New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
.alevas Land
First Place in
AnnualG Games
kauppinen Sensation of Scan
dinavian-A n-American Athletic
Meet at Ulmer Park
By A. G. Cavagnaro


Inc athletes of the Kaleva Athletic
olub retained their strangle hold on
]he Observation-Disclosures Athletic
League championship by again SUBJ
dung the Swedish-American Athletic
CLUB IN the second half of the annual
track and ficl6 games held at Ulmer
fark, Bensonhurst, yesterday. From
the opening pistol it was a duel for
premier honors between the two clubs.
with the Kaleva boys scoring heavily.
as usual, in the distance runs and
weight events.
AS was the case in tho irst half of
the TIT in the spring the winning mar
GIN of the Finn athletes of the kalcva
contingent was small. In Yesterdays
gathering Kaleva led with IS points,
with the Swedcs 4 points back and the
Flnnlsh-Amerlcan Athletic Club third
with II points. A grand total of the
TWO meets gives Kalcva SO, Swedish
american ~ and Finnish-American 27
"A large number of scandinavian
League athletes from out of town com
peted.
One Record Broken
Tradition it has been to break a
championship record in every meet,
and this individual glory fell yestcr
day to Ernest f. Traung, Swedish
American Athletic Club, who completes
IN the national title meet at Chicago
next Saturday. Traung sped over the
1zo-yard low hurdles on the cuppy
track IN II rs seconds, which cut his
championship record by one second
ho
ana was second in the 220-yard run.
However, the sensation of the games
was f. kauppnen, Finn athlete.
standing over six feet high, who was
displaylng his athletic ability. While
ms form was on the crude order. he
showed great strength, particularly in
the hammer throwing contest, when he
made show of his field with fine
heave of 151 feet
Kauppinen's strength alone account
ca tor his second victory in the one
half mile run. He was pitted. among
others, with Otto Laakso, a clubmate
ana runner of much note, but little
haakso found that running over the
wretched track had usurped All his
strength. kauppincn always trailed
some ten yards back of Laasko until
rounding the final turn, when he tired,
wlth~ his stronger clubmate coming on
+o,, ! 80! any gam winning lead OF
ten yards in the final fifty yards.
Two open bicycle races also graced
me programme, and besides taking
lhelr lives in their hands over the poor
track the riders were covered from
head to foot by the flying dust Fred
Laux, Empire City Wheelmen, beat Nell
son Johnson, unione Sportiva Italiana.
oy wheels length in the two-mile
race. but johnson cvened matters in
the tivemle tilt.
Competed from Scratch
Both Laux and Johnson competed
from scratch in the longer race. with
johnson assuming the lead nearing four
miles to win as he pleased. Laus was
much used up from his earlier efforts
and finished behind Vito Ccstonc, who
was second.
The summary follows:
Ans2jsan s2iysTd Fur-Won Il by w Bjort swedish
can, can a r, C. second, l.. Toivouen. kdeya A. G.
Ansrcs Am'sa A%orGen ca :a.nd a c i S'om9srs swedsh
SsSyAr5 9 d,d su9Won 1,'Asa sy ?. Hau9pnsn kaleya
leadriekac swedish, Ans5ican % < c. t6i Sf'oq 1ime e.
19[es ere m'lS fr,m Tpnwy~ ttsS Y ono 1aasso kaega
W. w. liemann Finnish American A. C. thira.
-, Pole vault Won by '. wAnsiansen. Norwegian
,tin ti,n ,Ao A Co. with feet ! nch.s: :. Maxi Flu
ond q. Brold, haleya A. C.. with feet 10 incIos.
third - ''
- ThroTine 50 3. pound weight-won by r Taser,s
Norwegian Turn A G.. With Al feet . inches. W.
s,ag CsTls9n Aland A C. with ss feet ~ inche,.
81 feet inches, third ~
Throwing l2-pound hammcr-Won by T. kaur-
pinen, Kaleya C.. with l5z feet iuches: J.
Ranta. kalsva a c., witt. 1873 feet inches sec
ond y We!nala. kaleya A e.. with lSi fec,
swedish American A. T. Win 1s fee, r. inchea rsunf.
feet ~ inches. second; y Winstanssn, Nor%eg,sH
lnrn A., with Is feet TX inches. third
~, lhr9wing the jayelin.Wen by Y, Maxi, Fin
kaleva A. c., with 1fS feet Z ia inches scco,ir:
=. Rrodd. Kaleva A. G.. with Ii5 feet los4 inches.
third.
Poin. score -kaleva A. C.. 2s; Swedish Amer
can A. g.. "a Finnish American A. C. 12.
Two mile bicycle raeo (daal heaD-Won by r.
1aux, Empire City Nheenen y. Johnson. Uuious
spoFtiya itaana second; !. iapesca. unione s9or-
tiya, ltalana, third. Time. 737 -.
Five mile bicycle lhandcaoJ--Won by Nell
son Johnson lnio1e Sportiya Ialiana (scratrln Y.
Cestono Century r. c. 4. 1850 yards second i.
IeuN. Empire City Wlecmei tseratchl. third.
Time. l6 a.