The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
Record Crowd of $4,000 See
Mercury Foot's Triumph
Over Illinois A. C.
FINAL SCORE is 43 TO 80
Some Records Fall-Ray
Takes Mile Run for Seventh
Time at Fast Clip.
ny TED MEREDITH.


The New York Athletic Club ath-
ietes. following their fine work OF Fri
day In the junior meet. came through
the winners In the senior national
track and field championships yester-
day AZ weeauahic Park. Newark. The
Winged Foot Club did not have a very
wide margin, They scored 10 points
as against IS for the Illinois A. c..
which was second. :
y was not until the last event that
the result OF the meet was known.
The Illinois a. c. s,ili had a chance in
the javelin 10 outscore the winners.
Had they won this and received a
fourth the title would have been theirs.
Instead they took second and fourth
The Boston A. A. was third with II
points and the Chicago A. A. fourth
with ls
The meet was featured by great per-
formancss from beginning TO end. The
slow track hindered the runners from
making any new figures. but on the Geld
new marks were made BY two men.
Aiherts Of the Chicago A. a. and Os-
bourne Of the Illinois A. G. Both ceared
feet 5 "A inches IN the high jump. This
beat the old mark Of feet a., inches
held by Johnny Murphy OF Sotre Dame
since 1890. On the jump OF Alberts
received tire fsrs, prize
Close 20 10000 persons journeyed out
70 the Weequahic Park FIELD at Newark
70 see the A. A. L. stars in action. Ten
thousand cars we're parked around the
half mile horse track. This IN a record
81 attendance for the national track and
held meet II made a very pretty sight
The grandsand holds but 5000. and the
Others viewed the meet either from close
20 the rail surrounding the horse track
Or from the hills that are just outside
the athletic field They were very gem
erous With their cheering and each Of
the winners got a hearty reception at
the nnish
Two other records fell during the
meet. Willie Plant OF tho Morningsiae
A. g. walked 10 new figures Of q 80 ITO
IN the three mile walk beating the old
championship figures BY one tenth Of q
second. The other mark was made by
Flint Hammer Of tho Los Angeles A. c.
and member OF the 1890 olympic team.
in the lavelin throw Hammer threw 1873
by Angler Of the Illinois a. {. BY three
and one half inches
Hubbard's Jumping Features.
The features OF the meet were the
jumping Of Desart Hubbard. a colored
boy from Cincinnati. competing unat.
tached. and Joie Rays fine running IN
the mile and half mile Ray won tbs
former but could not do better thar
third In the latter. Ray in winning the
mile. ran one Of the best races Of his
career The time siT on the weequahic
track WAS fast Joie entered the race
with most Of the fans expecting 70 see
him fall ~ the hands 81 Ray Watson
of the Kansas City A. O.. who had
beaten him three times earlier IN ths
season.
Joie started on tho outside ana al
not fight The field t. set 70 the lead
lie allowed them 10 settle and ther
moved W into second position. just be
hind Watson. who chose 10 set m
early pace During the second quarter
Joie moved into firsy place and IN.
creased the pace. which Watson for ~
purpose had tkrwed considerably Start.
Ing the third lap Ray aeain Increased
the pace and ~ fht three quarters mars
lad fifteen yards on Watson. Connolt
had been trailing m third and fourth
places until this distance was reached
Watson had shot hN bolt with . ~
quarter to 50 and ftii back fast Eay
with fifteen yards. again Increased III
speed until half - tho last LAP "a
run and then settled down. feeling Gem.
fortabia. Al fa~ point Connolly staged
4 sprint ehirh carried him after Kay N
fine 'x,'le Coming into the stretch
4 49, -. 49,
Ray never Lost hlN form Ana stnt .-sss'
the line with ten yards ~ tire wcod
This was the seventh national mile
mpi0nshia that Ray has wcm ~
also has a rive miis tifls ard one n
the hnlf.Fmlls a. has credit Entn ~.
days race ~ ~'aa tlsa With Gecrw'
orion 81 psnnsNlVanls ard Nsw Yofi
A 4 at aiK victories. orion accomplish
ing HE me early wminsilsa
Hubbard. im winning ne bread tpfrr
ard the hcn fftv nmd JUMP. became vtth
Matt McGfath ~ the New Nnrk AZ az
the only double winners - ths meet
Matt. however ga rot perform ~ a.
nre style ths cnlonrd bey az Tns twe
nrsts came "a McDrath easily Hubbard
"a only issvars ola 0r Friday - mad.
nov junior meet record III the broad
jump with = leap ~ ~ feet inches III
the senior meet ~ even n.ttsrea thess
figures and turned n a igrp "a "a fse'
ST. inches
IN winning the broad iBnp hs bsai
G0Udin tho world record holder a. ss
feet ard inches for ths place. 0eudln
competing unattached. could a. ~ fettsF
than "a feet iia Inches
After hlN victory IA ne broad iumr
Hubbard went into the hop. step nmd
jump aud took FIRST With A. feet L.
inches.
McAlIister Mtnn~r.
Bob McAllster, tho New York pnliCe
Department Splinter o. red q great vic.
tory IN the 100 yard dash. ~ beating
the field which ne did he stamps himself
as one az the greatest srrinttrs d.
veloped This was his nrst national
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