New-York tribune., 1922-02-07
Chicagoan Leads Home
Two Loughlin Runners
i'm 4:22 3-5 at Newark
BY Jack Masters

Although Joc Ray. Of the Illinois A.
c.. tailed b. eight seconds to equal his
w 0-'d's indnor record for one mile. his
victory in the special ono mile handi-
cap race at the second annual games Of
the Newark A. G., in the lst Regiment
Armory Of the Jersey town. was easily
the feature of an excellent card. The
national champion allowed hardicaps
up to l25 yards to 6cid OF fifteen an0
won handilv in 4:22 S-6
Tho chcsty little Chicago taxi driver
was not forced to the imi; for he
caught the field after the nrst three
laps and on tho eth lap. which marked
''o end Of y half rDilc, nc went to the
ioprney by his lonesome.
Henry Lyons, Of the Loughln ,yceum.
IA 't h.'ndican man, was second. and
Milton Leslie, Of the same club, was
third. Milton is younger brother Of
the famous Sid Leslie.
Eacing around Mike Devanncy in the
last lap. Sid Leslie carried the silks Of
the New York A. G. to victory in the
"Newark 500" Dcvanney was second
two yards back. while third place went
to Stuart Bca.tie. Of Rutgers College.
Leslic's time was / IS 50, which is not
considered fast
Desch First in Hurdle Race
August Desch, the versatile star from
Notre Dame University. won the special
75-yard low hurdle race in easy style.
Herb Meyer, Of Rutgers, took second
place, beating Bill Massey, OF Prince
ton. by inches.
Loren Murchison. Of the Illinois A. c.,
scored an impressive victory in the To-
yard dash. The 70-yard indoor cham
1 l.. l. h..
hsndcaps to large field and won as
he pleased in seconds fat
Second place fell TO John Furinger.
Of the Pauist A. c., who had an ad-
vantage Of eleven feet on Murchison.
Bob McAlistcr, the Glencoe A. c. speed
merchant, who shared the honor mark
with the winner, WAS a close third.
Murchson showed to the front at the
55-y yard mark and simply brcezcd
through, winning by a yard and half.
The highly decorated armory housed
about 5000 persons when the first
event was called. II was capacity
crowd, which augurs we'll for the re-
Gently organized "Nacks." The turns
on the ten-lap track were plentiiuly
wide and the games committee handled
the large affair in a manner which re
flects great credit upon that body.
Wcfers Eliminated
Bernie Wefers ir., Of the New York
A. c., the Metropolitan sprint cham
pon, was eliminated in the semi-final
of the seventy five yard dash. Bob Nc
Allistcr, Of the Glencoe a. c.. who
started from scratch with Wcfers. won
the event with a yard to spare from
J. Furlinger, Paulist A. c.. Bernie
hcing about two feet behind the Paul
ist boy.
McAlistcr got great hand from the
crowd for his victory over the New
York A. C. star. and thus McAllistcr-
Wefers fcud continues. with the Glen
coe star leading by one race.
Taking the lead on the last lap, Ohm
Iazero. of the Paulist A. c.. won the
one-mlc handicap from the 65-yard
mark in 4:32. Jim Mclaughlin, of St
Jeromc's Catholic Club. was second
five yards back. Mclaughlin, of the
100 yard mark, went to the front OF
| the eighth lap, but was all in when
Lazero challenged, and barely lasted to
got the place from W. A. Knsella, un-
attached who started from the 125
yard mark.
Max Rohland. the blond two mile i'll
door "Met" champion. added the one
and ne-half mile title to his coll"c-
ton when he defeated Eddie Garvey
the deIendlhS champion, py sCdHI wv
yards.
A. ". Haskell. the Columbia Univcr-
sity distancer, set the early pace. with
J. Bohand and Garvey in close attend
ancc. Max went into the lead witt
three laps to go, Garvey at his heels
and when Bohland sprinted on the CUR
lap Haskell dropped back and out Of it
Garvey hung on gamely and finished
strong and although nc gained on Ma,
at the end, he was not able to overhaul
the two-mile champion.