New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
DREW EQUALS A
WORLDS RECORD
AT INDOOR GAMES
Shows Sprinting Abilities in VIM
ming the Hundred and
Thirty-Yard Dash.
WORKOUT FOR KOLEHMAINEN
Passes Field Easily and Captures
Three-Mile Run at the Dioc-
esan Union Fixture.

Howard p. Drew. late OF the Spring
field (Alass) High School. gave another
exhibition Of his sprinting ability when
he equalled the worlds record for the l3o-
yard straghtaway at the annual games
Of the Diocesan Union at the 18th Regi-
ment Armory Sumner and Jefferson ave-
nues. Brooklyn. last night
The New England athlete broke the
tape by a two-yard margin In the time Of
u - seconds. which equalled the per-
Torrance OF Robert Cloughen. OF the
Irish h-American Athletic Club. made on
the same floor four years ago. Drew
could have bettered the mark had he
tried. as he slackened his speed at the
finish. Alvah T. Meyer. OF the Irish
American Athletic Club was second and
Hal Heiland. OF the Xavier Athletic AS
ISOLATION third. one and a half yards be-
hind. James NJ Rosenberger Of the Celtic
Park club. and Harry Seeney. the Bronx
Church House member, also competed
and finished as named
Hannes Kolehmainen. the distance run
ner. merely had workout in winning
the three-mile handicap run. The Finn
allotted the field OF twenty runners al
lowances ranging up TO zoo yards.
Taking the lead shortly after the mile
post Kolehmainen set a pace that gave
him two-lap advantage at the end.
His time Of 1920 4-5 was only 3-5
seconds behind his worlds record.
The two-mle special run with Abel
r. Kiviat, of the Trish-American Athle-
tic Club. oscar Hedlund. of the Boston
Athletic Association. and Peter Flynn.
recent arrival from Ireland. was a
walkaway for the Staten Island man.
IIedlund stood the pace until two laps
from home. when he quit. after Flynn
had previously brushed by him. The
Irish runner could not hold the flying
Kiviat. who won as ne pleased by half
n lap Kiviat's time Of 9:33 As erased
As seconds from the armory record
held by William j.. Kramer.
Ollie de Gruchy, the New York Athletic
Club athlete, won the -quarter-mile
handicap run. Starting with 2O-yard
allowance, De Gruchy was ten yards be-
hind the leader at the beginning of ths
final lap. De Gruchy made a fine sprint
down the final stretch. TO win by inches
from Martin Foster, of the Putnam Ath-
letic Club, who had a handicap Of so
yards.
James T. Meredith. the Olympic half
mile champion and worlds record holder.
represented the University of Pennsyl-
vania, starting on the scratch mark. He
failed to show his true speed. and pulled
up in the ruCk
blanket finish marked the final heat
Of the 300-yard handicap run, which had
Melvin w. Sheppard as the only scratch
starter. He was nosed out for third
place by inches. f. ]. Maurer. unat-
tached; G. J. Riley. Irish-American Ath-
.etic Club. and II. Crawford. Hudson
Guild carried off the honors In the order
named
The summaries follow:
lOo-yard run Chandicap)-won by f. E. Dahl
}}r.. New York A, c, lsh YARDS; +. Moen.
Summergrade. Irish American A. G. 70 yards)
third. Time. 0I0b.
One-mile run (novice)-Won by r. Wedland.
18Th Regiment 4. A; A. Rigby, Presentation
a. G.. second: II. Nichols. Loughlin Lyceum.
third. Time. 4;57.
ssO-yard run Chandlcap)-won by W. Banheld.
knights Of St Antony 60 YARDS; II. j. Sic
mann. Presentation A. c. go YARDS. second
+. Flynn, knights OF St Antony $50 YARDS.
third Time, 200
Two-mile run (special)-Won by \. r. Kiviat.
lrish-American a. C.; Peter Flynn, unat-
tached. second: o. J. Hedlund. Boston A. A.,
also started but did not finish. Time, 933b
30O-yard run thandicap)-Won by T. j.
Maurer, unattached G2 YARDS; S. J. Riley,
lrish-American A. e. 20 yards, second II.
Crawford. Hudson Guild G5 YARDS. third Time,
0 03s2s.
l3O-yard dash Cscratch,-won by II. p. Drew,
unattached A. T. Meyer. Irish American 4. C.,
second. Hal Heiland. Xavier a. A., third; J.
NJ. Rosenberger. Irlsh-American A. g, fourth:
w Seeney. Bronx Church House, fifth. Time.
0:i2S
Three-quarter mile run (handicap)-Won by
O. w. De Gruchy New York a. c. 60 YARDS
VI. Foster. Putnam A. &. $50 yards). second:
j. ]. Canning. West Side Y. NJ. c. \. 40
yards) third. Time. 309S
Three-mile run thandicap)-Won by Hannes
Kolehmainen. Irish American A. G. (scratch):
Charles Pores. Sheridan a. c. l315 yards). Sec
ond: II. Oinskl, unattached t43o yards). third.
Time. H2cb.