New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
Opert0n Shows Speed
In Games of A. A. h.

following him. X appeared that Higgins
would oycrtahc Bingham in the back
stretch. but thc Holy Cross student
weakened. Bingham held q lead Of two
yards on Higgins ~ the tape, while
Caldwell who was third, was more than
ten yards m the rear.
George H. Gouldlng. the wonderful
Canadian pedestrian. sprcad-eagled his
field for q rev American record IN the
tNo-n,ilc event Ills time OF 1887
smashed both the indoor record OF
1905 3-5. held by Eddie REM, OF the
Mohawk Athletic Club, and improved
his outdoor maxi Of 1885 3-5.
REM finished second after a nip-and-
tuck eight with Joe pesrmsn, of the
y. y. A. C.. the junior national cham
pon William Plant. representing tho
Long Island \. C.. was fourth. turning
badly IN the last lap and finishing N
the ruck
Tho athletes OF the New York Ath-
le;ic Club won the meet. with total
OF 23'e points. just beating out the
Irish-American Athletic Club, which
gathered total Of p points. Tho
Boston \. A. was third. with 10; the
Illinois \ e.. fourth. with IS. and the
Chicago Athletic Association. nth. with
-. The other points were well divided
between Holy Cross College, Harvard
University. the Toronto Walkers club
and some Of tho smaller institutions.
When Howard Drew. the famous
black comet from tho Coast. flashed
across the finish limo in first place.
ahead OF Irvine Howe. the champion, ma
tho opening heat Of the siXty-yard
dash. the gront armory was well filled,
about D GOO spectators being grouped on
the four sides 90 tho drill hall.
Those who eat in the seats had made
thc long trip 20 the upper reaches OF
RroadWay. Drawing the fury Of a biz.
ard OF vet snow iu the hope Of seeing
tho champions send the records tum
bling. or AZ least equallcd, and they
'ccrc NOT disappointed
Tho big trsck had been specially
treated with a liquid which was calcu-
lated 20 prevent slipping on the turns.
II looked like q coat OF whitewash, but
apparently fulfilled its mission, for
there were no spills.
Joe LOOMS. the willowy sycamore of
the Chicago \. A.. flashed home ahead
Of Roy Morse. tho fect negro from the
salem Crescent \ G.. h} one-ioOt
margin m the final OF the siYty-ynrd
dash. bat more thar this. he beat out
Drew. his greatest rival the latter not
getting better than third.
Loomi.'s time Tor the distance,
0:OG %. equals rho American and \.
4 10 championship record q mark that
has stood since Lou Myers established
10 IN 1882. The remarkable feature ~
the event was the wonderful jump
shown hy Loomi. iu tho last five yards.
The tall Chicago boy kept just At
MorSes elbow for the first fifty yardf,
with Drew inches back Of the Salem.
Crescent star In the final burst Of
speed for the tape Joe literally hurled
himself forward with kangaroo leap
that landed him wei ahead Of Morse.
Irving T. Howe was fourth. the final
heat having LOOMS az the only white
man toeing the mark. LOOMS received
great ovation from the crowd rs he
donned his dressing gown. Drew was
amons tho nrst TO shake hands with
him.
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