Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-01
Many Metropolitan Stars Are
Among Athletes Who Will
Compete.
EXPECT KEEN COMPETITION
Shepherd and Lennon Likely to
Have Task to Catch
Limit Men.

With a list of almost 300 entries.
the T. A. b. s. games at the First
Regiment Armory tomorrow night
are expected to furnish some keen
competition. New York athletes are
turning out strong for the meet.
Such clubs as the New York A. c.,
Irish-Ameriean Athletic Club, Mill
rose Athletic Club, knights of st.
Anthony, Bronx Church House, and
other well-known athletic organiza-
tions will send a delegation of run
ners. There are eleven events on the
program, among them being two BIZ
cycle races which will be started by
Frank L. Kramer, the national
champion. Among the big stars en-
tered are Melvin Sheppard, Tommy
Lennon, of the University of Penn
sylvania, and Harry J. Smith, of the
Bronx Church House. Probably the
big race of the night will be the 300
yard handicap, in which Sheppard has
three yards on Lennon, the latter
being the scratch man of the race.
Rev. Father Edward F. Quirk, of
the T. A. B. S.. announced today that
r. ]. Egan, of the Irish-American
Athletic Club, would be a starter In
the three-quarter-mile handicap and
1,200-yard relay. Egan is going good
at the present time and will likely
give the limit men a hard fight for
honors in the three-quarter-mi ham
dicap. He will also compete as q
member of the Irish American Ath-
1etic Club relay team, which is ex-
pected to have a hard battle with
the Salem Crescents. e. S. Frazer,
of the Irish-American Athletic Club,
who will start from scratch, will
have, in all probability, a tough job
: on his hands in the three-quarter-
mile handicap, as such noted boys as
Willie Kelly, of the Prudential, who
has been allotted forty yards; Krut-
schnitt, also of the Prudential and
former University of Pennsylvania
athlete; Toohey of the T. A. B. s.,
C. A. Walsha, of the knights of st.
Anthony and Matt Gels, of the Mill
rose Athletic Club, are entered.
Task for Back Markers.
Tt is believed that both Sheppard
and Lennon will have a hard time
cutting down the limit men in 300
yards. Handicaps have been allotted
for thirteen yards. Both Thomas
Brady and Captain Richard Hudson,
of the Prudential Athletic Associa
ton, have thirteen yards leeway. In
the 300-yard handicap, Seton Hall
has entered three runners. A. ].
Marley has eight yards, while w. P.
Hickey and w. ]. Barry will start
with a ten-yard handicap. Cliff
Frazee, of the Prudential, has nine
yards on Lennon, the scratch man.
On the same mark with Melvin Shep-
pord will be e. S. Fraser, of the
Irish-American Club.
Joe Higgins, a member of the First
Regiment Armory and a Splinter of
note, has entered the 75-yard dash
handicap and will start from the
nine-foot mark. The T. A. B, s.
have entered two sprinters, Frank
Walsh and John Finnegan, and the
Prudential, William H. Van Orne
and J. H. Graham. Walsh has four
teen feet, 8 Finnegan fourteen feet,
Van Orne thirteen feet and Graham
eleven. E. ID. Maurer, of the New
York Athletic Club, is the scratch
man in this race with d. Poletzer,
of the Sheridan Athletic Club. The
Long Island Athletic Club will be
represented by Elmer Belts and
George Bowman. Seton Hall has one
entry, Edward ]. Heine, who will
start from the fourteen-foot mark.
There are thirty-eight runners en-
tered in the 75-yard dash handicap.
Local Stars in Two-Mile Handicap.
Several local boys will be seen try
Ing for honors in the two-mile handi-
cap, among them being Frank Zuna,
who is a member of the Irish-Ameri-
can Athletic Club; Frank SingerlinG,
of the T. A. B. s.; A. e. Stokes, OF
the Prudential, and Fred ]. Seyfarttr,
of St. Columbia Catholic Club. Harry
J. Smith, the national two-mile
champion, will start from the scratch
mark. Sidney Leslie, of the Loag
Island Athletic Club, has forty yards.
Seyfarth will start with 100 yards
to the good. Another star runner
who may prove a dangerous factor
is H. Louis Scott, of Paterson, who
is a member of the Long Island Ath-
Ietic Club. Scott has sixty yards on
Smith. James H. Fultz, Newarker,
running unattached, has $50 yards,
Stokes, of Prudential, has 1870 yards
Zuna, of the Irish-Americans, 13b
yards, and Singerling, of the T. A.
3. S., ITO yards. One of the latest
entries received Is that of ]. O'Neil,
of the New York Athletic Club, who
has been given seventy-five yards.
Plank ON Scratch in Mile Walk.
Twenty-six entries have been re-
ceived for the one-milk walk. This
event in the T. A. B. s. list OF
games has grown from year to year,
and is proving to be popular num-
Der. Frank E. Plank, of the Long
Island Athletic Club, has been
placed on the scratch mark. Samuel
CCnWdTLZ, VI lHC ASeaNA
Athletic Club, and president of the
Walkers Club of America, will have
eight seconds handicap. Morrison,
of the Long Island Athletic Club,
will have ten seconds; Burkhardt, of
the Bronx Church House, fifteen Sec
onds, and William Clark, of the
Irish-American Athletic Club, thir-
teen yards. George F'oran, of the
Newark police, will have thirty-five
seconds getaway.
AS usual, there is a large list Of
runners who have sent in their
entry for the one-mile novice. The
Prudential will be represented by
Frank Carter and Walter Beattie
and the T. A. B. S. by Harry Parks.
Edgar Rothe, of the Y. M. c. A.,
will also be a starter.
Seton Hall Relay Team to Start.
Alfred o. Lake and William Van
den Dries, Of the New York Ath-
Ietic Club, are expected to furnish
the fireworks in the two-mile bicycle
race handicap and the one-mile BIZ
cycle event, the latter being an open
affair.
Seton Hall will start g. relay team