Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-23

~ y excellent sci OF athletic games
~ was enjoyed by sport lovers at
the First Regiment Armory at
Sussex avenue and Jay street last
night, where the annual indoor athletic
meet of the First Regiment was run
off. The feature event of the night,
the three-mile handicap open, was won
by Harold McGinn, of the New York
A. c., who had a handicap of thirty
I'VE yards over the scratch men, George
Obermeyer, Of the National A. c., and
Louis Scott, of the South Paterson A.
G. Russell Springsteen, of the Yonkers
Z. NJ. c. A, was second to the fleet
footed McGinn, who had a clean adj
vantage of fifteen yards at the finish.
Springsteen had a handicap of eighty
five yards. Tom Barden, who wore
the colors of the same club as Spring
steen, followed his club-mate over the
tape, and took third prize. Obermeyer
trailed along in fifth place at the fin
ish, while his rival man from scratch,
Scott, failed to stick 1t out. Tom Nell
son set the pace most of the way, but
the Irish-American Clubs representa-
tive was not there" when the final
squirt came around. Mike Devaney, the
Belleville boy, did o run in either Of
the events in which he was entered be-
cause of illness. and he witnessed the
races from the side lines. Fred Sey-
farth, the st. Colombia star, complained
of a sprained ankle which he turned in
the one-mile event, in which he finished
third, and did not start in the three
mile affair.
Company B tailed seventeen points
and won the point trophy. Company
B protested the victory of Company D
in the relay, which was won by the
Company ID quartet composed of Morse,
Meeker, r D. Eisele and Ritter. The
protest was made on the grounds that
Eisele was ineligible to compete in this
event, which was closed to members of
the companies. There is a rule hat {
mar must be a member of the regi-
ment for sixty days before he is eligi-
event for his company. Eisele is there
fore ineligible, according to the Com
pany B men. A silver loving cup was
the first prize in this event, and natu-
rally the competition was very Keen.
The protest will be decided on at a
meeting of the executive committee of
the athletic association to be held on
Monday night.
Company d tailed nine points, Com
pany C five points and Company G four
points. The relay event in question
counted for five points and will not
affect the awarding of the cup trophy
offered for the most points, but the
Company B athletes were out after
the trophy offered for the relay event
and hence the protest.
The first event of the evening was
the seventy-ive-yard dash, which went
to William Stern. of Company C. Hal
Holland won his heat from scratch in
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT handicap, but
was not placed in the final heat. w.
z. Conway, OF the Irish-Americans, was
first. with a handicap of four feet. 1
]. Lowell, a clubmate, followed him
over the line.
Jersey City High got into the lime
light in the High School relay at one
mile by capturing this event in an ex-
race. Passaic High put up a
good fight n was second.
The one-mile novice brought forth
Dave Walsh, of the Eastern Y. NJ. c.
A., who ran a corking good race. F.
CdiiAiityGT, VI the DIOOhlSn L. M. -. A.
and A. Crossing, jr., of Englewood
High, fought hard for the place, and 1t
looked like a dead heat. There was an
argument when Callmeyer was given
prize.
The members of the Belleville Catho-
lie Club got a chance to cheer in the
So0-yard handicap, which wa won by
S. Kennedy. who had an 1s-yard
handicap. Jack Hand. of the Domini-
Lyceum, was second. Kennedy
a good race and brought the specta-
to their feet by a strong finish.
Edward REM. of the Mohawk A. c.,
was first In the one-mile walk by
nosing out F. Nuendorfer, of
the New York A. c. 1t was an interest
ing diversion and the competition was
keen.
Company B took the 220-yard run,
through the efforts of Bart
Freeman. He won the event easily.
a goodly lead over Ritter, of
Company D, whose great york later in
he disputed relay event aided his team
in capturing the event.
In the one-mile open, r. G. Stand
wood. of the Twenty-tbird Street Y.