The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
SMALL FLOOR MAKES
MILITARY MEET DRAG
Crowded Conditions at Armory
Of 9TH Regiment Cause Delay.
SO Many Go Early.
HOME TEAM POINT VICTOR
Superiority in Bike Races Big
Factor-Bal.er Wins Over
kiviat in Half.
HOME TEAM POINT VICTOR

For the 'rs- TIM the Military AN
le:ic League chamD'onships were ta';en
TO the SsV,n;y-first Reg ment Am ry las
night ard the result was that on the small
Hcor IL took so long 10 run the gam iha,
nearly all tie spectators were helrt.ly
tired long /, fore the last event was run
off The shft 10 the ScvcHty-first armo y
also ma, kad the downfall Of the Thir-
tenth in the struggle for points, the hcn-
rs 20 ng to the Seve1'y-irst. wh.ct hal
a w,u ha'arced team and was ov, rwhelm-
!ngly superior In the bicycle events
Individually Homer Baker OF the Sew
cnty-flrst carried of the honors For
once Ec ran with excellent judgment and
fin shed IN front OF Abel Kv.at in the half
m,ic champ onship, clipping two seconds
OF the record OF l IS 49,, which s:ooi TO
the credi. OF Mi Sheppard. k.vat went
out TO make the pace AMI led for the
iirst three laps with Mylcs Mcilugh keep
ing Baker out OF second pace Baker )
friends yelled for him TO follow Kv.at,
bar the Stventy-irst man did better by
making a jump two laps from home ana
s-rntng in front of the Staten Islander.
II was a grand race to the finish, but
hlN4dl hlIU I nave u Al4hll'' ~ pass Nll'
leader. who rcachol the tape with mar.
gn OF good yard, De Gruchy CAM
through in the last lap and beat McFugh
or third pace.
Frank Stephenson OF the Thirteenth
ccval,od the record Z : rs seconds In his
heat Of the seventy yard dash but in the
final was beaten out on the tape 10y Il. ".
Mcdonald Of the Second Naval Battalion
IN a tfih Of second sower time.
TIE like events " lie farclcll In more
ways than one. The amateur referee d s.
Qualified Van den Dries Tor locking around
IN MS hea Of the mile, though no On. WAS
IN .srfeTCd with. In the final Lake and
Goodwin fell early and Townsend while a
contender, came to gr.ef on the last lap.
This II III. htfne u win easy. Lake
AM Van den Dliss both kept up IN the
two miles and I'm shed first and second,
The ou,iter proved an easy win for Mel
Sheppard az er Shelley q Buffalo had as
stunned what lock d Ike a commanding
lead. Sheppard slipped the field with "a
great squirt In the last zap ana Hauser
jus; got M IN time t. beat the Buffi.oian
for the place The summaries;
10 Yari Dash. Noyic, Won by ] NlhaL
iniaS,ys' scoSi' johS Fo'sy. FoST',s",i !.
70 Yard Dash. Cnampionsnlp-Wo by II.
W. Mcdonald Second Naval BAtta'ion, +
stephenson, Thirteenth e. A d, second g.
J. Dahl. Second Naval Battalion, tn!rd.
Tire as Conds
go YARD Hurdle Race; Championship
l. j. Lowell, Fourteenth Infantry, second
Il r., Gcggens, seventy nrst Infantry, thiTd
r me, - IS seconds
geo Yard Run. COMMUNICATIVE hv T
Lennon, seventy -frst Infantry; II q imam
Second Naval Battalion, second, G. j Dahl
second Naval Battalion, third Time, .,
seconds
go YarI Obstacle Race Championship
Won by e. LOisel T~enty-third In
/ fantry. c Haskell Thirteenth g 4 u
7 = cond; G HI.ls,r Ta,nty.third Infantry,
third. Time, SO rs seconds
40 Yard Race, CHI mplonship-Won by
Melvin " Sheppard, Fourteenth Infantry
fceona 'sSssI.v s.SHa R Riiasgn
Bun no thiri Time. 10 A. seconds
eco Yard Run Noyce-won BY George
Kinder. seventy FIRST Infantry. T., +. Bal =,
tier, Jr, Fortv-seventh Inf9ntrv. second
W Friedman Fourteenth Infantry. Time
minute ~ seconds
Sso Yard Run. championship-won BY