New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-08
SMITH Wins LONG RUN
Captures Senior Metropolitan
Five-MiIe Championship.
M'NAMARA FIGHTS HARD
Irish American A. 9. Runs Up
Big Point Total in Games at
Travers Island.


clear cut victory in the senior track and
field championships Of the metropolitan
district OF the A. A. L. at Travers Island
yesterday The New York a. c. team fin
ished second and the few points that re-
NAMED after the two major organizations
had finished went TO the smaller clubs Of
tho district.
From the point OF view Of attendance,
both of spectators and competing ath-
letes. the championships were not as sue
cessful as they have been in other years.
but what they lacked in quantity was
more than made up for by the keenness
Of the contest and the intense rivalry be-
tween the two leading clubs.
Very few Of the old guard were on
hand, some were competing In the Cana
dian championships at Toronto and 9TH
ers were marking time for the national'
championship games which ere 10 be held
at Pittsburgh within fortnight. But
even with the veterans Of other DAYS
gone there were new stars to step into
their places and fll them acceptably.
Harry J. Smith. formerly OF the Pastirne
A. c., who came 70 the fore by winning
the junior two-miie title week ago.
stamped himself as one OF the best dis
tance runners Of the day hereabouts by
winning the hve-mile run after killing
struggle with J. ]. Mcnamara. Of the
Irish-American A. G.
Smith practically made his own pace
every step OF the five miles, and he
gagged himself so accurately that he not
only met but actually fought down every
challenge TO make him give up the lead
Smith got or in the van at the start with
Fred Bellars and Critchley, OF the New
York a. c. at his heels. For the first
couple Of laps Bellars was content TO let
his teammate fight It out with Smith,
while he himself held back in tine field
just ahead Of Mcnamara and Tom Col
Inns, the Irish-American veteran. At the
beginning of the second mile, Bellars
went into the lead and Critchley dropped
back. Smith, however, hung on gamely,
following Bellars's pace with precision.
After running thus for half q mile or
more Smith again took the lead by jump
ing Belars on the backstretch. McNa-
mara at this juncture broke out from the
field and set after the two leaders.
He was soon on even terms with Bel
lars, and pressed the Mercury Foot man
hard, who in turn went after Smith with
renewed vigor. From that point Il was
a race among the three. Smith wore down
Bellars and then Mcnamara tried II out
with him for the last mile. The pair ran
stride for stride, Smith ever Jealous Of
the advantage he was holding. and Nc
Nsmara ever watchful for an opportunity
to slip through. Time after time the
Irishman challenged. only 10 find himself
outsprinted. In final dash around the
track Smith won by five yards, and Nc
Namara beat Bsllars by twenty-five. A.
Roth, OF the Mohawk a. c., ran plucky
race. Critchiey, who did so well at the
start, dropped out at the third mile, and
Collins quit little further on.
Eddie Frick ran a cracking race in the
half winning in 1857 rs, but he failed 10
get better than third when he tried Ia
repeat In the quarter. The half was
tricks race from the gun, although
Homer Baker pushed him hard in the
first four furlongs. IN the last laps Ertck
Just breezed along, and a rare sprint car
ried him across the line IN fast time.
1t the quarter he was unfortunate in
getting off to a bad start, and did we'll
TO finish when he did. A. Pepis, Of the
Irish American A, q, Jumped into the
lead at the gun, and was never headed
although both Leroy Wood. Of the New
York A. c.. and Trick did their utntose
to get him In the stretch. Pepis, how
ever. was too much for them, and wos
by two yards, with WOOD leading Fsiek,
by inches.
Abel Kiviat OF the Irisi-American C!nb
who has not fully recovered from h;f'
Olympic trip found winning the mis-
rather hard sleddinH De Grcuchy ana
Noble, Of tho New York A. @, had
Kiviat on the anxious seat b the ends
where the little rrish.AmsricaA craosI
ran with ell there was IN him, end w9h'
by trihe moro than two yards. psl
Grouchy made the running most OF thsi
distance, and pulled KiTas along at q
fast clip while Noble paced along. On
the backstretch for the last lap Kiviat
shot past De Grouchy, and thought he
had the race won, but Noble went out
at that particular moment, too. ana raced
after Kiviat hammer and tongs, II took
every ounce Of Kiviats reserve to get him
across the line winner
J. I. Wendell, the intercollegiate hurd-
ling champion, went down before j. J.
Eller, OF the Irish-American Athletic
Club in both the high and the low hurdle
races. In the high hurdles he led Elier
to the final jump, when the Winged Fist
winner shouldered past him and raced to
the tape. winning by inches. In the fur
long race Wendell was less fortunate and
was beaten by Eller BY a couple OF
yards. ID. Trenholm, the junior high
hurdles champion. was third. Eller's
time I'm the high hurdles was Is S-5 sec
onds, and In the low % 3-5 seconds.
Plat Adams and Henry 5. Babcock. the
former Columbia captain shared honors
in the field events with Pat Mcdonald
and Pat Ryan. Of the Irish-American
Athletic Club. Babcock won the pole
vault at Il feet. and took third in both
the broad jump and the hop, step and
jump Adams won the broad jump and
hop, step and jump. and was third in the
high jump.
Harry Grumpelt cleared feet inches
In the high jump. and just failed TO get
over the bar at 6 feet inches, lie and
Egon Erickson, OF the Mott Haven Ath-
letlc Club, had keen struggle. Both
cleared feet 2 inches, with an inch or