The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-20
SELLERS ADDS TO
LIST OF LAURELS
National Indoor Champion
Wins Metropolitan 600
Yard Indoor Title.
MURCHISON IS DEFEATED

Jack r. Sellers OF the New York Ath-
letlc Club. the national indoor 600 yard
champion. last night won the Metropol-
itan 600 yard championship race, the
feature OF the annual games of the
Brooklyn Royal Arcanum meet in the
Twenty-third Regiment Armory in
Brooklyn.
The winged foot athlete who recently
won the local 1000 yard championship
had things all his own way last night.
He won the event by eight yards over
Homer Baker OF the Glencoe A. c., the
international half mile title holder. A.
II. Doldor Of the West Side Y NJ. c. A.
finished third. five yards behind Baker.
A. c. Reilly of the knights of st. An
thony was close fourth. Sellers was
clocked in the corking time of I minute
IA 30 seconds This is the fastest time
he has returned for this distance this
season. Walter Powe of the Alpha
Physical Culture Club, the only other
starter failed to complete the distance.
PauIist Team Wins.
The one and seven-eighth mile medley
handicap relay race went to the Paulist
A. G. team. Max Bohand, who ran
the mile leg for the Winged p" team,
gave Benken. who relieved him, a forty
yard handicap. This lead the Paulist
runners held to the end. The Brooklyn
A. A. was second and the Morningside
team third. The winning team was
timed in minutes 81 20 seconds.
The liberal handicaps allotted his op-
ponents in the 22o yard handicap run
proved too great for Loren Murchson
or che St Louis A. A. the national co
yard and 300 yard champion. The st.
Louis lad started three yards behind the
scratch man and finished in third place.
The event was won by Fred Teschner of
the Glencoe A. c., who was allowed a
two yard start. He was timed in "a
seconds.
The summa rics.
40 Yard Run. Closed to Twenty-.hird
Regiment Members-Won by w. c. Sewers
Company CT l. g. solomks. Company b
second; Valentine. Company X, third.
100 Yard. Noviot-won BY J. Ruben.
a. a. second; F. Conway, Morning side
coo Yard Run. me Me,ropoi iten' Champion.
ship-Won by Jack r. Sellers. New York
A. c.: Homer Baker. Glencoe A. c.. sec.
thony fourth. Time, 1914 as
Three Mile Bicycle Race--won by Wal.
| ter Stein, Empire City Wheelmen; Jerry
Nunziatti, Union sportiva Italians. sec
| ond; r. Becht. Empire City Wheelmen
third. Time. 1859 l-t.
$50 Yard Run, Nov!ce-Won by J.. Gas
! pell. unattached: d. OLeary, unattached
| second: E. ]. Sinnott, New Haven Har
| riers. third. Time, 2:l4 3-5.
1000 Yard Run. Handicap-won by Z
| Roesch, West Side Y NJ. =. a. G5 yards)
NJ schea rer. Brooklyn A. A. (s5 ysrd.>
! second; A. II. Doder, West Side Y. NJ
c. A. $50 yards), third. Time. AIS As.
$50 Yard Run. Hsndicap--won by Ere,
! Teschner. Glencoe \. C. G. yards): A
| RothehLd. Kings County a. A. % yards
| second: Loren Murchisou. St. Louis A. A
| tpenal!zed, YARDS third. Time. "a sec
| onds.
Two Mile Run. Handicsp-Won by c
scherer, Morninss!de 4. G. C7S yards,
c. Coraetta, Paul!st A {. as yards)
| second; !. Costello. Pauist A. c. (l0l
yards). third. Time. a:5s Is.
| IN Mile Medley Relay Race, Handicap
Won by Paulist a. Q. ,BohIand, Berke n
Cloury and Cunningham $50 ynrds
Brooklyn 4. a kaufman. Ruben.tein
! Buxhaum and Browper iG6 ysrdsI, second
Mornngsido a. c, tnird Time. 7:5l 2-5
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