New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-28
ARMORY RECORDS GO
Five Broken in 18th Regiment
Indoor Games.
KIVIAT WINS BY YARDS
Plenty of Smash Ups and Lots
of Rough Riding in
Bicycle Race.

champion, won the one and one-half mile
handicap. which was the feature OF the
annual fall indoor track games OF the 18th
| Regiment, held in the home armory last
night, in minutes Is seconds. which
broke the former standard established by
Billy Kremer, the 'cross-country cham.
pion, by 1915 seconds. Kiviats record is
! only an armory standard. but there We're
| judges who declared last night that II ne
had been pressed 10 the last limit Of his
wonderful speed he might have surpassed
the American record of $40 20. made by
! Tommy Connect in 1925 on a cind,r pash,
with the advantage Of spiked shoes.
Kiviat's performance, however. vas not
the only one in which the record for the
armory was established. Frank z. Plant,
OF the Long Island Athletic Club, Won the
! half-mile walk in 3:24 10, which took ~
seconds off the old mark; J. NJ. Ross, of
! the list Company Of the 18th Regiment,
won the 75-yard hurdle race in 9 l-5 sec
| onds. which broke Harry Hillman's mark
| by 2-5 Of a second. and in the one-lap OBJ
stacle race 3. NJ. Edgerton won In l;Ol 80
which bettered the old mark by go Sec
| Onds
Kiyiat ran a masterful race. Allow
| ing handicaps which varied from - 10
| 100 yards to a fast field, he sped along
until shortly after he had run one iihe
] ne was up with the leaders. II, kremer'
/ brother Of the 'cross-country champion
gave Kiviat hard fight OF it for ABOUT
onc-orlarter OF a mile further, out When
! Abe heightened his stride and MT UP DIS
squirt Kremer quickly dropped into the
ruck All alone Kiviat coursed along ana
breasted the tape an easy winner Ills
victory was popular. and the announce
ment that he had broken a record was
wildly checred
| The thrills. however. were not coni'heo
20 the smashing OF records. When the
| three-ruiIe bicycle race was ridden th'
cornnetitors showed that they cared not
= whit for wheel or limb, and many and
hard were the falls, while women gasped
and those who relIshed such things howle'
and roared their approval Nheh u.'
v.ounded were carried off and the casual
,Iss recorded some one discovered that
William van den Dries. Of the New horh
| Athletic club. had scored another popular
| ,ic,or,, out of the several riders VINO
| started the race all except Van zen Drles
ION nj least once. several fell more than
once and some OF the falls were not eX'
actly accidental
Eddie Goodwin. Jack Townsend ana Van
den Dries rivals Of old, met In the ma
heat. end the crowd sat forward on thell
seats 10 enjoy spectacle. They GOV al
they were looking for and n little interest
The race had progressed only one lal
when J. SIusteT. Of the Empire '''S
! Wheolmen. fell with a crash. The climax
! however. was vet 10 come. About three
quarters Of mile from home Van Den
Drles led. riding on the pole with food'
uir Tanned on his wheel, in good position
~ iunp out when the time came. Good'
win reckoned without his host' az ioH",
send came out Of the ruck. and. passing
little 10 the side OF Goodwin, held MIN
| in a neat pocket from which there was nc
escape.
The leaders pedalled down the stretcU
and all hit the turn together wheIe
Townsend and Goodwin collided ana teH
Neither was badly hurt and both re-
| haunted The race was over To all IN
tents and purposes. but not the feeling &c
on the backstretch Goodwin got In behind
Townsend. and. suddenly squirting out
rammed him from behind. Both went
dowp again. Van den Dries won, ano
when he crossed the line tainted away aho
crashed to the track
! The half-mle run In heavy marching
order afforded plenty OF fun Tor th'
crowd. but il was hot heavy Work TOT 'h'
soldier lads. who were glad when u was
over. About one-half the starters dropped
M, and sitting around at various part
NJ the track they were Interested specta
tors After IL was all over they grayel'
shook the hand Of IT, J. Tamoney Wh'
won.
The summaries follow
soo-yard run Cnoylc.l-Dead heat ost"e.'
george Butcheon, sth Company. and p =
Brigss; O. Y Mccormick. second. lime
o.asi.s Tossed a coin. and Briggs won
seventy-hvs-yard dash lhandisaplLM.t S pS
n reoSru ne pan" Vard,,' second: A. Plnk.rton oil
| Company % YARDS. third. Time. O;oSl p,
| One-miia bicycle race (hAnnicap) won % =.
| Goodwin. LIST Company tscratch!. r. Il. nam nam
! 6tb COMPANY go YARDS, second; w. h In ~.
| ncRren. list Company $50 vardsl' thfn' li'h'
| 2.39 10. , ~. a., :
piisy sth Company "a yards) II. Lam ~
Company l56 varlsl, second j. buSH,es' ~
| Conopanv 80 YARDS. third. Time. -.lo 10. !,
sSO'yard run thesyy marching oraeDr VIZ u ~
II + TOmoney. ist Company IL y. pr
dorfT. 9th Company seconI' IL ''e''' ~
| Company. third. Time 2:5l 20. =, ,,,u,,
award obstacle race--WOn BY u; NJ. EGsg,
TON l2th Company: &. 5. Haskell ISL ~
many. second: w Collins. 9TH COMPANY ''''N
| Time ! :0i 3-b. , - psor r7tl
Regiment; H. Ottman. "a NaNal ha't ,sir,a
ssCond: r. Coyle. 22d Regiment third Time
Seyenty-fiv ward low hurdle race mandlcsp
| Uon nv ! NJ Ross (scratchl. Isl 'orlptnsl
| Pdrlsrton 9Th Company % feet, secoh.
= & Ruggles. 9th Company " lee'' WIN
inward run Chandcapl-Won by II. Hsr s!no,
| "a Caranany Is yards): r. valentine, ISL ton
pany % vardsl, second X. Sreuenoes" ''"
| "a yards1 third. Time, O:8 10 w !,
| ' S5SS,piiis d-a-half run handicaPl-Won i, %,
| p Kiviat 4th Company; u. kramer 9t,
Company UlO yards). second J. A. Meens O''
| Comnsny Cs5 yards), third. Time. $50 10. r,
| UsIF-mIle walk (handicap. openl-"Ii uy ~.
| y plant, Long Island A. c. sciatchls VI
| Plant Long Island 4. G. Il seconds seeohd
| No third Time. 1924 is. , W.. -, I,
| Three-mile bicycle race topenD-"oh Gy -
| Van den Dries, New York a. G.; A. o. I'm
| Emnire city Wheelmen second: J. DE toss
| Emappire CIV Nhselmen third. Time. 1882.