New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
SnatChes Victory from Grasp
of HaIpin in the Last
Furious Sprint.
RACE TEENS WITH THRILLS
Kiyiat Breaks Worlds Record
in Three quarter Mile Run
at knights of St. An
thony Games.

ter I'M The games OF the knights OF st
Antony. held in the armory of the i1th
Regiment last night The lad who won
first honors in the Olympic games IN
Stockholm. and who holds me worlds
record for the half mile. snatched victory
from the grasp OF +. J. halpin. OF Bos-
ton. in q game, driving tnish By some
what less tnaii two yards with Melvin
" Sheppard the lr,sh-Aricrican runner
IN third place. i've yards in the ruch'
Me-cd.th broke the worsted in % 5-5 sec
onds. Jim EoseHuerStr. who twice Won the
race. ana 10 whom th.rd victory would
have given permanent possession of the
prize, finished a bad fourth and quit Just
before The finish.
The race was one fit :or the gods. aud
the victory OF the Pennsylvania lad was
Won only after pyoaably ono OF the most
sensational and aamest inisnes ever seen
ON any tracn in the void. Throughout
the last sixty yards. iiaIpin and Meredith
raced Shoulder IL si.oulde.. strainiHg
every nerve ard muscle 10 shake the
other off. |; was only question OF
strength. and in the las, furious drive
10Y tn wire Meredith had the sprint
The teld med Up in 4 corner o. ne
o"mo"y instead cf On Ine resa,ay s,artnS
line. 50 that. they would lave TIE benef
ot Straightaway foY aboat thirty Or
fort; "s.ds uelore Lifting the hrs, turn.
Meredith drew the pole. itn y. !. Me vi.
-; tic lrish- American \. g.. ncN.: Sasr-
pAvG. third: j. NJ. EoSeuocrScr. fourta.
al ialp.u IN ~, ,Xtr,me ou,siHe. When
the men toed their marks a hush Of eA-
pectancy tel ON iEe SpC"ls.ors. md the
starting sgn sounded iiEc a lS-inch rifle
II was answered by roar from the Ct""d
and tho crra, race wa on.
Not ono Of the runners wayered or broke
on the line. The stat was perfect. The
hcld broke away. Meyer and Rosenberger
In the lead \ croau went up from the
crowd as Mel Shepard. the popular
layori;e. ualed bad last. running with
little q; his customary snap and dash.
The rest or the field rushed on oy the
one-time Peerless Mel" ard it was evil
dent right then that 50 Far as victory was
concerned. he was out Ct the race. llalpin
and Meredith We're third and fourth. re-
spectivcly. at that point
Rounding out Tor The dash down the
iirst straightaway. Halpin leaped oJt into
the ead and opened n gap OF perhaps
three Naros on the rest Of the field. At
that mark Rosenbergcr was second, run
ming strong. with Meyer third and Mere
dith back in the ruck. The pace was ter
rinc. Flesh and blood i, seemed. would
never he able 10 stand W under the Cruel
ling. Flashing along down the second
stretch, llalpin held his lead and then
swung along on the second and las, lap.
Down on the backstretch Sheppard vas
still running last, but Meyer had flashed
the distress signals and he fell back.
lighting Gamely, but stln falling away
lie was passed by Meredith and Sheppard.
and when the men came 10 the last turn
the blue jerseyed Meredith made mis- bid
lie did not try TO go around his fed but
sliced through on the inside humping
those who were before him in famous
style he got through. too. md Sheppard
tried 10 follow him. but In vain. When
Mel got there the opening hao been closed
Meyer dropped out just after Meredith
came through.
The crowd rose TO ITS feet. and the
shout. Come on. Ted fairly shook the
building Halpin heard. and he heard.
too, the rapid footbests Of hs fast gain
ing opponent Gamely did he try 70 hold
out, but forty-f1ve yards from home Mere
dith caught him. and the pair battled on
even terms Then Meredith summoned al
his waning energies into one last des-
perate drive for the wire. and just stag
sered home winner Sheppard finished
ike a cyclone. but he was not able 10
latch w to Haipin. VINO appeared 20 be
badly used up. Ira Davenport Of the
Chicago University. did not start
Abel r kiyiat. the distance flyer of the
Irish-American Athletic Club. established
4 new record IN the three-quar,er mile
run Starting from scratch. kivist non
his race by perhaps five or six yards. in
3:1s 30. which lowered the former record
held by himself, by one-ffth Of second
Miles McHush. OF tho Pastime Athletic
club. was second, running from the S5-
yarq mark, and ]. f. McCabe, Of the
Dominican Lyceum, was third kiviat
caught his field at about three-quarters
OF a lap from home. and then came on
10 outsprint McHugh. The latter ran
a pretty race. one Of his best in fact and
had he gone right out al the start and
used his superior physical strength in
stead " waiting until kivist caught him..
and 10 trying 10 outsprnt the latter. he
NIGH ave done lot better
G. q; Blush. Of the knights az ST. An
thon' ran pretty race in winning the
o0-y ID novice run from big field. He
ian Sell out in front all the way and
finished with something TO spare, in
l;2S 2-s J.. J. Holmes. Of the Bellevile
Athletic club, showed mis- heels TO feet
footed field in the SO-ysrd race. and won
with something TO spare. in g seconds.
The summaries follow:
suo-yard run ,noVioe)--Won by {. r. Blush
Knights Of -. Antony; j. Levine. lrph-Ameri-
AN A. G.. second: r. Brennan. 22d Regiment
Dominican Inceum {. feeu; T, Healy. 10
minican ISceum :, feep second 4. Woods
r21saln LSss s Non ree w. 'p pay I.e UVS
tsched rs secondsI; j. J. Ewry. Irish meri-
,sn a. G. 80 seconds. second; :. Schwartz
hish-Am.ricsn :. 9. 30 seconds third. Time
7:29is.
Thr.e-qusr,er- mile run--Won ~ Abel Xiv
lat. Irish American A g scratcni: Miles Nc
Hugh. Pssiimc A. O. 80 ysrdsl. second: J. =
McCabe. dominican lYceum 80 yards). third
Time. 3.N1.
soo-ysrd iun--won by J.. J. Holmes. Relle-
vile A. C. ,3iz YARDS: .. ". Mckenney, East
srn District T. NJ G. a. I'll YARDS. second
Hugo Iiorshon. Irish-Americsn 4. G. YARDS
third Time. O:S4.
ssO-yard run CLOSED TO Catholic Athletic
league and Church Athletic League by
8 q. waidron knights % 81. Antony II,
yar"st: q. ifulsenDo.ch. Pauiist 4. e. 20