New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
yiviat, Oler and Eller Bow
10 Rival Athletes at
TraverS Island.
ppOMILOW WINS
AFTER LONG WAIT
,..ssv Veteran Gains Half.Mile
Crown, Following Twenty
Years of Competition.

rs. worn the Stars and Stripes in
=. Olympic games abroad, was
nd champion yesterday after
~. He won the half mile run in
=, ,,nior metropolitan championships
.Trysrs Island, and it is fair to say
-, more popular victory was never
vor.
nvn Bromilow's hrst victory in the
Ia, championship, after years OF
..,,,,t waiting, but, if somewhat be-
> "a, none the less welcome. He
-, legs OF fair field until at the
-. - the stretch there was only I.
fraser. a club mate, between him
- n. coveted sold medal.
So, heard the crunch OF Bromi-
~. s,;kss IN the cinders behind him,
ns5s his finishing sprint. Racing
.boroughbreds, the pair came on,
=. zen wards from the tape Fraser
- N weaken, and BromiloW, head
49, nluncing along with the last
ri speed. strength and courage
l.h.s .Gort crossed the line first.
s., ~ course. was second, and
~ peso was third. The time was
s.r.s 81 seconds Il was Bromilows
...., time IN & winning race, al
.s,ysb he had run on Mel Sheppards
,.,aIdsr in 1888.
~. victory Of the veteran Jersey
..,1sr was not the only surprise IN an
.s.,noon OF thrilling sport AoeI N
-, was nun of his feet and beaten
= Winnie Gordon in the mile race
4,J,y Oler. the intercollegiate hlgh
~, champion, was forced to rest
mi with third honors; Jack ElleT
y, ,n.ed out in the low hurdles, ana
s,,,ss Kolehmainen was forced 10 the
-, "a beat his countryman, NiI!ar
r',h,r Time had little trouble in re
NJ .be assaults Of the boys. Not
80 ...o,i was broken, and only one was
ND Val Wilkie broke the tape
-. oparter-mile run in AZ 20 sec
r,d,. which ties the championship mar
,r,bished By Maxey ". Long the Ia
r,g, New York A. c. champion away
atk in 1871 -s.
WlNe eased I'D the lsSN 4eM
- 4, is probable that he would nave
S,os6 z fraction of second on the
c,rsard {. NJ. Pritchsrd estaoliShed
,,T record in the auarter-mile hur-
Z, .e,, This is the first time that
A., sven, was placed on the metropoli-
:, assoeiation championship pro-
Kiyiat Ran Gamely.
c,,ion as told before. won the mile
-. IN, the Glory Of his victory was
v-svhst dimmed by the fact that
Krs, competed with one Of ms reg
l,t,ly bound in an adhesive tape pan
ags II .ba
Kiyist, however. ran one OF the
,.,uest races Of his career, he car
I'D the New York A. {. man along al
,igrieane pace for four laps, and the
as along the backstretch was the
r,,,i,st seen in months. Never dld
70 thoroughbreds run truer or IN
amer STYLE. Il was shoulder to shoul-
!, stride for stride, until at the turn
4, home Kiviat swerved, bumped
hsuldsrs with Gordon and dropped
AK
That ended the race practically. ABEL
y. INTO his stride. but was too lar pc
ind to hope TO win. Gordon broke the
sst many yards in front.
s0ld Joe Bromilow," the crowd called
II new half-mile champion. But Joe
va happy broth Of q lad as he
zrsed Of the field He has seen thlr-
g.,tree winters fade at the approach
q Bnng, but yesterday he was ooy
i lnn.
Il took ten years off my shoulders
a.: added them 10 nv life" he said
Z zone friends in the press stand
'ssn he came back after winning the
na "Ive been trying for hfteen
lsEs, to put this over, and II is worth
a he trouble"
Ist won second place in the junior
u! third place in the senior champion
npt sway back in 1908, and has been
hst among the best middle distance
'1,isrs in the country.
When the last pages in the history
eose finishes have been written
sn which resulted in the defeat OF
al Eller in the hurdles and in the
Hrioy Of Alyah T. Myer in the 100
Irt dash will be included. Walter
''fS:h, Of the New York Athletic Club.
i'se Eler out right on the tape IN
y Ao-yard low hurdles, and so close
'n the finish that the Judges them
sl.' were divided in opinion. Eller, :
ss,ler, was favored in the l2O-ysrd
4 IN hurdles. when he beat H. NJ. Mar
''aath.
ne Irish-Americans played havoc
~ The points IN the field events, es-
ssAly N the weight-throwing compe-
~ Shure. with the loikes of the
SVohtlds and the McGraths and the
rs-the slightest wan ofthim weighs
east $50 pounds where could such
1s'srs as Simon ellis figure? They
~ Shure. they didn't. In the
sslng events. however. the New
VA c. boys won.
eaey N. 0ler, jr., is the intercolle-
ne high jumping champion. II
ac ridiculous 10 see him lower his
~ y third in command with a
d feet ~ inches. or there
- while the winner. Egon Erick-
aped less than 6 feet 3 inches.
D. Kelly. the New England
9.Sf' OF whom much was expected,
& tendon m the first heat OF the
1Id dash and had 70 be carried
n ne track.
e REM. the one-mile walking
Neh' scored an easy victory in his
FN event. After numerous dis
eIuons for running. Billy Plant,
~ Lohg Island A. c.. won second
a and W. J. Rolker. Of the Irish
g0h 4. G., was placed third.
80 insh-American Athletic Club
&ir,sa sweeping victory. II piled up
to'al Of 81 points and finished
o., points ahead Of the New York
Clubs representatives. The
Cfeseent A. c. finished third
HNSu points 70 It's credit, and the
Me points were well distributed.
h, ~ Sronder. the national cham
"a AZ the javelin, established a
a Y ,snpionship record He threw
n!sG III feet 3 inches.
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