New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30
0'NE|LL TWICE VICTOR
Beats Thompson in Mile and
Half Mile Races.
TWO ARM0RY MARKS GO
De Loiselle and Gear Carr
Off Honors in 23d Regi.
ment Games.


Two armory records We're broken =.
the 2sd Infantry games in BROOKLYN l,..
night. RI. &. de .Loiselle. who has
monopoly on the obstacle game. raced 70
victory i'm the decisive heat Of his sn,.
cialty in the good time of So second,
which was nearly five seconds bet,o.
than the previous mark.
a little later l.. r. Gear. of Comn,,v
T.. set "a new record for putting the -
pound shot. He hurled the missile IS fee,
, inches. or more than foot better than
tho best previous armory figures
4 good sized crowd attended and 70.
manned to the end. despite the long mn.
granme. \ novelty consisted OF wheel.
barrow race, amusing to look at but try.
ing on the contestants; that is. those
who did the pushing.
J. r. O'NeIll. OF Company g. won m.
mile run by a scant yard from H. r
Thompson, Company r man. with
lfty-yard handicap. O'Neill had forty.
five yards. while -. ". De Gruchv. NJ
Company Is. started from scratch. The
last named rushed away at merry cir
picking MP the handicap mon in rapid
succession.
At the half-mile mark De Gruchy vert
into third position. covering the distance
I'm , minutes s % seconds That pace
practically killed whatever chances he
might have had OF winning De Gruchy
kept going little longer. and when hs
passed ONeill the first named was in
second place. some twenty-five yards N.
hind Thompson.
O'Neill then heightened his stride and
quickly left the rapidly firing De Gruchy
IN the final sprint tho New York Athlere
club distance runner caught Thompson.
who weakened coming down the home.
stretch. De Gruchy struggled across tire
finish line in third place. The time.
2:25 3-5. was fast.
De Gruchy Jared better an hour later.
when he came out and won the 3pl-yari
run from scratch. He had a big field to
90 through and got to the front only in
the last few strides.
The same athlete tried again in tho 50
yard handicap but he never had
chance. This race was a repetition Of TIRE
mile. in that ONeill won b. mailing"
Thompson IT the tape The finish was 90
close As to look almost like a dead heat,
The summary follows:
75-yard dash (novice)-Final heat won
by II. &. Wall. Hospital Corps: II. Ribas
Company +, second; ". q. Anderson. Jrr
Company NJ. third Time. ) 4-5 seconds.
lGo-yard dash (handicap) heat
t.N 'taHH d \
yardsl; T. Baer, Company d scratch,
second. j. o.. Manson. Company VI 4
yards. third. Time. ~ - seconds.
e0c-ydrd noviceJ-Won by w. ;. camp.
pany r.. second: v. Hilderbrand. Com
pany ]. third. Time, i.-6
Running high jump (handicapl g
J.. X. Gear. Company T. tscratcm. with
Jump of 3 feet S Inches II. 9. De l>olseIe
Company T. 90 inchesl. with a jump o.
feet 10 inches. second: f.. Kelley. Com
pany f. q inches). with jump Of feet
third
3vo-yard run (handicapl-Wo by .. W
De Gruchy, Company tScratch. j. o
Manson. Company VI g Yards. second;
j.. Niseman. Company Is g yards. th.rd
Time. e 80 seconds.
One-milc run. handicap--Won by J.
O'Neill Company & 60 YARDS. H. J.
Thompson. Company J. go yagdsl. sec.
ond -. W. De Gruchy. Company
Cscratch). third. Time. i:23 3-5
l00-yard hopping race. scratch: final
heat-N on by u. y. Foster Company E.
Time. 20 seconds.
l0V-yard three legged race: handicap
Won by Il. Won Hagen and q. y. Gayey
jr. e yardsl g ). Foster. Company G.
and H. Wiseman. Company * g yardsl.
second II. \. Foster and W y. Sanford.
Company & (3 YARDS, third. Tine
. % seconds
sso-yard run: handicap--Won by J. I
O'Neill. Company . GO YARDS. H.
Thompson. Company + (25 yards). 500
ond ! Waldron. Company - tl5 YARDS
third. Time. 2:0l 20.
Obstacle race. handicap; final neat
Won by H. g. de Loiselle. Company ,
G2 yardsl. second: T. W. Bacon. com.
pany II CT YARDS. third. Time %
seconds.
Putting the l2-pound shot ,haudicapl--
Won 10y \. Wilson, j.. Company . lla
feet g inchcs). with put IF 20 teet
INCHES L. L. Gear. Complain y y
inches). with = put Of IS feet o. inche,
second J Il. Harvey. COMPANY \ IS feet
= inchcs). with put of 81 fcct inches
third.
Two-milc open bicycle race tbsndcsp,
Final heat won lay Jack Townsend
Dominican Lyceum go Nardsl H. y
Lightfine. Morningside A. g. 90 Yards.
second. Walter Raleigh. New York n T.
(in yardSl. third Time - Us.
32O-yard wheelbarrow race tscratchl,
Final heat won by t.. Merrill and \. l.
Dun. Company II ~. y. Foster and w y.
sanford. company G. second r. j. Car'
penter and \. l.. Grasbcrgsr. company :"
third. Time. 80 2-5 seconds.
e2o-yard run (novicel Final heat won
by ". \. Collins. Company X G. Harris
Company l. second: T.. Froedc, Compsn'
third Tim, pf seconds