The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
MIKE DEVANNEY HAS
LEG ON HUNTER CUP
Wins Special Mile Contest at
Boston 4. 4. Games. With
Gordon Second.
UANNES TAXES BAD FALL

A lee OH the N'N huIt'i cup ioI tue
.nsc.,I nile race at the Boston a. A.
Games nero Tonight. In addition to
nsv,nu,, the starters were Sid Leslie
= the Long Island \. c.; W. + Gordon
81, IN. Sow York Athletic club, James
Power OF the Boston A. A., and +. II.
RosUortn Of Brown University. Power
made the pace at the start and it took
.opctnirg out Of him. for he barely was
,,i. to finish Leslie quit in the eighth
ian psvanuey and Gordon worked
,,s.l, out loo front, but the former had
!, spu-. fpr the final lap and beat Cor
don py t.u yards.
py. pohtzcr OF the sheridan A. c.,
NsU Yufh surprised many when he won
IN. a. yard dash final. He had to go
ds. with Frank O'Ilara and G. w
Looms both OF Massachusetts Tech,
messing MIN closely and running dead
neat for second place.
The special three mile run was pro-
duct.4e Of great EFFORT on the part OF
H.uH,s kol,hmaineu Of the Irish Ameri-
can A. c. who frll during the fourteenth
an when cont,stiug with II. H. Weeks
n Boston for the lead. The mishap lost
the Finnish hitr a quarter of a lap and
Although he made a desperate attempt
ne was unable 20 get within twenty
yards ~ Weeks who had a nice sprint
Ell for the final turn and won handily
Thero were five other starters, Coop OF
Brown. F0ge OF New York. Gianakopu-
'os Of the Mllrose A. a. Colby OF Bos-
ton and Faler OF Dorchester The Finn
led Tor a considerable time, but lost the
place when he had his tumble, and Weeks
was not headed thereafter. Gianakopu-
-
the distance. hut he was more than lap
ned by both Weeks and Kolehmainen.
The first Of the relay races between
the big college teams was that of Co.
mmba and Syracuse. Bower. who
was the first of for Syracuse, beat
Harve't by three yards, and the sue
cecding Columbia men dropped behind
steadily. Donahue OF Syracuse finishing
the race quarter OF a lap to the good
over Brady of the Blue and White.
Harvlrds victory over Cornelrs re-
lay men was decisive and the time,
3:Oj BIS. very fast Tower, the first
Crimson runner, beat Lewis by small
narg 10. starr OF Cornell dropped dis
lance to Capper and Irish was not the
squal - Wilcox 81 Harvard. Bing-
ham had big lead when he took up
the final relay and Speden. the anchor
man for Cornell, lost a little grouud.
the Crimson representative finishing
more than one-fourth OF a lap to the
good
} J. Eller OF New York Hqualled the
six seconds track record in the As yard
high hurdles and had several feet to
spare Dver Trenholm OF Dartmouth. who
mad tuss,o to beat Brady of Columbia.
Mnot Of Harvard had a fine burst OF
speed left for the last lap in the final
Of the 500 yard handicap and won
handily Wilkie of Vale, starting at
scratch was beaten for second place by
Cooper. a team mate who had fifteen
wards start.
E-cc!aaa Gordon CO the New York
A. C. starting from the eight yard
mark IN the mile handicap. finished first
IN big field. but lost the prize on
sccount Of a foul
Abel Hivat made a great fight to win
for his club in relay race against the
Boston \. \. Kiviat was the anchor
man OF the Irish American \. G. and
he cut down thirty yard lead to less
than one yard in his battle against
Jimmie Burk.
The only new record was made in the
relay race between the New York Ath-
etic Club and the Boston a. A., a fifth
o. second being clipped from the fig
pres for 500 yards by the locals. Tom
Halpin was the fourth man to run for
he g. A a. against the New York
A G., his opponent being T. Lennon.
Som was in probably his last race
o. the season and he let out ali the
way, cutting the record of minutes 3
seconds to :02 l-5. Tie summaries:
TRACK EVENTS
~ Yard Dash. Scratch-won by David
Politzcr sheridan \. G. New YORK: +. T..
VHtrS and &. ". LOOMS. MassaChusetts
Tech. ued for second. Time 3-5 seconds.
~ Yard Hish Hurdles. Scratch-won by
] ] Ellcr. Irish American a. g.; d de ;
Trenholm, Dart mouth second; +. l.. Brady,
Columbia, third. Time, seconds
500 Yard Run, Handicap-WOn by ".
MHo, Harvard, 10 Yards; n. : +. Cooper,
scratch. third. Time. minute 10 10
seconds
1000 Ward Run. Handicap-won by Jo-
seph T Higgins, Holy Cross, scratch. Matt
Ges, Millro,e \. A. 20 yards. second ",
e. Anderson Ncw York \. g.. yards,
hird. Time minutes 10 50 seconds.
Nile Run. Handicap-Won ny j n
hutchinson, Boston a 4, so yards j. J.
Gallagher NcsdowbroOk club, philadel
mia, is wards, second; r. I. Cook, Mass,
Teen. 20 Yards, third. Time, minutes
one Mlls Run, Scratch For Hunter
,rophy-Won by Mike Deyanney New
1ork unattached; ". F. Gordon. Re"
.on A, third. Time minutes - Id
Three Mic Run, special. scratch,-w Won
Eoshma,uen. I-!sh American \. q. New
York -gcond. Nick Gianakppulus, Mlllross
A. Ne" YORK. third. Time, IL minutes
20 seconds.
TEAM RACES.
Holy Cross vs. Boston Colleg---won By
opde
Ra,.. vs.. Colby Won by Bate, on foul