The sun., 1916-08-21
MAINE COLLEGIAN
Filler IN HURDLES
French Beats Eller in IL Sec.
Onds Over Low Fences at
100 Yards.
HOMER BAKER WINNER

F. A. French. q student in the Univer-
sity Of Maine. now competing for the
New York A. c., scored a remarkable
victory In winning the 1870 yard low hur-
die race. one Of the feature events a
the annual games Of the Eccentric Fire
men. Local Moi No. Sc. at Celtic Park
yesterday.
Jack Filler. the athletic policeman, who
has been In active competition for more
than . dozen years. was favored to win
the event. but the best the veteran could
do was to fnlsh second. French was
clicked in II seconds. One hundred and
twenty yards 10 not a standard distance
for a low hurdle race. but the time
eQualled the best previous mark on an
outdoor track. made by Filler at Sleeps
head Bay. II will not 20 down ss q
record. but French will get a place
among the makers Of noteworthy per-
formanccs" in the official record book.
The New York A. c. hurdler got OF to
a hne start. leaving Filler after reaching
the nifty yard mark. Derrill Trenholm.
another Mercury Footer. ran on even
terms with Eller for the next ten yards.
but 1901 fell back. In the last forty
yards French cut loose with q Al burst
OF speed. and topping the barriers In
clever form. crossed the line a winner
BY almost a yard.
French's victory makes him q logical
candidate for hrst honors In his speciality
In the Metropolitan senior champion.
ships next Saturday.
Homer Baker. partic ipting unat'
tached. developed another mild surprise
In winning the 1000 yard handicap run
from scratch. Baker showed his heels to
a field Of s!xty-ive. Willie Gordon OF
the New York A. c., also a scratch man
hAl~D AAAN~ 0AAa>A k1 tke
Long Island A. c.. starting from the
thirty-fvs yard mark, wal third. Ba'
ker's time was 2 minutes and ~ seconds
Larry Scudder Of the University Of
Pennsylvania. another New York A. c
athlete. failed to live up to expectations
and did not gain a place.
Pat Ryan, lrish-American A. c.. tossed
the sixteen pound hammer for a distance
Of l63 feet 81 inches. easily winning tn
event. GeoIge Bronder. Ryan's club
mate. won the javeiin throw handily
The national champion tossed the spea
l76 feet 61 inches.
Team honors went to the New York A
c. with a total Of IA points, while tn
Irish-American A. G. was second with !?
In third place came the Newark A. {
with 10 tallies. The summaries:
100 Yard Dash. Handicap-won by N.
Morse. salem-Crescent A. c. scratch. sec
ona, Paul Muiiixan. un..ta,iied q '"'1"'
third. Time-ie seconds.
1870 Yard Low Hurdles. scratch-won b
=. A. French, New York a. c. J"hn :
Filler. Irish American 4. C.. second; Der
rii Trenholm. New York a. G, third
400 YARD run. H.nd,eapI-won ny P.
Freerick. New York A. t.LSb Yards; 7
Milne. Loushlin Lycsum On yards sec
ond: Thomas Lennon New York A I
$50 Yard Run, Novice--won by A; u
Newkirk. Newark a: c.: Lee. salem
cre,cent. A. G.. second Timsn:; e. =,
Homer Baker. unattached tscratch). WIN
Gordon. New Yosk y: c. second. Geors
Kimball. Long Island 4. c. as yards
third. ~Tine-2:I%,
$50 Yard Relay Race-Won by Mohawl
A. c.; Saiem-Cresccnt 4. G.. second; Glen
coe a. C.. third. Ttme-i:!6 i.s.
by J. G. Lincoln. New York A. 9. IS feet,
with actual throw Of ~ fec ~, inches
Jack Fri;ts. unattached .23 feet'. VII.
actual throw OF Isl feet 80 inches. sec
md; II. Lund. Norwegian Turn and Attn
letic club ,25 feetl. with actual ihro'
OF i&s fee, 5 inches, third. {,
Throwing the ls Pound Hammer Hand
fee, 81 inches: II. A. white. New Yor
A, G.. Is5 feet,, with actual throw of u
feet ! inch. second Pat Mcdonald IRIS
American A. C. go fcetp, with its feet
Tire" Mile eicycle Rae. ,scratch.,wo
s Em FTra G ci,y wi H.I second; /
Bruyn. Acme wheeimen. third. Time
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