The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-22
HALPIN WINNER OF
SUBURBAN QUARTER
coston Man Takes Feature at
Knights Of st. Antony Games
Despite Advcrsities.
MEET LATE IN STARTING
Twenty-thrcc Start in Walking
Race; All Disquali-
fled but Two.
MEET LATE IN STARTING

aed Of six in the Forty-seventh Regiment
Arrnory last night under dlscourasing
circumstances tina, seemed to be skilfuliy
manGuvred to handicap the visitor. The
former national champion OF the United
state. defeated among others Jack Tresid-
der champion Of Canada, at the distance,
and what was more to the point. Jim
Rosenherger Of the Irish American A. c.,
who with two legs on the trophy only
needed another victory to claim It for
hs own property.
The race was the feature OF the Knights
Of 81, Antony games, which attracted q
crowd that hlled every seat In the capA.
cous armory and left hundreds struggling
with marsha.s for vantage points on the
aoor \ decay In the delivery Of the pro-
g-amnes postponed the opening Of the
gan,s until . o'clock and little effort
seemed TO be made to make up time. 20
that II was close on II 80 when the pistol
cracked. sending the men away for the
big noise OF the night
Ha.pin came on to the Moor about 10
o'clock and about an hour later the men
were called to their marks. 1t WAS well
known at the me that all or nearly all
OF the men were wearing spikes, but no
warning was given that they would not
he allowed until the men were lined up.
Then they were sent back to get new
shoes, the idea being that Halpin might
no, be able to equip himself with the fat
soled variety. He did get a pair, but they
were far too big and constituted handicap
No /
when the men lined up De Gruchy Of
the New York A. C. had the pole, Rosen-
berger was next. then came Halpin. with
Tresidder. the Canadian champion. on his
right W Cough Of the Knights Of st.
h. hn
two Canadians. Hector PHILIPPE OF To-
ronto being on the outside. The men
had scarcely crouchcd for the start when
De Gruchy and Phillips went over the line
and both were penalized three YARDS.
They were overanxious to get away. but
the next time the men set themselves the
starter appeared to be the man suffering
from nervousness. All were steady on
their marks yet the gun did not 70 and
the result was that Halpin overbalanced
and lost a valuable three yards In PEN
atty.
The crowd did not like this and few
expressed their d'sapproval OF handicap
No . for the Boston crack. II served "a
Nep the starter as we'll as the men In
limo and at the third attempt all got
away to good start. the event beins
turned into handicap with three mer
behind the other three.
With De Gruchy set back RosenbergsI
hsd straight rush for the coveted In
side berth. which he grabbed. while the
others closed In on Halpn and left him
last as the men rounded the hrst turn
with the Irish American In the lead d.
Gruchv forced path through and carry.
ing Tresdder along with him. ranged
along. de OF Rosenb .rger before 100 yards
had been covered As the men rounded
the bottom turn Rosenberger was forces
back TO fourth place. DE druchy leading
with the Canadian on his shoulder.
Halpin began to 20 great guns In the
next stretch and almost exactly At hall
distance he rushed by De Gruchy. Rosen'
berger was last by this time. and In try.
i-g to take the corner went down and
out The Bostonian opened gap imme-
diately and the race was over so far n
nrs, pace was concerned. The gallant
De Gruchy was hanging on well In spite
. OF his early pace and only one man
Gorgh Of the st. Antonys tried 20 over
haul him Cough cut the lead dowr
stride by stride and crossed the line hall
yard before De Gruchy and ten yarcs
behind Halp.n. Tn, time. SO SIS seconds
vas slow. due to the handicaps mentioned
revolution In Judgment OF wslkini
caused a sensation early In the evenins
bringing CONSERVATION to the shufiiers
who have been allowed to 20 their owr
pecul ar ga,,s all winter Herman Ober
tubess!ng was the ofYicial who at last de
yeloped the fearlessness required TO re
form this branch Of sport The fesul
was that Of the twenty-three entries II
the one mile walk all were disqualified
except two. and no fault could be fount
with the style OF this pair.
r Maroney. who won. took the lea
soon after the start. and his gait varie'
little. He had Q safe lead. while IN
Judge was pulling on the shippers one b.
one, There were enough left At the hnIs
70 provide running race for secon
place. Blu khardt Leading Plant. 0inor
and schwartz in the fnal sprint All wer
taken off In a bunch and the second pis c
given 70 Ed REM OF the Mohawk A. c
who 1lso walked fairly. No one was lei
10 take the third prize. The summaries
100 YARD Hsndleap-won BY J. !; Kirp'
unattached, ~ yards. Al woods LovghIi
Paoii.i,' a. z. Yard. third. Time. 10 =,
seconds
nd % F' 5 6 Pa.H a'S Ss s4 6
HprsnGan.s Lyeeum' yards u. Garvsy, -
'f,' I. Fs KasA, !. Of s. st. antony sa s.S
400 yId hsHdlsagWonv w., BY c, " she r.,
a :t C. wa. ys;d. 't ,Si1S Ti~: ';i
graz sasots.n 9u:r..,g.wxcn :, Then;
New ros . O. Three; ss,ss Time RI "a :.e sss
$50 Yard Run. Hsndieap-ca,holie scot.
tiss-won by X. Giles, Holy Cross Lyosun
20 yards. G. Hill Loughltn Lyceum. :!
yards, second. J. De Freytas. i0ughli
Lye.un 20 yards. third. Time. J minute
l1j seconds.
rhree.quart.r Mile Run. Handicap--We
6y Canning, West side a. c.. 90 yard
l. Levene Bayonne High School, 70 yard
second, +. . Conner, New York A.
y yards third. Time. minutes ~
seconds
One Nile Run Noyice-won BY J: A. Blu
rem Trinity club; y. Dunno. Peulist {
sTe.ohi, C. kopp. Presentation c'se' sh'r'
One Mic Catholic Athletic Club Rslay-we
con. " Mcssv.ney, c. Biuah and ": 0ougi
l. dominican Lyceum, second. with J. hen
/ S,tl1sser, E Gilmore and l. J cahil
Loughiln Lyceum. third, with A. Ptnkefto
CARING J. Harris and J. Buckley Tim
minutes
One Mile WALL Hsndis.p-wc. By
1aroney unattached; "a ksns- nohawk
g. 10 seconds. sscond- Tsns' J. minst
three Mile Bicycle. Haadlcsp-we1
Goodwin UNATTACHED. 20 yaroa;
.unLiata, Empire City Whselmsn, - yard
| second W Waeldnsr. Empire CITY VINES
men. 10 yards third Time. 7 minutes -
Harvard Csss Bsst Vs1s - lee.