New-York tribune., 1920-08-09
1000 at Celtic
Park See Great
Race by O'Brien
Loughlin Lyceum Athlete
Defeats Paulist Relay
Man i'm Sensational Style
By Jack Masters


Seven thousand people taxed the i'm
provised seating facilities OF Celtic
Park to the utmost yesterday afternoon
to witness the twenty fifth annual ath-
ietic carnival of the Eccentric Firemen,
and, despite the fact that most of our
star athletes are in Belgium, there
were thrills a-plenty for the big crowd.
The most spectacular race, if not the
most spirited, of the day was the one
mile relay race, which was won by the
Loughlin Lyceum team, almost wholly
through the efforts of Jimmy O'Brien,
the pride of Greenpoint. After the sec
ond lap it seemed that this race was
at the mercy of the Paulist A. C. Cum
ningham, who ran the third leg, hand
ed Haupt, his teammate, lead of sixty
yards, and it looked as though Haupt
would have to drop dead to lose to
even so fleet runner as O'Brien.
Jimmy started out with a sprint that
brought the cheering spectators to
their feet. At the halfway point he
had gained considerably on the flying
Haupt, but even then it appeared to be
a hopeless chase. Rounding the far
turn O'Brcn continued to gain ground,
and he raced down the soggy stretch
inches in back of the Paulst lad.
Within three feet of the tape Jimmy
made his final bid, and his chest broke
the tape fraction of second before
Haupt crossed the line.
Ovation, for O'Brien
1t was remarkable performance and
brought three-minute ovation from
the sweltering mob of customers. Nor
ton, of the Jersey Harriers, finished
third, about fifteen yards in the rear.
j. Losero, of the Paulist A. c., won
the two-mile run from the 10O-yard
mark in 8 minutes and 54 seconds,
which is fast time, considering the con-
dition Of the track Losero won because
he used his head as well as his legs
A. E. Styles, of the Central Y. M. C. A.,
led the procession of forty athletes
until next to the last lap and virtually
ran himself into the ground setting the
pace for the pack. Loscro came from
behind with one lap to go and carried
Veton, of the Pastime A. c., and
Moorehead, of the Alpha P. C. c., with
him to finish in the order named
Andy Craw, the Brooklyn A. A. star,
started from scratch, but quit when he
saw he had no chance to overcome the
big handicaps.
In the half-mile novice race Ben Nc
Cready. an East Orange athlete, COM
peting, unattached gave fine eXhibi-
tlon of that rare combination-st stamina
and form. The East Orange youth,
who had never run in open competi-
tion until yesterday, showed excellent
Judgment and won the race in minutes
and IS 3-5 seconds from a field of
forty-tive. McCready took third place
at the start and held it until the final
stretch, when he came through to win
by five yards, but he forfeited the prize
because it was found that his entry
blank showed he had won medal last
year in what he believed to be a closed
meet.
Sherman Disqualified
R. Rockwell, Central Y. NJ. c. A. ath-
lete, and c. Sherman, of the st. Chris
topher Club, raced to the tape abreas in
the 1,000-yard handicap. Within three
yards Of the worsted Sherman Iunged
TO the right, his body striking Rock
we'll before the exhausted Sherman
could straighten up. The move gave
Sherman an advantage and he reached
the finish line first. The judges dis
qualified the st. Christopher man for
fouling. Sherman explained afterwa rd
that his act was due to his exhausted
condition, and while his explanation
was accepted first prize went to Rock
well.
The Paulist athletes carried away
Tue polnt trophy with q total OF 5
points. The other clubs finished in
the following order: Knights of St.
Antony, 6; Central Y. NJ c. A., s;
Glencoe A. c., 5; Loughlin Lyceum, S;
Pastime A. c., g.
The summaries:
1oo-yard dash (novice) )-won by F. Yam
/ han, unattached: IL Thompson unat-
tached, second; u. Hart, St. Christopher
Club, third. Time. OIL S-5
220-yard handicap-Won by S. Hedberg,
knights OF st. Antony, feet; f Bene-
Horne, Glencoe A. G., Ii feet. third Time,
OPS 1-5.
:, One half milo run (novicel l-won by Ben
, McCready, unattached, r. Gunnuss unat :
tasched, second; p. Powers, unattached.
l,000-yard handicap run--Won by r.
| Rockwell. Y. NJ. c. A, 38 yards; L. Gas
| kell, unattached, 2S yards, second Sandy
| Evans. Salem Crescent y. c., scratch, third.
! Time. 2:2O 2-5.
| Two-mile run (handicap)-Won by J.
I.osero. Paulist A. C.. 100 yards; ]. Veton,
Pastime A. G, 100 yards, second: r.
Moorehead, Alpha p. c. c., $50 yards.
| third. Time, 9:54.
One-mile relay race--Won by Loughlin
! Iyceum team, composed OF w. Farley. f.
| Flynn, E. Riva and Jimmy OBrien; Paul
list A. C., second. With Benken. Brundage
Cunningham and Haupt Jersey Harriers
third with Mclean. Birch Buttner and