The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-07
BAKER SHOWS COLD FEET.
Sees sheppard Run Trial and The n
Withdraws From Race.

Middle distance runners have been
stirred to activity by the removal OF the
prize value limitation for the special half
mile race to be run at the games of the
Navier \. A. in the Twenty-second Regi-
ment Armory on Saturday night next.
. The cry for long time has been that II
better prizes were given there would be
less Involvement for our crack athletes
70 hold out for the forbidden expense
money.
For the race in question tho regis
tration committee has granted dispen-
sation that diamond stick pin, value
SIS. be given for first prize. When first
announced II looked as though Homer
Baker and q. w. De Gruchy Of the New
York A. C.. and Mel Sheppard and Abel
Kiviat OF the Irish American A. c. would
be the contestants, but report yesterday
was to the effect that Baker had with
drawn after witnessing trial of
eheppards over four-ffths OF the dis
lance.
There IL no question that the Peerless
Mel has trained as hard as ever he
trained in his life with the idea Of cap
turing the valuable prize. His work has
been done at the Seventy-frst Regiment
Armory and II was on the boards there
on Sunday that ne turned of the four
laps that showed him to have regained
his very best form. II takes nve cir
cults of the track to make half a mile,
but Sheppard reeled of four laps AS
follows: First. % 3-5; second. As: third
1910. and fourth. :33. This was an
average Of % l-5 seconds for each lap,
and II one more was covered at the same
rate 1t would mean SO 1-5 for the half
mile.
There is some mystery over the re-
t.rement of Andrew +. Tully as handicap
Der OF the Catholic Athletic League
~ lac. -tyh learned
Tully had resigned from the office last
November at the same time asking thai
all clubs in the league be notified thai
he would not be "A candidate for reelec
ton at the annual meeting. which II
scheduled for Friday evening. This wal
. done so that the delegates would have
sufficient time to think over providing 9
successor. The resignation, however. doe'
not appear TO have become public prop
erty and some hurried electioneernl
IL likely to result, as the Office Is paid fo'
by fees at the same rate as is paid to thu
a. \. l. handcappers. Mr. FULLY Is thu
second Handicapped the Catholic Athleti,
League has had. He was elected as sue
cessor to Matthew p. Halpin and hal
served six years continuously without OPP
position He Is secretary Of the Metro
politan Association OF the A. A. T., ant
said last night that his only reason fol
retiring was that he was unable to give
sufficient time to the duties OF the tive
Offices.
Statements made by J. q. Patterson
regarding the situation with regard Il
the use Of tho links of the Fox Hills Col
Club and which play such "A prominen
part in the electioneering for the Office
az president and vice president, were con
tradcted by William II. Page presden
nj the y. Y. A. c.. yesterday. Mr.. Pag
calls attention to the fact that. accordin;
10 Mr.. Batterson's own statements. al
the sofiing members of the New Yorl
a. c. could not be accommodated at Fo'
Hills He also says that Mr.. Battersol
stated distinctly that the n. Y. A. c
would be expected to guarantee the sun
Of $1,000 per annum to the Fox Hill
Golf Club, with the understanding that tn
money received by that club as due
from the 100 new members would ~
paid to the y Y. A. c.. to reimburse
FOR the guarantee, and that the Fox Hill
Golf Club would not take a body of To-
men without the backing Of the N.
y, 9. Mr.. Page says his version can b
verified by reference to the stenographi
report OF the meeting at which the sub
tect was considered.
The Paulist A. c. win resume this eve
Ming the weekly road runs OF abou
three miles from its clubhouse, 1873 Yves
SiAty-first street The start will be a
$50, and all athletes irrespective OF clu
ahilIation are invited to compete.