Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-27
RECORDS GO FLYING
Abel KiViat Sets New Mark in
Winning 1,00O-Yard Run.
MEYER CAPTURES THE DASH
George Bonhag Again Beats Scott
in Distance Race at Big
Indoor Games.
MEYER CAPTURES THE DASH

NEW YORK, December 27.-Records
were toppled last night like so many
tenpins in a bowling alley at the indoor
championships on track and field under
the auspices of the Amateur Athletic
Union, with the result that premier per-
formances were in the order Of things of
the lengthy program of events which
decided senior and junior honors.
The Irish-American team rather easily
led their many opponents in the senior
division in the struggle for the point
trophy. tallying nearly two for one
against their nearest opponents, the New
York A. c. The Winged Foot came into
its own for junior honors. scoring IA
points to 10 gained by the Winged Foot
team.
The stellar track event was the two
miles, five men starting. Bonhag, the
f1ve-mile outdoor champion and many
times record holder. took the track at the
pistol. with Louis Scott, the ten-mile
champion. az his closest attendant when
they got moving.
Jack Monument, the two-mile indoor
t1tleholder. essayed to go by, at three
eighths OF a mile. but Bonhag immedi-
ately jumped to the front.
Monument quit at three-quarters of q
mile. Bonhag went sailing by the mile
in 400. and soon after this drew away
from Scott, smothering the latter's at
tempts to hold the pace. Pacing evenly,
Bonhag did 7.0l for the mile and a half,
at this stage being forty yards ahead Of
Scott. who was dropping gack in lament
able fashion, thoroughly beaten. At the
bell for the final lap Bonhag spurted, ap-
parently as fresh as at the outset. Anally
beating Scott, the South Paterson lad,
by 80 yards, with Chritenley third, a
like distance back, with the time go 49,
the fastest ever seen in the Metropolitan
district.
L.
outset. the first heat Of the 400 for
seniors being productive of new figures
when Jim McEntee of the West Side Y.
NJ. c. A. strobe around the route In 80
seconds. lowering by two-fifths of a sec
ond the former best mark Of Roy Dor
land, made in 1908 an& 1909.
An intercollegiate idol. d. B. Young of
Amherst. the record holder and champion
quarter-miler of all the colleges. fell by
the wayside in his heat, the semi-final
being obtained in the first instance by LIE
Roy Woods. New York A. c.. and later
by Jim ROsenberger, Irish-American A.
c.. the later thereby qualifying for the
final by his win. Rosenberger failed
ship, which was won by Dorland by a
foul over Wood. with McEntee third
inches back. in 33 Is seconds. His vic
tory marked Dorland's fourth in the sew
enth event in as many years
F. III. Kaiser of the New York A. c..
lived up to good things expected of him
in the one-mile walk, and got home in
fashionable record time of 6:54 1-5.
Tie half-mile junior event was too close
to warrant the decision in the one heat.
with the result that two trials were neces-
sary. These showed several college men
to advantage when II. Fl. Snyder of Cor
nell and r. NJ. Bonsib. Columbia. ran
''one-two' in the initial heat. J.. Driscol
Of the 65th Regiment, Buffalo. just nosed
out Myles McHugh. Pastime A. c.. in the
second. The final was a keenly contested
race and at the first course the Column
bia man was in the van. When it came
to the real running Myles McHugh, Pas
time A. c.. was the pacemaker. De
Grouchy, the Winged Foot runner, got
by and from that point on he was never
headed, finally winning by five feet in
201 3-5. with Driscoll second, one yard in
front of Lee Of Boston.
In the first of the field events decided
S. G. Lawrence Of Boston Athletic Asso-
citation won the broad jump in his last
leap by a half inch. doing 10 feet inches.
Plat Adams. New York Athletic Club.
was second with 10 feet ~ inches.
The Eller family. Jack and Bob, had
matters to themselves In the final of the
senior high hurdle. which was finished
as named. Jack being foot to the good
over his brother in 2-5 seconds. which.
although II equals the record. will not be
allowed because Of hurdles being knock
ed down by the winner. Val Havens of
the New York Athletic Club was third.
and a yardstick would have covered the
winners.
-Four runners turned out for the 1000
yard senior event. Carl Walther. New
York Athletic Club. went out at the gun.
leading for an eighth of mile, when the
running was taken up by Egan. who was
almost Immediately deposed by klvlat.
who made his field look like so many
novices, finally winning by 35 yards in
minutes 1S 1-5 seconds. with Waither sec
ond, four yards to the good Of Dick Egan.