New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Sellers Wins ID
By Mere Foot
At 600 Yards
Baker Puts Up a Gallant
Fight in the Feature
Race Of Postal Games
BY A. e. Cavagnaro

:,
Jack r. Sellers. The American middle
distance champion. again ran a smart
field Of opponents "intc tho ground"
In scoring a sensational victory in the
eoo-yard run which featured the indoor
athletic carnival Of the National Fed
Grafton Of Postal Employees. held a,
the 18th Regiment. Brooklyn, last
night.
The New York A. c. runner. nssum-
ing tho lead after covering half the
distance, set q fast pace. His margin
Of victory was one foot. while he ac-
complished tho journey In the fast
time Of minute IS As seconds.
Homer Baker forced Sellers to his
last ounce of speed to win. Baker
challenged determinedly in the last
half lap and succeeded in getting with
In few feet Of Sellers down the hone
stretch.
Noticing his predicament. Sellers
called on his remaining reserve speed,
and, gaining slightly, managed to out
last Baker TO the Anish.
James j. O'Brien, Loughlin Lyceum.
was third, yards behind. with the once
great James l.. (Ted) Meredith In his
gerous contender and actually failed 70
extricate himself from fourth place
throughout the race.
O'Brien was favored by the start.
and Sellers, who occupied the outside
position, leaped into second place, with
Baker following and Meredith last
Completing the first lap, Sellers deemed
the pace too slow and sped in front Of
O'Brien.
Sellers set sizzling pace, and the
other runners were striving their
mghtiest to keep up. Baker appeared
the strongest Of the trio in the back
field. and passed O'Brien, to dispute
the lead with Sellers. Inch by inch
Baker cut down Sellers's one-yard lead,
Just to fail in .overtaking his opponent.
Loren Murchison, of St. Louis, the
national indoor sprint champion, failed
to show the form he displayed when he
won two titles here recently, and con
sequently was defeated twice at his
favorite distances. In the 75-yard hand
leap dash, Murchison just failed, by
inches, TO overtake Lieutenant Charles
kelmerth, Camp Meade. who enjoyed
start of IA feet.
Murchison failed even worse in the
300-yard event, in which he finished
third from scratch. He was handi-
capped seriously by being forced to run
on the outside, being baked on the
hrst turn, when he had to slow up TO
avoid being knocked down. The cham
pion gradually picked up ground there
after. but was one yard behind Will
lam, MesIoh. Stevens Tech and Arthur
Kothschild, Kings County A. A, who
led him home as named.
Irving Schreeks, of Columbia Univer-
sity, proved himself a novice runner
out of the ordinary by winning a 440-
yard race for boys who had never won
prize. Schreeks was in the van after
running 100 yards and won by more
than 25 yards. In the high school relay
race, De La Sale was forced to CON
cede large handlcaps, and at no time
was contender for the honors. Poly
Prep was the winner, with Clinton sec
ond and Flushing third
MAX Bohland captured the two-mile
Metropolitan Association championship
run while the running high jump title
went to Abe Roberts, Stevens Tech.
who leaped 5 feet 10 inches The
Knights of ST. Anthony captured the
Catholic League relay race with the
Paulist Club second
The summaries follow:
75-yard dash (handicap)- by Lieu
tenant G. n Reimerth. Camp Meade a.
1scratch), second. Leonard Bauxbauu.
6rogoklyn A. A. Ga feet). third. Time.
', 1000 yard run (handicap)-won by r.
Keatney, Loughlin Lyceum (s5 YARDS;
a. II. Dolder, West Side Y. NJ c. A (2s
yards), third Time. ar Is
449-yard run (novice, final heat)--won
by l. Schreeks, Columbia University: L.
" Conrow, Stevens Tech second, II II
WILSON West Side Y. NJ (. a. third.
6oo,yard run (speciaD-won by Jack
4; sellers; New York a. c; Homer Baker
Glengoe A G., second; James J. OBrien
Loqghlin Lyceum. third James e Mere
dnn. Meadoworook Club fourth. Time,
Three milo miss-and-out bicycle race
Won by Jerry Nunziatta, Unione Sportiva
ltaliana, Walter Stein. 18th Regiment
second A. Altardi. 18th Regiment. third
One-mile high and preparatory school,
relay race-Won by Poly Prep, with Tur-
ner, Francis. Kirby and Weileman (fB
YARDS; De Witt Clinton. with Clark. Hart.
karp and Kaufman $40 yards). second
Flushing. with Apple. Leahy Fuizbach and
Tracey s6sy (so yards}. third: Time. s:S6 as.
lam Meslok.~ Stevens Tech 40 yards): Ar
thur Kothschild: Kings County A. X Is
yards). second; Loren Murchison, ST. Louis
a. a. lscratch), third. Time :32 as