New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04
Fordham Bent
On Acquiring
Playground
Meadowbrook Games =,
Philadelphia Promise In.
usual Competition
By A. c. CAVAGNARO

track and grandstand on the Fordh.-
Athletic Field, in The Bronx. will 4.
completed by the time the football
squads are ready TO begin work n,
their fall campaign. The scheme viii
not be lacking for incentive. The s,u.
dents of the college, preparatory Ana
/ grammar schools are working with
will to realize such an ambition. rls
( track is to be Of wood, either eight a,
four laps TO the rsile. The stands. III,
proposed, will seSG about eight thou.
sand persons.
1t was believed that the track vouls
be ready for the use Of the athlete,h 4,
early spring. Work was tempont.
, lily delayed as the result Of an ord,
of Colonel Vanderbilt, of the 22d Reg.
ment Armory, who closed the big drih.
room. and as a consequence the ANNA
/ indoor games of Fordhsm had To b
/ abandoned. However, an outdoor set AZ
games is being considered, and Il |,
| hoped in this manner TO be able 70 A..
cumulate part OF the money neces,arv
TO make the improvements on the ali.
letic field.
Plan Big Spring Meet
Should it be decided 10 hold a spring
set of outdoor games, the effort d
rounding together a big program,
/ will be left in the hands Of Charles A
Hatfield and Matthew p. Halpin, two
alumni of the Maroon institution. n,
! funds necessary 10 complete the WORK
may not be secured through the All.
letic meet, and a campaign 70 raise n,
amount necessary will probably be IN.
stituted through subscriptions by grad.
yates.
With Bernie Wefers now in char.
of the Maroon athletes, the track telr
! has been augmented by many new car.
didstes. The enthusiasm instilled By
the acquisition of Wefers as a coach
was evidenced at the recent Brooklyn
! College meet, when the Fordhsm Col.
lege, preparatory and grammar relay
teams defeated their rivals in deeisi,
fashion.
Many local athletes will make the
journey 10 Philadelphia next SATURDAY
evening 20 compete in the annual games
of the Meadowbrook Club In the new
Exposition Building. Most Of the met.
ropolitsn runners will participate ia
the several special races on the pro.
gramme. The full team Of the NIL.
rose Athletic Association, a sister or.
ganZation of the Philadelphia club, will
go TO the games in special car. whct
will also contain number OF neysps.
per men Of this city.
One Of the feature races will be th,
one-mile run, in which Linus V. Wind.
nagle, OF Cornell; John W. 0verton, q
Yale; Joie W. Ray and Ivan W. Myen
Of the Illinois Athletic Club, and Nke
Devaney. of the Millrose Club, will BE-
starters. Both the collegiate entpnts
are capable of covering the distance Or
an indoor track around 420, but wild
the springy ten-lap wooden track ct
/, their command a new max is likely
The best time az this distance Is
4:1S is, credited 10 Abel R. Kiyat, vino
established 10 under the eighteen inche
to the border rule. 0verton reeora@
the best effort under the new rulintG
twelve inches from the border. wku
he defeated a select field recently u
4:l9 l-5.
Stars in 50-Nard Dash
The games have attracted many col.
lcges of the East and West In the So
ward dash 10 LOOMS, Alvsh Meyer
Andy Kelly. Ray Morse. Brooke Brewer
and +. p. 0'Hara will be the stsrten
In the games last year Brewer, who va,
Their a schoolboy at st. Adams School,
Washington, created a sensation whea
he defeated the picked field. The ~
ward hurdle race will find as starter
10 LOOMS, who has proved himself
unbeatable at this short distance; Frd
:. Murray, Earl Thompson and John J.
Eller.
A local team Of Fire Department
athletes will attempt to take permsnss'
possession Of a special trophy throusa
another victory over the Quaker CON-
bination in a one-mile relay event
Another strong local combination
composed of four of the following fye'
Joe Higgins. Billy Moore, George Der.
nell. Robert Mcdonald and EDWARD
Riley. This relay team should MAKE
considerable trouble for us Phlsdsi,,
phia and Boston rivals IN the specnl
one-mile event. Other attractions sn
the "Meadowbrook co.," with Ted Mere
dith. Tom Halpin, Dave $. Caldwell, u"
Higgins and Earl Ely as contesnr%
Pennsylvania, Yale, Harvard, Cornsit
Princeton. Lehigh, Lafayette, Cstnons
Holy Cross and Penn State anc maal
schoolboy teams will compete IN w
various relay races set aside Tor men.
The special high jump VIII nn'
Alma W. Richards. 10 LOOMS. hnl
Barwise and Frank Whalen giving 9"
hibitions.
The usual varied programme o
events will prevail at the annual gan"
of the 18th Regiment Athletic A'seer
ton, TO be held in the armory, shv'
seventh Street and Park Ayenus, y
March 81. No other National Gonjj
regiment presents such novel sel '.
events. These include roller sksll.h
wall sealing, litter race, tent rslsIss
and other events that tend 70 call ups
the physical ability Of the enlisted w.
der. 4.
A half-mile run for noyiees, for w
officers cup, and the intereompany y. y.
lay race handicap AT $50 yards shoale' "
usual. bring out some stif compec'l'..
Il has been usual al these contests "
find the competition for the point "a ~.
ors so close that the relay event, ssn ,.,
closes the evenings ENTERTAINMENT "
cides the issue. Al.
Entries close with h. G. Grant W. ~
secretary, at the armory on next S''
urday evening.
The open handicap road runs ~. ~,
uled for the remainder OF the outoos'
season seem 10 be increasing rnss1,
cally every Suday up TO the lattet r.
of April will find club Of tins ~,
trict promoting race. A RECORD ~ ~.
is promised for the George +. Nin.,
memorial run of the 81. Josephs io.t
Mems Association for next sunday ~
ternoon. The awarding Of diam..j
studded medals has already sttrs,,s'
the runners Of every club IN ne CIV.
Only a few days remain IN wnien l.l
10 John Street.
Stvled as "the big event OF ".