New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
Cran1er Races to Victory
in the Three-Mile Run
Paws Off Old Scores by Beating
Smith and Scott.
CHEERED TO THE ECHO
lack Lennon Captures Three.
Hundred Yard Dash at
Xavier Games.

.Aompion. captured the special three-mile
,rv;tation race which was the feature of
40 annual indoor track and field sports
g the Xavier Athletic Association at the
emory Of the 22d Regiment last night.
Kramer won by a generous margin, after
INNING the field into the ground. in A
minutes 81 2-5 seconds, which is just eight
.ooonds slower than the record for the
distance held by George V. Bonhag, on
January %, 1910, at Buffalo. Sid Leslie. a
ELIMINATE Of Kramer. won second place,
ond George f. Holden, of the German
town Y. NJ. c. A.. was third.
HAIRY Smith. the national ten-mile
champion. and Louis j. Scott, of the
South Paterson Athletic Club. former ten
mile national champion and holder of the
four-mile record, who were expected 10
make a race Of it with Kramer. were
completely outrun and outgeneralled and
were badly outdstanced. Scott was
beaten by almost two laps. while Smith
WAS led to the wire by 16i yards.
Kramers victory came after one Of the
caciest pieces of racing seen in many
long day. Throughout the early and
middle stages of the race he was content
~ ignore the spurts of Harry Smith, al
though the latter opened up a gap of
perhaps fifty yards at one time. Along
st about one and three-quarter miles how
ever. Kramer let himself out to run, and
then he simply moved down the inter
vening space between him and the strain
ing. firing leaders like a high powered
touring car He caught Smith in a trice.
and after taking the latter's pace for
few LAPS tried him out with a few burn
ing sprints. Finding that the former
Pastime boy was still strong. Kramer
dropped back, but still made the pace hot.
For quarter of a mile. perhaps, Smith
stood the gaff like a champion. but on
the eighteenth lap Kramer, took the lead,
never again to be headed by Smith. Run
ming well within himself Kramer led the
field at the two-mile mark, with Smith and
Tom Collins, trailing closely I'm Q min
utes and 20 3-5 seconds. He was leading
Smith by perhaps FIVE yards. at that
point. From then on, however. Kramer
made procession OF it, The next turn
of the track saw Kramer fifteen yards in
the van, and from then on he just ran
away from Smith at every stride.
The Long Island howlers, a loyal band
Of Kramer rooters, had field day of it.
Armed with zobo instruments, they RI
vailed the band of the regiment with
their songs and selections. When the
three-mile run was i'm progress. however,
they forgot their instrumental selections
and devoted time and attention TO bowling
their lungs out for their champion. The
meet was we'll attended. A crowd of per-
haps three thousand were on hand 10
cheer the runners, and saw many thrill
ing finishes before the last worsted was
broken.
frank L. Stephenson, the newly crowned
junior national indoor sprint champion.
won the 7O-yard dash open handicap after
4 har battle with j. G.. Behnken. of New
York Evening High School. Stephenson
started from the vineyard mark and al
owed Behnken tow and one-half yards.
Stephenson broke from the barrier like
thoroughbred Thirty yards from the tape
he showed at Behnken's shoulder, and for
fifteen yards the boys raced like team.
AT the tape, however, the champion threw
his last ounce into the race and won
going away. Behnken beat a. j. Wash
ington, Of the Mohawk A. C.. by inches.
Ben Holden. a youth whose physique
might win him fame in the boxing arena.
was forced 10 the limit of his ability by
Davy Crockett, to capture the 7O-yard
novice race. II. r. Rood, fat-footed
STRIPPING, VINO represented Public School
6. ran good race and won third place.
j. 4. ONeill, of the New York A. c.,
won BY comfortable margin in the quar-
ter mile run. O'Nell had an allowance
sf fifty yards over the scratch men, and
ed the back mark men over the line by
perhaps twenty-five yards. A. Anderson,
Of the Loughlin Dyceum, was second,
nosing out Harry Kramer, of the Long
Island a. G., by about eight yards.
Jack Lennon. Of Curtis High School,
gave an exhibition Of running In the 300
fard run that was worth going a long
distance TO witness. Lennon was allot-
led a handicap of " yards over the pick
81 the athletic world, including Tom Hal
pin. the Boston flyer who is senior ma
lonal quarter-mle champion. Lennon
won his heat in IS 40 seconds. raced his
seml-hnal in SO As seconds. and. running
with the long, tireless stride of a timber
wolf, he broke the worsted d winner by
Z yards in the final heat IN 80 20 seconds.
Mel Sheppard won his heat in this race
and did not enter the finals.
The summaries follow.
seyenty-yard dash-First semi-hnal heat won
81 ]. BChnken, Harlem Evening III. :. O3
ieeO +. smith, Good Council III feep, second.
Tine. 0O7h Second heat won by +. H..
STEPHENSON. Trinity a. G. t3 feeO; A. Plnker-
,on Loughlin Lyceum 90 feeu, second. Time
vv;Wb Third heat won by a. Washing lon'
SSonawk A. c. 90 feeO; {. A. Hoyt, New
York A. c. "a feeO. second. Time, 0:07%.
n, >i heat won by Frank L. Stephenson, IT'LL Yn,,
Iy a. G. e feeO; J. g. Behnken. New YORK
evening Il. S. a feeD. second A. J. Washlhs-
o17%
,seyenty-yard dash (novice)-won by B..
loiden. unattached: y. Crockett. unattached,
eSohd; IL. T. Rood, p. S. 90. third. Time
so-ysrd dash (handicap; first semi final
seeoSyS. J. L. Fege, /. A. A. 6. qS yardsI'
"a DIG 'a; II. 4. Hooking. West side Y. M. C. a:
tk&csl, third Time O:33 4-5. Second heat
o. r~on BY }. Z. Linnon, Curtis High school
s,Sss'osl; J. p. Carey, Manhattan College 90
70 second; II. Huston. Irish American A;
hest-Iy YARDS. third Time, 0;S3 o. Ihlrd
on Won by A. l.. Jones. McCaddin Lyceup
ta,o..s sIas; H. 4. 'liman, National a. g. %
q 70 =, second; Z. T. Holloway. New York A..
~ ysfds), third. Time. 0:oi 10
o. ".ee-.luarter-mile run (handicapD-Won by
Anss.AV Nell, New YORK A. 9. go YARDS: W.
II Esoh, loughlin Lyceum (25 YARDS, second
thirs amer Long Island a. c. go yards)'
Donnnl,eset-qaarter-mile run (novice)-Won by A..
10y Xavier A. A. T. Hart. Xavier A. A,