The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
REMER Is BEATEN
IN HANDICAP WALK
Finishes Second to Berman in
list Regiment-Big
Crowd Sees Contest.
By GEORGE n. UNDERWOOD.

II the first games OF the new Seventy
first Regiment, N. Y. c.. In the arrnory'
Thirty-fourth street and Park avenue.
last night. can be taken as criterion
indoor athletics In about to enjoy the most
prosperous season In the annals OF the
snort. Despite the fact that there were
few star attractions on the programme
the largest crowd that ever gathered to
witness a meet In the Seventy-frst Resi-
ment Armory was on hand. SO great was
the crowd that the officers had to order
the doors closed and turn thousands
away.
The feature event was the one mile
open A. A. U. handicap walk. In which
the veteran Dick Remer OF the New
York A. c.. the national champion, ana
his clubmate. Eddie REM, the former
champion, started from scratch and al
lotted handicaps to such men as Mehr-
tens of the Hillside A. c. of Toronto, Cam
ada, second in the Junior national cham
pionship walk; Louis Labowitz or tine
Pastime A. c., Junior national champion,
and Alex Jessup.
Though Remer gave a grand exhioi-
ton of pedestrianism and stepped the
eight furlongs in the corking time OF
6:5l 3-5 he was noaed out for nrst
laurels by Peter Berman OF the Ameri-
can Walkers Association, who drew the
liberal allowance of 80 seconds. Jessup.
with the aid of S5 seconds start on
Remer, finished third
Mcdonald Shut Ont.
Pat Mcdonald, tho olympic champion,
who guards the traffic at Forty-tnifo
street and broadway for tho Now York
Police Department, was on scratch In
the shot put, but could not overcome
tho hand.caps. Big Pat made heave
Of so feet 8 inches, but 1t was not
enough to get him into the prize list
Jack r.lchtman Of the Clark House A.
A. captured first honors with a put OF
4s feet 6h inches, which with his han
dicap Of 9 feet gave him total OK 62
feet eh inches. Harry Correl of the
Pastime A c., who was putting the shot
when most OF the present generation OF
athletes were in their swaddling clothes
finished second with an aggregate put
OF 81 feet 1Oh inches. Ben Lichtmar
of the Pastime A. c. nosed Mcdonald
out OF third prize with an aggregate
heave OF 81 feet 10 inches.
The Summaries.
<4o Yard Run. Heavy Marching Order
scratch-won by F. J. Mcnamara, Com
pany O: c. Gross. Company. F. second; !
Peysard. Company +. third Time ll'
as Sa1s Dali. AfmG assndsSpwon by H.
Knothe. Company c IS teeu +. sharp
Machine Gun Company IS feet). second
8. Kronman. Company d Is feep. third
' u 600 Yard Run. open A. A. U. Handi:
cap~Won BY j. j. Barnes. Boys Club o.
yards); Josh Sellers. New York A. G.
scratch,, second; John r; Knox; Morn .ga
300 Yard Dash. Novlce-won by Z
charp. Machine Gun Company: j., feds
Company b. third. Time. 27l,s '.sond I.
$50 Yard Run. Seratch-Won by
OConnor, Company F; J. s. yolont. Com
pany n. second H. Pape. Company r
One Lap Equipment Race. scra;ch-Wor
by II. A. Kelsey. Company W. samson
Company X. second; !. Muliin. COMPANY
IL Pound Shot Put, open A: A. u. Han
a,eap-woa y ,: .ssk So Li f.s, az .nese:
Harry cer'n: Pa;,ime A. c. % f,e' =,
| Ilchtmsn. Pastime A C. 70 feeo. ol Zee
one ,n Mi. Walk. Open A. A. u, Handi
| cap-won by Peter herman Ametlca'
| Remer New York 4. c. scratch. second
! A. J.ssu0 Morningside A. c. t3o secondsl
third Time, 40.