New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-15
Runner of Long Island A. c.
Takes Measure of Finn
in TWO-Mile Race.
VICTORY POPULAR
WITH THE CROWD
Eller Breaks Worlds Record In
75.Yard Hurdles at Irish
Indoor Games.

the Long Island A. c., ran Hannes Ko-
lehnalnen into the ground and beat him
by perhaps five to eight yards in the
special two-mile run, which vas one OF
the features nj the annual indoor games
Of the irish American Club last night.
Two thousand spectators. or there
abouts. we're on hand at Madison square
Garden TO witness the race and Kramer
received an ovation as nc OUTRAGED tho
Finn in a driving, last lap finish, which
he will long remember. Tho crowd
cheered itself hoarse as the smiling victor
turned and received the congratulation OF
the man who showed his heels TO the pick
OF the world at Stockholm. The time was
Q minutes IS % seconds and the old
standard OF minutes n1-5 seconds, held
J by George Bonhag. still stands.
One worlds record was broken, and
Jack Eller. the hurdler of the Trish-Amer-
lean Athletic Club, was the man TO accom-
psh the feat The Timber limbed Celt
topped the timbers in the final heat of the
yard hurdle race in seconds. and
| Topped 1-5 OF second Off the old mark.
In his trial heat Eller equalled the old
record.
| Tom Halpin. OF the Boston Athletic AS
ISOLATION, ran away from the field IN
! the l.oc0yard run for the Arthur McAlce-
| nan trophy. and won by about ten yards
from Homer Baker of the New York 4.
c.. with Mel Sheppard. OF the IrishAmer-
lean 4. c., in third place Halpn ran
mastery race, and while his time was
minutes 10 seconds he could doubtless
have improved il by two seconds had he
| made his running bit earlier.
Kramer, Koehmainen, Duyanney who
| finished i'm the order named Abel kivisr
and Sid Leslie started i'm the race. Kiviar
quit the track after running a mile and a
| half, and was roundy hooted and booed
| by the crowd as ne went TO his dressing
room. Leslie quit three laps earlier. bu,
| the crowd paid little attention to him.
Tie Long Island man ran hts race
! from the front practically all the way.
! He Went out into the lead at half a mile,
and there he stayed. despite the trying
spurts OF Kolehmainen and Duvanney.
kiviat ran in second position for a dis
|
the lead.
AS the men came down TO the last two
laps. with Kramer leading kolehmainen
the crowd smil ed and waited for the Finn
TO uncorll his squirt. He did. too but TO
no purpose On the bell lap Kramer LEI
down, and went 10 the bat with him. and.
outstaying him. sped away in the last
.. fifty yards. while the crowd howled itself
hoarse The men ran the first half In
2:14 and the mile in A:3i
IN tho minds Of the many the race ior
the McAleenan trophy was the most Inn
portant race Of the night With Ted
Meredith. Mel Sheppard. Homer Baker
and the great Halpin 10 fight for su-
premacy a treat was in sight, and 50 in
! deed the race was. Ollie De Gruchy o.
| the New York \. c.. also ran, but he was
not prominent at the finish.
| For the first two and half laps, how
| eyer. the New York lad made his presence
| felt. and led the field around the saucer
at 4 merry clip On the third lound OF
the saucer Halpin moved up into the lead
with a great burst Of speed. pulling Mere
dith and Baker with him. For lap
Halpin blazed the trail, but on the stare
| OF the fifth circuit Baker shot through
the field and took a lead OF about hye
wards. lie was strong and full OF run
ming. TOO. and it looked as though he
might win
The crowd had not finished cheering his
effort. however when another roar went
I'D Again it was Haipin. this time out
| in front TO stay. Running like thog'
ouahbred Tom leaped out some eigm
Yards on Baker and held IL to the finish
Sheppard, outsped. but game TO the last.
ran Meredith into hole in the battle for
third place
Charley Mundt OF the ST. Bartholomew
| Athletic Club, ran one OF the most re-
rnarkable races of his life in winning the
| sixty-yard dash handicap. He strained
his leg IN running I'm the semi-inal, and
! in tho final barely crossed the line when
ne pulled a tendon and almost fell 70 the
floor. In the first sem-fnal OF the dash
the runners had narrow escape from In
! Jury. Unable 10 check their speed, they
I crashed into the curtains at the end or
the Garden and pulled them down, poles
and all Fortunately all managed 10 es-
cape.
Jack Hand, OF the Dominican Lyceuns,
| scored In the halt-mile handicap over Z.
G.. Fraser. OF the Irish American Athletic
Cluo and Carl Walther, OF the New York
Athletic Club He was aided by handi-
| cap of some thirty-six yards. In the trial
heat Walther was shut out, but was 80
badly bumped and shunted around that
the referee decided TO allow him TO run in
the final
| The two-mile walk, won by Eddie
REM. was a fine exhibition Of stiff-leggcd
running. There were few. with the ex-
ception of the victor and one or two
others. who he'd any idea OF the game.
but they managed to escape the eyes OF
the judges.
De Witt Clinton High School brought
home the cups In the interschoiastic re-
lay race at one mile defeating Stuyve-
| SAINT High and New York Evening High
by a fair margin after a most interest
| ing race.
The flying quartet OF Cornell University
won the two-miie intercollegiate relay
race by margin OF some six yards over
the blue-clad runners OF Yale in minutes
and 59lz seconds. The race was close and
interesting at all times. but in the final
relay d. 3. Caldwell was able 70 pull out
a bit on II. w Smith.
Starting from scratch, Harry G.. Smith.
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