New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
KEEN SPORT FOR.
CHARITY AT GARDEN
Small Crowd Attends
Save-a-HOme Games
at the Garden.
KOLEHMAlNEN AT BEST
IN THREE-MILE RUN
Cough Wins 600-Yard Special
Race from Scratch in
Clever Style.

The quality OF mercy may or may
not be strained, but the crowd that at
| tended the athletic meet for the benefit
of "The Evening Mails" Save-a-Home
fund at Madison Square Garden last
night was thin indeed. Perhaps the
/ lovers Of athletics were recuperating
from the effects of holiday feasting.
! and were content to remain at home
rather than brave the cold weather,
and so they forgot the misery
of mary hundreds who looked to these
games 10 alleviate their suffering.
Those VINO did also missed one of the
most exciting we'll conducted athletic
meets OF the swiftly passing year.
Hannes Aolehmainen, the wonder
from Finland. and worlds champion
/ distance runner, won the three-mile
run in most impressive style. He
trailed his field for about two miles.
he had passed all but Fogel, a club
mate. After a burst of speed the Finn
| passed him, too. Then Hannes went
on to win as ne p.eased. j. Maier, of
/ The Bronx Church House, was second,
with Levine, of Colby, third.
One Of the prettiest races of the
night was in the 600-yard special race,
run from scratch. Billy Cough. who is
competing unattached at present, won
the gold medal after a stirring battle
with Myles McHugh, the lanky runner
of the Pastime A. G. +. S. Fraser, Of
/ the Irish-American A. c., was next to
, flash by the finish, with Martin J.
Hayes, who wears the Orange "P" of
Princeton across his chest, trailing IN
somewhere in the ruck.
1t was a thrilling contest through
out. and that Homer Baker did not
start detracted not a jot Of interest.
Getting off 70 a perfect start, the pack
ran well punched for about 100 yards.
A lusty yell arose when Ntzhugh, took
the lead, for the East Side Irishman
IS popular with all athletic fans.
Myles, however, soon found the task
Of setting the pace a bit too strenuous
for his liking. and he dropped back.
Along about that time Cough became
tired with ambition. and he went out
into the lead Five. then ten feet, and
/ finally about five yards he gained on
/ mis- competitors. Then they set sail
( for him. Cough lost a little ground,
but il soon became evident that he was
only taking a "breather," for he easily
withstood the finishing rush of Nc
Hugh and won by a couple of yards.
/ Homer Baker champion halfmiler of
/ the United States and Great Britain,
failed 70 win high honors in the half
mile run, but he gained the respect
Of the hundreds who witnessed the
/ game, by his wonderful exhibition of
pluck. Baker injured his leg train
( ing, but rather than disappoint, con-
4 scented TO start.
| He limped painfully at the start, but
/ kept on gamely. Two laps from home
/ he was out in front by scant margin,
but when bis opponents made their
/ run in the stretch, he could not re-
spond. Matt Gels and Ollie De Gruchy
fought il out down the stretch, and
crossed the line shoulder 10 shoulder,
/ in what the judges called dead heat,
/ with Baker third.
Fat Mcdonald, who no doubt in
spired Jim Brennan when he wrote the
popular lyric when ] Was a Broth Of
q Boy" won the shot-put and the So
pound weight throw for height. Pats
specially in the shot-put was heaving
the ball out past the dirt pit on to the
floor. His winning put was 90 feet 5
inches.
Pat loves this shot-putting, so he
does, and when he knew he had won
sure he rubbed his hands together
brisaly and smiled wee smile at his
opponents. He hurled the 56-pound
weight up Is feet 9 inches, while Matt
McGrath was only three inches behind
him.
If McGrath failed TO break records
T :. IN &c -
heaves carried wide and the weight
fell out on the boards. A new plank
was ordered at once.
A. r. Rodriguez, of the Bronx Church
House, won the running high jump
with an actual jump of feet 9 inches.
S. A. Shapiro, Of the Young Mems He
brew Association, won the 60-yard dash
after hard run with Charley Mundt.
Of the st. Bartholomew A. c. Dick
Remer. of the lrish-American A. C.,
won the two-mile walk from virtually
scratch. lie had a handicap of five sec
! onds on Eddie REM, the champion, and
won by almost a quarter of a lap.
The summaries follow:
sixty-yard dash thandeapl-won BY s
Shapiro s,r s2d street y NJ H. 4 fssn c
I Dahl New York A. 9. 6 feet). third. Time.
! 006 3-5.
/ Irish American A. G. 60 seconds 4. Ring. Mo.
/ hawk A. C. (scfatchl. second W. Plant Long ISL
7 and A. G. (32 seconds. third
Throwing the &c. pound weight for height thandi-
I cap)--Won By Pat Mcdonald. Irish American A. {.
scratch. with throw Of 10 feet inches; NJ J.
! McCrath. IRISH American A. G. tscratchl second.
| with thrown a Is feet inches j. j. Cahiu. Mil
rose A. A. a inch). third. with throw Of Is feet
/ 5 inches
Running high Jump thsndicapl--won by A II.
/ Rodriguez Bronx Church House az incheSl. with
I Zee, inches G. G. Trefey. New York A C. -
/ iuchssl second. with feet inches: +. Jennings
/ (scrstch) third. with feet inches.
| s0o.ysrd run (scratchl-won by w Cough. un-
! fttachedl Myles Mcliush. Psstime A. G. second;
L. s. Fraser. Irish American A. C., third. Time
I:lC 80.
! Putting the l2-pound shot thsndicsp)-won hy
/ PAT Mcdonald Irish American A. {. scratch,
With ppt OF So feet 3 inches J. 7 TaggaIt. Irish
I American A c. g feetl. second. with put q 50
| feet 10 inches w. c. Maxneld. New York A. c. q
! fet;j third With a put Of 50 feet 9z inches.
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