The sun., 1916-09-17
BRUNDAGE KEEPS
I HIS ALL AROUND
NATIONAL TITLE
10000 Persons See Chicagoan
Defeat Six Opponents at
Weequahic Park.
RICHARDS LOSES
LEAD IN HURDLE RACE


Avery Brundase or me Chicago A. A.
retained his title Of Americas greatest
ell around athlete yesterday afternoon
al Weequahic Park. Newark. He didn't
DO anything phenomenal In any Of the
len events that make W the all around
national championship. hut he displayed
an abundance OF grit. and this with his
knowledge Of the intricate points Of the
different vents enabled him to score well
in each contest and roll UP q total OF
.S.<sS.7 Is points. enough to keep the title
he won two years aEo at Chicago.
Fred Kelly. the great hurdler Of Los
Angeles. finished second. and Earl Thorn.
son. another hurdier OF Los Angeles. wal
third. They reached these positions be-
cause Of their wonderful performances
over the obstacles. In the 100 yard
high hurdle contest Thomson beat Kelly
by q few Inches in the exceptionally fast
time Of Is 1-5 seconds. This il two
1fths Of second better than the stand
ard for the event. and for doing II Thom-
son received 1860 points n Kelly
'f.e67is points.
. richards Fa1teps In Hsrdles.
y Alma Richards Of Cornell University.
the worlds greatest high Jumper. who
was one OF the ~favorites for the event,
finished fourth. That he did not win
was due mostly to his failure In the hur-
die race. In this contest he toppled
down three obstacles and was disquali-
Ned. thereby losing nearly 400 points.
This tended to discourage him, for he
lttast 10 htc hAat In the r,anptn1 broad
jump and didn't compete At all In the
one mile run
Pat O'Connor. the rugged Celt Of the
Irish American Athletic Club. finished
nth. with Robert Nash Of the New York
\. c. sixth and Roy Bagnard Of Los
Angles bringing up the rear.
Like all all around competitions. the
contest was a gruelling one and the
seven strong hearted. strong limbed
. young men who competed were In dis
: tress when the Anal event was completed.
THE terrible strain Of sprintine. hurdling.
walking. running. far and high, putting
Inc shot and throwing the hammer and
heavy Sc pound weight had Slapped
nearly all Of their vitality and left them
barely able to walk OF the ield.
Not a. Good a. "OlA ChanDs."
All performed well. but II raj the
opinion Of veteran experts that none OF
them vas In n class ~ an all around
athlete with Martin Sheridan " Jim
Thorpe. those famous champions of BY.
gone years.
As on the week before, when the
national track and field champion.
ships were decided. the beautiful feld
was completely surrounded by men and
women eager to see the famous athletes
reform. The grand stand was damned
the oval fenced IN by a human wall
four or Ave persons deep. n on the hill
At the western end Of the field stood
hundreds more. II was estimated that
at least 10000 persons saw tn, contests.
II wasn't the all around contest that
attracted this great ,hrong. for many
,of them had rome to see the relay races,
he special hurdle race between William
Hummei. the national champion. and
William Meanix Of the Boston A. A.
end the start and finish of the modified
Marathon race.
Hollow Victory for Meaaix.
And they saw good contests in each.
The New York Athletic Club representa-
tivcs won the laurels in the relays. finish
Ing first In the four mile. two mile and
enc mile events. The half mile relay
aent 10 a quartet OF %spr!nters OF the
Chicago a. A.
=, I'm the special hurdle race Mcanix
scored a hollow victory. Hun,me!l was
not in his best condition and did not
run anything like his best. He had quit
training after he had captured .he title
last week and was In no At condition
COR n gruelling contest. As n result
Mean'x had little Gificulty in winning
At the head of the home stretch. Hum.
mel slowed down and walked across the
hn'sh dine about forty yards behind the
Boston A. G.. representative.
The Modified Marathon. which wa
at about fifteen miles. went Il
Willie Kyronen, the plucky little Finr
~ the Millrose A. 4. He followed Cliff
ton Horne Of the Dorchester Club Of
: 1Iassachusetts. and william Kennedy o.
chicago for Ave miles. then went to tho
front and was never headed. At the enc
ne Was nearly q quarter of q mile II
front OF Kennedy. who was . similar
distance ahead Of James McCurnin o.
the Jersey Harriers. Kyronen travelled
tho distance In ! hour 20 minutes and
So seconds.
Ovation for veteran Week..
Every man who finished received Z
great ovation as ne passed the Judges
but when q. S. Weeks. the veteran
bearded distance runner OF Yonkers
came home in thirty-second place tn
multitude went wild In It's enthusiasm
They cheered him from the instant N
entered the field until long after ne hat
hnishd.
The hest contest OF the all around com,
petition came with the frst heat Of tn
hurdle race, In which Kelly and Thomson
hnished inches apart. They went ovel
each Of the obstacles hke a team and I
was not until the last yard OF tho fina
dash on the nat that Kelly managed 4
poke his chest In front. And II was II
the second heat Of this same event tina
RichaSds' schances of victory went agiim
ntering. He went over the hrst sever
flights In good style. but then he begai
10 waver. He toppled the X az h
went over II. This seemed to bewilde
him and he rushed at the next as thougl
IL were only a foot high. 1t went owe
and he nearly did the same.
The bungle threw him completely on
Of his stride and to save himself fror
crushing to the earth was compelled I
run OF the track. But he didn't stoI
dnstead ne took another start and darte
at the last obstacle. This he didn't at
tempt to clear. He Just ran into 4
knocked II down n crawled over II a
it lay on the ground. Despite these dii
f~iculties ne finished second In FL l-6 sec
onds. This time entitled him to 30
points. but a ne had knocked dow
three OF the hurdles he was disqualine
and lost these points
Gordon Wins Replay for n. Y. A. {
Brundage won his heat In this ever
but his time was slow compared wit
the first heat. and he received third plac
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