New-York tribune., 1912-03-02
INDIAN PAIR IN FRONT i
PaStlme-MohaWk Team Win at
Commerce Games.
BALL FIRST IN HALF.MILE
Football Players Easily Lead in
Hurdle Races in list Regi.
ment Armory.

Harry j. Smith. Of the Pastime Athletic
Club. and Frank J. Joyce. OF the Mohawk
Athletic Club. running as the Pastime-
Mohawk team. won a sensational victory
In the eight-mile team race which was the
feature OF the seventh annual indoor meet
Of the High School Of Commerce. held at
the armory Of the fist Regiment last night.
The Pastime runner and his Mohawk part
ner set burning pace from start to finish
and led their nearest competitors, Eddie
Jordan and Eddie Carr, over the line by
over lap. The time was 25 :2S Alex Ahl-
gren and Charley Burrs. OF the Glencoe
Club. were third, and McCann and Coulter,
OF the Pastime club, fourth.
Under the rules OF the race the first man
was to run two laps. after which his part
ner could relieve him at will. but always at
the same place. Starting the race for his
team. Smith went out like quarter horse,
and on the second lap handed Joyce a twen-
ty-yard lead. Each succeeding relay saw
the leaders pull further into the lead. until
at two miles half the field had been Tapped.
and the rest, with the exception Of Carr
and Jordan were falling far into the ruck.
The war horses" OF the Xavier team stuck
close, and the flaming TX" was always
prominent in the race. Smith romped by
the fve-mile mark half lap In front OF
the Xavier team In % :O5 3-5. For the next
mile the leading teams battled with posi-
tions unchanged. but gradually Smith and
Joyce gained ground and Tapped the Xavier
men at SIX and three-quarter miles.
JACK Ball, who once wore the colors OF
Trinity School. scored an easy victory in
the half-mile run. Starting with an allow
ance OF six yards on Sam Swerling Ball
went out at a burning pace at the crack OF
the pistol and rapidly worked his way
through the pack until he caught the limit
men on the second lap. From that point
on until he broke the tape Ball raced away
from the field and won by 81 yards eased
up. Swerlng made up lot of ground nut
was not up to the task of catching the
flying leader.
Ball also won the O-yard dash in COM
mandIng fashion from feet-footed helo.
In this event he enjoyed an allowance Oh
eight yards on the scratch man, but ne
never needed IT, He sifted through the
pack, passing man after man 10 WIN Wy
ten yards. Hal Wallace. the hlsh Juihpe''
ran n bang-up race but failed TO get uP'
The football players had feast IN ','o
toward hurdle race. Paul Brown OF ''e
cubs raced to victory from tne "-iuO'
mark. leading A. Siegelstein' also OF O'e
cubs. by about two feet. Sp'
Tow. the varsity quarterback was t.'''
right on S!egelsten's shoulders Nd''a'e
had the trial heat OF the hurdles al ".S
,n.rcy hut with a lead OF some eight Na'uS
bo hurried knocked over the last huru'''
snrawIed. and the rest OF the heid swept
by him.
Abe We,nstein. tho lad who was set COW"
FOR year by the high school games
,nI,te. ran in the ~ and 30 yaru uasn'',
hut found the handicaps lltti' 700 h"s' g"
for him. and third IN the furlons was w"
hest he could do The prettiest race OF wv"
night came in the 7o-yard midget fare,
whom u posneisky. with n handicap "r .
Zoo, ran a dead heat with Willie Iesllc
tho scratch man. In the run-on fosneiSh'
,,ar.y.d IN poke his chest over the liae an
inch 10 the fore.
scyenty-yard dash ,midsc,-W,eGsn by !y,cnna n @.
nuskey 20 fecD. ". Leslie tsTa,ch'. se'o"u' w.
poIan III feet,. third. Time. O:oSs -. ,,..to.
Seyenty-yard dash ounlor) Won oy " C;onyhisn ~
(scratchi: \. Kahn ~ fccfl, se'oh'' l.
sovent,-yard dash ,senior, Won by II. SinS.r
90 fesu; ! Bash % G iSe.' '''on'' j.
u sSoV; vs,G t''ru Won by J. Ball C6 yardsl: $
s..yerliug ,scfatchl. second, IL Sche'Aetuah W
yards, thlrd Tlme, 2GS. , ..,.. IN
211 ward dash (senorl--Non by II. singer Nv
yards,, II schultz Il yardl r"cona. A'' WI"
stein fsrratci) third. Time. o.s"'s. 40 ,-..
One-inile run-Won by l.. Peace &" aiDs 10
sam Severiing (scratcnI second. {. H''nelu W
,ardsD third. Time. 1856. ~ a
punnins high iump-Won by H. smith 10
,pche., with an actual jump Of = feet lnches;
= G,rku 90 incheBl. second, with an a''uai
tnrr, ~ z feet inches: II Archibald % lnches)'
ybirf with an actual jump Of . feet inchee
Two-mile bicycle race-Non by fhile 1000 4o
vin Irish American A. c. ecratchl' JACK
.ro,, nsend Dominican Lyceum 90 Nhtls) sec
ond. Walter Raleigh. 18Th Regiment 10 yarus'
third. Time. 4.JI 20. -, . ,.,. n
40 ward run-wcn by Jack I}all - !ards); H.
pa.ch 40 yarls). second; ii. Wallace l- Nards''
third. Time 0:31 %. 49,, t,.o,,,
no feeu. A. Siegelstein 90 feeO, second, W.
'ro,y II foot third. Time. o:i0 10. 49,
300 Yard dash--Won by =. Coughlin 90 yardh);
" Mesloh (scratch). second IL. Meyer -
YARDS third Time, OBJ ,,....o.,,
TWelve-pound shot put Won by j. ROSENBERG
"A foep with an actual put Of 30 feet ~ lhcheS,
II ,,ann t2 feeO, second. with an actual put OF
~ feet 6iz Inches; r. Curtes % feep third Win
an actrsl put Of 10 feet l0lt Inches. .
Eight team race-Won by fastilie % %"o
hawk team diary Smith and Frank JOYCE
xa,ier team eddie Jordan ad Eddie 'arr, Sc
ond. GLENCOE team No. (AleX Ahlgren ana =
R,,rris, third: Mornlngside tenn No. g.. Nc
cam and f. a. Coctierl. fourth and Morning
side team No -. Williams ana o. NelsoW'
dfth. Time. 35:2S