New-York tribune., 1922-09-10

compass py scoring total OF AZ po
with 38 points, and the Boston A. A
for third honors, the Middle Wester
Three new championship marks
that was the toll exacted by young
America at picturesque Weequahic
Park, where the titular classic was utl~
folded before the gaze of about 10000
] persons. The colorful crowd jammed
the grandstand and trimmed natural
basin in which the perfectly appointed
track is situated. The greater part of
the crowd lined the green hills, which
commanded an excellent view Of the
! field
Willie Plant, of the Morningside
A. c., was the first athlete to step into
the spotlight. The New York boy
scored over Father Time by An eye
lash, when he clipped one-tenth of
second from the championship record
for the threemile walk. Willie won in
hollow style from Toe Pearman of the
| New York A. c., in 20 minutes so 1-10
seconds.
Other Records Go
Shortly afterward it was announced
that D. V. Alberts, of the Chicago A. A.,
had cleared the bar in the running high
| jump at 6 feet SIS inches, as against
Jim Murphy's old record % 8 feet II
inch But it was not until the last
event that the third record was top
pied, and this time the hero was Flint
Hammer, Of the Los Angeles A. c., who
reached the heights when he threw the
iavelin 1913 feet 2A inches, bettering
the old mark made by Milton Angler,
illinois A. c., two years ago by 3h
( inches.
An eighteen-year-o negro was the
/ ind sXtA eko
formers for the Gay marked the third
title which Hart Hubbard, unattached,
of Cincinnati, has won in two days. On
Friday he broke the junior record in
winning the broad jump and to-day he
won the senior broad jump title as we'll
as the running hop and Jump champion
ship.
Hubbard, freshman last year at
the University of Michigan, disposed of
two of the greatest jumpers in the
world, when he leaped the amazing
distance of "a feet 5B inches. His
effort sent Ned Gourdin, the worlds
champion, and Sol Batter, the Amer
lean champion, down to defeat, this
pair finishing second and third re-
spectively. Gourdin and Butler also
are negroes.
Matt McGrath Wins Two
Matt McGrath, the famous New York
A. c. Whale" was the only other ath-
lete to score. double victory. Matt
came back with a bang when he took
the boys over in the 16-pound hammer
throw and the 56-pound weight throw
There were so many upsets and SO
many brilliant performances that it is
extremely difficult to describe the out
standing feature. but certainly Joie
Rays sensational victory in the one
mile race was a spectacle that will live
long in the memory of those who were
fortunate enough to see the chesty
little Chicago taxi pilot win the ma
tional title for the seventh time.
Joie first won i'll 1915. l. A. Meyer,
Rays clubmate on the Illinois A. C.
team, grabbed the race in 1916, but
since then the wonderful Ray has
scored six years in succession. His
time in 1915 was 4:23 1-5 He was
clocked to-day in AIT, when he raced
the highly touted Ray Watson, of the,
Kansas City A. c.. into the soft sand
and cinders Of the Newark track. Jim
Connolly, the Boston A. A. veteran, stag
gered across the finish line ten yards
behind Ray. R. H. Wharton, of the
Chicago A. A., was third, two yards be-
hind hind Connolly e and Watson, credited tied
fourth. 1t was a heartbreaking race if
ever there was one.
Watson shot into the lead at the
start, with Thompson, N. Y. A. c., in
second place; Ray, third, and Connolly
fourth. Ray took command at the end
of the first quarter and was never
headed.
At the half mile Ray was leading
Watson by couple of yards, with
Connolly about twenty yards back.
Thus they ran until hitting the back
stretch on the last miIe, when Ray shot
ahead to lead of thirty yards on
Watson, who slowed down to nothing.
Suddenly Connolly came to life. The
Bostonian flashed his famous old
sprint and sped past Watson like a
bullet
Collapse at Finish
Racing into the homestretch MANY
believed that Connolly's furious sprint |
would enable him to overtake Ray, but
the champion managed to stave off
Connolly, who fell into the arms of
his coach. He was out on his feet,
but regained consciousness shortly
afterward. Wharton and w. o. Spen-
Ger, who won, the oneniiie junior title
ON Friday, also collapsed, the former
Ssprawling fiat just across the finish
line. 1t was truly great race.
From cop to champion in eleven
months Those are the words of Bob
McAllister, of the New York Police De-
partment, who won the 100-yard dash
from the best field in America. Nc
Allister, who found the soft, damp
track to his liking, plowed his way
through with great leg power and beat
Alfred Leconey, of the Meadowbrook
Club, Philadelphia, by about two
inches.
Leconey, the intercollegiate cham
pion and record-holder, was far from
happy on the track which he worked.
OF light physique, he ratties off his
record on pasteboard surface, and
this, no doubt, proved decided handi-
cap. But it was only by inches that
he lost, and the little Jerseyite was not
disgraced, for McAllister is probably
one Of the greatest natural sprinters
who ever donned a spiked shoe
Heald Jones, of the Illinois A. c., was
third; Bill Hayes, Boston A. A., fourth;
Loren Murchison, Illinois A. c., fifth,
and Eddie Farrell, N. Y. A. c., the only
other starter, sixth. The time was 10
seconds. McAllister was as happy as
a kid at his first circus as he pulled
up, and after kissing the hand Of Le-
coney he kissed Murchison full upon
the lips as he wrung the defeated
mans hand ferventiy.
The caress must have meant much to
Leconey, for he went out and won the
220-yard title shortly afterward
The championship meet will be re-
SlImad tn m orrnw when the Narafh fh1O,,