New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-21
|R|SH-AMERICANS WIN
TRAVERS ISLAND MEET
Finish Only Six Points Ahead
of the New York Athletic
Clubs Team.
IEADERS SCORE "a POINTS
Poor Weather Makes Fast
Work Impossible at Annual
Games of the Metropoli-
tan Association.


armed sons of the Irish-American Athletic
Club ran and leaped their way TO victory
in the senior track and field championship
Of the Metropolitan Association Of the
Amateur Athletic Union at Travers ISL
and yesterday afternoon. The wearers
Of the winged fist, scored "A points, while
the New York Athletic Club team was
half dozen points back. with IS 10 its
credit. The affair was much in the nature
Of dual meet for the other organiza-
tons scored only 20 points among them.
OF these the Mott Haven Athletic Club
won 3. McCaddin Lyceum 8. the St
Christopher Athletic Club 3, Xavier Ath-
letc Club q while the Long Island and
Mercury clubs locked horns with l point
each. CASTOR Strobino. running unat-
tached scored three points by finishing
second TO Kolehmainen in the five-mile
run.
The ''Travcrs Island weather" tradition
was shattered. Dark and lowering. the
day broke with a strong wind blowing out
OF the southeast and sweeping across the
field. The track was heavy, and il was a
foregOne conclusion before ever the first
gun was fired that no records would be
broken on the track at any rate Soon
after the games began q light. drizzling
rain fell, and later developed into a steady
shower II was just the sort of day for
man to pull a tendon or turn an ankle.
but no injuries were reported
NF.rv
Mel who raced to worldwide fame in
the London Olympiad, showed that ne at
least could come back" in winning the
half-mile run. Not in his palmiest DAYS
did the old war horse ever turn a better
race. II was his avowed purpose TO run
Homer Baker into the earth. and he did
It in no uncertain fashion. From the
crack Of the pistol, practically, Sheppard
went out in the front. and. bounding
along with his matchless stride. held his
position handily. Baker was no mean
opponent, and was loath to yield. and
from time TO time he tried the veteran out
with burning sprints, but as d war horse
shifts the battle Sheppard was alert to
answer in kind. and Baker bowed to the
Inevitable. On the last lap the New York
Athletic Club lad tried again. but in vain.
Sheppard held his lead, and sweeping on
down the stretch. broke the worsted some
eight or ten yards in front. while the
crowd of some 1900 Numbered its APP
plause
Sheppard also started In the quarter
mile run and won his heat easily. His
margin was not wide. but he fairly logged
along in the last fifty yards, carrying
Eddie Coyle. a clubmate. with him. Shep-
pard was taken sick just before the final
heat was run and was unable 10 start In
his absence V. Wilkee. of the New York
Athletic club won by a comfortable mar
gin in the remarkable time Of % 1-5 sec
onds. Ollie De Grouchy, clubmate, was
second. with Coyle a close third. +. =.
Fraser protested the race, charging that
Wilkee had cut him off on the far turn,
but his protest was not heard by the
judges
The Irish-American Athletic Club team
Won first place in nine events, as COM
pared 70 seven for the New York men,
and during the early stages Of the meet
ing IL appeared as If the Winged Fist
would fight itself 10 victory by a com
Portable margin. The team which Bernie
Wefers had in the field was nothing If
not well balanced. and although the boys
were not winning they were playing and
the points piled up In sufficient number 10
keep interest alive. The Irish team
counted IN all except three events and
swept the discus throw. the hammer
throw and the 56-pound weight competi-
ton. The New York team was shut out
Of five events and scored no sweeps at
all. They did their best work in the pole
vault 120-yard high hurdles and quarter
mile run. where they scored eight points.
Platt Adams was a host in himself for
the New York Athletic Club and scored
no fewer than fifteen points He won
first place in the Javelin throw the run
ming hop, step and jump and the running
broad jump. In the last named event
Adams leaped % feet 21z inches, which.
under the conditions, was little short OF
wonderful Jimmy Wendell. the intercol-
leglate champion in the hurdles. scored in
his favorite event. He won the 110-yard
high hurdles in easy style from Frank
Brady, a clubmate, but had his work cut
out for him in the race ovn the low
sticks, where Fred Kaufman, Of the
.rish-American club, pressed him to the
est stride. Alvah T. Meyer won both
spirits, while Pat Ryan. who captured
,he gold medals in the hammer and &C.
pound weight throwing. closed the list OF
~lVble winners.
abel Kiviat won In the one-nlile rum
but he met with mighty stiff opposition
from Oswald Gibbons, youngster Of the
New York Athletic Club. From the start
Kiyiat flashed TO the fore, running as be-
came a champion. The mere fact that
he was racing a champion failed 10
bother Gibbons. who showed that he was
no respecter Of persons. He made squirt
after squirt. which. though vain. won him
the respect and applause Of the specta-
tors on the last lap he tried 10 snatch
the lead three times. but lacked just the
last dash Of speed to carry him through
AS was expected. Hannes Kolehmainen
had q walk away victory in the fve-mile
run. only four men started-Koleh-
mainon, Strobino, Gianapolis and Exc.
finishing in the order named with the
exception Of Exc. who quit after going
three-quarters of a mile. Kolehmainen
won by half lap from Strombino. who in
turn was almost an equal distance in ad-
vance Of Gianopolis. Eleven men were
entered 10 start, but they evidently
thought that many races would be run
this winter in which Kolehmainen would
not be entered.