New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
JOE LOOMS GETS
REVENGE ON DREW
Bingham. Of Harvard, Springs
Surprise by Capturing the
Yard Race.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

ships last night 40 the 22d Regiment
Armory. Broadway and l6Sth Street,
The intercollegiate 'cross-country
champion. leading tie entire distance.
ran Homer Baker and Dave Caldwell
into the ground and crossed the line m
2:i52-5. oouailng 'hc record SCI by
Abel Kiviat ia 1914.
Overton. who trai,ed Farmer Cald-
rsll's colorr IN -hc dust In the Jasper
thrce-quartcrs q fcv days ago. finished
fully ton yards enead ~ Baker who
vas r like distance in ,h, ,au OF Cald-
veil Had there been some ono in ,hcrc
70 push the great Blue runner 20 his
limit e is more than likely new rec
ord would have been So, up.
Overton made the pace from the be-
ginning. and soon opened up gap OF
three yards As ic continued 20 reel OF
the Yards az great pced first Caldwell
and then the hespcctacled Baker began
70 show signs OF weakening and wab.
bod in their lanes.
Earl Eby. who had stuck veil 90 tho
front for most Of the distance. could
not stand the pace anu dropped back.
Ivan Myers. o. the Illinois A. c.. taking
fourth place. The time for tho quarter
was 0:55 4-5 and the hale was covered
in l:j1 Is.
When tho first lap OF the race had
been completed and tho Yale man
showed 40 signs OF rcllnqushing the
lead or slackeni1g the terrific pace.
those watching shook their heads and
maintained that Overton was killing
himself and would never be able 10
hold his speed until the finish. Baker
and Eby. Of the Chicago 4. A. were
having stirring battle for second
place oven this early In the race the
squat l.,tle nan from the Windy City
hanging tenaciogsly 70 Homer, stride
behind.
Try as he would. Baker could not
gain on tie flying Yale star. In fact,
ne slowly lost ground as Oyerton
heightened his stride. taking the turns
without apprec.Gbly shortening his
cover.
The second lap was completed with
the positions about the same, except
that the Yale man was still gaining
valuable inches.
shortly after the third lap began the
lanky Caldwell moved up from fourth
place 20 challenge for the lead. Fifty
yards further and no had overtasen
Ely and was closing m on Baker. Inc
latter put on an extra burst Of speed,
however. and he and Caldwell raced al
most st-ide for stride around the track
with Oyerton still maintaining his
place out IN front.
All through the third and for part Of
- In a f'afdNf.aH nrf
a terrific duel for second place. Then
the Boston A. 4. man, with his tongue
literally hanging out Of his mouth.
dropped back just ahead OF Myers. VINO
had passed Ely and j. ". Burke. o.
Boston.
I'm the last one hundred yards Over
ton. running without pace Of any Kind
for the entire distance. GuCorked final
sprint tina. carried him sill further
away from the field. Baker. head flung
back and mouth wide open. had just
enough strength left % hold his posi-
ton. Caldwell. AL out Aoundercd
across the line some five or six yards
ahead Of Myers. with the rest OF the
field well strung out. When the time
was announced as equallinS the record
the big armory rang with cheers Tor
the victor.
Ten men faced tho starter in the two
mile run. Hannes kolehmainen. Of the
lrish-American 4. g.. and his Finnish
countryman. Willie Kyronen. OF the
Milrose A. A.. we're the notable absent
ees. Both undoubtedly felt that the
distance was a bit TOO short for them
20 make a good showing.
Mike Deyanney. the champion. sgd
Leslie and Joic Ray, OF the Illinois A.
c.. were generally picked 20 nuish
among the frs. three. The stocky little
Ray won by twenty yards, with Leslie
in second place. fifteen yards ahead of
4. D. Co.ny. Of the Boston A. \. Inc
time was 9:2j Is. more than ten
seconds behind 'he lgures OF George
Bonhag. made a. Buffalo. in 1910. when
he covered the distance m 9:li 10.
RAJ made the pace almost al the
way although az a mile and a half De-
yanrev. Leslie and Pat Flynn chal-
lenged for the lead. Ray allowed Leslie
20 20 out in front for about lap and a
half then shot 20 the front, sprinting
for the entire last lap and finishing
we'll within himself. Deyanney found
the going too fast and dropped out IN
the final circuit. allowing Flynn u nose
his way into fourth place.
william H. Taylor. Of the Illinois a.
A.. the champion. retained his !aurels
In the standing high Jump. clearing the
bar AZ feet . inches, al inch below
his own championship record. with
Plat Adams All inch lower and EDDIE
Lines. Of the Bronx Church House,
third. with feet inches. 49,, ,
lack J. Eller. the policeman athlete OF
the lrish-American Athletic C!uo,
crowned himself the 10-ysrd hign
hurdle champion in one OF the closest
finishes Of the night Not more than
one ward separated all four runners a.
they flashed past the finish. Al cleared
the obstacles in clever fashion. not a
single one being toppled over. Arthur
Engels was second: +. b. Leisuring. o.
Yale. third. and Harry Goelitz, the sup
posed dark horse u the Chicago Ath-
letic Association. fourth.
Platt Adams. the veteran New York
Athletic Club athlete. partly reyenged
his double defeat AZ the hands Of Will
lam H. Taylor in last years cham
pionships b. regainin- one OF his old
titles. This came IN the standing broad
Jump. in which ne leaped 10 feet
inches. which was one-half inch better
than his rival
In their meeting in the standing
high Jump. however the youthful Tsy-
Tor was a winner. with leap Of feet
3 inches. Adams cleared the bar Al
inch lower. In both events. Edward
/. Emes. an erstwhile champion OF
the Bronx Church House. finished
third. after brilliant performances.
In the 600-yard run Bill Bingham. OF
Harvard. ou,classed his field. Dave
Caldwell flashed a great sprint at the
start. but soon was forced TO the rear