds.
This was five seconds behind the record.
which Bonha- endeavored 10 break. He
ran great race. and at the finish more
tlan lanped the others of his field. Harry
McGiun. OF the New York Athletic Club.
was second. with Lawrence \. Condit. OF
the Yonkers Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. third. The New York runner had
s. yards start OF Bonhag. while Condit.
schoolboy, was out in front 40 Yards.
". ]. Kramer. the 1ve-mie outdoor
champion. contributed largely toward the
success Of the Long Island Athletic Club
in the medley relay race. The distance was
one mile and seven-eighths. and Kramer
started from scratch in the first relay OF
one mile. The champion ran 80 well that
he gave his team lead OF thirty yards.
Thereafter, the Long Island team always
looked like a winner
The Mohawk team. aided by a 5s-yard
allowance. finished second. while the
Loughhn Lyceum quartet got third prize.
This race was run in S:49
William Van den Dries, the scratch rider
IN the two-miie bicycle race. started IN the
first heat, but his chances of qualifying
vanished when he fell after completing
half the distance. The New York Ath-
letic club star remounted. but never had
a chance thereafter. In the next heat Wal
ter Raleigh had fall and got "A sprained
foot i'm consequence. W. r. Brown New
York man. received a cut In the neck as a
result Of one OF the spills. and as q phy-
stefan could not be secured in the armory
Paul Pilgrim. the New York Athletic Club
lieutenant, sent a call for an ambulance.
After the doctor had put four stitches IN
the wound Brown was able to go to his
home
Athletes swarmed about the track. and
out Of the 600-odd entries the sprinters en-
tered in such numbers that more than an
hour was consumed in running off the heats
in the sixty-yard novice and seventy-yard
handicap In the seventy +. {. Glutsch.
a Pastme man with a tWelve-foot allow
ance, barely won over d. J. Ferris. Of the
Loushliu LyceUm. Back markers failed to
show prominently
The summaries follow:
30o-yard run handicap: final heaO-Won by
T. b. Patton. jr. Columbia University 30
yards: ". O. packard New York :. Z. %
tar-sl. second; +. G. MCGOWAN, Knights OF 81.
Antony Gl yards third. Time. 0.3iS.
Two mile bicycle race handicap. final heat
Won by tack Townsend. New York \. c. so
yarIsl; Charles Nereut list Regiment 90 Yards.
second; W Buc@nghan. I'D Regiment go
yardsi third. Time, 5:Vi.
Goo-yard novice uinal heau-won By H.
thurman, unattached ". J. Thompson Eymard
Lyceum. second, H. Van Hook. Columbia Cniyer-
sty third Time. l:?2.5.
1000 yard run Dhandicapl-- Won by L. F. Gil
more. dominican hy".un 30 yardD: J. Hand.
Dominican Lyceum ~ yards,. second r. J.
EgJn. lIish-American y. G. ,d YARDS. third
Time. 2:i3h
Ibiec-mic run Gandicap,-Wcn by George V.
McGinn. New York \. g. - yards, second /.
8 c,ndit lonke.s y. VI G. \. n40 yards.
sixty yaid dash novice final heau-Won b.
a. Il. Adac. City \. G.. J. Ford. Eymard l.
ceum. second: \. ,. Fergus. Loushl!n Lyceum.
th'rl Time 90.
by >. -. Glutsch. Pastiine \. a. n2 feeu, y.
- Eorrs. L.Irhln Itc"un 30 feeD. second. J..
sch!oe~aer. jr., Loughlin Lyceum % feeu. third.
onc-rnile walk th1ndicap,-Won by NJ Nc
Tfurh. Pastinic \. &. 90 seconds: r.. y CIT
ford. McCaadIn IycaUm q seconds. second. =.
J. Ewing. unattached - seconds third. Time.
T.'%-t
N.di.t relay race handicap. ono and seven
eishths miles'-won by Long Island \, C. 81
yartsi tKfamCr. Maurcr. Workman. Weeks;
Mohawk g. . Is vardsi (Martu'm. HIS Kuhn
SMITH. second. Ioughlin Lyceum 90 yards,
Gearing. Buckley sclioeseor. KichtcD. Time.
$50
on, and one half mile run (scratcbl-Won by
-. - Hctlyud Brookiina Gymnasium. NJ :.
sullivan. ffish- American \ g.. second. Joe
MALONE. Mohawk \. O., third. Time. G.jS2t
milo relay thaniicapl -Won by Dro1Elyn
C'n'rti s. " g. g. - ARDS ,NuFIh' Graham.
~ ,adu ,kruG. Bergman. MrEutee. Selma