The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
HUNDRED IN 9 rs
AMAZES Big CROWD
But II Also .AStOnishps .Yudre,
Who RemeaSurc Track ana
Find II Far Short.
LOUIS SPEEDIEST GORDc.

| The big crowd that flied In, ralle-,..
OF tire Twenty-sccond Regiment Arrnor,
last night at the indoor athlete ,'f.e, n,
the Bronx Church House and Comma,
| II of the Twcnty-sccond Regiment I'm
cheers thought that IT was getting q t,..
| trea. II the athletic line. only to he rria I,
| awakened The cause OF the short period
of citation was tho Announcement Of r.t
after heat In the 100 ward dish A. b..--
| done In 10 seconds or better.
| After eight heats had been run. Il
| least one OF them rs fast as 9 80 49,.
onds, the Judges began to feel mat soma.
thing vas wrong and had the track re
measured. Tho race was run OIL a.,
stra!ghtawsy from ono cornc. % "
harmony 20 the other and on rru'ra~uye
aren't /, vas found to be 90 feet i,..
short. ON mailing this grand dlsco,,.
I K WIS decided that the hes; th.ul tp .
was TO run all OF the heats over ac.
| This was excellent for some of tho me-.
WHO lad been beaten and thereby got IN.
| other chance. and "A couple OF thorn rron,rt
py Il. but therc were some VINO had been
more fortunate In the first running Of g..
! heats than they were in the second, ana
| they I'D not like Il nearly no well
Finally the race was won Nv J. Cln.
! bingham. free lance who had a hand
| cap ~ Ave yards. Ho was foiovoa
across th. line by - Green OF III. Ma
tional Turn vcren and A. Hayden n.
the Mercury \. g in order. The winner,
time over the corrected distance ~,
10 Id seconds.
Nor was this the only rime during -.
course of the evening that the Judges
were forced 90 get on the Job. Late or
while the IL pound shot put WAS In pro erc-s
Pat Mcdonald Of the Irish American A
G., while making n mighty heave Of over
nifty feet thrust his foot against the foot
board. The ponderous weight behind ~.
foot caused the board which was fastened
none too securely. to slide ont OF pll.a
This was plainly the fault OF the way tho
board was fixed and not OF the contestar'
and he argued that his throw should hs
declared fair. inas1nuch az lie did 20
overstep the board The judges did NO
see il this way. however. and ruled m.
throw a foul. As Mcdonald had missed
out before this II put him out al th-
running.
Tho feature race Of the night w. a..
invitation run al three-quarters OF a nile
IN which the three Gordon brothers. Bout
W!llie and Freeland, were the sole con-.
pe,tors. They finished exactly In III
order named in minutes and Is SECOND.
! There always has been considerable dis
put" as to which Of the three was the
best and although last nights race va
good test II proved only mat Louis We
tho bcs. thrce-quarter mile runner laS
night. Willie finished only couple -
yards behind Louis and from the way a
was going az the finish il looked - .
he would finish In the front " tho rt'.
| had another quarter of q mile or 60 20
Freeland. who ran under IN. coiors Of g.
| New York Athletic club. while hi b'o'
"rs were unattached, was a poor third.
I finishing about forty yards behind l'r,..
| land went along well for half a mil" IUr
/ might have given a good account OF him
| self AZ that distance, hut n. could no
| las, tho extra quarter.
So many entries wore on IN. lis: for -
one mile novice rae. that the officials ND
TO run = in Two heats. lns,ead % GO
usual custom Of lottinS tho Hrst thu.
| qualify. eight were allowed 20 'or..
! through from each heat. II evcN'ui'
was won by Iorry Re, OF tho o.. "
\. A. In minutes - - second -"
summaries:
100 ward na,l--l.nd.c-p ina 10 -
/ Won ny J. CuLnirzhar5. unRt.,..a.
! yards,: =. Green &a;'onal Turr Vc~.r 4;
J ~ ya-do. ,hird. time. 10 -, -c,ou+.
| $50 ward Dash Hlndtcar ous. ',.'--
%ara,. = =: Hn,sey Mi',rosc !. \. S,'2 ,.-
/ second, -. II. in Smar' So y Z" @
rhr,e .3asf.e- NJ; Kan. iii"',"'i,a.,or- v.
| by Lcu!s Go-aor. unuttgrroJ' V.
don New York \. G.. thrd TIN. .
T9fsf-qa.T's- NJ IN, ~. T4'3 ST..
! 10 yards; William Aua.~-ou. 81. r.-.
\ C.. 30 yarus'. se,'nr: p. i Va .,. o..
! American a e as yard-', ''~|
+ . minutes : sprond.
oge Wa N9yt-~ E'-". T'r4 H.. y.
| Unattached. s~cu.t. y. =. w." e..
| A s. 'Ni-d. Tine ..t..-c. 81. -.......
| one Mile Waik-.U. nd,rrp--D Won b.
Rurkh"rd' Rr"uN church Hogs.
90 Isl. second; 4, Ies.Np. Muta1k E
! S'co1Gs'. third Tiro. u'uu',.
| orit.
| Three Mo VYu--V'oa ry Z, Pro. IN.
| a,' che, -" yardsI, : u. ~',rr.' p.. %
| a. \, ,iis }aris', srv"uu }. o.. '.se .,.' L
Mrd,"v n'.tv Eu". Noii 'r!ic go .0..
80 gn1F'r' milo Iron 'h,r.a ~.
! tors" tcen. v.'h hay Buhl"r. E''.' mi
Aescn; rar,im" :. @ team. wen ".l'
minutes 81 Be-; seconds,
! On" Nile lut"r.orlra"g IL
| ltano!cap Won by CompsUs y .OHn " ~
! Co"'e Erase. ,Scney 'no olhc'.
/ E's"y H'Hs nnd M,ckuy. - yar1.. -
hr"en ana McNcnma. 8; y,-ls .r',
| . minutes -" -.t seconds.
| Two'v' rou'.i Sao' IN U7'. "
| By -. EarN Arcl"r \. a. % i,"
| linton S"''"'"eH', ) foot .',
| PVT Of - f""' 'nrh"s, .r.ou.. " O.. . SO
actual pr, u !, i.e' / a,,
:, Running ii.th Juan u'H. 81
! vi'h an actual iuup %. ...'
! r. l.. Laat""h"'l. r'trh uu...
! vith an A.'uG. lump 90 gee.
, second; Eun"ou, pas''mc 4 O.. =.
| wan an ''ilN' tUmp ut . ',.