Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-05
ARRANGING EVENTS
FOR 1ST RECT MEET
Special Numbers for Playground
Youngsters an In
nOvatiOn.
TO BE HELD FEBRUARY II

Instead of the usual events for local
schools, the athletic COMMITTEES ar.
ranging the details for the First regi-
ment indoor games, to be held Febru-
airy II, has decided to include special
events for playground youngsters.
me girls event will be an oatbag re-
lay, six girls to a team. Seven play
grounds will enter teams
Inc midget relay will be for bows
under fourteen years of age, four to a
team. For boys over fourteen years
of age there will be a seventy-five-
yard dash.
Twenty-Five men started in the
weekly handicap road race of Bronx.
Church House last night, which was
held over Az mile course in the
vicinity of Crotona Park, in which
several hills were encountered. Harry
Earle, the practical scratch man. off
20 seconds after the leader, won the
Fast time prize in $500. Charles
Thumler, one of the limit runners,
racing from the f1ve-minute mark.
was first home in 29:05. Those who
followed him home in the first ten
were j. Manning Q:15), 25:29; J.
Maier d:15), 25:34; M. Monte, (4:00),
28:20; ii. Cannarsa (2:15), 26.42.
George Crosby (S:40), 2s:14; D. Field
5000, 2s:42: E. Byrne d:0O), 25:45: e.
McCutcheon 5000, 2S:54
1t was stated last night that Harry
Smith, the runner-up to Hannes
Kolehmainen In the ten-mile cham
pionship race. probably would not be
competitor in the senior cross
country championship at Van Cort-
landt Park tomorrow. as he desires to
take part in the big flve-mile event
of the Bronx Church sports, which
will be held in the armory of the
Second battery, Franklin avenue and
166th street, tomorrow night. The
/ field in this race is said to include
some of the best distance runners in
the district as well as Johnny CAL
i lagher, the former Georgetown star,
who desires to measure strides with
the pick of the territory.
Rivalry of the keenest sort is mark
ing the preparations Of the soldiers
of the Seventh regiment for the an
nual intercompany games, which are
to be held in the armory, at Park
avenue and Sixty-sixth street, New
York, tomorrow night. Every COM
pany has a large squad of athletes
out, who are being trained by Paul
Pilgrim, of Olympic fame; Tony link.
tine OLD COlumDla track captain, IO1u
Reilly a New York University foot
ball and track star of a decade ago.
and J. ]. Storm.
Entries have closed for the ma
tional cross-country championship to
be held at Van CortIandt Park to-
morrow. This is the chief event of
the year, but though open to all
America only S. w, Root, of Phila-
delphia, will oppose the metropolitan
cracks for individual honors.
The refusal OF the registration COM
mittee of the Metropolitan Associa-
ton of the Amateur Athletic Union
to give the Crescent Athletic Club a
sanction to hold amateur boxing
bouts is the cause of little warfare.
The committee denied the sanction.
it Is said, because the Crescent A. G,
refuses to register its basketball play
! iers.
From what has been learned the
Crescent Athletic Club has turned the
. matter over to a lawyer member. who
is making a thorough investigations
so as to find some way the case can
be brought in a civil court to compel
the A. A. u. to grant sanction.