New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-14
West Defeated
In Big Games
By Six Points
po;nt Winner Not Deter
mined Until Bronder Wins
layelin Throw OverLincoln
Nv A. G. Cavagnaro


nationa, sb;ns' which we're held on
ssnss nIfl; Field here to-day. 1t WAS an
F ,r'.n~.h hour victory. for in the final
el '.n,s the javelin, the winged foot
.s,stes won first and second places.
a: So them eight points and vic
gN;"s total of forty-siX points.
'0i pUsv;ous 70 this event, the Chicago
led the way with forty points,
a.;.h the New York team two points
:. ,hs rear. Then came bitter duel
- the iavelin between George Rronder
srd Jim Lincoln, the first named peat
no his clubmate by slN-lnch margin,
pronder, the champion. accomplished
throw Of ITS feet inches. 1t was
vt the good fortune of the spectators
NV vstch the battle between + ~nder
.nd Lincoln for II was conducted GUY
eide of the grounds.
Thirty-six Clubs Battle
Ths Chicago organization did not add
- It's count in the javelln. thereby
s.,sbing second. with the Illinois Ath-
lstic Club, Chicago, third with Is
ANTS and Boston Athletic Associa-
lion fourth with p: Although more
.h.n three dozen clubs throughout the
.onrtry were in quest OF the honors,
!. slvays remained four-club issue.
The meet was among the best ever
.onductsd for national titles and
brought a large crowd TO the field.
Tvn new championship marks were
e,sated but the close competition and
sn;r;ted finishes that ruled throughout
ne dsy saw half dozen other marks
escaped being smashed by tie closest
margins. The efforts returned IN the
deli were exceptionally creditable for
.hs cinder track was still in the process
OF drying out from a recent rain.
Four athletes, Joie Ray and Robert
Simpson. both Of the Illinois Athletic
Club; FLOYD Smart, Chicago a A. and
Pat Mcdonald, the burly policeman OF
the New York Athletic Club. each won
TWO titles and we're in the iimelight
during the days activities.
Ray successfully defended his one
mile title fer the third successive year
in record time and shortly afterward
ran the hest Of his rivals into the
ground in the haif-mile. In the longer
race, the Illinois "thunderbolt' covered
the distance in I minutes il % sec
onds, which displaced his own figures
OF minutes 1928 seconds. which he
set in St. Louis back IN 1871. Ray at
tcrward showed equally as brilliant
burst Of speed in traversing the half
nile IN minute So seconds.
Both the l20-yard high and 220-yard
low hurdles went 20 Simpson, the rec
oenized world champion, in rather easy
fashion.
In the shorter race, Simpson did not
nave 10 contend with Earl J. Thomson,
Boston A 4, after the early stages
fer the Hub athlete came q cropper
after the fourth hurdle.
Simpson Jumps Field
In the "220" Simpson jumped his
field skirting the second hurdle and
Immediately gaining q one yard advan-
.age. held it to the tape. Thompson
and 10 lcomis, Chicago A. A., had a
sruellng tussle for second honors and
in the fnal strides the test told on
Looms first, who fell back to be beaten
b. Thomson for second by inches.
Pat Mcdonald who. with Matt J Nc
Gra n, were mainly responsible for the
New York Athletic Club winning the
team honors, as they captured the 3d.
pound weight for distance and the l6-
pound shot put In the latter event
"Big Babe" had 70 match his strength
with Arlie Mucks, the powerful Chi
cago A. 4. athlete, but in the crisis
Mcdonald rose to his best form to re-
turn = throw Of As feet inches
Mucks fell far below expectations with
Floyd Smart surprised by winning
the running broad jump and later
caused another upset when he beat
William Meanix, Boston A. A. the
former champion, in the closing yards
Of the 440-yard hurdle When it ap-
peared as if Meanix would win, his
stamina failed him, with the result
hat Smsr- picked up 5-yard loss, in
he final 2o yards to win by inches.
Besides Ray the other record breaker
xas John Murphy, Multnomah A. c.,
Portland Ore. in the running high
imp, which event he also won on Fri
day. The Northwest athlete sailed
over the bar at height Of feet 3-l3
hgures of feet 8 inches. Incidentally
IN this contest eight Of the contestants
we're credited with leaps Of over feet
Refuses to Set Pace
Ray d rly dazzlcd the on.ookers with
his speed in the mile event He elected
70 fellow pace Cor two and half laps
hen he sAot u the front. passing eddie
rail, tae Chicago A. A. star The latter
was soon five Yards behind, but would
not glTe another inch for circuit
men RAY Increased his margin to eight
yarcs, but Fall pulled this back TO five
yard - he home stretch, where he
saaiie 4. t L failed TO catch his rival
I'm oily, Of Boston, was third fifty
yards a.i-
Inc smoothness Of Rays running is
snoEA IN -he Intermediate times. The
urS. ouarter was covered in SIS As sec-
ynds' the half mile in 2:074-5; the
;,aaNe.quarter mile in 300 l-5, and mile
IN 4:l42-5.
~ again in the half mile Ray proved
NO To Meet for his opponents He again
ss.ayeo a waiting game until half a lap
,.O@ 'ne worsted, when ne jumped into
IN" n. iead. Homer Baker gave hot chase,
~, ~. battered twenty yards from the
,o ps anu was passed by Eddie Fall, who
'S "a second place by inches.
SSnarles Pores, who retained his five
o. ME- utle, fell far below his credited
5Ss.asSfnance Of world record Of
.oo 80 IN winning the race in Chi
S;s so last year. Pores had a mighty
"a mieuit task in the last mile to shake
~ al Flynn. Paulst A c., New York.
INV set the pace the greater mart Of
~ ~e Journey. Max Bohland. clubmate
m,Iiynh was third. some two hundred
mia us IN the rear, Pores's time was 26
" mute seconds.
ut n;.ay Hayes. the Hub sprintins SEN
,nso' managed to win the century
"ru from Loren Murchison. New
anal a. u, by inches, but he failed TO
yard run. 10ui'" III the zzo-
n.. .e Last bowed to the West In the
svsn.a OF first places in the nineteen
Tvsea's with the count ten IN sevsn
.ue Far West cartvroa 80