The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-05
FAT COPS RACE IS
WON BY M'GRATH
Matt Defeats Pat Mcdonald in
One Of Features of Traffic
Police Games.

Two hundred members Of the New
York Police Traflc Association yester-
day travelled to Witzers Grove, College
Point. Long Island. where the associa-
ton staged Its ninth annual outing and
athletic meet. The bluecoats started
from Th!rty-fourth street and East
River. where a scheduled boat took
them to the grove. Fourteen events were
on the athletic part OF the programme.
In the feature Pat Mcdonald. cham
pion shot putter because OF liberal han
dicaps, suffered defeat. Mcdonald
heaved the sixteen pound shot the good
distance OF 40 feet. hut had to be con-
tent with second place. The winner
turned IN In w. w Barry of Traffic b.
VINO was allowed Is feet. Barry's ac-
tual put was only "a feet inches.
Erickson Wins High Jump.
Egon Erickson. another prominent po-
lice athlete, came near suffering de-
feat In his favorite event. the running
high jump. Erickson. who jumped from
scratch leaped feet inches and was
tied for first with w. Neven OF Traffic
c. AS Neven had a nine inch allow
ance. Erickson was given the prize.
Lieut.. Matt McGrath. former hammer
throwing champion. and Pat Mcdonald
had II out in the fat mems race. The
event. which was for men tipping the
beam at 200 pounds or over. was cap
tured by McGrath. Both started from
scratch. The time was IL 3-5 seconds.
w Neven OF Traffic C, who finished
second TO Erickson in the high jump.
captured the half mile run with a start
Of five yards. w j. Gould won the
vl,nAfh ar
competition was won by Traffic AS
team, which defeated Traffic e.
The Summaries.
100 Yard Fat Mems Race--won by NJ. p.
McGrath, Traffic e Scratch); Pat Mo-
Donald, Traffic c tscratch). second A.
Griswold. Traffic { q yards, third. Time,
wheeIblrrow Race-won by W. J.
Gould, Traife p. and A; s,rupsl. Traffic
Precinct, and ", Neven. Trafhc c. third.
rug Of war-Won by Traffic A: Traffic
Putting ls Pound Shot. Handlcap--won
total of is feet inches; Pat Mcdonald.
Traffic tscrntchl. with 40 feet. second |;
r. j. Weltsch. Traffic A d3 feep. with IS
I Running High Jump, nana.e.pnwon by by
=
. feet . inches. second, IL. G. Corren.
Traffic f az inches. fee, inches; third.
Shoe Race-Won by w V. Brown.
Traffic f. /. w. Rochester, Sixteenth Dis
trict. second: c. ]. Henry. Traffic f. third.
Time. "a 20 seconds
100 Yard Dash linen under ten years in
YARDS: II. J. weitsch. Trafne a % yards.
second; a. W; Har.,ot,. Traffic C q
100 Yard Dash. Handicap tmen between
ten and fifteen years in service>-Won nv
T d Brown. Traffic f Go Yards; T.
McGuirk. loath Precinc, % yards. second {:
\; Gennerich, N, c. l.. (scratch), third,
100 Yard Dash Handicap 'men between
fifteen and twenty years in service -won
Nv A. strupel. Traffic a % yards. w.
| keanelly, Traffic h % yards,. second: w.
! Beechnr. Seventy-seventh Precinct. third.
| 100 Yard Dash. Handicap tmen between
! twenty and twenty-hv years in service)-
| 6. II Chamberlain. Traffic u G3 yardS.
second, T. J GUILTY. Ftfty-third Precinct
| - YARDS, third. Time. IL Is seconds
100 Yard Dash. Handicap tmen over
twenty-five years in service Won bv q.
T. Sheridan, Traffic A a yard; II. q.
7. CusacA Traffic a. IS YARDS. third.
| Time, 10 seconds
Obstacle Rnca-Won by W Oswald.
Traffic ga ya-dsl J G. Melia. Traffic
+ "a YARDS. second W. J. Gould Traffic
II tsoratch). third Time 40 80 seconds,
lynch Traffic n; ] Kraft. Traffic G, ssc-
ond W. Meier, Traffic c. third
$50 Yard Run--won by W. Neven, Traffic
G IS yards) 4. W. Hnrrott. Traffic c t2i
yardsl. second; w c. Art!s. Traffic as
YARDS. third. Time. 2lo l-5.