New-York tribune., 1912-03-01
KV|AT'S TASK TOO BIG
One-Miie Champion Defeated by
Long-Mark Runners.
MEYER BEATEN IN SPRINT
Kramer Also Fails in Long Race
When Bell Rings a Lap
Too Soon.

Long,mark men proved too much for
Abel r. Kivat in the 1.oo-metre handicap
run at the games OF the Spanish War Vet
Grams in the 22d Regiment Armory last
night The national one-mie champion
never succeeded in getting through his
field and ran unplaccd, despite the fact
that five prizes were offered. f. Jenny. Of
Columbia with a start of 30 yards, won the
race by three yards from J. j. Clegg. of
McCaddin T.yceum.
In the first heat of the 70-yard handicap
e. p. Clark. running from scratch, worked
TO the front in fine style. winning on the
tape in Z So seconds. a. T. Meyer, the ia
tional champion. started from a foot he
hind scratch in the next heat. but could
not finish better than second. Another
scratch man 10 win his heat was H. Hei-
land of the Xavier Athletic Association.
His time was 74-5 seconds.
<. Mundt, a st. Bartholomew a. c. man,
with an eight-foot start, beat Clark in the
semi-final heat. the time being % seconds.
in the next semi-inal Meyer qualified by
running second. Heiland won the next
ssmi-hnal in 1875 seconds, getting away
like flash. The final heat resulted in f.
Selrich, of the Dominican Lyceum. win
ming from the l1-foot mark Meyer finished
;hird, beating Heiland in the last few
strides The time was 2-5 seconds.
r. Ormsbee. a promising sprinter from
Columbia, won the seventy-yard novice
dash. He covered the distance in 7 5-5 sec
onds
A mistake in ringing the bell lap too
soon possibly cost w. J. Kramer the 5000
metre run. The fve-mile indoor champion,
starting from scratch, had to concede
marks all the way up to l75 yards to an
unwieldy field of sixty-three runners. The
moment the pack was set in motion Kra-
mer went away in rare fashion. cutting
down his men IN rapid succession.
Early in the contest w. Stokley a negro
athlete from the Fanwood Athletic Club,
moved into the lead. lie had an allowance
Of 100 yards. Half mile from home Kra-
mer moved into second place, closely at
tended by Eddie Carr. the Xavier Athletic
Association veteran, who had been allotted
no yards Kramer moved fast but Clark
stuck to him, and at TIE bell the Xavier
man hit up such a clip that the champion
was beaten off. Carr however, failed 10
reach Stokley who won by a margin of
fifteen yards from Carr, who led Kramer
by yards The time was sic As. Had
the race been the full distance Of 1905
metres, it would have been ! mile and 1,52C
yards. Kramer would probably have done
close. to SO, or about 10 seconds behind
BOnhags record The Long Island crack
ran a good race, as he had 10 so around
his field, thereby running many extra yards.
Long after the details of the contest had
been announced it was decided that the
race would have to be Te-run. the referee
ruling hat under the conditions it was no
contest.
1t was after midnight before the runners
were called to the mark.
= dead heat lent zest TO the finish Of the
one-mile handicap relay race. a lap from
home Heiland running for the Xavier Ath-
letic Association, found himself in second
place three yards behind Mclaughlin. The
first named failed on two attempts TO pass
his man. but in the final squirt managed to
catch him al the tape. II was decided not
10 re-run the race and extra prizes were
awarded.
Poor management initiated against the
success Of the games, and II was LONG
after midnight when the last race was run.
n addition 10 this those much talked OF
runners. NJ. W. Sheppard and Harry Chs
sing robbed the 4OO-metre race of all inter
est through their failure 10 appear for the
decisive heat. Gissng won his heat after
a hard struggle through good field, while
Sheppard qualified second in the heat In
their absence f. Pritchard, another Irish
American runner. with an allowance Of
yards, won the final heat.
l. Erickson captured the running high
jump from scratch with a fine leap of
feet / inch. The bar was then put up to
63 to give the Mott Haven jumper a chance
for an indoor record. but he failed after
three brave attempts.
The summaries follow:
70-yarl dash novice, fnal heap-Won by r.
Armshe' Coumbis; r. Won Hazen, -; @ ~aul $
Il 9. third Time. O.o7Ss
10-ysid d4sh thandicap. final heaD Won by
j. selrich. Dominican Lyceum d1 feet j. a.
Kenny. Nayiar A 4. 03 feeD. second, A. I.
Never. Irish American A. {. penaiized FOOT,
5000 metre run handicap Won by W.
Stokely. Fanwood A c. d20 YARDS: r. p. Carr.
Xaver 4 A. NiO Yards, second. J. plant.
irish American \. {. ua5 YARDS. third. Time,
S16ss.
one-miIe relay race dandicap: Y. NJ. G. A..
dead heat between Xavier a. A. 90 yards.
Gribben. McDonough. Lohse and Hieland) and
knights ~ 81 Anthony C27 yardsl. 'McIaughlin,
Holmes. Miller and Mciavneyb. West side Y. NJ.
g a. 90 Yards, blocking, Schnabel, McEntee
and SEYMOUR. third Time. q 2 :
2 600 metre walk thsndicap) Won by T. car
roll Irish american a. G. C27 YARDS; f; X.
Plant Long Island A. q. 20 yards. second; &.
Lew Glencoe 4 C. ,S5 Yards. third. Time,
l4.5O %
Erickson Mott Haven \. g. tFcrstch). feet |
inch. A. Moller. Norwegian 7. $. % incbesl
second Charles Martens. Mott Haven 4. {. @
incheS. BIO third.
1000 metre run thandicap) Won by r. Jenny,
Columbia as ysrds), J. J. Clegg. Caddin ~
ceum ~ YARDS. second, i. Murphy Mohawk
=. &. go ,ardsi. third. Time. 23l
Two-mile bicycle race lhandicap; final heaO--
Won nv r. "a Goodwin Irish American A {.
scratch, Harold Lightfne, Glencoe A. C. dio
Yards second H. j. Murphy. Atlas Bicycle
club 30 YARDS, third Time 5:08%
400 metre run ,handicap: hnal heaO Won by
E PritchaIG. Irish-ATericen a. g. H Yards
". Finkels,ein, Mott Havcn a. G. D6 YARDS.
second. =. ~ Smith, Mohawk A. g. O7 YARDS,
third Time 0.ai%..
One-lsp nag race Cscrstchi Won by n A.
Kurka. George Russell cub. T. Britain,
Richard Harding Clup. second; J. Van Pclt,
Colonel Wyokof cub third. Time. 0.21%.
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