New-York tribune., 1922-01-18
". A. C.. Star
Double Victor
In Title Games
psals McA!lisier After Hard
Duel i'm Shorter Distance:
Easily Wins Other Race
By Jack Masters

s.rnie wefers jr., of the New York
r was the individual star Of the
y.,ocolitan track and field champion
.;,s decided a; Madison Square Gar
!, last night Wefers successfully
,s,rded his titles in the 60~yard
I'd and sO0-yard run, defeating fine
ids in both events.
ssrnie retained HIS eo-yard title
...,r the hardest kind of a race with
g,AlIister, who actually outran the
..,mpion. The Glencoe A. c. man had
,ssn nenalized one yard for breaking
! ,he sem-fnal. but he "brokc" again
= The fnai aud again was giving the
4sd a ward. A. the next start the re-
Ill shot was fred when it was seen
"a. perryman, of the knights. had
se,ten tfe gun Wefers and McAllistcr
.o,tinued and finished the race. Bob
cd pernie by foot at the finish of
this race, which was properly thrown
out
YcAllister was a tired boy when they
cot swsy in the last start. but Bob
rgt down Wefers's lead, losing the YER
ditt by inches. Had this paid OF ster-
Ing sYrin,ers started from the same
uark i is likely McAllster would have
relieved the \. y. A: c. star of the
ttle
Wcfcrs had little difficulty retaining
me 300-vard crown. He jumped to the
nole at the start, and. negotiating the
dangerous turns of the new track clev-
srly. led all the way home. Walter
Downey. of the Paulist \. c.. provided
most OF the opposition. challenging in
the back stretch. Downey was bit
.nort Of Wefers's form, however. and
Bernie broke the tape two yards in
ront OF the Paulist star in OBS flat.
Higgins Runs Great Race
Walter Higgins. the Columbia star
an great race last night in his first
tart since last spring and single
.sndea won the ! 4 mile medley relay
=: the Blue and White. Walter Kop-
psh ran the first leg for Columbia and
as ground when he Topped on the
nv. at the outset
vtor Graeb almost rolled out the
l.sson Avenue exit when he tumbled
the quarter leg. Marzolf ran
nee race in the half. but was half
ap away from George Nolan. n. y.
l. C., the pacemaker, when Higcins
:arted the mile.
Higgins gradually cut down Nolan's
zig lead and with three laps to go went
70 the front Walter then sprinted and
',tually beat Nolan by good quarter
in W. Crunden. knights OF St. An
.ony, finished in third place.
Another athlete who performed
sleditably was Jack Sellers. who won
tie 1900 yard run, defeating Mike De-
anney, Millrose A. A.. by four yards. |
little later Sellers ran a SMASHING
second behind Sid Leslie. a teammatc, |
the s0o~yard race.
Princeton University made a clean |
ireep OF the 70-yard high hurdle ever.
I'LL Massey was the winner and S.
lsrrison Thomson beat Tevis HUM by
ashes for the pace This trio ran
'ilfly even unit, nearing the finish.
shsn Massey forged to the front.
There were nine starters
Willie Plant of the Morningsidc A.
G. Mteen-mle American champion
nd Mord holder. adGed the one-mile
FLf tte to his collection. defeating
Zoe Pealnan. Of the n y. A. c.. by
nearly half lap. Willie now holds no
isN than six titles the two-mie cham
pionshlp being the only thing left for
tim to shoot at.
Plant Opens Rig Lead
Willie went to the front at the gun,
~ith .Pearman at his heels. 1t was
su'ctiy two-man race until the half
hlle post when Plant easily pulled
away from his rival and opened big
.eaa. The balance OF the field were
never in the picture. Pearman could
los even hold Plant when the latter
asa an advantage of quarter lap and
vi Ivvn'inued to lose ground to the end.
v, "in kolkcr, n. y. A. e., saved third
l!dce. The winners ti,no uras G.1o