New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-25
O'CONNOR VICTOR
in PENTATHL0N
Springs Surprise by Beat
ing Adams in the
Last Event.

Peter f. O'Connor, of the Pastime Ath-
letc Club and one Of Chief Kenlon's fire
lighters, won the pentathlon competition
by just three points at the annual games
Of the New York PostofHce Clerks Asso-
citation at Celtic Park, Long Island City.
yesterday. O'Connor was runner-up i'm
Ill the last event Of the programme, the
lJoO-metre run, in which he finished sixth
and won the trophy with a total Of %
points.
Platt Adams. of the New York Athletic
Club, lost his chances for first prize in
that same event, when he finished last in
a field of eleven. Plat was second, with
% points.
Two eliminates of O'Connor finished in
third and fourth places. and only one
point separated Jack FTitts and Daniel
j. Shea, the former having q points.
Thirteen men took part in the broad
jump. javclin, 3c0-metre run. discus and
1,50o-metre run, and only two failed 10
complete the full programme. Melvin W.
Sheppard was one of the contestants, but
he never was contender.
The summaries follow:
Seventy-fve ward dash (hsndicap closed TO
postal clerks)-Won by d. Politzer, Penn. Ter
minal scratch; A. Washington, Grand Cen
tral g feeD, second. =. Hauser. General Post
Office % feeO, third. Time, 0:eS 10.
lo9-yard dash open: hsndicapl-Won by P.
Walter. Ozanan \. \. az yards: F. Jones,
Smart Set a. &. (2ia YARDS, second: +. Cord
Ing, Irish-American A. C. "a YARDS, third.
Three-quater mile run Gandicap,-won by
Dave Noble. New York A. c. 80 YARDS; ]. +.
o'Connor. New York A: C. (27 yards second;
j. Canning. West Side Y. N. c. A. 80 YARDS,
third; J. A. Powers Boston. A. A. (scratch),
fourth. Time, 800 215.
Two-mile walk Chahdicap)-Won by J. Gold
enberg unattached t55 seconds; J. McSorley.
Glencoe a. c. go seconds. second: L. REM.
Mohawk A. c. (scratch), third. Time, 1906 40
1.oeO-yard run (handicap; closed 10 postal
clerks)--Won by ". BrowSer, General Post
office go yards: s. Jackson, Foreign station
20 YARDS, second; !. Z. Hauser. General
Postonice SCRATCH. third. Time %
Athletic League)-Won by Il. Schulze. Ozanam
A. A. as yards): II. J. Seemann, Presentation
Club 80 yards, second; L. T. Gilmore
Dominican Lyceum scratch, third. Time,
Throwing the discus open; hsndicap)-Won
by Tom Joyce, Colby College % feeO, with 10
feet II inches: 7. Quinn, unattached (25 feeo,
with us feet II inches. second: j. Davidsan,
Swedish American y. c. OS feeD, win III
feet. third.
IWO-nllle SteopcclaSe run pll
nv Nick Gianacopolus, unattached go YARDS;
j. Ruggiero, Bronx Church House go YARDS.
second: j. ]. Daily, lrish-American A. {.
Scratch third. Time, l1I4
3OO-yard run ChandicapJ-Won by J. Maura'
Grand Central a. G. DO YARDS; Il. Georsi,
Dominican Lyceum (9ls YARDS. second; Tom
Halpin Boston A. A. (scratch), third. Time
0:31 A..
One-mile run novice; final heatl--Won by G.
Greenlee. Shsnahan A. C.. philadelphia; j.
Reardon Ozanam A. A. second: \. Byrnes,
Kings County a. A., thirl. Time. AS
Q 0OOmetre run Olandicap)-Won by Il. +.
Greene Boston 4. \. 900 yardsl; c. Schetfer,
lie. Long Island A. c.. go yards). third. Time.
500
Five-mile bicycle race handicap; final heaO
Won by Nat Guton. Atlas Bicycle CIup tsy
and s. vards): Joseph Crowley, unattached go
ana 20 yardsl. second; j. Bowker. Glencoe A.
q 90 and 20 yard), third. Time. 1879.