The sun., 1912-08-05
vOLLMEKE IN OLYMPIC
TOCS At PAST|ME GAMES
crack Walker. just Back From,
stockholm. Fails to Beat
Relay Team.
PROMISING NEW MlLEE
Eddie of hc MOhawks Wins on
His First Trial at the
Distance.

TN" pustronements Of the Pastiine A.
C. GanoS un account OF rain allowed
fr" club to present an added attraction
n tic person OF the Ciup's only starter
ID tn olympic games when the meet was
cid yesterday on Pastime Ovak Al
Ncllmckc. the crack walker. sportcd the
lriiutm worn by the American team at
s,nn In this country and the neat white
siit with red. white and blue stripes OF,
me neither garment and the shield on the
lcrsey drew forth applause when the
crack walker appeared to take part In
IL relay race. in which he walked a half
nile against two men.
=. Ncrran was the first man pitted
,Sain.t Noimcke. lie set such stiff pace
irat though Vollmekc tried TO go by In
fte backstrctch and again coming down
nc straight. he was unable to do So
and Nerran turned over a lead OF a yard
10 +. Weller, the standard bearer of the
cam Tor the final quarter Weller paid
title regard to the restrictions on heel
and toe work and went away from Voll-
'uckc so fast that at the end OF his
'rst furlong he had n lead OF ten yards
Stll using his easy going method OF pro-
-tession he increased this to fifteen yards
Hs they began to make the turn for home.
Then Vollmeke. who had been trying to
walk as fairly az an Olympic athlete
should. pulled little OF the lifting stuff
iimself and closed the gap so quickly
that Weller won by less than FIVE yards
The time was minutes 81 seconds. and
Dons!dering that Vollmeke had no prac-
ice since the games In Stockholm his
performance was fair one and earned
more applause from the crowd.
Two open events were OH the pro-
Ersmme, both FOR riovices. The eight fur
longs broucht to light promising miller
n Harry Bddlc of the Mohawk A. c.,
who sailed away from the field In tn.
.aet half and won 10y fifteen yards from
Sam Rosenbaum of the Morris A. A.
q, Nost an unattached athlete. led all
he way in the quarter mile open and
.rossed the tape five yards before
Ninckler and Hardy. both of the New
Nest Side A. c.
Eddie Frcl OF the New York A. g,
o,ned in the 1000 yard handicap for
Nercisc and had no difficulty in leading
tc modest Pastimc runners at the finish.
ir paced Niles Mc'Iush, the scratch man,
dong SO We'll that he won the race. In
W." on" mile and II half run q. ". De
'iruchy. another winged foot runner, had
N outing, and he also led the Pastiine
ucn who We're competing for the prizes
n trying to hang ON IL the New York
\ {. man Harry Jensen, the scratch
nan. used himself up. so that in the
ust lap after he had passed Dan Daily.
- yards handicap. the latter challenged
nd beat Jensen to the tape by two
ards.
The summaries:
100 Yard Handicap. Cioseu-Won by " !.
s-iey. - feet; II. shea ~ feet, second
+. g. Glu,och. scratch. third. Time, 10 40
.oconds.
r.ooo Yard Run. Handicap. cio.ed--won
~ Miles McHugh. scratch; =. q. Pianck. 20
ards. second; J, J. schcifher. 30, yards,
'hiri. Time; minutes 20 - seconds.
unattached: Gus Winckler. New West side
+, g, second' W. II. Hardy, New West
sid" A. r.. third. Time. 81 ~ seconds.
one Mile Run. Novice. Open--Won by
Harry Bid1le, Mohawk A, C., sam ltosen-
baum Morris A. a. second. George Fisher,
Na'ionsi ~. g, third. Time, minutes
90 D Secondr.
300 YARD Handicap. Ciosed---won by {. II.
N'"'r, 10 Yards q. Panck, s yards,
-,'ond: J. Brown. 20 yards. third. Time.
seconds.
Throwing the Discus, Closed-Won by "
'Ir'ln. - feet, with an actual throw OF ,oo
tot W J. presen, u feet second. with
:"et "a Inches; d. Shea. 20 feet, third,
fIslr Mile Walk: A. vo,lem.ke vs. G. Yer
..H and p Welor-Won by Verran ana
hs,lor. Time 3 minutes 81 seconds.
ono and Half Mile Run. ciosei-Won
De-. pan Da'", le5 yards; II. Jensen, scratch,
second, e. Erickuon, - yards. third Time.
u,rutes ~ seconds.
Stunning Broad Jump. Handicap Closed
nj Jump OF 10 feet Ia inches, u. r.
Emerson. 20 inches, second. with is fee,
s.. inches. ". J. Dresen. /. inches. third,
WIN IS feet 81. inches.