Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-12
SHEPPARD IN TRIM
FOR TABS SPECIAL
Famous Runner Has Trained
Hard for Holland, Meyer
and Kelly.
TRACK AND FIELD NOTES

The First Regiment Armory will be
the magnet for local athletic follow
ers on Wednesday night, when the
Jay street drill floor will be the scene
Of the annual indoor games of the
Father Mathew T. A. B. S. Society.
Rev. e. f. Quirk has arranged a pro-
gram of the first water for the fifth
effort of the society.
The feature of the evenings card
will be a special 300-yard handicap,
special race in which the old war
horse. Mel Sheppard, will match his
speed against a trio of youngsters,
TWO of whom are Newark boys. The
peerless Mel will start from scratch.
Upon the same mark will be Hal
Holland. the local lad, who sports the
cherry X of the Xavier A. A. P. w.
Meyer. of the Long Island A. c., has
IN advantage of six yards on the
back-mark pair. William Kelly, the
other Newarker, viii have the great
est handicap. being allotted the
aleven-yard mark. Sheppard has been
making an earnest endeavor to regain
his form of previous years and is said
% be trained just right for the dis
sanee. Holland is anxious to redeem
himself in the eyes of the Newark
athletic fans for his failure to annex
the junior national 220-yard title and
s booked to uncork slashing pace.
Kelly, with a handicap of eleven
yards. is dangerous contender The
T. A. 3. runner is the quarter-mile
champion of New Jersey, and with
nothing to lose and all to gain In a
race with such a crack field stands
an excellent chance to win. Meyer is
one of the best of the new generation
in metropolitan athletics.
Treat for Bike Fans.
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Is the two-mile bicycle race which Isl
the first sample of the fiat floor brand
Of cycling that the Velodrome regu-
lars have ever had the opportunity
to witness. A ten-lap track has been
ruled off at the armory, and the
wheelmen have tried out the local
floor so that the race will be a sum
mer from start to finish. dozen
starters will face the barrier, among
whom are Ed Goodwin, of the Irish
American A. c., and L. Van Den
Dries, st. Vincent Ferrerr A. c.,
whose keen rivalry has featured the
fat floor game the past year in the
armory meets of Manhattan. Jack
Townsend, Of the Bronx Church
House, is another entrant of class
Champions Galore.
Junior National Champion ].
Ravenall, ST. Christopher A. c., will
be the scratch men in the seventy
Vineyard handicap. e, D. Maurer,
unattached, has been. granted five
feet, and the battle for the honors is
sure to be a eorker. The regular 300
yard handicap attracted the best in
the metropolitan district. Tommy
Lennon, New York A. c., who won
the junior national 20-yard title
week ago at Brooklyn, and Mel Shep-
pard have been placed on the scratch
mark The field is a classy one, and
the pair will have tough struggle
getting to the fore.
Billy Anderson, another junior
marker in the three-quarter- mile
handicap, in the field of which are
Mike Devaney. of the Belleville
Catholic Club; Myles McHugh,
Pastime A. c.; Jack O'Neil, New
York A. c., and other athletes OF
class Anderson, O'Neil and Nc
Hugh are the three runners that ran
neck and neck for the Junior LOCO
yard title at Brooklyn. With handl-
caps of twenty-five and fifteen yards,
respectively, the last named pair
Anderson, who lives in Roselle Park.
Famous Harriers Entered.
The Long Island A. c. enters the
bulk of its famous cross-country
team in the two-mile handicap race
Sid Leslie. the junior champion hill
and-daler. will start from scratch
Eddie Jordan, of the Xavier, is on
the fifty-yard mark, while Mike De-
vaney has been allowed twenty yards
on the champion.
A walking race has also been
carded. R. 3. Clifford, of the Long
Island A. c., is the honor starer. The
one-mile novice event will have a
local flavor Walt Beattie and Art
stokes, of the Prudential A. A; II.
Parks. of the Tabs; Charles Green,
the Central High School hill-and-
daler, and G. w. Philhower and A
Gungerman, of the Newark Y. NJ. c.
A. are among the entrants.
Central High School, Englewood
High School and New York Evening
High School will contest in the
scholastic relay. Belleville Catholic
Club is pitted against the Manhattan
quartets in the club relay. Ollie
DeGrouchey is scheduled to take a
leg of the New York A. c. relay
Other teams entered are the Loughlin
Lyeeum, Pastime A. c., Salem Cres-
cent A. c., knights of st. Anthony
and the Central Congregational S. S.
There will also be a team race be-
tween the members of the Tab So
eiety, in which Willie Kelly Is a
starter.
One of the best set of games staged
this winter in Manhattan will be that
of the Greek American Athletic Club
on Friday evening, January is, at the
Seventy-fourth Infantry Armory, New
York city. Hal Holland, the Newark
sprinter, who represents the Xavier A.
A.. will start in the sprints, together
with j. Ravenall, st. Christopher A.
c.; f. L. Stephenson, of Trinity Club;
e. Maurer and e. Pothtzer, of the
sheridans: II. Seney, of the Bronx
Church House; Drew Valentine. of the
New York A. c., and Hal Hooking,
who is at present running unattached
preparatory to joining the New York
A. G. Among those to face the bar
rier in the 1,000-yard handicap will be
Billy Anderson. unattached, of Ro-
selle Park; S. II. Cobb, the former
Amherst College crack; w. Gordon, of
the Hollywoods; T. J. Kelly, S. j.
Riley, F. L. Gardner and H. Hershon,
of the Irish American A. c.