The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
HALPIN SHOWS SPEED
OYER BOARD FLOOR
Boston Filler Travels Over 600
Yard Course i'm I Min
ute IL Seconds.
y. \. \. E.. TAKES RELAY
Homer Bakers Fast Half Mile
Helps Teammates Win
Medley Event.
\. \. \. E.. TAKES RELAY

showed the local athletes now to skin
over the hoard floor for 500 yards IN
IN. feature event OF the games OF the
Fastme \ G. AT the seventy first Regi-
mcnt Armory. In winning the metropoli-
tan 500 Halpin missed the indoor record
of :l3 -. made by Ted Meredith las,
April, by one-fifth ~ u second. but never
thcless Il was the verdict Of the experts
that tn, h,nky New Engander put w
~" best piece Of running for the distance
that over has been seen IN Manhattan
armpry.
When Meredith set the record he ran
on larger circuit AT the Thirteenth R.gi
mcut armory and was equipped with
spiked shoes. Halpin brought his spikes
along only To- learn that they We're not
allowed. II. was on the point Of staying
ont of III. race when Mel Sheppard gall
lhntlt loaned the visitor his shoes. drop
ping GU, of the event himself and r-scrv-
iur his efforts for the medley relay race
later In the evening Homer BAKER also
held back To- run for the New York \. g.
- that the field which faced tn. starter
for ~" head liner contained little class
with the exception Of Halpin
Fog the first lap It looked a. though
Hugh hrshon the Junior champion u, ths
distance. would Civ. Hhlpiu hard run
have trouble taking the corners without
his spikes Befor. half the dstanc. had
been covered HHlpin found himself and he
jumped 10 IN. front with a space. devour-
ing stride. Hirshon hung on pluckily ana
WAS only two yards behind the leader
when the hell rang for the last lap Hal
pin took no chances In close finish then
and he stretched his long legs To- their
utmost capacity. Every stride carried him
away from the struggling runners behind
him and he broke the tape eight yards IN
front ~ Hirshon. who beat ollie -.
Gruchy by siA yards for IN. place. OFT.
mann, the ouly other starter. was last all
the wsy
Homer Raker was entitled to his share
OF the nights glory for by IA great half
mil. at the end of the medley relay race
NJ won FOR the New York A. G. in an
event that caused the mos, club rivalry
OF the night. With all it's cracks carded
To 40. the Irish American A. G. team
started with the idea OF lowering the
record Of ! :3s Pcs. made At Buffalo by
the Thirteenth Regiment team I'm 1911.
Harnes kolehnainen. who led on by
taking ~. mile relay. spoiled all chance
OF u record FOR the Irish. He seemed
unable 10 get into any speed and when
Meyer took up the running for furionp
tn, Irish team was more than lap
behind m. leader.
Willie Kramer ran a better mile than
the Fiuu but was una hi. TO put the Long
Island a. g IN front. and the New York
4. e. sprlntors began 10 cut down tho
lead Of both the Long Islanders and the
Glenco.s. The race ended with half
mile. and Baker was nearly fifty yards
behind Rosenbaum of the Glencoe A g
when he took the touch from Valentine
u" ran with excellent judgment. hut q,
the bell fifteen yards separated him from
Ros.uhaum II was n tight n, I'm, c,as.
told and Yet,iny IN .yen t.r,rs .iyn,,
ward. FROM to,,. p.t.r t..t"1 70.
enough :, win nv Yard md , h.lF
Tn. tim. of az l.; .bo,,o1 tho, ,ho
Irish team would have had ,o h,..l,
no record TO win Instead Kixi,, Yhn
finished ,,li,,tI, U.S. ,,.nr,,. ha,, ,'
Ia ia. IA tn ~. ~, ~
started ,rn,,, ,ho 80 .,, ,, "'"
Thor. vns , coueic, -, ,,,h,,i,, 10 A..
,vo mile hand3ca,, r,il, ir a,h,,,h Oh ~ Wv,
Re,n,r Of tho irish ,r.,ic.n a, -
his f.,l,y scr,,,b 49,, - n ,iw., -.
r,,rn ,.d IVA, LII ,,.n,, -, .'.''
R.m.r walked ,,,,,,,'ss,, ,hr,usi,n,,,
which ..s NOR. than co,,,d IA. .a;J 81 ~
n,aiori,, of IN, r.., n, IN. eia s.
II,hrnid m. ola cha,rn,,r me-. ~. 49,,
and he anrearea 10 ,r.,t ,.,or,, ~ -
contestants with undue ,.r,erry ~,
enthusiasts. linn Hockirv ana p.nn,
Mann. constituted themselves ossts,an,s
and besides pulling on ssyar.i of a..
LEGGED walkers when Ii,bpoId va. ma,
looking. TOOK upor Themselves IN ais
qualify Frank H. Plant who finished third
and whose styl. certainly was omen IN
criticism They nearly got away with /,
but Referee sullivan st.pp.d in I'm Tim.
10 sustain i.'ebrold In his contention that
pl,n, 90, ms ,bi,a ,r;,, ,,,, II -
! 90 -, p'.n,, "u' 'n'rt was
no I'"r'sS LOT those VINO had lcft the
track at the orders OF tn. self constitute
| Judges
- r. Lake. n. indoor h,,,o hin,
s'ho'htfeh MS opponents IN the two mile
bicycle handicap u. scor-d his nth
victory out Of six races and ,,orony.r
ht, ,,,, d.,, , 80 ','' ~" ,
n'S Only neie"' was accomplished when
h" finished second with HAT tire ~ AN
| uarr, Smith x,s the s,r,,ch r,., "a
! ', '"i'h "as the scratch man IN
the thr'" mi" handicap. but he failed 10
| run to form In the iirs, haif of the
| u ~ u" s".oeo 'nTu' uniN Sat"s on
! Workers lad began 10 show the scratch
man up and at III, finish h. Was NOR,
,h.n No ori.inoi o,,,,man, ~, ~ ,,.r',,
,'au We "'ls,, ,, "''''"'e'' VI -" 'a'"s
In the half mile Military Athletic
League handicap W. Anderson showed
| lna' MS Nlc'orS IN the i'V"o var" JUNIOR
from scratch with Homer Baker penalized