New-York tribune., 1911-12-17
rR)NHAG ON FLYING FEET
SmasheS Worlds 3,000-Metre
Record by l74-5 Seconds.
BEATS SCOTT AND COLLINS
snirited Competition Marks the
Games in 18th Regiment
Armory.

metres at lHe games IN the l3tn
u.gin,ent Armory. In Brooklyn last night
~. peerless Irish-American athlete COW
.,ea the distance in minutes and 30 see
as which was Il As seconds better than
,ss old mark, made by himself in the 9Th
Regiment Armor|.
onnosed to Bonhag were his closest ri
r,,s-r0uis Scott OF the South Paterson
,,bretic Club. and Tom Collins. II GER
,o,pl, was a battle Of the champions. for
ponbsr holds the fve-milc national title.
scott the ten-mile national and Collins the
fye-aile indoor.
The friends Of Scott came I'm force from
,ss SILK city. They occupied d big block
IN the gallery, making plenty Of noise and
vayins their club colors. Close at hand
uss the Irish-American delegation, roofing
hard FOR Bonhag
n VAS generally believed that the race
uould resolve itself into a test of endur-
snec and speed between Bonhag and Scott
so u proved for the trio had no sooner got
f., motion than Collins began 10 lose
ground Bonhac set the pace from the
outset closely attended by Scott. These
,uo we're ten yards ahead of Collins at the
srd o. the first lap.
-- SCOT kept ~ BonhaSs heels throughout
40 A-st half mile. which was covered in
eJf a. that stage the leaders had opened
NJ gan of fifty Yards on C0llins. II was
the same TO the mile post which Bonhae
reached in 4.SS. with Scott only yard
back Rs that time Collins was trailing
more than 100 Yards to the bad
So easily were the two leaders moving
tina, it looked like either mans race. and It
.,f.~ 1T, i1x
ihe dnish that'it began 10 become apparent
that scott was extended to his limit. The
psce was terrific becoming faster and faster
i'm MS closing stages When tho bell rang
for the last lap Scot. made one futile effort
to rssy his rival hut Bonhag shook him off.
spd from that instant the fnal outcome was
never in doubt on the backStretch the fast
tring Jersey man faltered badly. whereas
RonhaC raced on with his same smooth
stride and broke the tape fully twenty yards
in advance Of Scott. who was nearly a lap
IN front Of Collins. This distance is trine
less than two miles To he exact. 5000
metres is I mile 1.52o Yards.
Jim Rosenberger. who was ON the pro-
gramme 10 start from scratch i'm the loo-
yard handicap failed 10 put in an appear
ance The chances arc that he would have
been unplaced. however, as 4 Stearns,
with an allowance Of seven wards won in
70 seconds
There was another disappointment. re-
su'ting from the failure Of a. r. Kiviat
70 start i'm the half-mile handicap. He was
there and looked 70 be i'm fine fettle. Later
Kivist ran from scratch in the quarter
mile and got third place.
Falls I'm = measure spoiled the round
robin relay race. Clark. Of the 23d. slipped
A. the FIRST turn and lost so much ground
that his side never had chance thereafter
IN the fnsl sprint Richmond won for the
2sd after a fall lie beat Dorland, Of the
list hy a yard
J Ross OF the 1st COMPANY won the
first heat of the 12o-yard hurdle from
scratch I'm 3-5 seconds. II was promptly
announced that Ross had equalled the ar
uorv record. but II was noticed that there
we're only nine hurdles, instead Of the regu-
lstion ten flights. I'm the final heat Ross
Won 10y inches from l.. Leech, a 6-yard
man the time again being u 3-5 seconds.
There might have been q serious accident
IN the obstacle rsce When the men reached
the swinging barrels there was jam. and
oyer went the whole contrivance. one of
ford cutting an ugly cash in the side Of his
head from which the blood flowed in a
stream Despite this he pluckily continued
and finished third. 3 Edgerton, of the
18th Company. won easily.
RosenherRer and Ross proved winning
combination I'm the 1oo-yard three-legged
race They had 20 make o great finish,
however. 20 beat 4. =. House and =. p. Nc
Naly another scratch pair. The time Of
the winning combination was II 2-5 seconds.
in spite Of fall r. H. Goodwin. the
amateur champion, managed 10 get third
prize in the one-mile bicycle race. lie start
Cd from scratch and al the time Of the
spill" looked like q winner &. Hansen
baurer aided by q 45-yard start. won the
race
Hanssnbaurer also Won the two-mile han
dlcap from the 9o-yard mark, though he
only beat Goodwin by half wheel The
time If the race was 1 4:49 2-5 and it was
said that the scratch man covered the dis
'snco one-ffth Of n second slower. This
was considerably better than the old armory
record OF ASH. but the mark could not
stand under the conditions
The summary follows:
= company. II Graber 4th Company, second
r taber 9th Company, third Time. OIL.
iCC-lard handicap Chnal heat-Won by A;
S''sTns. ID Company q YARDS. J. Picard. band
~ YARDS. second. T. McNally, 9TH Company
'5z YARDS third. Time. OlO
eS-yard run thallicauJ-Won by y. Buckley
v,5 company 90 yar-sl, $. Riley. 9th Company
- ards. second. J.. Gardner 9TH Company go
!aIds, Third. Time. 1864
Oue-mie bicycle race Ghandicap)-won by c.
tiaArrnba1or, % Company as yards): A. RhOdes
lst Company C75 YARDS. second; r H. Goodwin
--praTr obstacle race-Won by D. Edgerton
-'n company, W. Holmes % Company, second;
lEl ard hurdle handicap final hoaO-Won by
hoss lst Company Scratch; /. Leech. lst
Company C6 Yards. third. Time. oI4%.
,.yp! YARD nun mOvice)-Won by Julius Levine
sh Company. Harold Hatton. 18th Company
80 j. IT, Gogou. 4th Company. third. Time.
l@9-[srd throe-Iesgod race c1sndicap)-won by
~. Roseuherger and J. NJ. Ross CscratchJ: A.
touse and T. p. McNaly scratch second:
T,,a % Baldwin and ". Lynch q YARDS, third
o.. s.S.Gp1o-metre race Cscratch-won by George
sos,i b.,.r.s,s l..sa-A mercan 4 G.; Louis Scott
r. EEo-nue bicycle race Chandicap) Won by
GoodoyjS "a. susr. % COMPANY go yardsl: r.
Nes1lh lst Company fscratch). second. G.
Tir1s man am 2nd Company scratch. third.
-T,-yard nun ohsndcap: Hnal heat)-Won
poss., AcNslly. 9Th Company 90 yards): j. NJ.
Tger. 5th Company CscratchD second:
lime 023 -'"''' ''H Sai"s'' '"""'
,lr,sr dnree, mile run (scratch; open 10 Brooklyn
a1cSl-Won by George Obermeyer National
one william Scherber National A. c. sec
is-i-S1 Leslie. Long Island A. C., third Time,
,.ps 'gsTa run thandcap)-Won by D. Valen-
1st clst company (6 yards): r. Terwilliger,
4tb CCoompany (G yards), second: A. r Kivat.
O,c c'..aPany 'scratch), third. Time, O:52 2-5.
doTf l.llle nlle run fhandicap)-Won by f. Burg
81 Com ON company G10 yards: II. Kramer.
van @J pSSny 20 YARDS. second; J. p. Sulli-
las - company O5 yards). third. Time.