The Washington herald., 1916-09-17
Number Seven Is First
In Local Police Games
Athletes Of Georgetown Pre-
cinct Capture Most Points.
No. 10 in Second Place.


afternoon at American League Base.
partment staged its first annual track
and field games for the beneft of the
widows and orphans fund.
The meet was a success from the
word 90, and from the opening crack
of Starter Jimmy Mulligan's gun until
the finish of the hop. skip and jumI
event, keen competition was witnessed
Capt W. F. Faley, the gentle little
ofieer who is in charge OF the finest
at the Georgetown precinct is al
smiles tonight, as the athletes from
the Hilltop landed the largest number
Of points. B. c. Kuehling, OF the
Georgetown precinct. was the indiyid-
ual star in gathering the points fol
the precinct across the creek. as he
proved the class in grabbing OF the
honors in the events in which he COM
peted.
Two world records were smashed in
the exhibitions given by the police
champions from New York City. Pat
rick J. Babe Mcdonald. the giant
trafic copper who does duty at Forty
second and Broadway, showed the
large crowd present his ability at
heaving the weight Mcdonald is the
Olympic champion at putting the shot,
while he is national champion at the
weight heaving. Mcdonald threw the
weight forty-three feet six inches,
three feet over the record distance,
while in the shot-put he came within
two feet two inches OF the worlds
record made by Ralph Ross. which is
hfty-seven feet seven inches.
Johnny Eller, also a traffic copper, who
does duty up the bright lights way, sur
prised local followers Of track athletics
when he stepped of the l2O-yard hurdle in
IA seconds fiat. The record for the dis
tance on a grass track is Il seconds, while
II 3-5 is the best ever made on a cinder
track.
Egon Erickson, another Of the Gotham $
finest, gave a great exhibition Of high
jumping when he cleared the cross bar
at feet 3 "a inches. The world mark
for the high jump is feet inches.
The athletes Of No. 10 finished three
points behind the winning precinct, but
Capt Judge, like Capt. Faley, Is all smiles
today as his tug-of-war team, after a
brilliant exhibition, landed the honors in
this event.
The No. 10 precinct team defeated the
No. 9 team in the first pull and in the
first semi-anal they won from No. g. by one
foot. In their second effort in the semi
final they landed the honors from the
tUg-of-war athletes from Anacostia,
while in the final they defeated the crack
No. l team, which outweighed them by
300 pounds.
No. 10 team was made up OF Captain
and Anchor Boyle, Smith, Balderson,
Trenis, Yates, Talbert and East. while
the No. l team was made up OF Davis,
Courier, Lee, Moran, Miller, Hardin and
Gray
The athletes from No. landed third
honors IN the fight for the point trophy,
while Nos. and were tied for the fourth
honors with sixteen points each. Nos
9 and s each scored nine points, while
Karl Scherer. by running first in the
75-yard dash for men on the force twelve
years, tailed the only points annexed
by No Il.
Ten teams faced Starter Jimmy Multi
gan in the relay race, but the quarter
mile sprinters from No. showed the
way to this classy field. Kuehling, who
ran hrst, gave scrivener a good lead
but the latter weakened a little coming
down the stretch and Jefreries, from No.
g. closed In on him. Scrivener had
enough left to start Matthews with
slight lead which he increased and when
Peck was touched on in the anchor
position he had quite a margin on Sabin
Of No. 8 No. landed second place,
while No. was third.
Shortly after O'Clock Starter Jimmy
Mulugan fred his revolver for the first
heat in the 1OO-yard dash, ten heats being
required to run this race. B. F. Fegan,
of No. 2, grabbed the initial heat OF
the day, clipping on the century in IL 20
seconds In the second heat Of this race
A L Peck, running under the colors OF
No. Z, annexed and started his precinct
on the way 10 victory William Braun
ing. from No. 9, won the next heat hand
lily, showing his heels to his opponents
throughout the entire distance. No.
qualified another runner in the century
when B. C. Kuehling grabbed OF the
fourth heat.
The best time Of the ten heats was
made IN the fifth heat Of the 1Oo-yard
dash when Lppold, from No. 6, clipped
on the grass in II seconds. Capt. Null
halls No precinct got man to qualify
when W. L. Thomas took the sixth heat
Of the IOO-ynrd heats, making the dis
tance in one-flfth OF second slower than
LAppold Not until the ninth heat, when
Fred Jefrries again ran the hundred in
II seconds, none Of the contestants in
the seventh heat which Sabins grabbed,
and the eighth, won by Roper, being able
to equal or lower LIppold's n-second rec
ord, The final heat Of this race was the
slowest run, l3 seconds being the time
turned in by D. Hauschilds when he led
the last field.
Immediately after the century run, the
first bunch Of fat men started this aft
ernoon races. The 75-yard dash in the
ENl-pOQnQ CLASS DcluB OalACA- 1hAAAAoyB
Parker, and Smith won the third heats
IN this event IN the order named, and
from the time for the distance even with
the surplus weight they should not be
sneered at
Following this was another 6-yard
dash, only sergeants being eligible for
the race. The frst heat saw Mounted
sergt. ]. W. Mccormack, Of No. 10, walk
away from a field Of walking sergeants,
showing his brother officers that riding
horses failed to take away his knowledge
Of how to run. George Dixon, of the
same precinct, grabbed the second heat,
while Philip Brown, OF No. g. found the
field easy in the final one.
In the 50-yard dash for men who have
been In the service Of the department
for over twenty years, four heats were
run, making five men qualify for the
final. as the fourth trial was a dead heat
between William Riley and Philip
Brown, both OF No. 9. OF the five men
to qualify three Of the number represent
ed No. 9, F. NJ. Howard making up the
third for the northeast station.
Twelve-year-service men found their
class IN the next event and keen compe-
tItion prevailed. Karl Scherer, a motor
cycle cop from No. II, outran the field
in the opening trial with Creel and
Brown, Of No. s, and Trenis, Of No. 10,
taking the other three heats. The best