Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-22

Few laurels were annexed by Mid
dlesex county athletes in the Column
bian games held at Washington Park,
Woodbridge, Saturday afternoon. The
Mohawk A. O., of New York, scored
sixteen points and incidentally won
the meet while the New York A. G..
with twelve counters took second best
honors. Perth Amboy scored one lone
point,-a woefully weak showing for
a town of this size and keen disap-
pointment was marked on the c%ounten-
ance Of the large crew of local sup
porters who jo~urneyed to the little
burg up the line and paid their two
bits to see the exhibition.
Francis Howard Legget Mccormick
is the athlete who saved the day for
yards dash (handicap). "Mac"
best, probably because he wished to
save energy for the final run. Over
twenty men were on the battlefield
when the announcer called for the en-
tries in the "30O." When the finals
were started the ranks numbered about
ten and "Mac's' showing against the
New York cracks is commendable.
Douglas Couden, Lewis Compton and
Carl Mullins, the other local entries
failed to chalk up a point for Perth
Amboy.
"Spike" and \"Luke" tipped the
bar at five feet and five inches, which
Is about three inches below their stand
ard. Couden's performance was the
worst he gave this season. His poorest
mark in former competitions was five
feet and six inches. The performance
of the local high jumpers was attributed
to the manner in which the events
were carried out. The high jumpers
were compelled to wait over three hours
before their event was started. 1t is
believed Couden, Compton, and Andio-
medes, the scratch man, got the chills
during their long wait and so were un-
able to tip the bar in best form. Since
both of the local boys were given four
% defrhandicaps, a tie was declared be-
q now II I'M for fourth and fifth places.
to wi surprise was shown when Carl
tbe{ns, competing for the Iroquois did
lined Aualify fer the finals. The Cred
skin" was pitted against some Of the
hughest and strongest shot putters Of
the Eastern states. The scratch man,
R. A. McDonough, hurled the shot a
distance of forty-nine feet and eight
Mullins gave a fair perform
ance by putting the weight thirty
nine feet and nine inches.
cat" Belcher, the former local boy
pleased the large number of local root
ers when he vaulted eleven feet and
six inches. Caldwell Of the I. A. A. c.,
the scratch man could not equal Bel
cher's performance. But the only re-
greet that comes along with this per-
Torrance is that 1t was only an exhi-
bition and not in competition. When
the competitive pole vault was held,
Belcher could only do ten feet and six
inches. He failed to score a point be-
cause his handicap was six inches
while Peter Mayer Of the Mercury A.
O., had a ~neighteen inch handicap.
Mayer won this event while O. II.
for second honors with a vault Of ten
Inch handicap. F. x. DuTremblay of
the Irish American A. c., scored a point
for capturing third place with a ten
feet vault. Smith and DuTremblay
were at first tie for second and third
honors, but the latter lost in the jump
off when the Mercury A. G. man cleared
the bar at ten feet and six inches.
Caldwell the scratch man went over
eleven feet but failed when the eleven
feet six inches mark was reached.
Harry Haywood, the New Brunswick
athlete who competed under the colors
of the New York A. @, won the "300''
closed. Raymond Tool, Of Crawford,
was given second prize whAe third
place was claimed by Peter Kempson,
of M%etuchen. Mccormick Of this city
was entered in this event but did not
compete. It is claimed by many that
J'Mac' would have had a runaway in
this race had he competed since the
winning time was thirty-seven and one
tenth seconds. Mccormick claims he
did not hear the announcer make the
last call for the "30O' dash.