New-York tribune., 1916-06-18
N. Y. A. C.. STARS
RUN AWAY WITH
JUNIOR CHAMPS
Winged Footers Get Near
Iy 100 Points in the Mud
Six Records Go.
BY A. {. CAVAGNARO.

group OF ath4etes, tne New I ork Atm
letic Club repeated history in running
away with the team point score in the
annual junior track and field cham
pionships of the Metropolitan Associa-
tion decided under the direction o.
the Knights Of st. Antony, on Nelson
Field, New Brunswick, \. j., yesterday
afternoon.
Placing members in all nineteen
events on the programme, in several
instances finishing them IN one, two
and three order. the Winged Foot tri-
umphed by an overwhelming score of
97lR points. This is the largest total
ever compiled by an athletic organiza-
tior during the history of the local
district, ana also proved to be almost
half the number Of the points dis
tributed.
The thirty-six other competing
clubs faced impossible odds in their
chances for the point banner. Follow
ing far back in the ruck for second
honors was the Irish-American Ath-
letic Club, with SO points. while the
Knights Of St Antony. Of Brooklyn,
came third, with 13 1-3, and the Long
Island Athletic Club close fourth,
with II points. Nineteen competing
clubs succeeded in scoring.
The meet also established n prece-
dent in the way of new records, when
six standards were smashed by sub
stsntal margins, while another was
eoualled
In sweeping through to their one
/ sided victory the Central Park South
athletes captured eight individual
titles. while the Irish runners had to
; be content with four. As II turned
out. only three OF the athletes. who
represented the New York the en-
tire year round, were able to score
points. These were Eddie Carroll, the
broad jumper william Storey, the
/ hurdler, and William McFadden, the
walker. Their total efforts totalled
eight points the other tallies be
| inc accountable 70 the efoI\s OF the
college runners who reside IN the dis-
trict. and were recruited for the meet
Shower Helps Records.
A heavy shower. that drove the spec
tstors to cover, delayed the games az
the start; and while if was believed
that this would prove detrimental IN
the wreckng Of records, IT proved Just
the reverse. Father Time had stormy
afternoon. Only one Of the new rec
ords came in the field competitor.
r. 90. a.
snorsible for two Of the new marks,
siong with the one that was equ-iied.
The successful efforts that we're re-
corded we're in the 440-yard ru1, "on
by the sturdy and speedy James NJ.
Roche. of the New Haven Athletic AS
socistion. in the time Of so 15 seconds,
erasing three-ffths OF a second from
the previous performance. In the one
/ mile walk William J. Rolker, OF tha
/ Irish-Americans, stepped the distance
over the rain-soaked track in 6:56 10
| seconds. displacng the old figure OF
7:Ol; George Granger, Of the New
/ York Athletic Club, clipped two-hftn'
of a second from the old mark IN win.
ming the l2O-yard high hurdles IN 10
seconds. while Robert Crawford, a
/ princeton student, captured the 22o-
ward low hurdles for the New YORK
/ a { in 253-5 seconds, shaving three
B ffths Of second from the former best
Walsha Surprises.
In the 440-yard high hurdles Charles
A. Walsha, representing the knights
OF St Antony, furnished one OF the
biggest surprises of the meet by de-
festinp his rivals in 1900 4-5 which
proved faster than the old mark OF
i:O11-5. The discus record was in
creased by sx feet when Robert G.
Walker. the schoolboy Of the Long
Island Athletic Club, heaved the saucer
1AO feet s inches The only record
eoualled was in the 220-yard dash,
when James de Cernea, another New
York Athletic Club runner, won de-
cisively in % 4-5 seconds.
The competition was punctuated by
some brilliant and close finishes. on
several occasions consultation being
held between the judges 70 pick the
winners.
Fortune Helps La Rose.
Dame Fortune came to the rescue OF
William ("Red") La Rose. Of the St
Anslem's Athletic Club, in his winning
Of the lOO-vard dash. In the second
semi-6nal heat, the St. Anthony sprlnter
finished third and consequently was in
eligible 10 start. However, II imme-
diately developed that Ferdinand Mot
lev. Of the St. Christopher Athletic
Club. did not reside within the. pre-
scribed radtis of the district of one
hundred miles. and he was consequent
lv disqualified. This permitted La
Rose. as the third man to finish in his
heat. to compete in the decisive. He
flashed home a winner, much TO the
surprise Of the spectators, in finish
that found the four runners almost
shoulders aligned.
One of the prettiest pieces OF running
was sbown bv James VI. Roche. who is
a freshman at Yale University. Roche
scored recent victory over Ted Mere
dith in a handicap race. He fulfilled
the confidence that was held in him by
his admirers when he went into the lead
on the turn into the backstretch to win