New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
Winds Up Athletic Year in a
Blaze of Glory.
WINS HALF-MILE SPECIAL
Gilbert Defeats a Strong Field
in Ten Mile Run at In
door Games.


tho games OF Companies and x at the
list Regiment Armory last night The vic
tory of the IrIsh-American Athletic Club
star was ali the more noteworthy from the
fact that Melvin w. Sheppard, the peer
less one was among those brushed aside
In addition to the pair mentioned, r. ].
Esan, F.. r. Gilmore and NJ j. Mclaughlin
toed tho scratch. With the guns bark
Kiviat jumped TO the front. closely followed
Egan took second place. while Sheppard
fell back To last. Gilmore and Mclaughlin
then began TO show prominently.
At the quarter Esan flashed in front. HE
time being IS 3-5 seconds Sheppard, who
failed TO show his usual form. then made
an effort. which carried him past Nc
Laughlin and Gilmore, but the squirt
proved only fash in the pan, as he soon
dropped back again.
With the bell Egan cut loose. and like a
fash opened up gap of ten yards between
himself and Kiviat The Staten Island lad
sprnted, however, and managed to overhaul
by a stride. Mclaughlin beat Gilmore for
third place, While Sheppard stopped alto
ge:her. The time was 1:59 3-5
All Of the dozen entrants IN the ten-mile
scratch run started. The list included L.
Tewanlma 0hc record holder from the Car
Isle Indian School; Mitchell Arquette, an
other red man; Joseph Gilbert. the game
little Mohawk Athletic Club runner: G. II.
Appleyard. Of the Mercury Club A. ALL
grcn, a recent arrival from Sweden, who
sported the irish American emblem, and
George Obermeyer, the well known Ma
tional Athletic Club distance runner.
In the early stages Obermeyer and the
two Indians alternated In setting the pace.
but as the speed increased Obermeyer
dropped tack and then disappointed hi,
admirers by dropping out after going less
than two miles.
Arquette moved along so fast that even
Tewanima fell off, and II soon became ap-
parent that he was not at his best. The
record holder got stitch" at four miles
and eight laps and retired. He was then
half lap behind the other red man. 1t
was the first time that Tewanima had been
Arquette went so fast that he Tapped all
the others save Ahgren and Gilbert TIE
Swede began to close the gap between HIM
self and Arquette and actually looked like
winner until his feet went back on him.
He stopped for a few seconds to remove
his shoes, and then continued TO run bare
footed but soon found that too painful and
had TO give up.
Gilbert caught Arquette at eight miles
and six laps. and then ensued a great
race, first one and then the other taking
the lead. In the final mile Gilbert had by
far the most strength, and putting on a
great burst Of speed he finished fully half
a lap ahead OF the red man. The winner S
time, 55:0S 40, was more than half min
ute slower than the record.
The 18th Regiment team won cleverly
from scratch in the Military Athletic
League relay race at one mile. Schaaf,
who ran the last quarter for the 18th, was
opposed TO Egan. of the list but as the
first named was sent away with 25-yard
lead Egan never had a chance, although he
did manage to close part OF the gap.
J. f. Bell, one of the Mohawk men, won
the 6OO-yard handicap In a stirring finish
with r. A Oge. his clubmate. They had
L and "a yards, respectively.
After passing a comparatively peaceful
year the Murphy brothers, Thomas and
Harry, ended dsastrously. Both are
bicycle riders. and it was in preliminary
warming up spins that they came TO grief
Harry, who rides under the colors of the
Empire City Wheelmen, was the first 10
find trouble; his machine skidded on one
of the turns, and in the resultant fall the
rider had a shoulder dislocated.
Scarcely ten minutes had elapsed when
Thomas Murphy, while speeding round the
Fourth avenue turn lost control or MS
wheel ard crashed into an iron pillar. AS
Murphy shot over the handlebars his head
and lett side came in contact with the post.
He escaped with a badly sprained wrist
A puncture received by William Van den
Dries, the scratch man Of the New York
Athletic Club, robbed the two-mile bicycle
race of much of it's interest. Van den
Dries won his heat after a stirring finish.
1t was In the final heat that he got the
puncture L. II. Goodwin, one OF the Irish
riders, won with the aid of a handicap OF
100 yards.
Neither r. l.. E.ller nor J. J. Archer, the
scratch men in the 70-yard dash, succeeded
in getting to the front. The race was won
by A. S. Richter, a Loughlin Lyceum rum
ner. with an S.foot allowance. He defeated
I. J. Cahill. Of the Dominican Lyceum, by
inches.
The summaries follow:
Seventy-yard dash, handicap, final heat
Won by A. s. Richter. Loughlin Lyceum
Is feeD; l.. j. Cahill, Dominican Lyceum
4 feet. second: q. j. Schnabel. West Side
Young Mems Christian Association a feeD,
third Time, 3-5 seconds.
44O-yard novice, final heat-Won by j.
McElvane, Company b. list Regiment; Da-
vld Polite, Fancourt Athletic Club, sec
ord: c. ri. Baker, Dominican Lyceum,
third. Time. 81 2-5 seconds
XsO-yard run. special-Won by A. R XIV
lat. Irish American Athletic club; r. J.
E,gan. Irish American Athletic Club, sec
ord; NJ. J. Mclaughlin. Knights OF st. An
thony, third. Time. l:59 3-5.
6OO-yard handicap, final heat--Won by j.
Il. Bell. Mohawk Athletic Club Q2 yardsl;
r. A. Ogg. Mohawk Athletic Club GA
yards). second; Thomas Dolan. Pastime
Athletic Club GA yards), third. Tthie,
One-.!.le relay handicap--Won by Brook
lyn Central Y. NJ. c, A. t2l yards, lMur-
ply, Valentine, Gorham and Terwilliger);
Xavier A. A. (scratch). Uobse. Freeman,
McDonough and Helland). second; Harlem
Y. NJ c. A. go yards). (F1sher. Heidgerd.
Barrett and Weber,. third. Time. 1888.
80O-yard run, handicap-Won by w.
Fisher, Irish American A. G. (l6 yards): T.
Gordon, Dominican Lyceun Go yards), Sec
ond; A. Miller. knights Of ST. Anthony I'll
yards). third. Time, OBI 3-5
One-mile run. handicap-Won by W. 4.
Scnrieber, National a. G. (35 yardO; II. W.
Caring, Loughlin Lyceum go yards) sec
onG. T. Newton. Harvard A. A. 40 yards), +,
third Time. 4:S0 Is.
Two-mile bicycle race, handicap final
heat-won by r. II. Goodwin. Irish-Ameri-
can A. c. d@ yards. G. 4. Mohrmann.
Irish American A. c. go yards), second: n.
A. Clouse. Mohawk \. c. Obs YARDS. third.
Time. ASA As:
One-mile NJ. 4. L. relay handicap-Won
by 18th Regiment a. yards 0iirshon. De-
.. on,,, l,n Nardsl secnnd. fist Rnri,nnni