New-York tribune., 1912-02-18
ZONES TURNS THE TRICK
Marvellous Work OF lthaCan
W. Wins Relay Race for Cornell.
WOMEN FAINT IN CROWD
u,rotobed Management Causes
rrusb at Columbia Games
Reserves Called Out.

fs'ay comes in the 22d Regiment Armory
.Job, and brought victory to the Cor
N .aor, when It had fallen far behind.
ps. % a, one well timed sprint at the start
ssg.s.s big niece OF the ground that his
,sredecessors had lost, and in the last lap
p. into the lead with such a wealth of
s,ssd that Bodley, OF Pennsylvania who
,a,,,nr the running for tho Quakers
a rnsolnC them in front was fairly run
tis feet The time ot the race was
- within a few seconds Of the rec
ord --- -.
=. militant that has been seen in New
,..r, in many day. He pulled his team
49,, Of what seemed 70 be sure defeat and
,-on with ridiculous ease.
,,ortain Putnam of. the Cornell track
,.,m NIT the Ithacars in front At the o"t-
-, hui he was hard pressed by Koch, Of
norvard who forced him ell the way. with
;Tsyer,ng. Of Pennsylvania. and Baker, Of
NE rlrht at their heels NJ. l. T. WIS
ont ,of. Il from the start.
iS,vder took up the burden for Cornell
v1 en- advantage of only n yard over
Ts1aul. of Harvard |nc two fought it out
vjtb Creery, Of the Quakers, and Seymour.
NJ Yale. close up. IN the sprint Tenaul
heat SNYDER, and Warren, of Harvard had
ne lead al through the third relay al
though hard pressed by Foster, Of Pennsyi-
yanla. who had forced Finch. Of Cornell
into third place. Foster had wonderful
spg-t at the end and sent Bodlev of with
lead Of FIVE wards over Prebls, OF Har-
ward with Jones three wards back. tn"
latter had no trouble in catching tho Har-
ysrd runner and bided his time TO get Bod
Icy He came up on even terms with the
Quaker at the beginning Of the last lap
and heat him 70 the tape by twenty yards
Preble was third. while Plat, Of Yale. was
bali a lap behind
One ard al acreed that every known
record for POOR management was broken.
When the advance cuard arrived they found
the only means Of getting in was small
doorway at the 6Sth street corner In n few
minutes the crowd began TO Jam the en-
trance, and by 5 o'clock the line extended
for a block down Broadway.
The crush became so great that people
nearly had their ribs stove in and the
women passed through experiences they
viii not soon forget. Several tainted, and
the wonder is that serious injury did not
result At one time the crowd, pressing
forward past the box Office, rushed the
gate Some Of those who looked at their
watches when they arrived declared IT took
them thrty-fve minutes TO get inside.
Competitors and officials seemed 20 be
rs helpless as the spectators. They circled
the armory vainly trying to discover otner
means Of entrance. and finally door on the
6th street side was opened for those hold
ing competitors tickets. II had been the
intention 10 start the games promptly at
o'clock, but at that hour even the officials
had not succeeded i'm forcing an entrance
By o'clock the place was packed with
patiently waiting throDE, and the crush
without was s big as ever. A little before
that Il was found necessary TO send for the
reserves from the GSth street station, but
that was like closing the barn door after
the horse had been stolen.
A. T. Meyer, the Goet footed sprinter,
eoualled the worlds record for sixty yards.
The Irish American star, who was on
scratch. turned the trick in the semi-iinal
heat. after q poor start. Twenty yards
from the finish Meyer was several feet
back Of the leaders, but with A fine spurt
the champion managed 70 get up in the
last stride
". T Conway, a clubrnate OF Meyers,
got second IN this heat. The first named
had a handicap Of five feet. J. 2. Har-
land, Of Princeton aided by q slx-foot
handicap. won the final heat The best
Meyer could get was fourth, although
inches separated the leaders The time was
p again 8 2-5 seconds.
The much-talked-of interclub race be
tween the New York Athletic Club and the
Boston Athletic Association proved uneX-
pectedly easy for the local quartet There
was nothing to choose between the first
men, De GrUchy and OHara finishing on
even terms. Richmond then took up the
running for New York, and ne soon Began
to draw away from Gram
When Richmond finished his part of tho
contract he was five Yards i'm front. Frlck
did even better, opening up gap Of twenty
Yards between himself and Halpin That
Practically settled the race, as Wood proved
too speedy for Prout. New York finally
winning by twenty-five yards. The time
725 l-j-was fast
lA a stirring finish by Dolan won the Class
college relay race for Fordham From
the start the Massachusetts Agricultural
team Looked Ike a winner. but Dolan
turned the tables when he cut loose a lap
from home. Amherst finished third. The
tine was 1885,.
Running one OF the best races Of his
career, Abel r. Kiviat won the Baxter mile.
This gives the coveted trophy to the Irish
American athlete for all time, as last
nights victory made his third successful
effort.
Ihere we're only four starters Hedlund,
Of Boston, who beat Kiviat a week ago,
mac the pole, while Kimball, another Bos-
tonian. came next with f. Moran. of the
New York Athletic Club. In third position
ana HiEiat on the outside.
When the gun spoke Hedlund jumped
away In the lead, closely followed by Kiviat
ana Moran, with Kimball trailing. They
moved along at q fast pace in this order
unui few yards past the half-mile mark,
shen Kiviat heightened his stride and
passed Hedlund The Boston man disputed
me others effort. but Kiviat had the speed.
MORAN hung on gamely for time, but
hlmoall was soon dropped
After Kiviat raced 70 the front he slowed
up taking plenty OF room and always cut
ing loose whenever Hedlund attempted to
90 by. II was then seen that the Staten
Islander had the race at his mercy. They
spHnted through the last two laps, Kiviat
Winning by about four yards. Hedlund was
az IN at the end The time, 422 l-5, con-
auerlng the track, was fast.
me fve-mile run brought out strong
hsld. with George Bonhag and Tom Collins
on scratch, Handicaps were given to about
~enty other aspiring distance men, includ-
ing Mike Ryan and Eddie Carr, both OF
"hom received the limit OF IFS yards.