Evening journal., 1913-06-23
SNOW WINS
5 MILE RUN
Sheppard, Olympic Star, Wins
Quarter Mile Run
Easily
RAIN HALTS SPORTS
OF IRISH AMERICANS

sports OF the lrish-Ainerican Associ-
alton at Wawaset Park Saturday af-
ternoon, the spectacular developed
when a rain and electrical storm
broke over the field during the rum
ming Of the five-mile event With
thunder shaking the earth, lightning
binding the spectators and con-
testants and the track a sea of mud
the score of runners, drenched
through, plodded around the oval
without a halt until 10 laps OF the
half-mile track had been completed
The boys were covered from head to
foot with the sticky clay and despite
the slippery footing and hard going
Murray Snow, of the Northwest Boys
Club running against handicap Of
pne minutes and 20 seconds, finished
first I'm 80 minutes and II seconds
He also won the dlamond-studded
gold medal for the best time made in
the race George McInery, Of the
Shanahan c. c., with a 2.30 handicap
proved a bad mudlark and finished
back in the field
Melvin w. Sheppard, OF the New
York I. A. A. c., an Olympic hero,
was given a noisy reception when he
came out for the quarter mile, which
he won handily without much of an
effort. John j. Gallagher. of George
town University. Olympic hero, start
ed from scratch in the one-mile
handicap and finished fourth. The
summary:
100-yard dash, novice scratch
First heat won by b. NJ Bredin, Ger
mantown Boys Club; second, e. X.
Esser Boys Club of Church Club;
third, L. Churchyille. Germantown
Boys Club; time 10 AS seconds Sec
ond heat won by C. A. Schill, Ger
mantown Boys Club; second. j.
Sheehan. Jr., Germantown Boys Club.
third, o. X. Ame3, Germantown Boys
Club, time, 10 AS seconds Final
heat won by Bredin; second, Shee-
ham, third, Schill. Time, 10 2-5 sec
onds
1OO-yard dash. handicap First heat
won by VIII Olson, Boys Club of
Church Club (26 feet) second, Har-
per Leeper, Marquette g feot) third
c. A. Schill. Germantown Boys Club
(21 feeO times. 10 1-5 seconds. Sec
ond heat won by NJ j. OBrien, Mar
quette go feet); second, j. d. Good
man. Germantown Boys Club (f2
feet; third }. l.. Dempsey Assist c..
c. az feet time, 10 1-5 seconds
Third heat won by George Brugger,
Germantown Y. M. c. A. 90 feet /.
second. Tom Fields, Shanahan c. c,
q2 feeD third. A. w. Kolb, Ger
mantown Boys Club; time, 10 %
seconds. Final heat won by Brug.
ger; second, O'Brien; third. Leeper
Time 10 rs seconds.
440-yard handicap Win by Melvin
w Sheppard. New York l. A. A. C.
/ (scratch); second. J. w Boodley, un-
attached 90 yards); third. W. j. AL
Bright, Philadelphia Electric A. A.
(35 yards); fourth, d. J.. Olson,
Boys Club of Church Club go yards)
Time 80 seconds fat
1-mile run. novice. scratch-Won
| by r. c. Mitchell, Germantown Boys
Club; second. Raymond Borst. St
Malachy A. c.; third, V. Topkis Will
mington Y. NJ. c. A.. fourth. ID. Ward
Germantown Boys Club Time. 457
220-yard dash. handicap Won by r.
Nj Bredin. Germantown Boys Club
70 yards second A. d. Carson. Ger
mantown Boys Club. 13 yards; third
c. Schaffer. Germantown Y. NJ. c. A.
| Is yards fourth, David Glassberg
Germantown Boys Club, 10 yards
Time 2l 1-5 seconds.
1-mie run. handicap Won by JOIN
Ward, Marquette. 105 yards; second
Frank spicer Marquette, 80 yards
third James j. Foley. Shanahan c
c.. 40 yards; fourth, John j. Gal
laeher Georgetown University
scratch. Time, 436.
SS0-yard run. handicap by J
~. Quinn, Philadelphia Electric A. A.
I 75 yards; second, w. j. Drummond
Jr. Germantown Y. NJ c. A.. 80 yards
third. w. r. Taggart. Assist c. c.. 81
yards; fourth, James Jones' Corley c
lC., so yards. Time. minutes 9 81
seconds
1-mile relay race. handicap Wol
by Germantown Y. NJ. c. A.; second
Boys Club of Church Club; third
Philadelphia Electric A. A. Time
1886 AS.
Five-mile run. handicap Won b,
Murray Snow, Northwest B. c. (g
az 1907; second. j. L. Howley. North
west b. c. (go at 1907: third, j. Har
vey, Northwest b. c. (go at 1901
fourth. j. C. Weibel. Idlewild Clul
ego az 1901 fifth. J. w. Evans, 81
Pauls y. c. Cgo at .30) sixth. E.
4 Flickinger. St Pauls B. c. (go a
n 20) Time, 3217.
n Running jump. handicap Won b
I j. W. Bodley. unattached GA inches)
! 81 feet "a inches: second. NJ. v
: Meyers. Assist C. c. Cos inohes), .
\ feet 10 inches; third, J. II. Wilson
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