New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-23
SMITH WINS BY YARDS
Five.MiIe Run a Spirited Con-
test All the Way.
KLAGES R0MPS IN. TOO
Brown Again Captures Honors
in Hurdles at Commerce
Indoor Games.

Harry J. smith who represented the
United States In the Olympic games in
Stockholm. romped 10 an easy victory
in the nve-milc special invitation run
which was the feature Of the eighth an
nual indoor track end field games OF the
High School Of Commerce In the armory
OF the 22d Regiment last night Smith
broke the worstcd winner by some 30
yards over Eddie Jordan of the Navier
Athletic club and Jordan was about 10
Yards I'm front of Roth. Of the Mohawk
Athletic club.
While the time OF the race was not fast.
q better. more exciting struggle has not
been seen on the board floors this season.
ard the wildly excited school lads cheered
the victor 20 the echo as he crossed the
line. So enthusiastic were some Of them
that Smiths friends rad to rescue him
from the back-sappins lads who sur
rounded him after the race. Hannes
Eolehmainen was entered 70 run. but for
some reason did not appear. What the
spectators lost in records. however. was
more than made up in real battle
throughout the whole five miles.
every other minute and drawing away
from mis- field. only to slow down and be
caught again. Half a mile from home II
appeared as If he had run himself out
and Jordan aud Roth closed up. But
Harry once more dashed out into the lead,
the winner with ease.
Ernie Klases one Of tho Commerce
'cross-country team. won a clever race in
tho one-mile run. Starting from the post
OF honor. Kldges went right out after MS
field. and by the time he reached the
three-quarter mile mark had the situation
under control From then on he merely
cuastcd along. content TO hold his lead.
His time was five minutes and seven sec
onds. Had he tried there is no doubt that
he could have tettered his time by sew
craI seconds, for at the end he was going
strongly.
For tic second year i'm succession Paul
Brown won the hurdle race. Brown
SKINNED over tho timbers after the fash
ION Of a Smthson or Eller and just
barely noscd ont Hal Wallace. Brown
had a handicap Of three feet. but he
broke from tine mark in false start
and was penalizod a ward. and he and
Wallace started together Al the way
down 10 the tape the pair topped the
hurdles a. one. but in the final squirt for
the worstcd Brown had just little TOO
much speed and won by shade
Wallace was second and Sieglcstein
one Of the cub football team. was third.
No story OF the meet would be complete
Ion r.i
Cam. the all-scholas,ic halfback. romped
to easy victory in the quarter mile dash.
Cam had a handicap Of twelve Yards
bul ho won by over twenty yards in fair
time.
Tho summaries follow.
-. yard dash ,scnori--Won by Russell
Cispp - yari-,. = Bona aarte - yardsl. Sc.
oud. n Kahn - YARDS. third. Time o., >
80 yard dssa tluniorl-NOn By /. Worth ~"
fagdsi. NJ Finn 90 Va dsi second, T.. Herbers
- yardsl. third. Time. o:24 -.
Oue-nliie un-Won by EDDIE klases
,-eratcm. Kumman 80 YARDS. second, T.
Bohau c.5 yarisl. third. Time jO7 -
sNo-yaI run-Won by C. Lindeman %
YARDS: n Hcnrysou O., Yards. second. H.
Hickman - YARDS, 'hird. Tine. 2:l9. -,.
G0->afd lash 'ssnou Won by \. Wcinstein
tsciatch. VI schultz scratch. second II. op-
ucnholm 80 foeu. third. Time 0.o7.
80 ward dash Guniou-Won by =. iIer6erS
u varcj. N. Finn - yatdsl. second, \. Con j.
rly scratch. third. Time O07 .
GU-yard hurdles Won 10y paul Brown %
fcet' a. Wallace scratch. second 4. rieelc-
.triu - footl. third. Time. 0:U9
F.A-memaers' racc--Won by l.. schwartz
Nils House 10 YARDS: r. Schleich. Dominican
Lycoum ~ ,arlsl. second " Messiah. stevens
Institute 90 yardsi third. Time. 0.3j 10.
ii0-yarG dash Won by Howard Cam IL
yarlsl. p quinn 10 yards'. second r.
schultz ,fcraichI. third Time. 0:57 3-5.
Fivc-milc uin-Won by Harry smith unat
tached. Eddl, Jordan. Xavier y. G.. second; y
Roth Mohawk \ g.. third. Time 26:06 50.
one mile irt,Ischolastlc relay racc-Won 10y
Manhattan Prep a. Ward T. Ward HulScn
bach an! Ilooihan: De WITT clinton High
Schoo, I. Green. Rood. Felgnov and Wegl;,
second: Euglcwood iIigh School M Wescott
g.. Douglas. l. Nauierbeck ami :. Nsnderbecll,
third Time $40 =