Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-24
j. Howard Beats Halpin

Berry, running as anchor man on the
camp DIX relay team in the race for the
one-lnilc relay championship Of the scry-
ice, showed that he has lost none of his
speed, when he more than held off the
desperate spriuts Of Tom Halpin. the
former national \. \. T.. champion. now
representing the first naval district Of
Boston and broke the tape two strides
to tho good, This was the most thrill
ing rae" of the entire program. The
former Penn star was shOWcred with
piaudits as ne crossed the finish line.
His teammates were W. ana Q. Auder-
son and W. Kelley
Bob NaNam another former Penn
tracNnan, should have won the Minrosc
Geo. but loOhiuE over his shoulder in
the final fifty yards caused his defeat.
Tho Crstwhilc star Of st. Adams School
took the lead on the second lap and
held a two-yard advantage over Jimmy
O'Bryu until the final turn. While
rounding this curve MaNam glanced over
his left shoulder 60 see how close his
rivals were. O'Brien was directly be-
hind, but Bob failed 10 sec George Der
neil, Of tho Boys club, Of New York,
who was swinging wide I'm AN effort to
take the lead. Before MaNam could turn
his head around Derueil has passed him.
He broke the tape two yards 70 tho
good. THIS w&s Dc!vCeiIs first attempt
1t running this distance
In the other special race OF the evan-
ing, the mile and a lalf run for the
handsome Pos: Trophy, "Chcaty' Ioic
Ray, the sensational distance runner Of
/ the Illinois Athletic Club, easily de-
featcd n sGlec; field by half lap. Ec
continued I'm an effort to establish a new
worlds record for two miles but failed
by eleven lecona'. Ray was pushed
hard during the urst half milo and was
timed in 2:V1 Is. He increased his
lead and at the milo post was thirty
yards in front The time was l:20. The
second mile waa run without any ore
pushing, him, which cause tho West
erncr to slow down. Ii is very likely
that n new record would nave been
made IL Stout or Otis had been capable
Of pushing Ray to his limit
Everett Smalley. the former Central
High captIin, competing for Fort SlO-
cum, finished second in the 70-yard high
hurdles. Sigcl, The Middle Atlantic
cross-country champion, running for
Meadowbrook. ran % fine race from
scratch in the threo-mlle handicap run.
lie finished third, several yards behind
Nightingale, OF New Hampshire Aggies,
and Nick Giauakopoulas. OF Camp
Wldsworth, who also ran from scratch
Kiviat First
Abel Hiviat celebrated his return to
competition among amateur athletes by
romping of with first place I'm the 1000
yard run Cheored on by the 10000
spectators, tho former national cham
pion jumped into the front At the G00-
yard mark and soon opened up a gap
Of many yards, finishing with q great
/ sprint the entire last lap.
That the officials of the Millrosc Club
used excellent judgment 'o h''"ln" 'he
majority OF the events for military men
was proved by the large crowd that
packed the garden. The meet was for
/ the benefit of the army and navy and "a
/ large sum will be turned over TO the
| war Departments commission on train
/ ing camp activities for the purchasing
! Of athletic equipment.
The majority OF the athletes who COM
peted last night win run in the Meadow
| brook games in Philadelphia on March
/ So. samuel Dallas has also secured
many other 1rst-class men.
Tho Usaacs squad, Of Allentown,
/ through the ability Of George Kline, who
I captured second place IN the three hum
I dred yard dash, and NJ. Burke. a former
I University OF Wisconsin student, who
l won the seventy yard low hurdles, cap
tured 1rzt place as team.