New-York tribune., 1913-05-26
MEREDITH BREAKS TAPE
Sprints on Home Stretch and
Wins HaIf-MiIe Race.
KOLEHMAINEN IN DEFEAT
Big Crowd Sees Keen Contests
at the Annual Games OF
the Postal Clerks.

T..
of Pennsylvania, who won the OJ-metre
run in Stockholm last year and went on
to establish new worlds record for the
half mile, captured the half-mile special
race, which was a feature of the annual
! track and field games Of the New YORK
Postoffice Clerks Association. held at
Celtic Park, Long Island City. yesterday.
Meredith kept behind the pacemakers
until the final l0O-yard stretch was
reached, when he sprinted along, as If on
the wings of the wind, to take the lead
and win by seyen yards.
Homer Baker. the Junior half-mile met
ropolitan champion Of the New YORK
Athletic Club, faltered in the stretch and
was passed by Meredith. TO finish second
Tom Halpin, of the Boston Athletic AS
sociation, captured the third position
three yards behind Baker, with ID. ,.
Caldwell. "A clubmate fourth. and Abel X
Kiviat. the national mile champion or
the Irish-American Athletic Club, hfth
Melvin w. Sheppard and Myles McHugh
OF the Pastime Athletic Club, made up
the field Of seven starters. but failed to
come through in the final fight, McHugh
stopping after covering lap and half
Hannes Kolehmainen toed the scratch
mark behind a field Of twenty-five COM
petitors in the three-mile handicap run
but Jagged at the start. and was forced
10 be content with second honors. John
]. Mcnamara, OF the Irish-American
Athletic Club. who had an allowance or
80 Yards beat the Finn by some six
yards.
Kolehmainen made a wonderful effort
TO overtake Mcnamara on the last quar-
ter mile. Tom Barden. another irish
American runner. was third eighty yards
behind. Kolehmainen was timed for the
distance I'm IL minutes q Is seconds.
which was FIVE and one-ffth seconds be-
hind the worlds mark. held by George
Bonhag. Had Kolehmainen taken the
race more seriously in the early stages
he would have beyond a doubt. chalked
up a new mark for the distance.
The games were the most successful
ever attempted by the postal officials. as
more than three hundred athletes were
entered. which included a dozen members
Of the Boston Athletic Association and
several college stars. A crowd OF some
twelve thousand persons stood seven
deep around the field.
James H. Duncan. Of the Bradhurst
Field club. who won the discus throw.
Olympic style. and Matt McGrath, Of the
Irish-American Athletic Club. who threw
the 16-pound hammer ls5 feet inches.
which was less than two feet behind his
worlds record. were among the promi-
nent competitors.
r. B. Clifford the one-mile metropol
tan and national walking champion OF the
McCaddin Lyceum. was placed on scratch
IN the one and a half mile handicap run.
but the allowance was too steep. and he
was unplaced. First place went to Ted
Neuendorfer. OF the New York Athletic
Club, who had a 25-second start, with K.
f. Hearn. a clubmate second.
William Meanix. Of Colby College. who
holds the quarter mile championship OF
Maine made two false starts in the final
heat Of the 30O-yard run. and this penalty
pulled him down to a two-yard handicap.
He was pocketed several times and
finished in third place.
The summaries follow:
Ninety-yard dash handicap by f.
Nestcr. unattached 90 yards: J. McKeon Pres
entation Club q YARDS. second. l. Glass,
sheridan A.. g. 06i2 yards). third Time. O:09.
One-mile run novice)-Won by VI. Gertz. un-
attached. II. Seeman Presentation club. sec
ond. \. Hundertmark. Brooklyn Evening High
School. third. Time, 4.49 50
too-yard run thandicap. closed TO Catholic
Athletic League)-Won by A. Lockwood. Oza-
nam A. A. qS yards) MURPHY. ozanam
Of St Anthony d5 yards. third. Time
l:i43-5
by Ted Neuendorfer. New York 4. G.. t25 sec
ondsl second. j Morrison. Long Island A. c.
as seconds. third. Time. 1859 Is.
0o-yard run taandicapI-Won by F. Loeer
Ho5oken Turner's IA yardsi; F. Houlihan. Pas
time a. G. az yards). second: W. Meanx
Colby COLLEGE a yards), third. Time. O.32 3-5
22O-yard run handicap closed 10 postal en-
ploycs)-Won by c. Nicholson Foreign p o.
l6 yardsl. 4. Dougherty station W scratch.
second; W. McIauehin. Paterson. N J. dS
yards, third. Time. 0:23 25
Fi'e-mile bicye &c race thaadicap)-Won by
Lester Bowker. Glencoe \. G. GT5 yards): T.
J. Murphy. Emlire city wheelmen j55 YARDS
second; T. A Kennedy. Empire city Wheel
men 30 YARDS. third Time 1927
l.O00-yard run handicap)-Won by Peese
Mount Mount Vernon n High school 90 yards; j.
Rosenbsum. Glencoe A. c. 90 yards). third
Time. PIP 45
Onemiie run Chandcap: closed to postal
employees by B. NIasterson Pennsyl-
vanla Terminal station 100 YARDS: r Eiser
ring fremont station 55 YARDS. second: F.
Alhertus go yardsl. third. Time. 4.5Oi-5
Half-mile run-Won by j. T. Meredith
University OF Pennsylvania. Homer Baker New
York a. c.. second. r. Halpen. Boston 4 A
third; ID. $. Caldwell. Boston A. A. fourth:
Abel r. Kiviat Irish American a. C.. nth
Time. 80 IS
Three mile run (handcap)-won bv John 7
Mcnamara. Irish American \. c. u50 yards):
Hannes Kolehmainen, Irish-American A C.
scratch. second Tom Barden. Irish American
A. c. dI5 YARDS. third Tme. 14:37
Throwing the discus Olympic style. right
and lcft hand)-Won by James H. Duncan
Bradhurst Field Club (scratch). with pa feet
right hand. l3S feet inches, left hand los
feet inches). Muller. Irish-American \. g
tscratch), with PAL feet. second fright hand
i3l feet IL inches. left hand. 100 feeD. I
Reich. Irish American a g 90 feeu. with
2l7 feet inches third fright hand IA feet.
left hand. 100 feet . inches)
Running hop. step and iump-Won hv y
q Connor. fastime \. c. rs inches) with a.
feet inches: ]. Levy. Glencoe A c. e feen
with 43 feet AZ inches. second; B Elcbnl
National A. c. % feet. with ,3 feet -.
inches. third
Throwing sixteen-pound hammer (handican,
Won by Matt McGrath. Irish American 4. G.
(scratch), with lS5 feet inches: Pa, RYAN
irish American A. G. scratch with iSi feat