The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-26
PELHAM BAY
 TEAM TAKES
 TITLE MEET
Sailors Annex Five Cham pionships in Senior Track
 Games at Bennett Field.
New Metropolitan Champions

New Metropolitan Champions.
 *1OO-Yard Dash---P. J. White, Sa- lem Crescent A. c.
 %20O- Yard Dash---Geprge Derne1l, Pelham Bay.
 *44O-Yard Run---George Durnell, Pelham Bay.
 22O-Yard Low Hurdles---A. Desch, Pelham Bay.
 SSO-Yard Run---Jack R. Sellers, un- attached,
 One-Mile Run---William F. Gordon, Pelham Bay.
 Five-Mile Run---Charles Pores, Pel- ham Bay.
 Three-Mile Walk---Louis Labowitz, Pastime A. c.
 Running High Jump---Egon Brick son, Bronx Church House.
 Running Broad Jump---Dave Polit- ger, Mohawk A. c.
 Running Hop, Step, and Jump---K. Geist, unattached.
 Putting 16-Pound Shot---P. J. Nc Donald, unattached. Throwing the Discus---John Hell lum, Pastime A. c.
 Throwing the Javelin---George A. Bronder, unattached. Throwing the 56-Pound Weight---P. J. Mcdonald, unattached. Team hampions---Pelham Bay. | Champions of 1917. l George W. DernelI of the Pelham Bay Naval Training Station, and Pat rick J. Mcdonald, the ponderous traf- fic policeman who directs vehicular traffic at Broadway and 42d street, emerged fiDm the annual senior Met ropolitan Association A. A. U. track and field championship meet, held yesterday at Bennett Field, Elizabeth port, N. J., each with two titles. Dernell was the king of the sprint CTS and emerged with his two 1917 ti- ties undamaged, although they were assailed threateningly. The Pelham Bay sailor captured both the 22O and 44O yard competitions, his time for the furlong being 23 seconds, and for the quarter-mile 52 2-5 secon3s.
 Mcdonald, holder of Olympic and national titles, annexed the local 16- round shot and 56-pound weight championships. In both competitions the big policeman left no room for question as to his position at the head
 of his rivals. In the shot put Me IDonald did" 46 feet 1-2 inches, al- most five feet more than his nearest .rival. In the weight test the Celt
 tossed the missile 34 feet inches
 The participation of soldiers and sailors who formerly were prominent in local and national athletics lent a realistic wartime touch to the con- tests, and it seemed particularly fit ting that the team supremacy of the local district should be won by rep.
 resentatives of one of Uncle Sam's
 fighting arms. The athletes of the Pelham Bay Naval Training Station gained the team title with the con.
 vincing margin of 36 points for the 1;
 events contested. and during the af-
 ternoon five of the titles fell to tht
 sailor-runners from this station Pete White, the dusky flier of thu
 Salem Crescent A. C., retained hi. century title by nosing out c. B Clark, Pelham Bay Naval Training Station, at the tape. In the furlons dash White pushed Dernell hard while in the quarter-mile event Der
 nell had to travel fast to retain hi. , title in the face of c. c. Shaughnes 7 sy's challenge.
 , Willie Gordon of Pelham Bay gained the one-mile title in an impressive
 race, which found him in the van a
 the finish, in 4:27 2-5. This race, in ) cidentally, was the only one of tn, 3 track events in which there was al
 improvement in time over the figure
 of last year.
 2 Charley Pores, another Pelham Ba, 1 sailor, stamped himself the best b,
 far of the local distance runners whel he won the five-mile championship
 Pores, opposed by a field of ten ri - vals, made up of the best runners O V the district, ran an excellent race - He went to the front early and set f pace which forced his most formida q ble rivals to retire. These include s Villar Kyronen. last years champion a Eddie Mayo of Fort Sdocum, an ? eTrry Halpine, the young Morning
 side A. c. rnnner. The Pelham Ba " star won by about ten yards il = 26:4 4-5.
 l. The other Pelham Bay sailor to gai IS title was A. Desch, formerly of tn e Paulist A. C., who was victorious i e the 220-yard low hurdles.