New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
Club Athlete Takes
Feature at Liberty
Day Games.
ACK ELLER VICTOR
LOW HURDLE RACE
o,s Hundred Thousand See
Amateur Competition at the
sheepshead Bay Speedway.
r, 4. {. CANAGNARO.

Rapidly working his way toward the
6uring the homeward journey,
,.,-,ree A. Davis, who represented
=. suntins Club. Of Lowell, Mass,
...iv CAPTURED the marathon handicap
' = .g,nty miles that featured the ath-
-. nrogramme Of the American ID
~ i,v games held on the Sheepshead
- Sresdwav track yesterday.
- In the ruck AZ the turning point
. porouch Hall. after ten miles OF
l.,-;n0 DAVIS began his challenge for
...ors lie assumed the lead five miles
is.,bs- on. and thereafter was never
go. He won by more than half a
- H. 2.O2.95 S-5. which excluded his
.n.,-srce start of ten minutes.
I,-n.s A. NcCurnin. Of the Jersey
y.-r;srs. who had a handicap of six
lsnntns-the virtual scratch starter
militant race, finishing second IN
s,62. os. He erred by not making his
.sor. for the lead earlier. although
'.-.rd the end his long strides were
LII cutting down the lead main
80 nv Davis. HIS effort gave him
:, syst fast time prize. while Davis
..s,;vs6 the second. Robert Mallory,
wohawk Athletic Club runner, was
Nd after running strongly 20 ae-
..,,s the position on the homeward
H $500. a..-o...d q
..,ud estimated 81 almost 100000. A
.,s5 mass Of humanity taxed the seat
- ,snscitv Of the vast grandstand,
yils others viewed the contests be-
- the high wire fence and from
within the Enclosure.
Jack Eller Takes Hurdles.
That the East possesses some fast
,ur5lsrs was demonstrated when Jack
I Fler. the policeman athlete OF the
r,;sb. American Athletic Club, and the
,.s, timber topper IN this section, took
-. measure OF James X. Norton, the
.,nkv Leland Stanford University attn,
,.ts in 8 special race over the l2O-yard
NV hurdles Eller won by less than
,ne ward. with Norton second. and Wal
..r Bursch. A junior national outdoor
.bsmnion OF the New York Athletic
-ipb third Eiler was timed IN l3 40
.sconds: Norton, IA seconds, ana
'IrNfN. u A~D rNANAtANs
Fller's performance breaks his note
worthy record in the book by three
-f,bs Of second. and it is likely that
\, will make a request to the Amateur
Athletic Union for the new mark. All
.be requirements of the union were
lived I'd 10 IN the way OF regulation
hurdles and correct distance
MANY OF the entrants in the marathon
nm suffered from the heat and the
rduous course. A field Of siXty-hye OF
he tO5 scheduled TO compete faced the
,sr,er. but thirty Of the athletes had
. seek tran sportation back home, being
lnable TO traverse the full distance. Lit
I, Jimmy Braccia, of the Maplewood
Athletics Club, starting out with me
',ek Of runners on the twenty e
rsrk. headed the group until passed by
Davis. when he suffered the penalty OF
isiting a killing pace, and had TO De
assisted home. George klrkwood, the
,teran of the Paulist Athletic Club,
ELAPSED soon after entering the
grounds
After circuit OF the two-miie wood
N track the field went out upon the
.oad, for sixteen miles, with the turn
NJ point al Borough Hall, and the
sst two miles on the track. Braccla
,st q speedy pace on the outward jour
-sy. holding off all challengers, and
-,undinc the ten-mile mark IN l;O2;2O.