New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-22
TRIUMPH FOR COLLINS
Wins TWo-MiIe Run Amid the
| Cheers of NeWSboyS,
MEL SHEPPARD IN DEFEAT
Finishes Third in Half Mile
Race at 69th Regiment
Indoor Games.

ION Collins. the veteran runner of the
rish- American Athletic Club. raced to a
|yeu won victory in the two-mile special
ace which was the feature of the an
rual games held for the benefit Of the
newsboys of greater New York at the
ar,rorv of the 69th Regiment last night.
'ol,jrs ran one Of his best races, and, go
pg strong at the finish he won by al
most three-quarters or lap. increasing
is lead with every stride. Collins was
he popular favorte. and the ''newsies'
cbeered him 10 the echo SIS he broke the
ape They continued to cheer until Col
Inns turned around and waved his hand
/ q all sides Of the building. and the lads.
apparently satisfied by the recognition,
oriotod down for few moments.
The games were a great success. and
-he boys for whom they were held APP
preciated what had been done for them.
In is not often that the youngsters have
Il chance TO see the athletes OF the dis
trict. and some five thousand were on
hand when the frst gun was fired.
Collins ran his race with rare Judgment
from start TO finish. He hung back III
third place for little over mile and "a
quarter before he moved up to set the
race From time to time he tried out
tho leaders with a few burning >prints,
but he evidently found them strong, for
no dropped back Finally, however, he
Heightened out his stride, and this time
The men in front were not able to hold
his pace. Then it was that Collins really
ran. and. rounding the sharp turns on the
slippery track without any appreciaoie
loss Of speed. he won as he pleased.
One Of the surprises Of the night was
the defeat of Melvin Sheppard, the hero
Of the Olympic games in London, in the
balf-mile run. sheppard was apparently
off form. for he rated along back IN thiru
place, and when he tried TO hop the heid
on the last lap he was unable TO get past
In fact. he was fortunate TO finish IN
third position. for the pack closed on MN
in the last twenty-five yards. Holmer
Baker. Of the New York Athletic Club
running a pretty race throughout won
first place. and Billy Anderson, wearing
the colors of Loughlin Lyceum, was sec
ond. about three yards in front Of the old
middle distance KING.
The two-mile bicycle race was enlivened
by the usual spills. IN which, fortunately,
only one man, Van den Dries. went down.
Further spice was added by a ruling
from the judges which was peculiar. TO
say the least. The fall and decision
came in the final heat, in which Jack
Townsend. Billy Van den Dries and Will
lam Wacldner started. Waeldner and
Van den Dries rode close together, and
coming into the last half mile the two
made one of the turns close together
Van den Dries refused 10 yield and Waeld-
ner wouldn't give an inch. BY clever
touch Of the handlebaTs. the latter swung
his rival wide. and Van den Dries went
down with a bang. He lost half lap or
more By the fall. but leaped right up, and
rcmountng. rode after the field.
He failed 10 make up the distance, and
rode over the line in last place. Then the
judges got busy They decided that while
Van den Vries deserved no sympathy for
falling, Waedner had ridden too close to
the line. and that they didn't Ike the
way he ccmbed his hair. anyway, so
the former gave the race 10 Waeld-
ner and placed Townsend last. The last
named. they declared, had taken the pole
while riding on the inside, and was to
blame for the spill. Van den Vries agreed
with the judges and refused TO shake
hands with Townsend when the race was
over. To those who sat In the gallery II
appeared as II Van den Nries simply
skidded and fell
Bob Eller. Of Georgetown University,
won a pretty race in the 3co-yard special.
Eller met some OF the best short distance
runners in the district. but he ploughed
his way ahead. and, bothered TO a degree
by the sharp turns Of the track. won by
some FIVE Yards over Charley Clark, of
the Xavier Club, with Ike Lowell in third
place. Alvah T. Meyer won the special
6j-yard run. and the relay team OF the
West Side Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation won the relay race at one mile.
The summaries follow:
SS)-yaTd run SPECIALIZATION by Homer
Baker, New York A. c.. William Ander-
son. loughlin Lyceum. second; Melvin A.
Time, 2:03 l-5
s5-yard dash (speciaD.-won by A. T.
Meyer, lrish-Amerlcan A. c.: Dan Ferris.
unattached. second. Bot Eller, George
town University. third. Time, O'o7 Us.
,440-yard dash Chandicap).-First heat
Won by Val Crawford. Hudson Guild az
yards; G.. Wilcox, unattached 90 yards),
second. Time, o:55. Second heat-Won by
y. J; Casey, New York A e. 0l YARDS;
T. W; Hills. Mohawk A. G. uS YARDS,
6; A; True, West Side Y. NJ. G.. A: II.
Huschon, Irish-American A. e. 90 YARDS,
second. Time. O:5S i-5. Fourth heat-Won
by j.; Schwartz. Glencoe A. G. az YARDS:
~. IL 4 NgN
ond. Time O5s Is.
Fifth heat-Won by James NJ. Burke.
Lenigh University % yards) J. J. Dorsey.
havler A. c. "a yards), second. Time,
Final heat-won by ]. j. Dorsey. Xavier
y G. Oh YARDS. second; r w. Hills,
oM!ohawk A. c. az YARDS. third. Time,
Two-mile bicycle race-Won by William
Waeldner Dominican Lyceum William
Xanden Dries, New York A. C., second ;
JACK Townsend, Dominican Lyceum
third. Time. 5:3i 10.
Two-mile run (speciaD-Won by Tom
y,anney, lrish-American A. G., second;
- A. OConnor. Knights Of ST. Anthony
third. Time, 9fl 4-5
One-mile run (novice)-Won by ]. Collin,
Columbia University; A. Russman, Har-
third man finished Time, ass
M-yard run-Won by Bob Eiler. George
to"n University; Charles Clark. Xavier
\. 6, second; Ike Lowell, Irish American
a; G.. third. Time, O35.
wrestling 02-pound class: first bout
=. hugglerio, Grace A. C., threw b. Oh
Ken. Harlem Y. NJ G. A.. with half
seconds
second bout--V. V. Vosen, Bronx Church
House threw I'D Hun. National Turn
Serein, with half Nelson and crotch
hold IN minutes