New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-31
Boys Club Athlete Covers
100 and 440 Yards in
Fast Times
By A. c. CAVAGNARO

George ". Dernell day was celebrated
at Astoria Field, Long Island City, yes
terday. The occasion was the annual
outdoor games of the Intersettlement
Athletic Association, but George cut
such a figure in the proceedings that
the day was a holiday for him. He
broke two records.
The Boys Club, of which Dernell is
a member, again captured the point
honors, due in a large measure to this
athletes good work.
Six Teams Score
The Union Settlement and Clark
Neighborhood House followed with re-
spective scores of % and 81. Six other
organizations also obtained place in
this charmed circle.
Dernell made his presence known
early in the first heat of the 1O0-yard
dash, senior, handicap, when the 300
yard indoor national junior champion
was clicked in the record time Of 10 Id
seconds. This smashed the old record
by one-ffth of second.
There is no doubt Of the authenticity
of the timing, as such experienced men
as Paul Pilgrim. Matthew P. Halpin
and James Clark held the watches.
However, Dernell was defeated in the
final heat. in which he finished third.
No individual lanes were mapped out,
and as a result the champion was peck
eted all the way down the stretch.
Max Sommerfeld, of Clark Neighbor-
hood House, with two-and-one-half-
ward handicap, was the winner by a
narrow margin. Tom Dempsey, Union
Settlement, was second and Dernell
third at the tape.
Dernell was able to display his speed
more advantageously in the senior ham
dicap race at 440 yards. Seven youths
opposed Dernell in the final brush, and
10 avoid interference he ran on the out
side Of the track throughout. Conse-
quently he had TO traverse more ground
than the actual distance.
A Strong Start
The Boys Club idol guarded his step
at the outset, leaping away with great
strides and rapidly retrieving ground
on his handicapped rivals. IL was a
hard task, but Dernell went into the
van on the homestretch and won by
seven yards. The effort recorded the
| new time of 90 2-5 seconds, which dis
placed the old figures of "a l-5 seconds
The senior relay race, at one mile
| showed that Dernell, after all, is only
I human. At the start Of the final relay
Dernell was thirty-flve yards in the
wake of Benny Jacobs, of Clark Neigh
/ borhood House, the leader. this distance
| being lost through poor reliefs by ms
teammates. Dernell made gallant eff
fort, regsining all but five yards wher
| his rival snapped the worsted.
The third new record went 70 PHILIP
Murtha, of Union Settlement, who capt
| ured the one mile handicap run from
] scratch in 4:54, which supplanted the
/ old figures OF 4:55 10.
Many creditable feats were returned
during the games. Joe Dolan, the husky
/ Union Settlement athlete. put the II
pound shot q distance of IS feet Az
/ inches, which was within four inches Of
/ the record.
W. Fingernagel, o. the Boys Club
greatly impressed the spectators with
! his roll" like that Of George HORNE
/ the former worlds champion, in clear
ing 5 feet inches in the running hig'
jump.
The summary follows:
On. mil. run ts.nior,-won by p. Murths, Unto
Settlement (scrafehD: n. Jacobs. Clark Sc.Slborhoo-
House as yards. second. y nkhman. Union Vet
: tlernent lsrrafrhl third Time. t1.
] larflcapl-N0n
Clark y. n. with JLcobs APPEL. siIippner 'n
schsrsr fs5 yards. Boys Club t5s Yards, Wit
Inis1 ss,tl.u-nt AZ ysri.l. With cianey. Mckee
| o'keefe and Skiba third Time. 3.39.
leo-ysrd dash ,senior; hsndiespl-won by "