The sun., 1916-08-27

Finn. taking the dust Of Horace Holden.
the Yale %collegian. who sports the Mer-
curry Foot, in the Ave mile race; Roy
Morse. national champion. finishing .
poor fourth In the 220 yard event
Homer Baker. International half mile
champion. being nosed out at the tape in
the half mile event, and the New York
A. c. downing the Irish American A. C..
90 to n In the point scoring. there were
plenty Of upsets In the annual senior
track and field CHAMPIONSHIPS OF the
Metropolitan Association at the Brook
Ign Athletic Field. yesterday.
A strong wind initiated against rec
ord wrecking. and the sum total Of the
figure fracturlng stunts was the smash.
Ing OF the meet javelln record by Jimmy
Lincoln Of the New York A. C. and the
eQuallirg OF the meet record In the 40
hurdles by Charlie Walsh of the Knights
Of 81. Antony.
Lincoln hurled the barbed spear 1872 feet
81 inches. smashing the former meet rec.
ord of III feet 8 inches. held by George
Brondcr. who. with "A throw OF 1871 feet,
finished second to Lincoln yesterday.
Walsh flew he fences In the quarter mile
hurdles In 5s 2-5 seconds. equalling the
meet record held by Z. NJ. Pritchard.
Thrilling Race In Half Mile.
About the prettiest race Of the day
was the half mile affair. which saw
Larry Scudder. the Penn colleglan, who
completes for the New York A. c., catch
Eomer Baker mapping when Homer was
right on the threshold OF victory. Scud-
der snatched victory out Of tho jaws
OF defeat.
At the crack Of the gun Willie Cor
don OF the New York A.. C.. who had
captured the mile championship an
hour previously and who started in the
half mile event for the ostensible pur-
pose OF making Baker run all OF the
way and thu to help his clubmate
Scudder. jumped to the front. closely
followed by the veeran Joe Bromilow
of the Irish American A. c., Granger.
the colored middle distancer OF Dart
mouth and the Irish American A.. c.;
Devanney of the Millrose A. c. and
Scudder OF the New York A. c. Baker
got away badly and was in a pocket
when the field reached the nrst turn.
Al the quarter Baker had worked out
OF The hole and was running in nth po-
sition with Gordon leading. Swallowed
by Bromilow, Granger and Scudder.
When the bell changed the last lap
Gordon. his pace setting duties per-
formed. dropped back. Granger shooting
to the fore followed by Bromilow, De-
vanney. Baker and Scudder. On the
back stretch Scudder went to the whip
and flashed up through the field into the
lead. His jump carried him away from
the pack and the Mercury Footer
swooped the last turn with a comforta-
BILE lead.
Larry Has . Kick Left.
But the minute the turn Into tho
home stretch was made Baker length
ended out and. racing like a greyhound.
drew up n passed Scudder about
twenty-five yards from the worstcd
once In front It looked nothing bu,
Baker. but Scudder had another kick
left him and he caught Baker mapping,
jumping Homer about ten yards from
the tape and breasting the worsted a
scant yard ahead OF Baker in the good
time Of 81 3-5.
Whenever Hannes Ko,ehmalnen run,
a SLOW race he generally gets beaetn,
Hannes Is none too strong a flnisher and
he has won most OF his races BY taking
the running out Of his opponents in the
early and middle stages OF the race.
Hannes yesterday was content to allow
his rivals TO maxi their own pace !r
the Ave mile event, with the result tina
Horace Holden uncorked a sprint on IN,
last lap that shook Kolehmainen off and
cost him premier laurcls.
The field got away slowly IN the Nv,
mile event and the mile was only turned
in 5:06 3-5. Charley Pores carried the
pack past the two mile pos; in 10 80 2-j
and Eddie Mayo headed the field wher
the three mile mar was passed II
IS .03 As and the our miles were turned
In 81 as. ridiculously slow time for q
man OF Koiehmainen's ca,ibre.
Holden Shakes on Kolehmainen.
Two laps from home Holden cut loose
and forged 10 the front. with Koleh'
mainen hanging on his flank. On th'
bell lap the Mercury Footer lenrthcned
out into a long. hare finishing burs,
M k~olehmainen was unable to hold
II. Holden went away from the Flyinl
Finn on the wings OF the wind, much q
the enjoyment OF Sidney Drew and Jaci
barrymore. who were II. the grand stand
roofing hard for the former Nalensian
Before the tape was reached Holden nae
opened up a twenty-five yard gap on
Kolehmainen. The winner was clicked