Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-14
"PRU" ATHLETES
IN ANNUAL meet
Close Competition Marks Eff
forts of Insurance Employees
on Track and Field.
TIE FOR FIRST HoNORs

Members of the Prudential Athletic
Association held their annual field
and track games at Olympic Park,
Irvington, yesterday afternoon be-
fore a crowd numbering close to 1000.
The day was ideal and every event
was enjoyed to the utmost.
To show how close the competition
was, competition for the point trophy
ended In a tie between Harold Jack
Graham and Alfred Walthers, who
garnered ten credits each. Graham
carried off premier honors, as he won
the toss up for the cup. He was a
victim of poor handicapping, which
manifested itself all through the
games. In all but one event the
limit men cleaned up. Graham, in
two events, beat out the men who
won the events, but was forced to
be content with second place In the
shot put and standing broad jump
because he was unable to overcome
the large handicap. Walthers secured
his ten points in the running broad
jump and 220-yard dash. In both
events he took first place from liberal
handicaps. Graham carried off the
cup offered by Holt & Co. to the ath-
lete scoring the most points in the
field events. This Is a permanent
trophy, while that for the all-around
was donated by Forrest F. Dryden,
president of the Prudential, and must
be won three times by a man to be-
come his permanent possession. Be-
sides the cup Graham received a gold
medal for his efforts. AS second prize
in the all-around Walthers received
a cup and silver medal from the OFF,
GERS of the Prudential, to be held I'M
der the same conditions as the presi-
dents trophies.
In the fight for the cup which was
donated by the Industrial Managers
Association to the division in the in
dustrial department scoring the most
points, the boys of division f came
out victorious. They totaled sixteen
points, most of which were scored
by George Vreeland and Frank. Du-
ely.
The only record to go by the boards
was in the mile run in which Arthur
Donnelly smashed his own mark of
sos 3-5. He lowered it three seconds.
Besides this he beat field in which
there were some men with $50 yards
handicap. He steadily pulled up In
the first three-quarters of the dis
lance and sprinted ahead in the last
furlong. Twenty yards separated him
from the second man at the finish.
Another athlete who brought the
stand to it's feet was young George
Farlee With the small allowance of
two feet in the 100 he waded through
the big field and won in the fast time
of 10 AS. He won this event last
year also. Later he took third in the
running broad jump. and then star
tied the crowd by making up fifteen
yards on the last leg of the mixed
department relay and crossed the line
in front of Graham, the anchor man
for the filing department.
An interesting event was the fat
mans race, which drew six bunly
starters. Seventy-five yards was the
original distance of this race, but, by
mutual consent, it was reduced to
fifty. Clarence l. Linnell won the
plaudits of the crowd by breezing in
duRdQ VI w iildIu DSfiIly. SHdflOS
Danaberger then set the spectators
in a roar of laughter by diving over
the line in third position. Other nov
city races were the sack and wheel
barrow dashes. George Vreeland won
the sack race after going the whole
distance without a fall, and Richard
De Jonge pushed his wheeibarrow
ahead of Graham. Another novelty
race was carded between the divis-
ion managers of the company. but
this contest was called off.
The relay event furnished much
amusement for the spectators. The
winners of the three relays came to-
gether in championship, affair. in
which the renewal department came
out victors with yards to spare over
the eastern boys. President Forrest
r. Dryden was the honorary referee,
while the cashier of the company,
Frank Boyle, was the official referee.
Officers of the company who were