The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
'O'CONNOR DISPLAYS
ALL AROUND ABILITY
Metropolitan Dccathlon Easy
for Unattached Star-GOod
on Track and Field.
ALMLOF, SWEDE, SECOND

u tAlANN NiAAA So
attached, won the Metropolitan A. A. u.
decathlon championship yesterday af-
ternoon Mt the Classified Employees As
s~ociation. Department of Street Clean
ing. at Celtic Park. +. Almlof. OF
the Swedish American A. c., was
second and u. J. Shea, Of the Pas
time 4. c.. third. o'Connor scored
5.657.27 points: Almlof 6.O37.lb, and
Shea 5.ol454. j. r. Fritts. Pastime A. c.,
finished fourth S. P~etander, Swedish
American A. G. ffth J. C. Lincoln, New
York A. G.. sixth q. Mayer, st. George
A. c.. seventh, and p. Taversaal, Nor
wegian Turn A. c., eighth.
O'Connor proved his all around ability
by scoring we'll in both track and field
events. lie won his heat in the 100
meter dash. ran "a dead heat with Alm-
iof in the ITO meter hurdles, and was
first In the discus throw. shot put and
broad jump. He had enough strength
left 10 get fourth place in the 1900
meter run. which was run last. This
event killed the chances OF Lincoln.
who had scored well up to that time,
lie was So exhausted from his earlier
efforts that he was unable TO finish.
In the three mile run handicap Charles
Pores of the Millrose 4. c. started from
scratch and won after a hard race from
otto LaIkso. an unattached runner.
The summaries:
CLOSED EVENTS.
$50 Yard 'Relay Race-won by Clerical
Department. Manhattan; stable b. Bronx.
AANAnl T.HnA - A -
100 YARD Dash-won by George Relyea.
stable b. Bronx. 10 yards, j., J smith
IO Yard Run-Won By T Mlhoney.
section 20, Manhattan J. caiaretsa.
BROOKLYN third. Time isO2 IS.
lSo Yard chariot RGce0uwGn by Section
ond stable G. Brooklyn. third. Time
100 Yard sack Racc-wcn nv p. CluEg,
ond, ". oConnor, Section X. third. Time
Is Is seconds.
boda and J. Michaelson. section F, Man
haitian. Time - "a seconds ,..,
section N d.. j. Evans SectiSn i, s"s"tonii.
N. .sparansa, Section u. third. Time
OPEN EVENTS.
chSrles. Hi, HSaa;tnehsd % ySr@" i.
Coyle. Irish American 4. e, : Yards. sec
ond; =. TottenJo, Bronx church House.
$50 YARD Dash. hanilcapSwon by n. r.
White IaIeW,crssGsn, a; G scratch sec
1000 YerJ Run, Handicap Won BY W.
q Brien. Loughlin Lyceum. 81 yards, sec
ond; X Mclaughlin, Holy, cross Lyceum,
Three Mile Run. Handicap-won by
Charles Pore, MlllroSr A A, scratch: o
Iaakso, unattached, 80 yards. second; II.
r. ROden, unattached, 100 yards. third.
Time 1896 IS.
METRoPOIdTAS D~ECATILoN.
100 Meter pash-First heat, won by u
J. shea, rastlme A; c., J.k; Fritis. pas
YORK \ Z, third. i. Aim.oi, Swedish
American \. C., fourth. Time, !: - see
HaT. unattSenci g. Mayer st. George 4.
G, second 4. rraversaal, Norwegian Turn
a. c, third :. retalider. swedish Aneri-
Running Broad Jump-won by o'Con-
nor, with 20 feet ia inches, shea, with
feet "a inches, third; PetaHder. with Is
feel ION inches, fourth Lincoln. NTH.
Fritts, sixth; Mayer, seventh; Traversaal,
futting IS Pound shot-won by o'Con-
nor, with 81 feet a. inches Lincoln, with
81 feet n inches, second; Fritts, with 80
feet p. inches. third; Almlof, with 81 feet
6s inches, fourth; Mayer, hfth, Trayersaal.
sixth shea, seventh; P~etander. eighth.
44O Meter Run-Flrst heat, won by j.
Il. Fritts, Idncoln, second Traversaal,
third. Petander, fourth, Time. 81 seconds.
Second heat, won by shea; O'Connor. sec
ond; Almloi, third; Mayer. Fourth. Time,
% 20 seconds.
Running High Jump-won BY Shea. S
feet So Inches: FrittS. 8 feet "a inches.
second retander, 3 feet So inches. third.
OConnor, 8 feet IA Inches, fourth. AInlof.
MN; Mayer, sixth; TraversasL. seventh.
ITO Meter High Hurdles-Flrst heat,
won by petander; Mayer, second. Lincoln,
third. Time, 20 40 seconds Second heat,
won by OConnor; shea, second. Traver-
saal, third. Time, Is 30 seconds. Third
heat. won by Almhof, Frltts, second. Time,
is So seconds.
Throwing the Discus-won by o'Connor.
il6 feet 2N inches; Lincoln, gS feet &
inches, second, shea, ~ feet SA inches,
third; Traversaal, SO feet ~ inches,
fourth; Almlof, nth; Petander. sixth
Mayer, seventh; Fritts. eighth.
Pole Nault-Won by. P~etander, 10 feet 3
LOT. . feet 4 inches, third; Lincoln. s
feet 10 inches, fourth; OConnOr. $ feet
10 Inches, NTH; TraveTsaa4, ) feet I inches,
sixth. Shea feet 10 inches. seventh
Mayer, : feet 10 inches, eighth.
Throwing the Javelin-Won by Lincoln,
| with i46 feet 8 inches; Almlof. IA feet ~
| inches. second Frits. 1923 feet 8 inches,
third; O'Connor. l27 feet G inches, fourth:
Petander, NTH; Traversaal, sixth; Shea.
seventh, Mayer, eighth,
1900 Meter Run-Won by Fritts; Shea,
second: Petander, third O'Connor, fourth,
Almlof. nth; Mayer. sixth; Traversaal,
SEVENTH; Lincoln did not finish. Time,
4 minutes 40 3-5 seconds.
Final Point Score-O'Connor, 6657270;
Almlof; 5Os7i5?9i shea, toitSisS; Frit!s'
tsIt2sSbi Petander, t6xS2Os; Lincoln
399tsS9: Mayer s7soliO5; Traversaal,