New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-13
SACK RACE RECORD GOES
GOLFERS WHO WILL REPRESENT THIS SAG
COUNTRY IN INTERNATIONAL TEAM MATCH WITH F2ANCEl
Picard Topples Worlds Mark of
Many Years Standing.
VOZEN WINS THE MILE RUN
Twenty second Regiment Holds
Games for Last Time in
Old Armory.

Irving Picard, Of the 18th Regiment,
Coast Artillery, established new worlds
record in winning the 1OO-yard sack race
for the championship of the Military Ath-
letic League in the annual spring games
of the I'D Regiment in the home armory
last night. Picard's time was ID seconds,
leading G. =. Slattery. of Company Il, 81
the I'D Regiment. by about three feet. and
Slattery was about four or five yards in
front of r. w. Thompson.
The old record was Is 3-5 seconds and
was established by Jim VI. Mason at Buff
falo on July II. 1891. 1t was broken in
both trial and final heats. Jim McCahill
won the first heat in Is 20 seconds. while
Picard won the second in the same time.
In the final heat the four men-Mc-
Calill. Thompson. Picard and Slattery-
took their positions in the order named
from the pole outward. Thompson leaped
into the lead. taking about two feet on
the field in the first few yards. Close on
his heels came Picard, running in second
place and with as free a stride as one
could being wrapped in big gunnysack.
When the field came 10 the turn McCahill
slipped and fell to the floor with a crash.
He carried Thompson with him, and the
race narrowed down To a struggle he
tween Picard and Slattery The pair
struggled ON. Picard always just little
too fast for Slattery.
Taps was sounded in the armOry when
the games were over. This was the last
set which will be held IN the home of
the 22d Regiment until the new armory
at Broadway and l5Sth street is opened
10 b. M
sang several songs. Mats I'D Regiment
Band had arranged for special pro-
grammc I'm honor Of the closing set Of
games and pleased the crowd.
v Y. NoZen. of Company y. won the
one mile run In fine style. he mad "A
Landcap of forty yards and won by per-
haps twenty-five yards after running
we'll Judged race throughout j. i. Breen
finished second TO NoZen. and II. knudsOn
was third The pace In the early stages
was comparatively slow, and Nozen. who
soon took the lead. was in no hurry TO
quicken il. Toward the end. however.
several Of the CONTESTANTS made spasmodc
SDrints that called for answers by \OZen,
and ne responded i'm fine style Two laps
from home he went ont and made his mn
ishing squirt. lie ran gamcly and wei
and at the end was going away from ms
field
Charley Clarke won the siXty-four
metre dash in fine style, starting from
scratch against a fleet-foOted field. W. y.
Qurein was second, only foot or two
behind the winner. running a bang-up
race of the sixteeu-foOt mark. T.. W.
Hills. of Company l.. ran slashing race
i'm the SO0-metre run, and was drawing
away from his field at the end H. J
Diekman was second few yards behind
him.
The summaries follow.
sixty four-metre dash-Won by G.. 3. Clarke.
Company \ Oscratchj: ". j. quinn. Company
= 90 feeD. second \. l.. Stearns, Company
% fccu. third Time. o.O7s IS.
375-mctre run-Won by T.. Lohse COMPANY
y . yard-l. G. b. Clarke. CompsnS \
,scratchi. second Al Stearns. Company Oil
ysrisl. third. Time o.34 -5.
iJO-mctre run noyiccl-Won by &. II. Hill.
Company f.. r, II. Granzen. company G. sec
ond j. g. Farmen. Company b, third Time,
%.
550-mctre run-Won by Hal Hooking Com
pany l.. r.. Coylc. Company y. second, A. H.
Dolder. Company H. third. Time, III
sOO-met run Won hos T.. ". HIS. Com
panv r. 20 yards). j. j. O Douneli. Company
u 60 YARDS. second \. n. Dolder. Company
l. as yardsl. third. Time 100.
one mile run-Won by Y. V NOzen. Com
psny b 40 yardsl. !. r. Brecn. Company i
80 yardsl. second. ~. knudson. Company c
go ,ards). third. Time. 4:f4$
0-yard sack race MILITARY Athletic League
championship Won hy Irving Picard. 18th
Regiment. 9. p. Slattery. 22i Regiment sec
ond. r. W. Thompson IAN Regiment third.
Time, O:lJ.