New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Finishes
First in 2-Mile
Handicap Run
Cross Country Chamn;..
Beats Pores at 18th Resi-
ment Games
By A. c. Cavaenaro

Eddie Mayo, junior metropolitan A.
soclahon 'cross-country champion. o..
an exhibition of his real speed IN ss.;'
winning the two-mile handican
which occupied a prominent pls..
the programme of the ANNA,
OF the 18th Coast Artillery Corn.s s1as: I,
at Brooklyn Athletic Field vests,sd Seld
The soldier literally tore the hr.aay. hssr.
of Charles Pores, Pelham Raw % oat
was second, and Jimmy Henigan raN, Nao
Slocum. who was third, by settna1 WI
mad pace throughout.
Seven runners started, with Ma.
and Pores on scratch, but only ~
above named three were on the tug sas
at the end of the first mile. OWN ast ss
the heart-breaking pace. At the m;iS !"
point Mayo was twenty yards in frons
with Pores second and Henigan s.sn' .suat'
CLING along in third place. Nssas'. Mag
gruelling pace carried him past 49,
mile mark in 4:39 2-5. VIC
During the running of the fina, mil.
Pores endeavored to pick up soms aus
ground on Mayo, but the latter 'STs st;,1
full of running, also put on additionsi
steam" MAYO bounded along in Sm.
fashion and. at the beginning Of o tSo
final lap, had lead of almost s;x.S u
yards. Mayo tired slightly nearinws
the end. but Pores also slowed nm
trife
Hcnigan ran especially well dur;r,
the early stages. but the former Do,'
chester Club boy was making h;s
first athletic appearance in over ons
year. and was not in his best form
Mayo's time of 1852 As for the two
miles IS worthy contribution to tracI
history.
Surprise in 3C0-Yard Race
Besides the unexpected surprise fur.
nished by Mayo, there was another IN
the 300yard scratch run for enlistsS
men. The spectators were amazed
when they saw Cornelius Shaughnessv
and Charles F. Olsen, both of the Fed.
eral Rendezvous. Brooklyn. lead hom.
George w. Dernell, of Pelham Bay.
the 1917 300-yard indoor national
champion and record holder.
After trailing closely behind the
pace-making Shaughnessy until ths
tifty-yard mark, Dernell weakened and
was passed by Olsen for second hon.
ors. Shaughnessy was credited with
a performance of 80 seconds. but 1t d
evident that the time is incorrect.
AN event tfat proved popular was
the 440yard scratch run for officers
of the 18th Regiment, which went tc
Captain Joseph G. Hardmeyer, the ath
letic director OF the unit. Hardmeyel
was at one time Trinity Club athlete
and that he has lost none of his OLE
speed was proved by the fact that h,
led from start to finish. A field o,
twentyfour started and all but three
gave up before crossing the lire.
In the two-mile inter-company roat
run the honors went to the 9TH Com
pany, which is known as the athletic
contingent. Casper Schetfer, 5tl
Company, led the field of forty mer
home easily. with Tom Gilligan, 1Ott
Company, second, and Sam Oshinsky
9Th Company, third. Point honor
went to the 5th Company. with 3.
points. the 10tn Company getting 70
and the I'd Company S4. The Colonel
Smith trophy went to the victors.
An added event was the one-mile
relay race with a civilian, marines
army and navy group defeating the
Federal Rendezvous team. The fight
was close for the first three laps. Then
Dernell met Ed Hauser in the final
relay and the honors went to Dernell
by ten yards.
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