The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
SID LESLIE BEATS
STARS IN SPECIAL
Long Island A. G. Lad Wins
Half Mile Race at =. O..
Clerks Games.
HOMER BAKER SECOND

special events All winter the ZONE talent
came TO III" in the post Office classic
hait mile. the feature of n good meet
heid under the auspices OF the Post Office
Jerks Association in the SiNty-ninth
regiment Armory last night. Sid Les
ne the youthful star OF the Long island
a. Ia, was the hero OF the race. hut II
was ohiy by a root that ne defeated
uotner baker. the FORMER SeH YORK \.
=. champion. CHASING HON. the pair OF
New workers. and beaten by n tcant yard
was Joseph Higgins of Holy Cross COL
leSe: while trailing far behind were pave
caldwell OF Eoston and Ted Meredith
OF the university OF PelnSyl'aniL tho
o'yinpic champion, who 1tarted raTori'e
ior the race.
me contest was one OF the most
.nri''ihs h"iu indoors ms season ana tne
.iWe' ! minute u" 'coilds, Tor n ten
zap track was very fast. John w. over
ION. OF iaIe' the latest sensation, was
present nut was not allowed To start on
account or a rul'ng OF the Yale faculty.
mere was a Dig crowd III the arIhory
'ohg before Inc time set Tor the main
event, ana the spectators took great IN
ouc'' :" .he Pf'OHlihar! shlrmiShtN.
sonhe OF Which Were open only 10 post
onl.e ~c"hpio!eeS' inese were executing
e"ousn anh NeHed the oniooNers up 10
oon'er' p''ch ior 'he meeting oi lhe
.-
s,a"o ."a coiieee reasons alone pre-
vented oNer'on rom taxing part IN the
i."H. me courage OF 'hc hterc"lIegiate
tr"ss-'oun'r! champion mas oeeh tested
Nh m'"N =" ""r" rue ANA ms presence
w ~ ,',N was Su'iI'i'it eNiutn'' 'h"t
~ 10 ""'c '.N," par VI u S'rus-
a.. a.. az "" ,",'nlVt'u WIN
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gins dasn,J on In IN. io,d ,nIin,.d Ty
Meredith. win ,LJw,l r.xt and Tho
two New yorkors b,irri,o rn ~ ,o,,
In the second ian R,ke- hop,n Ia show
signs OF serious contention and moved
up second TO Higgins. while Leslie also
~auickered his pace and p,ssed Coldw.l
At the end OF the first quarter Baker
ga We up tn. idea of trailing Higgins and
went TO the front to make the pace. This
he did until for,Nd To abdicate by the
desperate sprint Of Leslie. Shortly after
Baker began to make the pac. a hot one
Meredith dropped bach and gave way TO
Leslie so that when the bell rams for
the last lap the race had developed into
u three ccrner.d ~struygl. Among Rak.r,
l<'Flt dIu I1tSEllS. ntktT Tttu un W.
vantage of two yards on starting the
final circuit. but Leslie, who was a yard
and "A half in front OF Higgins, showed
the greater determination.
Forced To run on the outside, Leslie
looked TO lie beaten "a the men round.d
the las, turn. and shouts arose for
both of In, New Workers AS the, dashed
into TN. short homest,tcl with only
half "A ward Separating tlsm Even when
caught E:,ker did not civ. IN IN. s,rIg-
p,. and 4, was in tho rual strid. ma,
Icsli. GOT his Lo5v in front Higgins
fought, c,mcly ia mo end I'm, vas evil
denly sururis.d nv IN. ~urexn,ct.d An
,sh4nr ,,,wer disnIsyed nv IN. Long
island A e yourr.t.r ,,aldwel, and
Meredith were Amos, over,onl,d in In.
.xci,ern,t caused M, tho ,,r. for ,hc
leading positions, but The former was
more determined in pursuing a hopeless
,,.r, cbas. ana snisL.d VII I, ,,n,t a,
s.eIh mass an" "''Sne" "c' IN ito"' ~
M, MsrT ~igner but at least ''" yards behind
The scratch man had a hard ,i,ne if,
the Sc yar ,diVdh dash e h,n "dr "" All four -
the advertised stars started, hut Howard
Drew and Frank Stephenson were the
pWn's az W, ~ ni"i,
10y Morse ana Maynard mt being
disposed Of in the semi-hnals.
Not one Of the scratch men had the
"'.iai'''' "''"i"o " "'"' ~
manner that characterized his appear.
nnc. In IN. Scy.n,v-ars, R.rim,nt
anee W u 'GNe''s.nfs' I's'uHn,
games carr! IN the stdson' ne pulI'u
mp twenty yards from the tape and
finished last. Stephenson also was un-
nl.c.d hu, did bs hos, IN 90, IN Tho
p.are'' ort "'u nc ".sl W Set =, Wv
prizes. Inc winner was J. hllsrcW
OF Holy Cross L.yceum.
There were th, usual falls I'm the rum
,tra ~ ,ba bicycta "a a'd ,ha ..a,na
nilsnap IN the hrst heat came near re-
sulting seriously. Jack Townsend f,ll
AT the curve near the entrance ia the
hurdled over Townsend and after hur-
amonp ,ha .nectator.
ru,a
me suth'iiaT'eS'
40 Yard uandic,, rb,-.t-vor , n
a., Wti"p"fsi "rnnd nsnlr'' s.ati9", = t".l
station. i feet, third Timc. ! second
HoIy Cross Ivcsumr' II tss,' y q Tcs,N
nor GIenco. A q" ~ t,., sc,o,J +
Rnr;us W'nior = s'cr""I, H'
hmWrruu'' Tr","" ~ '''''
s0o wa uaniI%.n tnr XIV. ninth poct
menG-Won bv Th",nas kin ron,nenv
s ssr "a TKii ionl rS g man !" 10 yards
800 SnII U.ndicnp Catholic NEl,,lc
I.npuc,,.Won Nv N 7 uunt.p Knirh,. ~,
81. Antony, u Yards; j. j. O'BrIen' Tough.
lin L.yceuIn, 3 Yards second. r. T. FLYNN
knights OF 81. Antony. 10 yards. tiifd
Time, minute u i.5 seconds.
~e-quarter Mile Run. Handirup-Wor
hy \ Rrnwn. T,l.tlme q so y,rl.