The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
CHAMPIONS GALORE
IN POLICE GAMES
v.Donsld, McGrath, Erickson,
sheridan and Beacher
Among Entries.
az CONTESTS ON CARD
Snort Potpourri in Sheepshead
Stadium on Saturdays,
Aug. "a and 81.
sS CONTESTS ON CARD
By sPRINTER.


Martin Sheridan is in the great be-
Ia lack Filler is In France with the
yW e A., most Of the younger and
.,o,s athletic element have doffed the
Mn. OF the finest OF Uncle Sans Khaki
M, there still are enough athletes left
wv ,hs force to make things hum In the
rack and field contests that Will feature
~. police Carnival In the Sheepshead
o.v stadium on Saturdays. August ~
~ Al. The old boys are busting on
M,Ir running shoes, limbering up their
sc.ns and getting ready to show the
sm'lv that Dad still Is some pumpkins
a, an athlete
scattered among the entries for the
Nc tournament one finds such noted
sarss as Patrick Mcdonald. Matthew
WoGr,th, Richard ]. Sheridan. Egon
T,rIckson and william p Bnachsr.
ry,ry one knows Pat and Matt. Olympic
Champions with the shot and hammer
and holders OF American and worlds
,,cords galore. The athletic fans do
moi have to look in the A. A. U. book to
remember that Egon Erickson Is the for
mer national Junior end senior running
MIN jump champ!on\ Of the little old
y. s. A.
.vsr. and the hero Of to-day IL forgotten
to.morrow. There will be those. per-
hama who have forgotten the athletic
deed, Of Dick Sheridan and Billy
Beacher.
Beat Job Jarrett, Olymp.an.
lust after the return Of the victorious
American athletes from the first modern
OLYMPIC Games at Athens. Greece. in
/ 1886. a big broth Of a boy from the Ould
Sod with brogue as thick as the mists
Ger Killarney on a murky morning, be-
san to raise a rumpus in athletic circles
around New York. In June, 1897. at
The spring games Of the New York A. c.
a, Travers Island, this sturdy young
g,ssoon caused the eyes Of the sporting
world to focus on him by scaling the
discus twelve feet further than Robert
Garrett Of Princeton, the stalward son
G, Uncle Sam, who had bested the
Creeks at the classic pastime in the
olympic Games in Athens the year be-
fore.
The young Irishman's name was Rich
ard ]. Sheridan, and for a decade he
was responsible for the same Sheridan
70 appear frequently In headlines on the
Sporting pages. Dick had splendid sue
cess as an athlete though his star later
was dimmed by the remarkable feats
{! his wonderful brother, Martin.
Hanging on the walls Of Sergeant
sh.rdan's pretty Elmhurst home-Dick
hopes soon to discard the sergeants
ehevrons for the decoration Of lleuten-
ant, for he Is first on the list for that
police otfice-is an oak cabinet contain
Ing scores OF trophies attesting TO his
prpvess as an athlete. Dick was great
handicap man. and most of. his prizes
were won in handicap competition.
Many OF the trophies. however, are
championship spells.
An All Around Athlete.
While not the wonder his brother Mar
tn ws-there never was nor never will
b another Martin Sheridan-pick was
totking all around athlete, and his
first championship prize was awarded
10Y second place in the national all
around championships Of the United
States IN 1898, The same year he I'm
'saed second in the discus throw at the
Metropolitan Championships. ..
In 1899 Dick captured the Metropoll-
ian discus championship, and at the
iame title meeting finished third In the
sixteen pound shot put. Later he
rekked TO Boston for the national cham
tnnshlps and brought back several
t'.zes 10 New York.
The following year. 1900, Sergeant
Sheridan cleaned whole trunkful of
Championship trophies. He captured
first hono-s in the national Junior ham,
lier throw and finished second In both
ihot put and discus throw. Then he won
We senior national championship with
me hammer and bagged second laurels
IN .lx
weight throwing contests. He was a
u'ne stale by the time of the Metropoli-
ian Championships, but won second hon.
eH with both hammer and discus and
nnshed third in the ffty-sLx pound
sesht 1t was a big year for Dick, for
DC was awarded the Charles Kirschner
media! the trophy presented by the Pas
ens A. c. to the athlete winning the
eos points in open competition. The
nntiian Cross aggregation had a great
'AAy OF champions In those days.
Won Mt the Pan-American.
IN the national championships in 1901.
shlch we're staged at the Pan-American
opposition. Buffalo. Dick won the dis
:" throw. He took second place in the
e@us throw at the metropolitan cham
...onsnips, and in an all around weight
loving contest easily beat Beck Of
"e and Bob Edgreh Of the New York
~ Dick successfully defended his
aa' IN the discus throw at the national
,aasnplonships in 1902. but. as in 1901,
Is. 80 70 De content with second place In
bioaShip.
Just about that time Martin Sheridan
S.a 'e 70 the 'front.' and seeing that his
;,stHser brother was well qualified to
AFTER the athletic honors OF the
n., ',ioan clan Dick dropped out OF COM
'a''oh ior two years The call of the
. ... was too strong for him, however,
Wv" ~ III 1905 he again donned his athletic
S he won places In the hammer,
80 us and weights at the metropolitan
nv. NV. national championships and cap
~ tne hammer throw at the Cana
''In championships
o, er his viosory in the Canadian
rsa'npionshps n 1905 Dick announced
is, retirement At the request Of the
n, sn american A. C.. which was hard
,,eo oy the New York A. C. at the
|, DICK once more donned his toys
nIo.. W., national and metropolitan cham
,mp meetings in 1905. with little
n paIacon for the games he succeeded
b, ,ss second place In the Sc
via weight throw and third place
mi, me hammer at the nationals and
n.,,o 'n,rd place with the So In the
metropolitan.
"i'i Beacher of battery E.
q, ny Heacher never won any national
e,r, metropolitan championships, but he
knnseu military titles galore AMI Is
,,b,. as one OF the most versatile
Hs w.. mat ever dug up the cInders.
,.rv d member Of the famous Bat
'y Z OF the Thirteenth RegIment in