New-York tribune., 1911-12-06
KEEN SPORT IN GAMES
Simultaneous Contests Give
Meet a Circus Aspect.
GOOD CROWD AT GARDEN
Harry Smith Leads Fast Field in
Thrilling Modified Mara
thon Run.
GOOD CROWD AT GARDEN

with several competitions going on
simultaneously the athletic games for the
Christmas fund presented three-ring
circus aspect Al Madison Square Garden
last night Hard fought races furnished
keen sport and interested a good sized
crowd. however. even II many OF the
prominent amateurs who were expected
failed 10 appear
Roy Dorand. the former Pastime sprint
81. at present unattached. won tho 800
Nard special. beating Charles b. Clark. OF
the Xavier club. by a comfortable mar
gin. Neither Rosenberger> nor Sheppard
started.
That strong West side Young Mems
Christian Association team won the one
mile relay race without half trying Nc
Fntee and Schnaehel doing the bulk Of the
work for their side
In the modified Marathon, at fifteen
miles q large field Of runners toed the
scratch They competed on a twelve-lap
track by themselves. Sam AIellor,. jr, n
Mercury runner. set a killing pace at the
start. and it became evident that he would
not he able to last Ions. lie dropped out
before the first mile had been covered
William Rosett the well known Pastime
of tho first mile. with c. II. Appelyard.
Of tho Mercury club second. and Harry
smith. another Pasime athlete. was in
thi,d place at that stage. The leaders
timc was 5.2l.
When tWO miles had been covered the
order was Rosett Smith and Frank
Mastorsrn. the Mohawk runner having
moved up rapidly The time was 1859
4 little later Rosctt quit ard Smith then
became the new leader. covering the three
miles in 'sl7 Masterson was second and
Thomas Dwyer. another Mohawk repre-
sentative, third. The order for the fourth
srl lfth miles remained unchanged.
Smith passed the four-mile post in 2l:52
and the Hfth In 27:2N.
smith covered the six miles in 1913,
having Tapped Dwyor and Masterson. Dur
ing tho next mile 4. Ahlgrcn, the Swedish
runner from tho Glencoe club. moved into
third place. The leaders time for seven
miles was 1920 Al eight miles the order
pss Smith. Ahlgren and Appelyard. the
time heinc 500.
"A nine miles Smith was leading by
quarter Of lap from Ahlgren. while
Dwyer was third. Smiths time for the
distance was s0:5J. Shortly before ten
miles had been covered Ahlgren caught
Smith and took the lead for lap. but
Smith .ptomptly let out link and drew
away again at every stride. His time was
5s:i0
Smith continued to show the way, MAX
ing the eleven miles in e22s and the twelve
In 6s.2S Ahlgren had closed mp. however,
and st the thirteenth the Swede led, mis-
time being ! hour "a minutes and . sec
las
third
\ mile further on Smith led again in
i2o.27. and he won the race by few
YARDS from Ahlgren. Masterson was third.
The winners time was 1876, Ahlgrens :
1858 and Mastersou's 1888
Tho mile novice developed a promising
runner i'm Richard r. Muller a Columbia
University younRster. Muller contented
himself with trailing along in a good posi-
tion for three-quarters Of a mile before
making his effort In the mean time G. l..
Ten Eyck. a Borough Park boy. who had
been setting The pace. looked like possible
winner Muller. however. had 100 much
speed when il came to the final sprint,
winng by thirty yards from i. \. de
lioog. jr.. the second man. Ten Eyck got
ihird The winners time was 4:55.
The summary follows:
one-milc uovice-Won by Richard r. Muller
Columbia University; =. \ DE Hoos. Central
\. A.. third Time, 455.
Two-mile walk thandicapj-Won by Ted
Neundorfer New York 4. G. (0:20J: william
r. Alien unattached n .O0). second: Charles s
Levy Glencoe \. C. 0:20), third Time
s06-ysrd run lspecisD-won by Roy Dor.
land. unattached, charles n. Clarke Xavier
= y. second. = J. McEntee, West Side y. NJ.
{. a. third. Time 0:34.
sSO-yard run lhandicap) - Won by W
Hugh. Pastime 4. G. ,25 ysrds). second: G.
Wilcox. Mott Haven a. g.. (3s yards). third
Time rs l-J.
Oue-mile run (open 10 Italian-American run
pers)-Won by Antonio Sorsci Xavier \. A.
go yardsl Dante Gerelli Italian American
PsSiine A. q. tscratchl. ihird. Time. 4:43 20
Running high jump dandicaP)-Won by John
". Price. St George a. G '6 inehes. with a
Jump % , feet inches: II. J. Ghmpelt. New
York 4. g. tscratchl. second. with a jump OF
feet 10 inches y. Jennings. Pastime A. c.
q inehl, with jump Of feet . inches, third
Three-miie bicycle race uinal heat)-Won by
Edward Goodwin, Irish-Amerioan 4. c.; W. Van
.en Dries. New York \. c., second: Charles
Hsnseabauser, Atlas Bicycle club third.
Three-legged race hsndicapl-Won By p.
Baldwin aud ". Lynch. Flatbush a. c. q
2ards: F: ?. McNaily and 4. P House, New
? l. Cwrier BrookIvn Eastern District High
School &c YARDS third. Time. OPS
O1e-inie relsy race ,hsndicspl-Won by West
1,ric, = y. NJ c. C. A. third Time. T S:@7 85
i40-s ard run 6handicsp)-Won by, Harold Eol-
cohn' f.atbush A G. 30 YARDS +. NJ. PrtChard
Jsrks. unattached 30 YARDS. third. Time
Tifteen-Hile modified marathon race-won by
Harry =. smith Psstime a. c.; A. Ahlgren,
Glencoe a. c., second Frank Msstefsou, Mohawk
= C., third Time, i:2eJ6
FROWNS ON LACROSSE TEAM