New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Sid Leslie Defeats
Joe Higgins 60 by Yard
In Half.Mile Race

Sid Leslie, competing unatta cned,
won the half-mile scratch invitation
race, the feature event at the games
Of the Todd Shipyards A. A. in the 14th
Regiment Armory, Brooklyn, last night.
He defeated Joe Higgins, of the New
York A, c. by one yard in driving
finish Close behind, In third place,
was Larry Brown, of the University of
Pennsylvania. Jack Sellars, New York
A. c., was fourth.
Brown went to the front at the start.
with Leslie and Frank Murrey, of
princeton, in close attendance. Two
laps from the finish Leslie darted out
INTO the van, carrying Brown with him,
and the pair raced neck and neck to
the finish line, with the METROPOLITAN
senior 1,000-yar chatwion barely hold
ins off Brown. The time was 100 is.
Z Tom Campbell, of Yale, was entered,
but failed to appear.
Bernie Wefers ,jr,, New York A. c.,
starting two yards behind scratch, won
the 3O0-yard handicap in the fast time
of 80 As seconds, Charles Russell
Yonkers Y. NJ. C. A., took first honors
IN the two run. He was aided by
a most liberal handicap, which ANDY
Craw, Brooklyn A, A, who started from
scratch, could not overcome. Andy fin.
ished fourth. "
Henry Lobou, Ninety-second Street
7. M. H. A., the national one-mile
junior champion, won the mile handi
cap by margin of five yards from j.
McSorley, of the Glencoe A. c. Club,
w. c. Burkhard, of the Mohawk A. c.,
who won the mile ped" event at the
Guaranty games in the Garden Satur-
n oh ,,1
time was minutes 83-5 seconds.
Lobou, who had handicap Of %
seconds, was really the scratch man, as
DICK Remer, who was to have started
from the honor mark, did not appear.
McSorley had an allowance of 60 sec
onds, while Burkhard's handicap was
half minute. Morris Greenberp, Of
the Glencoe A. c., was leading the
field on the last lap when he was
ruled out by the judges for alleged
unfair walking.
Ed Farrell, the Brooklyn College
s5ar spriinrter,. who holds the 75-yard
metropolitan indoor championship, was
smut out In his heat of the 3O0-yard
handicap he started from scratch
but was unable to weave his way
through the big field that opposed HIM
he finished fourth. The summaries.
s1o-yard dash (closed)--Won by William
shannon: Robins Dry Dock; John Ander-
SON White Fuel Oil second; f. j. Gertis-
ser, White Fuel Oil. third. Time, OPS az,
Henry Lobou. Ninety second Street Y. N
e. 4; (o:22); j. Mcsorley, Glencoe A q q
to!6o), second; W, c. Burlshard MnhawE
A. {. (o:3o). third. Time, 7:0S 3,5. "a
Cd, Hait~mile special Unvitation)- won bv
siu Lesie, unattached; Joe Higgins New
ssearSsity of Pennsylvania. third Time,
one-mile relay (closed)-won bv Fed
H eral; Robbins second; White Fuel. thtrd
Two, mile run (handicap)-wen bv G
russell, Yonkers Y, NJ. c. A, 04o varasS
sliSerstein Glencoe A. c. Q65 yards)
second; Melville Schaeffer unattached q 20
Fauuas,, uaSt tnlrd. Time. az 2-5.
Sn''h S3s unattached; w, d. seaton. coum.
standard OIL of N. Y. third. Time. 2,6o 3uS az
Sov-yard run (handicap)-Won by Her.
nile Wefers tr, N. Y. A. c. q wards beb,nd
soratch9; l., b. French, Morningside a g
- yards), second; w, Farley Touphli,
Lyceum 10 yards), third. Time, o:SS45
one-n medley relay race--Won Nv
anG LoushlIn Min Lyceun tKeating. Flynn Houssr
Benedict, Hosmer and Touhoes1 sacanS acanS'
Brooklyn A, A (Browser, Shannshan sSau
s;+o1-5. '41iu' Ilme'
Pa9ist A. c. flushed first but was. az,
analihed for fouling. was ulS-
nnllty, yard dash (girls)-won nv Misc
MMaiored Ma,1,r kuhn, Morningsds A. c.; Miss
Mt. NJ 'o1 Gsoe! Morningside A. c. second :,
Miss Mss bdna Mcbride, Morningside A, e