Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-22
NEW WORKERS WIN IN
WOODBRIDGE EVENTS
Frank Mccormick Was Only Amboy-
an Who Made Showing for This
Cit --Third in 800 Yard Dash.
CROWD At COLUMBIAN GAMES

, Samuel Kennard of the Xavier A. A.
beat a large field of runner in the
1000 yards dash by finishing that dis
lance in 2 minutes and 26 seconds
William Kelly of the T. Il. B. s., OF
Newark, was awarded q medal for Sec
ond best honors while one point and
a prize was added to the laurels of the
N. Y. A. G. by w. E. Knack finishing
third.
Harry Dodd Of the Belleville Catho-
lie Club, Of Newark, aided by a six
yards handicap, romped away victor
from the 800 yards n His time
was 1873 seconds. McDonough of the
Xaviers, one Of the star athletes Of the
day, was given second honors. Nc
Donough started at scratch. Frank
Mccormick, unattached, Of this place,
took third place with a handicap of
seven yards.
In the two mile run, the Mohawks
scored five points when Biddle took
best honors by finishing that long dis
lance in ten minutes and eight and
two thirds seconds. Biddle was helped
along by a 100 yards handicap. H. s.
Earle Of the Bronx church athletes,
with a 140 yards handicap took Sec
ond place while c.. c.. Cutchley, a N.
Y. A. C. man was awarded third prize.
The race was close and when the first
mile was completed, Frank Joyce Of
the Mohawks, a scratch man, was
leading the field. His time at the end
of this distance was four minutes and
fifty-eight seconds.
John Vecsi Of the Peerless finished
e rot orl cooonl yaanoo+tpo1r IN tho
fourth heat of the 600" and thereby
was too speedy for these boys in the
last trials and neither could win a
prize. John A. Bohan, of the Xavier
A. A. with a handicap Of four and q
half yards brought home the bacon in
ten and one-tenth seconds. F. Uhlen-
busch of the Anchor A. c., who had a
handicap of three and a half yards RS
ceived a medal for second place while A.
S. McDonough of the Xavier with but
one inch handicap finished third.
R. A. McDonough, the scratch man
won first place in the shot put with
f~orty-nine feet and eight inches. N.
E. Uiahnes Of the Greek Americans
hurled the shot forty-seven feet and
three quarters inches for second hon
ors. Robert Micknas of the Mohawks
and J. J.. Quinn Of the Paulists were
tied for third place but in the play
off, the Mohawk athlete was given
the verdict. Quinn, known for his
wonderful performances in high school
circles down South Jersey, seemed to
be much off color in the events he en-
tered Saturday. He is known to many
here and was closely watched by these.
In the broad jump he was one Of the
poorest while last year with a better
field Of contestants, he took third place.
He was believed to be i'll.
J. R. Watson of the N. Y. A. G. was
the victor in the broad jump. His
actual jump was twenty-one feet and
eight and one-half inches, but he was
aided by q 15-inch handicap. F. Uhlen-
busch Of the Anchor A. O., with a han
dicap Of two feet took second honors.
His leap was twenty-feet and one-half
inch. Ferguson of the Alpha C. G. took
third prize for Jumping nineteen feet
and seven inches which was added to
a t~wenty-four inch handicap.
The winner Of the running high
Jump was A. Moller, of the Norg-Turn
society, who was helped to first honors
by a five inches handicap. His leap
was five feet and eight inches. William
A. Ferguson with an eight inches han
dicap was given second place; his act
nal leap being five feet and five inches.
F. R. Butler Of the Bronx G. G. was
awarded third prize after his ~"handy'
of seven inches was added to his jump
of five feet and three inches.