Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
Sheppard, Lennon, Scott and
Smith Among Cracks to
!, Meet Defeat.
CUP FOR NEW YORK A. c.
Point Honors Captured by New
York Athletic Club Rep
resentatives.

Stars of the athletic world. former
heroes of the indoor tracks and
those among the present luminary
lights, fell by the wayside in the
sixth annual indoor games of the T.
A. B. s., which were held last night
in the First Regiment Armory. Mel
vim Sheppard, not the once Peerless
Mel of old. found the going eX-
ceedingly fast in the 300-yard handi-
cap and finished fourth, unable to
make much Roadway after attempting
squirt three times to overcome the
handicap runners. The once famous
sprint of the former Irish-American
Athletic Club member apparently
was lacking, and he had to be con-
tent with fourth place. Sheppard,
however, was not the only big run
ner who felt the sting of defeat.
Sheppard at least had the satisfac-
ton of qualifying in the final event.
The same cannot be said of Thomas
Lennon, the University of Pennsyl-
Vania athlete, who was shut out in
his heat. Lennon was entered in the
same race as Sheppard the 300-yard
handicap. Many expected to see n
grand old battle between Lennon and
Sheppard in this race. Sheppard won
his heat, = st barely beating out
Cliff Frazee, of the Prudential In
surance Athletic Association. Not so
with Lennon. The Penn runner made
a good attempt, but he was unable 20
come through on the outside and
finished far to the rear.
Point Honors for New York \. c.
The winged-foot athletes of the
New York Athletic Club carried off
the point trophy, scoring fifteen
points. Bronx Church House attn
letes scored eight points and the
members of the Long Island Athletic
Club finished third, with seven
points. The Prudential and Pastime
Athletic Club teams were tied fol'
fourth place, each having scored
six credits. Five points were scored
by each of the teams of the Trinity
Loughlin Lyceum, Irish-American
and Salem Crescent clubs
Ovation for Kramer.
There was the usual good crowd
on hand last night, and some STIR
ring finishes were witnessed in sew
eral races. Probably the greatest
ovation of the night was given when
Frank L. Kramer, national cham
pion. was introduced previous to his
starting the two-mile bicycle race,
handicap affair. From the time
Kramer was introduced the crowd
kept up its applause almost continu-
ally until the start of the event.
SCOTS Sprint Too Late.
One of the big races of the night
was the two-mile handicap, in which
Louis Scott, of the Long Island Ath-
letic Club Frank Zuna, Fred Sey-
Earth and George Messler, Of this
S.fA x- A.
tional two-mile champion, were en-
tered. All interest in Harry Smiths
entry in the race was overlooked en-
tirely as the national champion
dropped out on the second lap, he
probably realizing at the time that
the hsndicaps were too much for him
to overcome. Fred Seyfarth started
off at a fast pace, but was forced
to retire with four laps to go. When
Seyfarth dropped out A. |. Lemberg,
of the Trinity Club, who started from
the seventy-five-yard mark; Casper
Schaffer and George Messler, of the
Long Island Athletic Club, both of
: whom started from the 125-yard line,
were we'll punched. When the last
lap was nearing Louis Scott, who had
q sixty-yard allowance, was almost
half lap to the bad. With the re-
port of the gun Scott started his
went away from the leading combi-
nation on the back stretch and he
finished ten yards to the good. Mess
Ter made final squirt nearing the
tape In an effort to beat out Schaf-
fer, but the Newark boy was just a
little too late. By letting out a,
terrific sprint Louis Scott managed
to get in fourth place.
Ashweil KeIIy's Master.
Even Willie Kelly, the Prudential
star runner. felt the tide of affairs
not to his liking. Kelly, who has
trimmed some fast boys of this state,
met his match in Harry L. Ashwell,
teammate, in the quarter mile
handicap. Kelly made a great at
tempt on the gun lap, moving up from
tenth position to second. He started
TO fight Ashwell for the lead, but the
latter let out a burst of speed and
Kelly was forced to be content with
second position. From all appear
ances, Kelly was not given any the
best of it when he tried TO go around
on the outside on the last lap. There
was considerable pushing on the turns
and the Prudential athlete was
thrown from his stride just as he was
a bout to enter the last turn. Ashwell
made his bid ON the Sussex avenue
turn and from fourth position Kelly
started to 90 through on the back
stretch. The latter was pocketed, but
made a game effort, only to lose out.
Kelly had forty yards handicap and
-Ashwell sixty-five. NJ. Toohey, of the
IT. A. B. s, got third place, but was
disqualified for cutting the turns.
Tom Moore, of the Melrose Athletic
Club, got the place.
With Tommy Lennon out of the 500
yard handicap interest in the event
was rather dimmed, although a good
finish was in order. d. Poletzer, of
the Sheridan Athletic Club, who
started from the five-yard mark. just
managed to beat out Maurer, of the
New York Athletic Club, the latter
having the same allowance as the
winner. William F. Weiss. of the
Bronx Church House, got third, and
trailing Weiss was Sheppard. Mel
made three spurts, but each time he
seemed to lack the oldtime punch,
and fourth place was his lot.
Blanket Finish in Dash.
The seventy five-yard dash was a
pretty race, and resulted in blanket
finish. Hal Holland, the local boy