New-York tribune., 1919-09-22
Plant Leads Way
In Mile w ak
Despite Handicaps

William Plant, the Mornngside Ath-
lotc Club pedestrian and holder Of the
merican championship at this special
ty, Won clever victory in the one-mic
handicap race IN the open games of the
Park View Athletic Club at West New
YORK aygrounds, New Jersey. yester-
day. Plant overcame stuoendous han
dicaps granted 20 twelve other rivals
to win BY 10 yards in the fast time Of
! minutes 3-5 seconds.
Also ou the scratch mark with Plant
was X. +. Remer. unattached, but the
former national champion again showed
poor form and finished in third place
William Rosenberg, Glencoe Athletic
Club. starting with q 45-second advan-
tage. was second. Plant wended his
Rosenberg less than $50 yards from the
finish. Remer could not keep pace with
Plant after the first quarter mile
Tom Lockhart, unattached, had vic
tory in the 1000 yard handicap run
snatched from him in the final strides
by Sandy Evans. Salem Crescent Ath-
letic Club, the half mile senior metro
poltan champion. Lockhart brought
about his own defeat by carelessly
slackening his pace in the last fifty
yards when he believed that he had the
race won
The summary:
loo-yard dash ohandicap)- by II.
Politzer. Mohawk a. G. az yards) ;
Frank Conway. Morningside A. {. q yars@D,
second ssrsad n, Cohen, Mohowk A. G. (S's
sS0-yard run tnovice)--Won by II. bot
tichre Mohawk a. C.; j. Roseinvald, Mo
attaehed aHsH d. third. fV'eliT Tine 'N'"'' 'N'
Two-rnle run (handlcap), closed to
New Jersey athletes--Won by G. !. Butt
William !. Wahlgren. Madison a. c. N75
yards). second Harry l.. Baldwin. Falcon
a. G. n75 yards), third. Time. :os 40
Sandy Evars. Salem Crescent \. G.:
(scratch>: Thomas Lockhart, unattac T., n he'd
AZ Gas ysfGs srd9nd hrd a'y rms sqS' 5
Soo-yard run thandicap)-Won by Il.
Brown Salem Crescent A. G. 1s ynrds} !
yards). second; J. II. Weller. Anchor A. &.
N4 YARDS. third. Time. O;s4.
v, @ns.Inie o., walk hamaieap,3,-w9n ,nalp,3 by
oscratch); W. Rosenberg Glencoe A. G.
40 seconis) second Z. +. Reuer, Aneri-
can Walkers Association (scratch), third.
sso-yard run ohandicapl closed to New
Jersey athletes Won by j. Hagenan. Jer-
Jersey Harrlers 'scratchl second r.
schlolnann, Pioneer \. G. 60 ysrds,,
third Time. 2:o9 315.
Three-lnile run (handicap)-W by J.
Costello. Paulist a c. $50 yards) 5. sill
Yerstein. Glencoe A. l5o y"rds)' fs60 seG,
yardsl, third Time. 16 :32
ss0-yard relay race Chandscap)-- by
Mohawk A. {. on. Cohen. L. NJ. Foley,
A. NJ Smith and ]. Netter) (86 yards) A;
Morningside A. c. (M. Noelhe. H. Braver-
man A Peters and Il. Conway 81
yards) second; Salem Crescent a. G q
r Morse. p. J. White, X. Brown and J. g.
Jones' (?s yards,. third. Tine l:$7. .aa
Tictien g. Lang A--Won by Atlas A. 9.
" Nelson, A. Nelson, G. Nelson. j. Ben
son and r. Anderson). Time. 20 minutes.
IL pound shot put !hnndiecsspl--W Won by y
j. Taggart. Glencoe A. G. 6 feet), with
~ feet el. inches; J. Lechtman. Clark
House A. A. G. fcetl, with 40 feet ~
inches second: G. Nrettos. Greek Amcrtc an
A. {. q foot). with A feet 1l'a inches
Point score-Mohawk a. c. rs Morn-
ingside a. G., IA, Giencoe A. C., IL; salem
Cre wcnt A. G.. Z, Iaulist 4. G, !. 81.
Chrtstopher club, ;; Clark House A. A.
3: Greek American A. G., :, Anchor a &,
- American Walkers Association, J.