New-York tribune., 1922-09-09

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20 and the Meodawbrook Club, of
tied for third honors with 18 points
Despite track that was anything
but fast, three new championship rec
ords were shattered, the most note
worthy of these being in the running
broad jump, where De Hart Hubbard,
sturdy negro from Cincinnati, leaped
"a feet 3h inches, clipping / foot 2h
inches from the mark made by w. T.
Worthington, of Boston, in 1914. A.,
Dowding, of the Illinois A. c., who fin
ished IN second place, also beat the old
record, his distance being % feet 6
inches.
Charlie Foster, of the Detroit Y M.
G.. A., started the onslaught on time
when he won the three mile walk in
hollow style in the fast time of %
minutes SO 6-1o seconds. The former
record was 23:57, established in 1918
by L. Labowitz, of the Pastime A. G.
Dusk was settling over the track when
the third record was toppled by
Anthony j. Plansky, K. of G., Boston,
who won the hop, step and jump with
DC feet 9Ss inches, as against X. Giest's
old mark of 46 feet TX inches, made
two years ago.
The New York Athletic Club athletes
started early to roll up their points and
before the meet was half over it was
clear that they would avenge the de-
feat suffered at Pasadena last year,
when the Olympic Club, of San Fran
Foot organization minus it's full
strength-away back in eighth place.
1t was predicted that the N. Y. A. C.
would land first place, but one of the
unexpected occurrences was the fine
showing of the Baltimore Cross-Coun-
try Club, which came unheralded and
almost unheard of and gave the Broad
wayites a great struggle for the coy-
eted cup.
AS was expected, Bob McAllster, the
Flying Cop, gathered the laurels in the
100" McAilister was off his mark
like flash and led all the way, beating
L. Clark, of the Baltimore c. c., by a
yard and half in hard fought
finish.
Army Captain Scores Eight Points .
Individual honors were won by Cap
tam Edward Roberts, the sole army
entry, from Fort Myer, who gave YER
satlle performance in amassing eight
points. The big soldier won the &C.
pound weight throw, finished third in
the hammer throw and was fourth in
the discus throw. l.. Clark, a slender
sprinter. who carried the colors of the
Baltimore G. c., also scored eight
points, winning the 22o-yard dash after
he had placed in the century"
Probably the! closest finish of the
day came in the running Of the one
mile event, in which a local product
played an important part. W. o. spen-
Ger, of Mississippi A. and NJ College.
won by inches from William r. Suili
van, an unattached athlete who makes
his home in this city. Sullivan under
estimated his opponent or he would
have beaten him to the tape by more
than two yards.
The field of ten was we'll punched
until the second lap when Ed. Kirby,
of Cornell and the Newark A. c., under
took to cut out the pace. Kirby, who
has mark of 4;19, was the favorite,
but was hopelessly outrun rounding
the back turn on the third lap, when
Spencer moved into the lead. Spencer,
by great effort pulled out to a ten
yard lead on Kirby, with Sullivan, who
had kept off the early pace, in third
place, twenty yards behind the Newark
A. q. representative.
AT the bell lap Spencer was showing
the way with fifteen yards on Kirby,
and Sullivan's position remained un-
changed. Not until they hit the turn
into the homestretch did Sullivan
make his bid, and as it developed the
youngsters incxperience at judging,
pace cost him the gold medal, for he
flashed over the last furlong with
dazzling burst Of speed.
Spencer Barely Defeats Sullivan
Sullivan caught Kirby in about five
strides and went on after the stagger-
ing Spencer, who was running solely on
his nerve. Within distance of thirty
yards Sullivan made up fifteen yards
on the tiring leader-and only those on
an even line with the finish knew that
! Spencer had won by the scantest of
margins. The time was 4:27.9. Kirby
managed to save third place from B.
Booth, of the Baltimore G. C.
Charlie Fosters exhibition in the
three-mile walk would have Leen a
feature even if the ex-soldier mad not
jolted the record, for he flashed race
| that will make him a dangerous con-
tender in the senior event this after
noon. Foster had only one man to beat
after the field had struggled out, and
when he was ready he walked away
from Morris Greenberg, of the Pastime
A. c., as if the latter were tied to the
track.
The pair soon outdistanced the rest
and for three miles they alternated the
pace. When Foster tried out his speed
Greenherg was out of it, The Detroit
man gradually increased his lead and
won by nearly quarter Of lap from
Greenberg.
One of the local boys who made
great hit with the crowd was Ilmar
Prim, the little distance runner Of the
Finnish-American A. C. The junior
metropolitan cross country champion
was at his best yesterday, and simply
toyed with Marvin Rick, of Princeton,
the principal contender in the. fve-mile
race,
Prim Runs Away From Rick
AS was the case in the walk, Prim
and Rick established their superiority
over the others at the outset and al