The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-18
EDDIE MAYO FIRST
IN TWO MILE RACE
Easily Outclasses Field In
Handicap Run in 18th
Artillery Games.
SCHEFFER VICTOR TOO

Eddie Mayo. the former Brooklyn A.
A. runner and the junior Metropolitan
crows country champssn. now competing
for the Medical Corps at Fort Slocum,
yesterday ran one OF the best races Of
his career In winning the two mile ham
dioap run. the feature Of the first out
door games of the Thirteenth Coast Ar
tiliery Corps New York Guard, ~
Brooklyn Athletic Field.
Mayo. who started from scratch. led
Charlie Pores of the Pelham Bay Naval
Station, the national five mile champion.
to the tape by forty yards In the hne
time Of Q minutes SO AS seconds PoreS
also started from scratch. Jimmie Hem
nigan Of the Twenty-frst Company OF
, the U. s. A. at Fort Slocum, the former
Boston A. A. star, who had an allowance
OF 25 yards. finished third, a quarter OF
a lap behind Pores.
Mayo took the lead at the half way
mark. closely followed by II. Carroll OF
the Brooklyn A. A. who quit three laps
from the finish. Pores was then rum
ming third, about ten yards behind the
leader. At the mile and a half post
Mayo started TO open a big gap on
Pores, who was then running In second
place. On the final two laps Mayo ran
away from Pores. who was trying his
hardest to catch the former Brooklyn
A. A. lad.
Casper scheffer Of the Morningside A.
C. and q member OF the Thirteenth Reg
iment, Won the two mile road run, the
feature Of the closed events. Scheffer,
who represents the Fifth Company won
the event by 200 yards over Thomas
| Gilllgan of the Tenth Company. The
| winner was timed in 1888. The team
| honors also went to the Fifth Company.
They returned the low score Of - points.
In the 800 yard run for enlisted men
George Dernen Of Pelham Bay. the Met
| ropolitan 44o yard indoor champion had
to be content with third place. The
winner turned up in C. shaughnessy Of
| the Brooklyn Federal Rendezvous, who
won the race by Eve yards over q team
mate. J. F. Olson.
Carmne Cornetta of the Paulist A. c.,
| with a 40 yard start. won the three
quarter mile handicap run. Jack Sell
ers. the scratch man. could do no better
| than attain fourth place.
Herman Browsner OF the Fifth Com
pany carried Off the individual honors
among the Thirteenth's members.
Browsner captured the rs yard dash and
the 220 yard run In clever style.
Capt. Joseph 9. Hardmeyer defeated
| twenty-four OF his fellow officers In
coming home first In the quarter mile
run for officers. Hardmsyer was timed
In :06 1-5 The summaries:
| One quarter Mile Run. Novice. A. 4. Y.
Won by William Steer. unattached; c.
F. seibert. Brooklyn Federal Rendezvous.
second: b. Marion. Brooklyn A. A.. third.
100 Yard Dash. Handicap. 4. A. u.
Won BY j. rFi'dms1 5rGoh,yn
crescent na' 4. ' C. "a y.TdD. tSird. Ti%s.
Three:auar,er NIL. Run. Handicap. 4.
t,t a. c. uo yardg: W, , Adams. New s,..
II, nm, Glencoe A, c. third. Time.
Is Yard Dash. Closed to Thirteenth
Members-won by II. Browsner. Fifth
Gompan ny, George wseslen n, Ff.h Com
M:nOe1.1wo" nun" BY Herman proS:a.r.
t Hhla. Sf rimo. "a IS sec seconds " '
SS fAG Sl Race aassa to Etd MEN
Federal Rendezvous: j. +. Olson. Brook
Iyn Fedora. Rendezvous second; s George
third third Time. 81 seconds. "'
one Mne bicycle Race, Closed ,1. to Th,r-
pany. second; <. L. Rhodes. Third Com
sel,a T Nine R aSs t Closed to Thr
teenth Regiment ofioers-won by capt.
Joseph $. Hardmeyer stan; Capt. white,
| Adjutnnt second; Lieut.. Dunn. Seventh
Company. third. Lieut.. Murray. Twelfth
Company, fourth. Time. 1905 Id.
one Mile Match Relay-Won by All
| Star Team H. Windmuer. c. Brundase.
Jack Sellers and George DernelD:
Brooklyn Federal Rendezvous q. r. OIL
son. {. +. seibert. C. Hauser and c.
Two Mile Run. Handicap. A. A. u
Won by Eddie Mayo. Medical Corps, Fort
| Slocum tscratch); Charlie Pores. Pelham
| Bay Naval Station (scratch), second;
Jimmie Hennigan Twenty first Company,
Fort slocum as yards. third. Time.
s.52 49,.
Two Mile Road Race. Closed to Thtr-
| teenth Regiment-Casper Scheffer, Fifth
Company, :s5, first Tom Gillissn.
| Tenth Company. is $50, second; g. o.
shinssky. Fifth Company. 1909. third;
| 1919. fourth. Frank Magin, Fifth Com
| pany. 1917, NTH Walter Feister, Firm
| Company, 1913. sixth. Daniel Bryan.
Seventh Company. 1879. seventh: Walter
| Holt, sixth Company. 1919 eighth; a.
| r. Buchanan, Second Company, 1890.
ninth, charles Weiss. Second Company.
! 1874, tenth.
Team scores-Fifth Company. |, 3. s,
| G. l9-3i: Tenth Company. ?. s. IL, &c.
sl--7s; Second Company. 10. Is. le. Is.
| 2L-Si.