New-York tribune., 1912-03-31
HONORS FOR XAVIER A. A.
Captures Relay Race at 9TH Regl-
ment'S Indoor Games.
SHEPPARD ON BEATEN TEAM
Company F Wins Both Military
Trophy and the Halsted
Bronze Lion.

The Xavier Athletic Association team
carried of the only open event at the sixty
first set Of games Of the 7th Begment Ath-
letic Association. held In 'no armory, 9th
street and Park avenue. last night It had
been expected that the lrish-Amori0au
J Athletic Club four. with Mel Sheppard as
! last man, would he able to bring home the
bacon but the best it could do WAS to
finish third several yards behind the Ma
t!onal Athletic Club team. which gave
Xavier q close race for first prize
When Sheppard took up the running in
the final relay mis- task was hopeless, as he
was many yards behind the Xavier and
National rivals. Taking the turns the
olympic hero lost ground but at that he
covered his quarter IN "a seconds. the fast
est Of the lot
COMPANY F cleaned NJ IN the point
competitions winning the military trophy
with q points and the Halsted bronze lion
with total Of 50. Most Of the contests
were hard fought though as rule
Father Time had little 10 fear
II was typical 7th Regiment crowd,
smartly eowned women and men in evening
clothes being there in about equal numbers
Promptly AZ o'clock the gun sent the
sprinters away in the first heat Of the 93-
yard novice. and from then on there was
something doing every minute
Although \. link, the scratch man. ran
himself out IN tho O1-yard handicap. he
never had = chance j. Y. Converse and Z.
4 Grant set the pace from the start. con
verse had q 2i-yard allowance, and he broke
the tape fifteen yards I'M front Of Grant
link faded away IN the last fow strides
and lost third place to T. Treat. one of the
short mark men.
O. + Scheffler, the scratch man. vent
through his field I'm fne style in,the one
mile roller skating race \ lap from home
he caught a p Heinrich who had =
yards After thar Schefler had no trouble
in winning bv ten wards from Heinrich I'm
the fair time Of 317 81.
,, The first armorv record 10 go by the board
vas in the 22o-yard obstacle race. when r.
Volbracht. of Company ". covered tho try
fng course H. 81 So seconds, This heat the
old mark, made 0y a y Ward 4 year ago.
hv two-lftLs 0f l second \0I.r9 mr. made
his record IN the frsr heat 1u f.e una.
heat p. A King, 1r. COMPANY F man. de
veoped surprising speed and won easily in
81 3-5 seconds or three seconds better thap
the other record, made an hour earlier
The summaries follow
coward run handicapl-Wor by o. h. Cow
verse, Company "a yardsD. Z A Grant. Com
pany n "a YARDS. second; y, Treat. ComranF
y q Yards, third Time. l7ls
Tent raising ccnte5t-Eon by Company ;.
Company E second. Comrsny G. third Time.
%insty-,hrea-yard novice fraI heao-Uon by
J g. Fslon. COMPANY 2, " Pryan. COM
panv E second 4. Y Preston. 'ompanN ].
= Equipment race $50 yards. sorateh)-vOn by
y L Butler, Company 4 ; W. Treat, Com
rsry I. second. 7. Falli. Company =. third
Haif-rnils roller skating race Cnovtoe)-7von
by c. /. Jell!nghaus. Company l. \ E. Ward
Company E. second J. G. Qusck, Company NJ
y Nin.ty-thEse-yard dash Handioap: anal heao
Won by W ?. McKenna, Company ~ teetl
{: \. .Borlanan Company a feep, SECOND
II. s. o'Br!en. Company Is teeD. third. Tim@
Putting 1e-pound shot dnandicap)-won b.
Decker. Company E az feeD, with q put Of 46
feet liz inches; P. Hsnishterger, Company @
ll2 teeo. second. with put OF "a fee! ! inch
r.. W ot i a;a t.s, STSany i5oh f''o third with
one-rnile roller skating race (handicap)-Won
Heinrich. Company A as yard., second +
Dean Company E 80 yards, third Time. 3:27H
352-yard run Gsndicapi heavy marching
yards. A Gordon COMPANY F e Yards. sec
ORD Y. Treat, Company II a YARDS. third
Obstacle race scratch, 22o yarda-Final heat
won by P. A King r.. Company F; r yoll-
6Eacht c9mpea9y, H 4r, second " W. Friend
Wall scaling contest-Won by Company 7.
Time, 102 As. Company l. second. Time
/ 90 2-5 Company H. third. Time, 1Oe 2-5.
Running high jump (hardicapl-Won by W
Kennelery 'r Company scratch, 3 feet s
inches: r. L. Baldwin Company II Z inches,
) feet inches, second. VI. r. Cramcr. Com
pany VI 4 inches, 3 feet IN hes third
Intercompany roller skating relay handicap
race-Won hy Companv y ,scrat,h. Company
4 C75 yarisJ. second. Company so yardsl
third Time. Sir -
ssO-ysrd inteIcompany relay race Gaadicapi-
Won bv Company r tscratCls Company VI ,96
yardsl. second. Company : - vards,. third
Time. l.45 -.
300 yard run handicar Won by vs. J.. NJ
Keuna Company = 90 rdriJ. E s Grant.
Company ~ YARDS second, g. N. Bergman.
Compau" 4 '5 Flrds. third Time 0"trf
one-miic r.iHv handicap tsr..uh Won hy
Xavier A. & HI yIril GrinN.n. Iu.4a Wee.
land and N.U0uplrh. National A. o. .GS yar4ei.
Finger 'al.u-. DItw4uu anil Htlly. second
Irish American A. e. t2r 'Hgdsi. Hirshon
Gardner. rrtchar' and Sheppard ;hird Time,
1896
S,sepIechase w.'h o., inch hurdles ,handirap.
final hgau-Nor Dos H. Perkins. company O. ,5
yar5D. g. b. Drtu.. company ! IS yarisl. -er-
ouI. rs N"I't.a'. company "a % yarj-l. third.
Time. O.#0
urrsmue novice Gr officers ,uu-Von by
w Ar Leonard. Camnau. ". O. A. IN orho'i
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