New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-07
Leave Congested Centres BEHIND
and Enjoy Annual Outing.
TUG OF WAR AMUSES CROWD
Kelly, of Precinct G, Wins ALI
Round Championship-Fat
Men Run Well.

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outing and field day games In aid OF tne
benevolent association. Besides the eiBh'
hundred members which compose the asso-
ciation more than two thousand VI theii
friends Joined In the festivities.
Roaming through the crowds were SOW
era, prominent officials Of the department.
among them being Police Commissioner
Rhineander Waldo First Deputy Douglas
II Mckay. Second Deputy George .. Doush-
ortv Winfield r. Sheehan, secretary 10
Commissioner Waldo Chief Inspector MAX
p schmittberger, inspectors George W. NC
cluskv and Stephen O'Brien, Captain Jonii
r. Flood and Chief Surgeon Marvin H.
Palmer.
The tug-of-war, which has always oeen
a feature OF the outing. proved the mos
exciting of the athletic events as iare.
sums of money, together with wagers VI
dinners and new hats, hinged on the result
After disposing OF the team from precinct ID
I'm an easy manner, the warriors or frecinol
G faced the determined crew or Prec'iic' .
I'm the final pull. Neither group gave way
an inch for the first three minutes. Ourl"e
tho next minute the end man OF Precinct a
called upon his comrades for an extra nara
lpull. The effort after minutes durauoii
Melted them an advantage OF half an lhch'
but the men Of Precinct c were not ne-
feated az the real test was yet TO come
BY steady pulling Precinct G gradually
retrieved the lost ground, and when the
o,n was fired calling matters TO an end
Precinct c vas declared the winner ny
lthree-quarters Of an inch.
A dozen heavyweights competed in the
t,eto S-Jl
mounds. At the crack Of the gun quartet
which survived the bnal jumped OH ea'h
finding difficulty In carrying their supernu'
GUS weight Nike McGrsth, OF freclnct
IC, and Harry Open, of Precinct A. had d
bitter struggle down the stretch, "hlie tue
crowd. which formed q narrow lane. snou'-
cd in glee. MoGrath was the ultimate VIC
tor. finishing six inches ahead or Open
who was only a yard in advance OF harry
Jacob, who was third.
Upon the arrival at the grounds the en-
trants in the various closed events maze
haste in getting on their marks. Andy Iru-
pei. of Precinct A. opened the programme
by defeating large field from his pre-
cjnct in a 1Oo-yard dash, in the splendid
time Of 10 -5 seconds.
Policemen who had seen fifteen or more
wears service in the department contested
in 100-yard race of their own. William
Irving Of Precinct 3, registering his sec
ond victory by defeating j. j. Wall ana
Michael Conrov, OF Precincts A and {, re-
spectively. by close margin, in Il Sec
onds.
One OF the most bitterly fought and clos
est finishes OF the day was the 1oo-yard
dash for the championship Of the Traffic
Squad John Kelly, Of Precinct G, and
Andy Trupel, OF Precinct A, were entered
and the eager crowd was prepared for a
great battle. Several other men also faced
the starter. Kelly and Trupel got off stimuli
taneously and they raced neck and neck
for seventy-fve yards. Here Kelly brought
his odtime sprint into evidence and gained
few feet Trupel proved stubborn rival
but, although he tried hard TO regain the
lost ground, he lost the race by six inches.
. The time recorded, 10 30 seconds, was
brilliant performance for the big man.
Kelly the winner in this event, carried off
the all around honors of the day. He won
, the 10O-yard dash, closed TO members of
Precinct c.; the running hop, step and
lump, and the running broad jump. He
, also helped Precinct c capture the one
mile relay.
The strong. armed men had their inning
{ in throwing the 2s-pound weight. William
J Tierney, OF Precinct c, won with throw
of 30 feet l inch.
The real endurance test Of the programme
was the two-mie run. About dozen toed
I the mark, but after two laps several de-
cided they would retire. The pace was
| fast, and after a brisk tussle in the last
: quarter Matthew Meade. of Precinct c,
crossed the tape james Smith, Of Pre-
: clint D. was second. Meade traversed the
I course IN 10 minutes.
The final tusse OF tie day was a 100
yard swimming race AS there was large
list Of entrants, an elimination process was
necessary to weed out the field for the
final swim. There was a surviving group
of six, and all splashed off the float into
E the water at the start, giving an unwel-
come wash OF water 10 many spectators
! who crowded around. Collisions were nu-
merous in the struggle to the finish Rob-
ert ]. Hubbard, of Precinct A. succeeded
in graspng close victory from Robert
Johnson and John Contill, OF Precinct C,
who finished almost abreast.
The summaries Of the athletic events
, follow:
100 yard dash (open 70 Trafc Precinct A.,
, Won BY A. TrupeI; J, J. Wall. second: d. Col
ioo-yard dash open to Traffic Precinct b.
Won by W. Irving; w. keanelly second; A.
i0o-yard dasn (open to Traffic Precinct c.
Won by J. Ke rr, j. 81 Sherman second W.
iOo-yard dash open TO Traffic Precinct D.
, Won b. J. smith; W. Beeeher. second: NJ ellis,
100 vard dash (open 10 members OF Traffic
Squad over fifteen years in the department.
Won by W. Irving. Precinct b; j. J. Wall.
Precinct \. second NJ conroy' Precinct c. third.
100, yard dash ,.TraMc Squad championship
cnct 4. second; J. Smith. Precinct b. third.
100 100 yard dash open to Traffic, squad men
weighing over go pounds,-won by Mike Nc
Grath Precinct A: II. Open. Precinct A. sec
ord; r. Jacob. Precinct g third Time. 0:l2 80.
Enn @n sGD step r dpS q ec W pa s
Precinct j. second. with 3s feet 2 inches. f..
Foley Precnst D. third Win 81 fee e6 pa inGHes
by NJ Tierney. Precinct e. with 30 feet l inch
j. Collins. Precinct 9, second, with p feet 10
inches; ?; Rohar' Precinct a. third with 20
Running broad tump- = by John Kelly.
Precinct y. second, with II feet 81 inches; W.
Burke Precinct D. third. with 10 feet sis inches.
one half mile run-Won by NJ MEADE Pre-
gan. Precinct 4. third. Time. 1900
100 yard swlm-won by r. J. Hubbard. Pre-
cinct A; r. Jonnson, Precinct {. second; J..
Tug Of war Cirst puiD-Precinc, 9 beat Pre-
cinct B BY, a.. inches final Precinct c beat
Cne-mile relay race -Won by Precinct g, with
Tierney, Meade, Kelly and shannon: Precinct
second with Jones Wall J Brown ara rrups
smith. Time. 42o.
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