New-York tribune., 1911-02-18
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Stars of the Cinder Path to Meet
in Baxter Mile.
ABEL KtvIAT THE FAvORITE
Records Likely to Fall at New
York A. G. Games in the
Garden To- night.

With Kiviat. Gissing. Bonhag TAFT He'd
lund and other flyers named the Baxter
mile at the New York Athletic Club games
in Madison Square GardeT tonight is like
" TO be ore of the greatest races OF all
time. The men have been training care
fully. realizing the nature Of the test. and
In all probabli new record for the
distance indoors will be established.
Kiviat is the favorite with great many,
but Bonhag, TAFT and Gissing do not lack
fer followers.
That the Irsh-Amercan Athletic Club
hopes to get second leg on the prize is
indicated by the fact that Abel Kiviat. the
winner last year; George Bonhag and Jim
Sullivan have been named Boston Will
be represented by the blond Haired flyer,
%. F. Holland. who recently took the
measure Of Jack Monument the one-miie
national champion, while Harry ITlman
is sending two cracks from Dartmouth,
who are said to he equal to the company.
Canada will be kept on the athletic map
by the presence of Jack TAFT. the Toronto
boy. who defeated Bonhag at the New
York Athletic Club games last year. and
who recently defeated PAUL. the holder OF
the intercollegiate record at one mile Last
but not least for rumor has It that he has
been taking a special prep for the race.
Is Harry Gissing. the half-mile national
champion, a dangerous man at any dis
tance.
Gissing was beaten in the Baxter mile
last wear by delaying his sprint too long.
Six Of the men entered have marks of
4:o3 or better. so that the winner will have
m Iaad
10 the tape
II Is the intention of the athletic COM
m;ttee TO put on the New York-Bost re-
lay race, which is one of score OF attrac-
tions. early. in order to give Harry Gisslng
an opportunity TO come back for Inc
Baxter mile
Tom Collins. the five-mile indoor chsm-
pion. said Yesterday that he was m per
feet condition for the race at that distance
and that he was out 10 win the speclal
prize offered to the man breaking George
Bonhag's indoor record OF 2i;5s 20. freh
Be,lars and Win Bailey also have their
eyes on this trophy.
The race run over the high hurdles prom
ises to be a hummer, with such good TIM
her toppers entered as Chisholm, of Yale.
and Dwight. OF Princeton. first and second
respectively. in the intercollegiates: Sty-
bolt. OF Cornell: NJ p. Mcdonald. winner
at the oxford Cambridge meet last year;
Jake Hartranft, the Mercury Foot star ana
W A. Edwards, the man who beat SMITH
son two years ago, and who, according 10
Nike Murphy, is one Of the best hurdlers
he has ever seen.
II of
ern League. has signed a new umpire on
the recommendation of President Ban
Johnson Of the American League He IS
John Pollock of Kewanee, Ill, who has
been holding the indicator in the Wiscon-
sin-Illinois League for several seasons
Brennan the National League umpire. did
service with the same organization before
he was graduated TO the majors.
Frank Gotch. the worlds champion
heavyweight wrestler. who will appear on
the mat at Sulzer's Harlem Casino, l2lth
street and Second avenue. on Fepruary ~
saws he will meet either Zbyszko, Hacken-
schmidt or Mahmout in Il finish match'
Gotch also says he will meet Pilakoh. the
Finnish Lion" II the latter succeeds IN
defeating Zbyszko next Thursday night.
This sounds as II Gotch was still craving
more publicity.
Packey Mcfarland and owen Moran. who
have been matched to fight at the far-
mont Athletic Club on March II, are un-
able to agree on weights. Moran sticks
steadfastly TO his demand that Mcfarland
make 1S5 pounds at o'clock the night or
the bout This weight Mcfarland refuses
10 do at : o'clock and demands that they
weigh I'm at 13j pounds at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon.
The first indoor games of the Greek
American Athletic Club VIII he held TINS
eveninC at the 22d Regiment Armory lt
is the purpose of the club to reproduce as
nearly as possible events that are popular
with the Greek athletes in their native land
Jimmy Callahan, former major league
star. has signed to play an outheld position
with the Chicago American League club
this season. Callahan formerly was
member Of the Chicago major league clubs
and since has managed a local seml-pro-
fessional team.