New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
BONHAG ALL THE WAY
Champion Runner Wins Two
Mile Race in Fast Time.
COLLINS FINISHES SECOND
Star Athletes Out in Force for
Annual Games Of the Irish
American Club.

at the annual indoor games Of the Irish
American Athletic club in Madison Square
Garden last night. The champion and rec
ord holder galore covered the distance IN
tho faS time Of 90 Is.
In ad ition TO Bonhae. Tom Collins. of
the Irish American club Joseph Malone the
Mohawk 'cross-country runner; ]. Rafferty,
OF the st Peters Athletic Club, and j. ".
Denneuy another from the home stable,
toed the SO ratch Jack Monument. the ma
tional mile champion did not start
Bonhae ls Il HIS mark first and set the
pace. closely followed by Joe Malone. with
Rafferty,. Den nelly and Collins running as
named Throughout the first half mile.
which Bonhag covered in 21t, there was
little 10 choose, between the leader and Ma
lone The o!he~s. however, steadily lost
ground.
When the miIe post had been reached
sBonhag had shaken off Malone. while Col
'lins began to loom up prominently. Ron
srag did the mile in 4 :3S AMI a little later
rCollinS passed Malone. Nearing the end
the champion spurted and succeeded in lap
trjng Malone while Collins who got the
place. finished nearly half Tap behind the
Nlnns
With that speedy quartet. Dorland Ter
Nilieer Rosenberger and sheppard on
Inland Brooklyn was able to carry off the
honors in the one-mile iIvercity relay race.
Opposed 10 the Brooklyn flyers were strong
teams representing MauhSz1an and Boston.
THE local men were Egan. Pepis, Schnable
apd NcEntee. while Boston was represent
ed by Foster Lee. Prout and Merrihew.
In the first relay Of a quarter of a mile
Foster set the pace for a lap but was soon
passed by Dorand with Eean trailing.
Dorland presented his team with three
yard lead over the other Two. as Egan
closed so rapidly on Foster in the last half
lap as 10 make II practically an even thing
between Manhattan and Boston.
TerwiIiger proved too fast for his op-
ponents in the second quarter He led
Pepis by about five yards. while Lee. of
Boston. followed at the heels Of the Man
haitian runner.
The third relay saw both Ioosenberger
and schnable too many for Pnout At
the outset Rosenberger increased Brook
lyn's advantage TO ten yards over Man.
,.hattan. but Schnable made great finish
and crossed the line scarcely six feet be-
bind the Olympic star
As R0senberger touched Sheppard, Nc
Entee crouched for his effort. II was i'm
possible for the New Yorker, however. 10
pass the flying Sheppard. while the cham
pion did not manage 10 do more than draw
away trifc in the last lap. leading
McEntee over the line by scant hve
yards. Merrihew. the Bostonian. was no
Nxhere The time. 3.27 a.. was extremely
1ast.
A. r. Kivat had the post Of honor in the
one-miIe handicap and the way he mowad
Asown the long-markers gave the impress
ssion that he would win, but after gettnS
3weu TO the fore he quit about two laps
1from home. A. Bothwick, Trinity man.
with sixty yards start, won i'm 4.26 10.
The one-mile interscholastc relay race
resulted I'm a victory for De La Sale,
(which beat De Witt Clinton after stir
sing contest. and Manual Training got
ahird place.
Skiddine machines. frequent spills and
P4nfracllous escapes from serious injury lent
y.xcitemert 10 the bicycle race. The fat
Efoor and sharp turns at either end were
mot conducive 90 speed. and il was with
difHcultv that the riders kept from crash
3ng into the boxes Among those TO fall
was W. Van den Dries, the New York Ath-
1etic cub man
In the final heat an who managed TO
lstay On their wheels had chance To win.
4. a. Nohrmann. an Irish rider. aided by
q &-yard start. carried of the honors,
sclosely followed by Charles Nerent of the
z1st Regiment
Although set back a yard from his 2-f0ot
,nark for attempting TO beat the gun in
1he nrs, Heat Of the DASH H. Hehand the
Xavier sprintcr won his heat When the
pistol borked Heuand. who because OF his
penalty was "A foot back OF Robert Clough-
en-. Tie recor3-holler. left his mark Ike
flash and t.s ahead Of the champion before
they bad taken half dozen strides Hell
land u.n The heat. while Cloughen ran un-
placed
Iceland also won his semi-fnal heat. O.
y Huston, Yale sprnter, with a t-foot
sallowance. also qualified, as did Jack Eler
and J. J Lowell both OF the Irish club.
When the men were sent away Heiland got
Jleft on his mark, and soon stopped Eiler.
however. never ran in better form, and he
g1ust managed 20 beat Hus.on TO the tape
.by inches The time was 6 rs seconds. and.
cas- .ae winner Only had a foot handicap he
pracuca.ly covered the distance In record
7ime
The record for the 70-yard low hurdles
was twice cqualod in the trial heats. First
Jack ElIer the scratch man, covered the
distance IN 8 % seconds, and few minutes
slater his brother. Robert, not 10 be outdone.
VOLUNTARILY went back from his 2-foOt mark
10 the post of honor. He also SKINNED the
,sticks like "a swallow and broke the tape
first in the same time.
As expected the decisive heat Of the low
hurdles resolved itself into rare struggle
hbetween the Eucr brothers. Jack got away
"a trine faster but when half way across
zhe floor bob" was almost level. IN the
TuaI fi,sh 10 the tape Jack won, defeating
4ds brother pv less than two feet. The
;nime 3-5 seconds. was not 50 ldst as
zhelr previous EFFORTS. .-,....
The programme consisted OF eighteen
svents providing for all sorts OF athletes
from the massive weight thrOwers down TO
sthe IndgetS entered in the |-pouHu ere
Hnentary schools relay race. 49,,
fair sized crowd turned out. hen
qhe sprutcrs began the wedding out process
s3n the coward dash the attendance was es-
vim Ted a. about 2j0l. but these hgures
were considerably increased 10y the time
che frst Of the finals were announced.
The summary follows:
si,fy.yard dash tfnaI heat-won by J. J.
-r,lier irish American a. &. ~ footl, y. B
Uuston Yale University (6 feetl, second l. j.
Lowell. Irlsh-Amorican q. G. q feei)' thHo'
Cl1c.f,ile rcIsy handicap catholic Athletic
.r.s..Iet-W Won by Lougnun l.yceuH ~
,,arf.. Richter. Schlocser. IuIe, McIsoughhh'
dominican Iyceum t2S yards)' hanu' HIoKy- r.
xyav H,nIy. Gulmorc, second; knights OF -.
srfhonv frst team go yards), McIDWan'
Fiuesan Holmes, McLavcny, third. Iime'
3:342-j. ,., .,,. ,oo. zoo
FWsrkstein Kancr. Hosbellc, Goldsteinl; J.. >.
"a Manhattan tHOcksteln. turran, murray
I5orfDrl second. l.. go Manhattan ihahoE-
vera. Fercr,.sen. Baker. Ahronsen'' th'Fd.
Ilre. W." % ,.,.r- mound shot put (handicap)-