The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-05

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night. Such names to %conjure with az
kiviat. Meyer. Ellor and Plat Adams
were ainong those erased through the
process of vigorous competition which
kept the. crowd IN n state of enthusiasm
from the first crack of the pistol until
the end OF the meet.
Tom Halpin OF Boston was the only
champion to emerge from the fray with
honors undimmed. He took the lead at
the start of the 600 and, though wilkie
of Yale pressed him hard, the Bostonian
came away again at the finish and won
by five yards. Pat Mcdonald OF the
Irish American A. G. retained his title in
putting the "a pound shot. but lost the
iifty-siN pound weight for height after
tying with Matt McCirath. Plat Adams.
twice defeated by Taylor Of the Illinois
\. c.. held or to one OF his three cham
pionships by winning the pole vault for
distance. This made (. crop Of ten new
champions out OF a total OF thirteen
events.
The Irish American A. e. retained its
supremacy as the champion club by scor-
Ing 30 points. mainly through minor
places. as :he WINGED Fist brigade ac-
counted for only two firsts. The Boston
4. A. was. second with % points. which
included three first places. The New
York A. G.. fell down badly. hut squeezed
into third position with ~ points 10 IL
for the Illinois A. G.
There was a close fight between the
New England and metropolitan districts
as to which would capture the greatest
number of titles. and the New Eng
Ianders came out ahead with six vic
tories. In addition to the three wins
OF the Boston A.. n, Colby College, Dart
mouth College and Yale University each
supplied q winner to swell the New Eng
land total. The metropolitan district
had live victories and AT the same time
had a share in the win or Oler for New
England. as the colleeian resides here
and is u. member of the New York A c.
Taylor credited with two other titles TO
the middle West. while the middle At
lantic division did not even get into the
point score.
Three. championship records were
broken, the standing high and broad
Jumps and the two mile walk. In the
walk Eddrn REM let himself out enough
at the finish TO beat Dick Remer by
twenty-five yards. His time was II
minutes 3 So seconds. taking II big slice
off the previous best Of lt:32 3-5 made
by X. f. CHORD In 1918.
An accident to Tom Lennon OF the
New York A.. &. robbed the SEQ yard
race OF uuch interest. lie pulled a
tendon In his heat and. the injury was
so painful that he fell down and had to
be carried from the track. Alvah Meyer.
the title holder. won his heat. but did
not. start IN the final, The Geld was de-
efesSed further by Il ruling OF The ref
cree. In the heat for second men Dave
Kuhn and Ed Maurer. both of the Ne"
York \. G.. took the matter as a joke
and nellhey tried TO win. The referee
disqualified them both.
There were cheers FOR al the ~victors.
aud for some, OF the losers too. This
v..2 .E..afaIfy ri In tho fuN Tnl1a RIM
in which both Mike D~evanney, VINO
won, and Joe Ray OF the Illinois \. c.
were victims OF An accident, which lost
them much ground. The men settled
comfortably into positions at three
quarters OF a mile, with sid Leslie lead
ing. G~ianakopulos second, Devanney
third and Ray next. In turning a cor.
ner Devanney struck the curb and fell.
In trying TO jump over him Ray STUN
bled and in some mysterious manner
loosened his shoe. IrNanney was on
his feet and after the leaders In a hurry,
but the Chicago lad lost az least forty
yards.
Devanney had the greater speed and
in a brush down the Twenty-sixth street
side managed 10 edge far enough In
front to take the final turn first. Leslie
eased then and Devanney won by hve
yards. Ray persevered and was ch"ered
loudly when he finished third, thirty
yards behind Leslie. The time was .
minutes "a +-j seconds.
Dave Caldwell of Boston showed un-
limited confidence in his sprinting power
10y the manner in which he ran the l.Ooo
yards. Eight went to the mark, the
only absentee being 4. $. Steele OF Ger
mantowu. Caldwell was content to
keep we'll back in the bunch for the first
half of the distance, as was Abel kiviat'
who was trying TO maintain the ttlc
he won last year, f.. :. Fraser ana
Dick Egaa kept the Winged Fist In the
van for the first two laps and although
Caldwell was in third place for a wh.le
he dorpped back and Joined kiviat in
the ruck. Louis Gordon OF the y. '.
\. e. went up in the third lap and split
the two lrishmen.
just before the bell ram Anderson
OF the New Works started a t%erritf
sprint. Rushing by the leaders he had
ar advantage Of ten yards when the
signal was given for the final circuit.
kiviat was a little quicker than Cald-
we'll in moving after the runaway. hut
As soon as the Bostonian gathered HIM
self together for his rush the issue was
no longer in doubt.
With gigantic strides he swept on
ward and ranged alongside of Anderson
before half the lap WAS completed. The
New Yorker fought gamely to hold tho
New Highlander, hut in a few more
bounds caldwell was tearing or TO Vic
tory while Anderson was staggering in
n vain endeaVor to maintain second
place. kiviat, though far from show
ing his usual dash, picked up i've yards
on the stretch and took the place by
inches from Anderson, ~. r Mahon"y
scored another point for Boston by land
Ing In fourth place a long way behind
the leaders,
4t,.h Ng.,ar tho ~ yn rl rhanDlpp.