New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
Morse Loses
CenturyDash
To Clubnate
Eddie Prick Takes Dis,an,.
Run and Bronder De-.
feats Lincoln

A number of unexpected thrill, ...
witnessed by the spectators Nh. :.
tended the weekly track and ti,ld
OF the New York Athletic Club a, H..
ers Island yesterday. One Va, ~
downfall Of Roy F. Morse, the On,.,;-'
national sprint champion in the e,,t,,'
dash, while Eddie Frick, in ola o.
form, captured the l,OOo-urd -.
George Bronder and Jim Lineol, :,
two local aspirants for jsyeliu ho,..'
met in their favorite event sgsin ,,,s
the spoils going to Bronder.
The contests drew an unusuap,
entry, and it was apparent thar ,,'.
CT them had used the games a. a.,
tryout before the senior cnsmuior,,;.
next Saturday.
Morse Lacked Training
Morse's defeat can be attribut,, =.
the absence of his we'll known 6n;J,''
sprint, due somewhat to his irshig,s
&c obtain sufficient training ~ t...
His victor was Peter J. White I, .l.I
mate, who enjoyed a lls-ysrd h,nSis,.
on Morse. who started from ser,,.s
Andy Pendleton, the star Alpha ,n,;,,
or. was third. Morse caught Wb,,. :,
the 70-ysrd mark and in a s,ivs.
finish White proved the strors,, \.
win by inches. The time of Ios, az, :"
onds readily indicates that the forr..
champion was not in his true far, :,
he is considered a consistent Ten. 0n,s
man.
Eddie Prick gave a fine e1hbti0, !,
winning the long race and as h, so,.
around the track he seemed to 4, n,
old Eddie of many years ago. Hs "a.
fight Of speed on the final lap gsv, N.
victory by five yards over Wl,o.
Adams, a New York athletic Club ma,
who was second.
Prick Shows Form
Prick, the virtual scratch man vi,
seven yards, had to pick his way el,v,,.
ly through the large fields Of startsr,i !,
order to reach the front. He AVOIDED
interference, running usually on d,
outside, and at the beginning Of 4,
last lap was in seventh place. Es,,,.
ing the bsckstreteh, Frick caught III
Mitchell, the leader, and, as h, n
on unchsllenged TO the tape. Ni,bI
and Adams, who came with a hurrluy
sprint, fought it out to the tspe h,
the place.
Both Bronder and Lincoln, vsw
tits with the jsvelin now stand a. w
victories apiece, showed that both N.
letes were ready for the chsmpionsh,s
Bronder tossed the long stick lsj ~,
10 inches, which is less than FIVE r..
behind the American mark he all.
lished in winning the national til, h..
August. Lincoln was second, with ~
feet 81 inches.
Another big field started in the I've.
mile run, in which Walter Larson, Il
the Swedish-Americsn Athlete Cab,
was the victor. The latter was allotted
an allowance of 10 yards, and his
lcSmdy pIONtu lOO HlH'u SVI jim TidNs
and Hugh Alderman, the baekmsrksr,
who had to be content with second sal
third places, respectively.
The Summaries follow:
l00-yard run thsndic,pl-Wh-g ?. ! Whi,
salem Crescent A e. az yirdsl Re- ' Nor.
Salem Crescent A. c. tscrl,chl. scoot Nd5 p.
deton. Alpha T. {. {. t?is yartD. aln hue
O:l0 rs
i.Ooo.y.rd nun thAndicipD b. Eias ne
NeS YORK A c. q yards. Wilsoa Atin,, "
York A. Q az yards. seoo1d. J. J. Mtsl, M'
York A. g. $50 ysrdsl. third nns. ~
Two milc nun thandicApl-Woo by Wiw Ia.
son. Swedish American A e. lio Jr1 ',
Plant. Long Island A. c 40 yi'dsl. Sscoi ~
Alderman. New York A c. as. yards. Ait' N
1898
Throwing the i.v,lin thhndicsp, Won b Gsy
Broader unattached Scratch. With lS is, =
inches: Jim c Lincoln. New Yof A. c lsfss
with 1874 feet 3h inches. Secord y. BoSraia -
York A. {. (23 feet). With !s2 Zee, 10 neaa ~
Running. hop step and Jump le,Hdie.vi-NsSs
8 BeloSky. MJninglde A. c tSis fse'l "
feet inch: o. Hawkins, salem Cf,sctd =
- feet). with Is feet ~ inches s19e'
HoSStrom. swedish American A. C. t5ls isl' "
81 feet inches. third