New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-21
News and Gossip Of
the Amateur Athletes

championships Matt McGrath and Pat
Mcdonald tied for first place in the o.
pound weight for height They tied at
10 feet 9 inches and tossed a coin for
the tirst-place medal. McGrsth won.
The Amateur Athletic Union rules
forbid the tossing of coin to decide
places and points won. 1t is stipulated
that those tied for first place shall have
three additional trials, if tied again,
three more trials. In other words, the
competitors should keep on trying until
one makes the distance, whether the
bar be lowered or raised. Why did the
A. A. L. officials permit the two weight
men TO toss?
In 1911, at the outdoor senior ma
tionals, at Pittsburgh, three pole-vault-
ers-Cook, Bellah and Murphy-were
tied for first place at IL feet inches.
| The three tossed a coin. Cook won,
Bellah was second and Murphy third.
Cook took three trials at Is feet. He
missed on his third trial by very
narrow margin.
The late James f. Sullivan was on
the job. He put his foot down on the
tossing game. 1t did not count, he
told them. The three were all A. A. L.
senior national champions by right Of
their triple. tie. A short time after
ward, however. the championship com
mittee awarded each one Of the three
first place gold medal. The silver and
bronze medals were given to the next
two to finish in order
a wonderful performance was that
OF Dave Caldwell. the intercollegiate
half-mIlc and senior national indoor
l,OO0-yard champion at the Manhattan
College games. After finishing third 10
Ted Meredith and Harry Gissing in the
4i0-yard special, Davy an hour later
won the hree-quarter-m special.
Some jump from a quarter TO a three
quarter! Sheppard and Meyers in
their ralmy days failed TO show such
class.
On March o.. at the 18th Regiment
A. A. games, teams from the list, 23d,
22d, l4th and 18th regiments and ID
Naval Battalion will start in the half
mile relay, closed TO the national
guard. Most Of the regiments will have
two and three teams starting. e. The
other open event will be a half-mile
special limited handicap. In this race
many Of the champions have been in
vited 10 start. With Homer Baker on
scratch. and Dick Egan. W. Andersen,
and Miles MclIugh on short marks, the
half-mile Will be worth seeing.
The entries for the 14th Regiment
A. A. games or March p are exceeding
expectations. The three open events
have attracted considerable attention
among the athletes. especially the wall
scaling contest. closed TO the Military
Athletic League, and the two-mile
novice. A. A. L. In the latter it is
estimated that between forty and fifty
runners will start. The third open
event il. a medley relay of rs miles,
22O yards, 44O yards, halfmile and one
mile. This is a handicap event. New
York, Irish, Pastime. Bronx Church
House, Long Island, Millrose and Cen
trial Congregational Church will start
teams.
The rest Of the programme is made
up of events closed to members of the
l4th Regiment The feature of the
closed events is the four-mlle hike. A
squad composed of seven privates and
corporals viii start from each COM
pany. All competitors Will wear their
uniforms throughout, including rife.
Starting in the armory. they run TO
Prospect Park and return.