The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-27
DREW GETS BACK
HIS LOST LAURELS
IN MILLROSB RACE
Outpoints Loomis, Who Falls
Back TO Third Behind
Roy Morse.
RIG HANDICAP HELPS
REM TO BEAT GOULDING

ing laure's Of the country last night when
he won the 20 yard special race at the
Mllrose \. a. games In Madison Square
Garden. and In doing so equalled the
worlds indoor record of : 10 seconds.
The race was the feature of one of the
t.st athletic meets ever held IN New
YORK and In da shing through the shOr,
stretch IN the van the speedy Califor-
man left IN his wake Joe O. LOOMS Of
,blcaso. who beat him for the national!
100 ward championship last unmer
There were two colored men and two
white men in the race n in the des-
pers,e dash for victory second ouors
Also went to n colored man. Roy n. Morse
OF the salem Crescent A. G.. finishing
second a few inches behind Drew The
slim body Of Luomls was onlr n few
inches further back and Frank |.
Stephenson Of the Trinity Clu was a
bsnsup fourth.
There was tremendous excitement In
he dcnsely packed arena when the men
crouched for the start. All masters Of
the art OF sprinting. they remained rigid
a. statues unit, all walked simultaneously
into life and motion at the crack of the
pistol. They broke as one man. bui
Prev was the fastest to pick up and at
% wards he was IN the lead and flying
with sturdy strides toward the tape. Ha!f
way down LOOMS WAS on even terms
with the Culorcd champion and a frenzied
vel! escaped the crowd as the fiiers bat
led through every inch Of the journey.
With a mighty ennt Drew edged him
selt in front again and stood of the de-
.-rmined challenge OF Morse In the finaI
20 yards to win by six inches.
The crowd was one of the greatest
ever assembled in Madison Square Gar
den for a set OF athletic games. Before
o'clock In the afternoon every seat had
been sold and the standins room only
syn was hung out when the early risi-
tors arrived. There was more color IN
the Garden than is usual in affairs OF
this kind. The brightest spot in the
arena was provided by the John Wanna
maker Band OF 10 pieces. The red
coated musicians were flanked by a
spe' nal corps NJ drummers dressed in
black and white.
George Gouldinc. the wonderful
Canadian walker. produced the first real
sensation Of the night. hut for once tins
marvellous exponent of the heel and toe
gait had to put up with second place.
The Handicapped overestimated the
powers OF the Toronto man and set him
10 c We at least 80 seconds to every other
contestant IN the two mile race. In
Guided In the Held that had his great
dHN' ~ EsAAhi' i's'Hs wv '''''
an champion, who took the lead after
me first two laps and never let the
Canadian get within striking distance.
The handicap meu made such good use
( their allowance that they had COW
ered more than "A lap OF the track before
'Ge y ratch man was u~uleashed. Dick
Renler set the pace for the first two laps.
when REM went to the front. and the
ps.r led the visitor from across the Dor
der a merry dance.
/, took Goulding a little over half a
m.le to catch the siowest nf the handicap
DIVISION, and from that time on he wen
along in his frictionless style. catching
man after man, until. with half a mile
10 81, only REM aud Remer remained In
front Of him. REM had opened up u
gap Of hfiy yards on Remer at his
point. and with shoulders hunched was
making almost AS good Roadway as the
scratch man. Three laps from the finish
Goulding shot by Relner and the crowd
,neered Justify as he moved his legs
faster and faster in the vain effort to
overtake the Mohawk walker. When
he plsto! cracked for the last lap Could
Ing spurted and Was decreasing the gap
between himself and REM when he struck
he curb on the Twenty-slXth street side
and fell to the ground. GouldinG was
~ In a second and continued with un-
'HtllslttNAlsl Flftis ll4lsilIis ~ W.
place, fifty Yards behind REM. Could
;ng 5 time was 10 minutes 80 20 seconds,
twelve seconds behind the record.
New England carried oN the honors
In the :" yard open handicap, for which
hig field started, Two men from Mas
,achusetts were left in the fnal. and in
the dash for the prizes G. w. Loomis of
The Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
roloey got home a foot in front OF IT.
wing " IIasIn Of fhA RnEfnn
\ Roth men were back markers.
Looms starting from 4 feet and Howe
from : feet. There was Considerabl BILE
interest In the relay race between teams
from the Wandmdker stores Of New
YORK and Philadelphia. the visiting team
running under the colors Of the Meadow
bronx club, while the New Workers wore
[, me Mllrose emblem h Millrose men
Jed Until the last relay. when smith
rushed ny cough and o an exciting
race boy tWo yards, 90.
John w. OVert0u. the iuisrciiiegiste
cross ogutry champion, covered himself
With glory by winning the I,odman
NdnamAher trophy AT 4 mile aud IA half
Tom a field Of the best LONE distance
runners IN the country. The Coilegian's
performance Mas a slashin2 good ope,
MS wonderful sprint in the last lap land
~ TIN fifteen yards in front of Mike
.''.II'. 81 lNr hl.lIoSe y y. liver
.ons time of 8 minutes SO seconds estab-
"sned 4 urw indoor mark which com
PerrS iaNnrahly with the outdoor figures
~ a. 20 made by Tommy Connect in
~" THcr" were Ave starters in the
ace. with SD Leslie setting the pace
nos y the way, followed in close order
F Willie Gordon, DeyaUneN. Oyerton
'nd NJ Burke of the Boston \. A..
hdfne made his effort just before the
thh OF The nfst mile and took the lead
ne "a not mold Il long. for with four
'dps To g. bNert0n woke up ANA rushing
T" me men Iu front OF Inn with IA
, ''r'ni, steady stride. swuug along In
'oh'. NIllc Gordon showed activity
'"o APPS from home and passing Leslie
was hshtiug hard to get on even terms
WIN VN"rton when the bell rang, Then
rNne the asto Wishing sprint Of the Yale
"pah and the crowd yelled wildly as
Yfellon left Gordon and Devsnney as
.hough they were standing still. over
'Vn opened a gap OF fifteen yards at the
Spe ana Devanney by stepping inside
,e border on the last lap managed to
And second place By five yards.
lhe 500 Millrose invitation furnished
aoiner stirring race with Dave Caldwell
the Boston A. A. beating Ted Mere
"'h OF me University of Pennsylvania
NY a sensational sprint In the last lap.
'"r' were five starters in this feature
NO. Including Tom Halpin, holder of the
nnoor record Joseph T. Higgins Of Holy
I rrosS College, Homer Baker, Caldwell
ana Meredith. There were two false
\ reahS before Hplpln got away in the