New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
WOOD SHOWS SPEED
IN FOUR-M|LE RACE
Paired with Meadows, He Beats
QueaI and LongbOat at
EbbetS Field Meet.

Abble r Wood and Fred Meadows. rep
resenting Canada, ran one OF the fastest
two-man team races for four miles seen
In this vicinity in months In winning
that event al the final athletic carnival
held at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn. yester-
day. William Queal and Tom Longboat.
OF Alexandria Bay and Canada. respec-
lively. raced against the winning team,
but were clearly outrin. finishing more
than a half lop or almost three hundred
yards. behind Meadows and Wood. The
winners covered the trail in II minutes
81 rs seconds.
Wood did yeoman work throughout, ana
never ran In better form, picking up
ground on every occasion that he re-
lieved Meadows. Meadows never allowed
his rival TO gain much ground on him.
Wood practically settled the issue at the
one and three-quarter mile post, when
he worked up a lead OF almost fifty yards.
Thereafter the combination OF Longboat
and Queal was never in II. The first mile
was covered in All. the second in S.2i S-5.
and the third In 1902 l-5.
The programme was another varied one,
but was attended by the smallest crowd
OF the series Barely two thousand per-
sons were in the stands. The United
States Marine Corps and the United
nj brought
days festivities 10 an end with a base
ball game. which the marines won by a
score Of l6 TO 4.
Frank Kramer. OF East Orange. the ma
tional cycling champion. raced Joe Fog
Ter. OF Brooklyn. In a half-mile contest.
but the champion easily upheld his hon
ors by winning In clever fashion In TWO
straight heats. Kramer ran off with the
opening tussle by the margin OF a wheels
length. but in the second brush Foger
forced the East Orange rider right up 10
the finish TO win by half a wheels length.
The one-mile professional run. with
FIVE starters on the mark was one OF the
best races OF the day. Queal was the
winner by three yards but in taking the
honors from Wood he was compelled 10
run the distance over the turf track In
minutes 2sIs seconds. Longboat was
third in the event. Talfeather, a Wis
consin Indian. who was competing for
the first time, was fourth. with Alfred
Shrubb. the English wonder. in fifth
place.
The summaries follow
Four-mle two-man team race-Won by
a. l.. Wood and Fred Meadows, Canada
Tom Longboat and William Queal Ca
nadian-American team, second Time
First mile. All: second, S:2i 3-5; third.
1892 10 and fourth, 1887 40.
Half-mile match bicycle race Joe Fog
Ter. Brooklyn. vs.. Frank Kramer, East
Orange)-Fnst heat won by Kramer.
Time. 81 is. Second heat won by Kra-
mer Time. 1:is AS.
William Queal. Alexandria Bay: A. Il.
Wood. Canada. second. Tom Longbcat.
Toronto, third: Tallfeather. Wisconsin,
fourth; Alfred Shrub. England. fifth.
Time. i:2sia.
One-mle bicycle race (amateur)-First
heat won by John Becht Empire City
Wheelmen; Walter Raleigh, New York
Athletic Club. second: Jerry Nunziatti.
Italian Amcrican Gymnastic Association
third. Tune. 2:i6 AS. Second heat won ny
Kennedy. Empire City Wheelmen, sec
ond. Time. 2:5O 20. Final heat won by
Becht. Kennedy, second, Nunziatti, third.
Time, 2;4s 20
Half-mile run professlonal)-W by
Tad White Brooklyn; A. e. Wood.
Canada. second Fred Meadows, Canada,
third. Time. 800 l-5.