Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-10
KELLY TO START IN
REG|MENTAL MEET
Jackie Clark to Referee Two
Mile Open Bicycle
Race.
SOLDIER RIVALRY KEEN
SOLDIER RIVALRY KEEN

A most attractive program has been
arranged by Lieutenant T. Barton
Freeman for the annual indoor games
of the First Regiment Athletic Asso-
citation at the armory in Jay street
tomorrow night.
Guardsmen to the number Of 215 are
entered in the various handicap
events, closed to members of the regi-
ment, and the competition for the
point trophy is sure to be keen. There
are many excellent athletes among
the militiamen, Joe Higgins, of Com
pany b; George Vreeland, of Com
pany B; Alec Duncan, of Company
L; Matthew Lynch, of Company H,
and Thomas Burns, of Company L,
being among the foremost of the con-
tenders for the individual title.
Jackie Clark, who arrived home this
week from Paris, will referee the two
mile bicycle race, open. This is new
place for Jackie and the bike fans are
sure to be on hand. The entry list in
the bicycle event was augmented yes
| terday by the applications of Eddie
| Goodwin, the acknowledged king of
the Flat Floor" and Jake Townsend,
of the Bronx Church House. The en-
tries of this pair of Metropolitan stars
Der and will necessitate the running
of heats.
The Prudential Athletes will be out
in force in q one-mile relay closed
event. William Kelly, the New Jer-
sey State quarter-mile champion, will
run the anchor leg on one of the
teams.
There will also be a sprint and a
relay event for city playground ath-
letes.
: Conway Again Head Of /. A. "A. G.
For the eighteenth consecutive time
P. J. Conway was elcted president of
the Irish American Athletic Club last
night. Mr.. Conway, as usual, asked
that some other member of the club
be elected, but his request was not
granted.
New England Athletes to Start.
In a conference held after the Bos-
ton games 1t was decided to send
all the winners in the New England
indoor championship meet on Febru-
airy % to compete in the national
indoor championships to be held in
Madison Square Garden, New York
city, on March 2. In all probability
the following star athletes from New
England will be on the team: Harry
Barwise, New England high jump
champion; Fred Burns, 300-yard ma
tional champion; d. 8. Caldwell,
fourth in the 500 metres at Stock
holm; J. A. High. New England
hurdle champion; Oscar Hedlund,
runner-up to Kiviat in the Hunter
mile; J. o. tombstone, indoor high
jump champion; E. T. Ma<ceau, jun
ior mile champion; w. H. Meanix,
New England low hurdle champion;
J. G. Silva, New England five and ten
mile champion, and Larry Whitney,
Intercollegiate and American shot
put champion.
May Settle Two-MiIe Championship.
Willie Kramer. Sidney Leslie,
Hannes Kolehmainen and possibly
Abel Kiviat, who won the Hunter mile
games on Saturday, will be competi-
tors next Saturday night in a special
two-mile race in Madison Square
Garden, under the auspices of the
Irish-American Athletic Association.
1t is expected that this event will
clear up all doubt as to the best of
the two-mile men in the United
States. An event which will have a
particular significance for the under
graduates and alumni of several Of
the Eastern universities will be the
two-mile relay race, in which Yale,
Harvard, Pennsylvania and possibly
Princeton will be represented
Another Hunter Trophy.
George B. Hunter, the donor of the
trophy for the Hunter mile at the
Boston A. A. games, will offer an
other trophy to take the place of
that permanently acquired by Abel
Kiviat last Saturday night.