Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
SENIOR TITLE
WON bYI.-A. A. c.
Irish-American Athletes Score
Most Points in A. A. u.
Championship Meet.
SURPRISES SPRUNG
IN SEVERAL EVENTS
Mel Sheppard Beaten in $50
and SchooIboys Trim Ex-
perienCed Men.

CHICAGO. July 5-The Irish-American
Athletic Club Of New York won a hard
fought victory in the national senior A.
A. L. meet in Grant Park today. The
Irishmen scored "A points. II. ?. Drew,
the colored athlete from the Springfield
CMass.) High School won the individual
honors with first in the 100 and 90 yard
dashes. Three senior A. A. U. records
We're broken.
A new mark in the pole vault was
made by S. B. Waggoner, the Yale ath-
lete. who competed under the colors of
the Missouri Athletic Club Of St. Louis.
with a leap of Is feet The old record
was L feet s inches. held jointly by z.
T. Cooke, Cleveland A. c.: H. Coyle,
University of Chicago, and S. Dellah of
the Olympic Club.
Dan Ahearn, /. A. A. c., holder OF the
worlds record in the hop. step and jump,
set new senior A. A. L. record by COW
E. B. Bloss. was As feet u inches. and had
stood for twenty years. The third mark
to fall was that of the hammer throw,
which was won by P. Ryan of the Irish
Americans with III feet IA inches. The
old record was III feet 6le inches, made
by {. Walsh, y. Y. A. c., in 1911.
Win in Weight Events.
Superiority in the weight events, which
wound up the program. gave the victory
to the Irishmen. They scored a slam In
the 56-pound weight event, which was
won by Matt McGrath; scored eight in
the hammer throw and five in the discus
throw, the last three events. Up to that
time the race for team honors had been
close between the Chicago Athletic AS
ISOLATION and the Boston Athletic Asso-
citation.
The meet was well contested and the
marks were generally good though
northwest wind swept binding cloud
of dust across the arena and blew almost
directly in the faces of the dash men and
hurdlers.
Surprises were numerous among them
being the defeat of such men as Halpin
of the Boston A. C. in the quarter and
Mel Sheppard in the half. Halpin fell a
victim TO well run race by Half. the
Michigan star, wearing the cherry circle,
and Sheppard was beaten BY Baker and
De Ernchy of the New York Athletic
Club.
furnished the greatest surprise, however.
by outrunning Fred Kelly. the olympic
star. In the 2aO-yard hurdles. 1t was a
good day for schoolboys. for Drew still
comes under that head. though he is con-
sidered one of the greatest of sprinters.
and Stiles, Culver Military Academy
student. won the broad jump from man
of such fame as Platt Adams.
Attempts to Break Record.
Waggoner made a gallant but unsuc-
cessful attack on the worlds record in
the pole vault. He won the event after
keen competition from Gold. the western
intercollegiate champion, and Murphy,
the University of Illinois star.
Y~S-
long distance man. carried the colors
of the Irish Americans TO an easy vic
tory in the five-mile run. He set a
pace at the start that put him far in
the lead at two miles and he was more
than half a lap ahead at the end. Joey
Ray. Illinois Athletic Club. showed his
victory over CASTOR Strobino yesterday
was no fiuke. for he repeated In the long
run today and by a heady race took
second place. Ed kenz of the Mohawk
Athletic Club. won clever and popu
lar victory in the three-mile walk
Half mile from the end Kenz was in
fourth place. but he had been saving
his strength and shot out In front then
finishing rods ahead Of the nearest
rival
Summaries.
Three-mile walk-Ed Keuz Mohawk A. c.,
first; T.. s. Nurndorfer. y. Y. A. c.. second
Frank Plant. Long Island A. c.. third Time
2I91-5.
sso-yard run-H. Baker. y. Y A. o.. first: c
Deernchy y. Y. A. c.. second NJ. W. sheppard
Irish American A. c.. third. Time, 200 Is
1cO-yard dash-H. p. Drew, Springfield H. s.,
FIRST: G. A. Keller. Missouri A. C.. second 4. T.
Meyers Irish American A. c.. third. Time
O.lU 2-5.
One-mile runs. Taber. Boston A. O.. first:
J. A. Power. Boston A. A.. second: A. R. Kiv1at,
Shot putt. A. whitney. Boston A. A., inst;
p. Mcdonald. Irish American A. c.. second; L.
Talbot Kansas City A. c.. third. Distance 40
feet % of an inch.
44o-yard dssh--C. b. Han. Chicsgo'A. A., nr.t;
T. j. Halpin. Boston A. A., second; c. B. Cor,
tiss, Chicago A. A., third. Time, 0.51 Is.
Running broad Jump. STILES. O. A. A., first:
J. WINERY. y. Y. A. c.. second; Pfatt Adams
y. Y. A. c.. third. Distance, - feet 81. inches
lo0-ysTd hurdlss-F. Kelly, University OF South
err California. FIRST; J. p. Nicholson, Missouri
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