New-York tribune., 1920-06-28
Plant Scores
Clever Victory
In Singer Meet
Irving Melnick, Clubmate of
Walkers, Captures 100
and 800 Yard Dashes

William Plant, of the Morningside
Athletic Club, national and metropol-
tan walking champion and holdxas
many records at his specialtys.; j.. :
clever victory in the one-mi az Ss@
cap walk in the fourteenth aY}aual
spring games of the Singer Employees
Association held on Bennett Field
EllHzabethport, N. Y, yesterday.
Plant walked a remarkable race when
1t IS considered that only the day
previous he had set record for the
5000 meter walk of 12:5e2-5 in the
olympic try-outs contested in Phila
delphia.
There were seven starters in the
mile yesterday and at the start H,
Morrell, of the Morningside A. c.
showed his heels to the field. Upon
the completion of the first circuit of
the quarter mile track Thomas
Maroney, of the St. Anslems A. c.
was In the van. Plant was walking
IN fifth place at this stage. He as
sumed the lead ere the three-ouarter
mile post was reached, and was never
in danger thereafter. His time
6:42 20, was very creditable per-
formance. Haroney finished second
while Morrell had to be content with
third
Irving Melnck, a clubmate of Plants
surprised the 5000 people that crowded
the grandstand and flanked the track
when he captured the 100-yard dash
and open to A. A. U. athletes. In the
short sprint he started off the 7-yard
mark, winning quite handidly in 10 IS
seconds: B. Wiesiger, st. christopher
"A. e., from yards, was second, and
Tom Kelly, unattached starting from
the 5-yard mark, finished third In
this race, incidentally, Melnick cap
tured his first prize9 breaking his
novice.
In the 300-yard dash Melnck ran an
even more convincing race than he had
IN the 100. Starting off the 1S-yard
mark, he Immediately jumped into the
lead, never to be headed. w. Ash, of
the Salem Crescent A. c., who was
favored with an allowance of IS yards
finished second, while Dorsey Grieth
er, finished third. The winners time
was 81 As.
George Williams, the lanky negro
athlete from the St. Christopher A. C..
did not have to extend himself to win
the two-mile event from the 175-yard
mark in 9:42 As. Ed Garvey, former
national two-mile champion, finished
second from the 50-yard mark Jim
O,Conner. of the ST. Anselms A. c., fin
lshed third. He received an allow
ance of 1875 yards.
Ihe one and seven eighth mile med
ley relay championship closed to the
Industrial Clubs of New jersey, proved
to be battle between the Telephone
Society and the Wheeler C. and f. Co.
Bob Spear, the old Cornelian dis
tance star, was touched off to a 20
yard advantage over Joe Nulty. How
ever, youth was not to be denied
Nuity overcome the lead that Spear
mad and In driving finish managed to
just nose out Spear at the tape.
The summary:
r.: 3oo-yard run (handicap: open)-won by
YARDS. w. Ash, salem Crescent A. G. IiS5
yards, yards, second; Dorsey Grieth, unattached
tscratch), third. Time, OBJ As.
One mile relay (handicap: open)-Won
b. St Anselm's a. c. (L. j. Bennett, Y.
Tally, Tally w. Hannon and S. Bennett} t7s
buttner, w. Morton and w. b. Sweeney
niS YARDS. second; Pastime A c., third.
:, Pole vault (handicap: open)-won by
Pat O'Connor Loughlin I.yceum (21
inches). actual jump 10 feet 3 inches:
Nhailes heenan, Mohawk A. c. (21 inches)
actual jump 10 feet, second; Thomas Cut
len. Mohawk A. c. (21 inches), actual
jump feet. third.
=, Two mile run (handicap; open)-Won by
George Williams, St. Christopher A. G.
l75 yards) Ed Garvey, Pauliat A. c. $50
yards) second: James O'Conner St
Anselm's A. c. u25 yards), third. Time,
9:42 As.
One mile run handicap; closed to Singer
Employees Association)- )-Won by II.
Carleton go yards); G. ]. Rakos second
lGCr 10 h iva
4:52 3-5
1oo-yard dash (handicap; open)-won
yards); B. WIesiger, st. Christopher A. C.
a yards). second; r. Kelly, unattached 6
yards), third Time, o:10I-5.
l00-yard dash thandicap. closed to Singer
Employees Association)- Won by Hugo
Po!itzer (scratch); Walter Halleck G5
feeD, second Henry Boettnher (S feet)
third. Time. 0:10 81.
Two-mie bicycle race (handicap: closed
to Singer Employees Association) Won by
s kornmeyer (scratch); Charles Theme
GS0 yards), second; l.. Merkler 600 yards).
third Time. 5:4S 3-5
SS0-yard run (handicap; open)-Won by
" Morton, Jersey Harrers (25 yardsl
Harold Cunningham. Paulist A. c (3l
yards). second A. J. Nelson. knights of St
Antony go yards). third Time, 157 as
60o-yard run (novice; open)-Won b,
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