New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-30
M'GRATH BREAKS RECORD
Policeman Makes New Mark IN
16.Pound Hammer Throw.
sTROBIN0 LEADS FIELD
volehmainen Unable to Make
Up Big Handicap in Five
Mile Run.

climax TO a stirring set of games
Ia under the direction of the T,pperary
81 .s.ociation at Celtic Park yestcr-
say Matthew J. McGrath the burly po-
So.r,ar Of the Irish-American Athletic
$rrh b,oke his former worlds hGures Tor
-. throwing Of the lG-pound hammer.
~, C,ympic champion was never in bet
49, form He threw the heavy ball Tor
Ss,once OF 1871 feet . inches, which eX-
- he mark OF ISL feet inches, made
October last year. There was no tech
",.o,i,y IN roo him Of the record. In his
"|.r o,,e,npt McCrath hurled the deadly
r,iesue among the group oil spectators tha'
r,eo me fence. for 10 feet incnes, out
as ,ba,s was some doubt expressed that
this throw wo-.d be accepted he dld not
aesira ~ he created with H. Luckily, the
orlookers scury.ed 10 all sides TO safety
and no one was injured.
CASTOR 81. obino. the diminutIve marvel
=, tho South Paterson Athletic CLUB, VINO
oa.riod the American colors to third place
- tho OLYMPIC Marathon race, entered
his first local race since his return, ana
,Vsnlaved great speed. Thunders Of APP
,,avse greeted the athlete, who. with a
handicap OF 52j yards In the tive-mile run,
breasted the tape a winner with nun
dred-vard advantage. Hanncs kolehmai-
NON the wonderful Finn, suffered his sec
ord defeat in his fifth race in this coun-
,rr The 1.-the foreigner. however, al
,auad hsndicaps up TO half mile. He
1,,shed third some forty yards behind
Harry J. Smith. the junior and senior
sve-rnile rational champion, who was
second.
Melvin w. Sheppard, the peerless half
miller who won the Canadian Champion
shin al Montreal on saturday repeated
IN the half-mile contest, showing brill
,ant flash of form He attempted TO lo"er
his mark Of minute p % seconds for
the e6o-yard point, but failed BY four sec
amos soon after passing this point MS
lightning speed down the backstletch ana
through the field carried him 10 the lead
ing +. sition. He finished with tremen-
dous sprint. winning by five yards in the
fast time Of minute IS seconds.
Frank Kaufman, the Trinity CLUB
Splinter, who has been capturing prizes
with the speed of a comet for the last
three weeks, again won two prizes de-
mite n deep cut into his allowances ~
the Handicapped. Kaufman oreezed nome
easily by three yards from the @2-!aiu
marx in the 300-yard run, and also TOOK
second in the lOo-yard sprint from the
.lz-yard start
John j. DAILY. the Irish-Amerlcan NluO
s,eepiechase champion. sustained his sec
end successive defeat. when he ualiea
home william CALVIN, an unattacheo
,unner. in the two-mlle race. 1t was
ba,o ug1t. Calvin winning by twenty-five
vars Tom Collins won a creditauie VIC
tory in the thu ee-m.le run, as did W.
Powers. another Ce.t Tunne., VINO hdd .
,br-, COMPETITORS only a yard behind MN
in me one-m.le run. Inward ). @arNe!'
n the BelIeville Catholic CluD' the
scratch man, mad the race IN ms manu-.
but his squirt was too soon ano ne nh'sheu
lpe,ss vea.na Nike TaDu ana buster
banneio. in f.urtn place.
Tue Summaries follow:
ward dash uanuicaID-Won by George =
Kannr. l5ouN Cnurcn House O.. !aius''
Kaufman irnity CIuU IN yaidhl' sr''hu'
ADe Peyis IT.sH-AmeIicau n. Z. '-'s !"''9'
ebe nGls rgn ,haudicap, Won by W. ;.
Powers Irlsh-AmvricRn A. Z. 90 !AI4s' "a
lam unattached ~ yardSl. second ~ I,a"
Geld LOughlin Lyceum 10 yaios)' lhI!@' 4i'"''
~ s,.. v.o- t,.
Iro-nle steeplechdse thandicap'-Non ~
william Calvin. unattached 80 yaidsl JoHH
] Daly Irish-American A. &. tscratch'' So
ond; John - Drnneiiy. irish American - -
lG YARDS. iuirI Time. ll.s51s.
Tlree-rile run thauuicapp-Non ey IoiA :.
Collins lnsh-Americsn A. Z. Nv NaIJ1('
Ceorge Critchley New YORK 4. {. tepp yaiNal
second. NJ D. HIysman. Irish-Amei loan =. -
60 Yards th.Id. Time. l4:Sy -.
.5a-yard run thanIicapi-N on y = hau4-
nam, Trinity Club ,Sz yards. victor SaSSI'
NeW YORK e. IS YARDS, second; e. y
Maurer, unattached q YARDS. third. Time
sCa ,,-,,,- -
sss.ysr1 run Chandica pJ-Won by Melvin ".
Sheppard lrish-American 4. {. BcIatc",t
Dsnlel shea. Pastlrne' a. C. t3s yards. second
John Brandt. ANCHOR 4. c. "a yafos)' th'u'
The 10 1900.
Fye-mie run thandicapj-Won by CASTOR
siToblns, south Patterson A. G. 90 ystus,,
hsny smith. unattached $50 yaids), setOh9'
Hsnnes KOlehmainen. finland scratch w -
Los scott south Patterson >. c. tS5V ysros''
fourth. Time "a bh. 49,.
Putting l5-uound hummer ,han0icapl-Non
by Matt J AlcGrath, Irisn-AnleriCan A. y
scratch with 4 throw % 1871 H. IN n
NcD0ugaI. Ifish-American \. {. 20 l"eil
viii e throw OF Isl q, 20 IN. seconc; - r.
Herman unattached ~ feeu, with thro"
q j.; n. 1917 In, third. ~, g..
Putting lGpound shol ,hsnelcapj-Won by
n T. Yiahnes unattached a fe,ti. win an
saaal pu; % a Il. 2A in; \. J keich. lilsh,
American A c. e. fcei). with an aclus! put OF
H. In second; H. &. klages. New YORK
A. C. e feetj, with an actual put OF " IT,