The sun., 1918-11-24
BAKER AND KELLY
A. A. U. GAME STARS
Half Mile Champion and
Olympic Hurdler Thrill
22d Regiment Throng.

Featured with the fourth successive
middle distance victory of Homer Baker,
former international half mile champion.
and a sensational comeback by Fred
Kelly, the olympic champion hurdler, the
Victory games OF the Metropolitan As
ISOLATION. A. A. T., were held in the
Twenty-second Regiment Armory last
night.
Baker outdlstanced his rivals in the
special invitation 1000 yard race and
Kelly flung his feet In the face of his
fence fiiers hail from Los Angeles-in
the special scratch seventy yard high
hurdle race. Baker, pushed to the limit
In the stretch by Jack Sellers of the
New York A. c. stepped the 1000 yards
in 2:22 3-5. Kelly, with Thompson
hanging on his flank. breasted the tape
at the end of the seventy yard sprint
over the fences in 10 l-5 seconds.
The duel between Baker ana Sellers
In the latter stages OF the 1000 yard con-
test took the crowd by storm The early
stages Of the race were covered ut a fast.
even gait. with the two cycling each other
like hawks and waiting for the time to
strike. 1t came when the bell changed
the last lap.
The gong sent Baker and Sellers into
three speeds forward" They swapped
the last turn and entered the stretch
with little TO spare. Down at the tape
they tore, with the former international
champion hitting the worsted a bare
handshreadth ahead of the Mercury
FootCy.
Lieut.. Kelly. who is an aviator
stationed at Mitchell Field M.neola, and
Lieut.. Thompson. member OK the
Royal Canadian Flying CorfS, and
George pesca of the Pelham Naval
Training Station answered the call 10
post in the final of the 20 yards hurdle.
The Olympic champion gained his
triumph by his quick start.
At the crack Of the gun Kelly rushed
to the fore and reached the first hurdle
ahead of his two rivals Beach led
Thompson over the fence in pursuit Of
Kelly. The Pelham tar held second
position til the half way mark. when
Thompson caught him. passed hin. and
Sc; sail for the Olymplan.
inch by inch Earl crcpt M on Fred
but the distance was bit too short
for Thompson to oVertake the firing
veteran. Kelly crossed the line the
rroverbial wh!sker ahead OF his rival
who in the last desperate lunge only
barely failed of snatGAing the victory.
The summaries:
$50 Yard Run. Handicap CClosol to En-
teenth Company. Air Service tS5 yardsl ;
G. p. O'Connor, Fordham University, :. A.
T. C.. go yards, second; y Brown. pei
ham Bay 90 yardsl. third. Time 2:34 3-5
1000 Yard Run. lnvitatiou--Won by
Homer Baker, Gillespie a. \; Jack sellers
New York \, G., second; j. McCabe, Pei
ham Bay, third; W Powe. Alpha L. Z. c.
fourth. Time. ?:22s.5.
800 Yard Run. Handicap-Won by Pat
Ferr.ck, Pelham Bay - Yarfs); c. Bis
gcer, city College "a yardsI. rCuud. J.
TaCkuCh. Foriham :. A. r. c. - YARDS ,
third. Time 70 3-5 seconds.
20 Yard High Hurdles Race. Invitation--
Won by Lieut.. f. w. Kelly Los Angeles
A. G.; Earl Thomson, Royal Air Force.
Canada, second: q. pesch, Pelham Bav
third, Time, 10 - seconds.
az Yard Dash, Handicap--Won by NJ H.
Pels Glencoe a c, az ynrdsJ; Roy F.
Morse. Salem Crescent A. c, (scratchl,
G. 60 yardE), third Fred TcsChner, Glen
coe A, c, q YARDS, fourth. Time, 20
seconds
600 Yard Run, Hanilcap-won by Gin
II. I'M, Glencoe A c. GA yards; \. Wild
Kings County A A. C2y yardsl, second: c.
7. Coor Paulist A. c. (25 yards, third,
Time, l:lS
~ Nile Run, Handicap-won by r. NJ
MC'ulloCh. Princeton y. L. G35 yarisl (;
i, y Knox, MorninEslde \. G. O75 yardsl
second, Joe Walters. Paulist 4. {, as
yards), third. Time. 7:02l-
one Nile Walk, Hand!cap-Won by NJ,
Lipston MorninGside A, c. 90 yards, W.
RorRau. Fort Wadsworth (g5 yards, sec
ond: - herman, Walkers Association. Of
Brooklyn GO yurds), third Time, 7:2l is.