The New York herald., 1922-02-22
A. A. U. TITLE GOES
TO SIDNEY LESLIE
Veteran Runner Beats Good
Field in 66O Yard Metro
politan Championship.

Sidney Leslie, veteran runner of the
New York A. c.. is still going strong.
He won his third race indoors this sea-
son at the games of the Western Union
A. A. on the board floor OF the Twenty
second Regiment Armory last night. He
led fast field of middle distance win
for the championship of the Metropol-
tan A. A. u. He had two yards to
spare at the end.
William Kelly OF the knights of st.
Anthony was second and Clarence Sher-
man of the st. Christopher Club was
third.
Leslie dashed into the lead at the
start, followed by Sherman and Kelly.
They ran In this order until the last
lap, when Sherman moved ahead. He
showed the way for half lap. Then
Leslie came again with a fne burst oil
speed II carried him past Sherman and
to victory. Sherman tired badly in the
final yard and Kelly beat him for second
prize
John Romig of Penn State easily won
premier honors In the 5000 meter invi-
tation run. He took the lead after
racing a mile and half, gradually
drew away from his opponents and
dashed against the worsted with more
than half a lap to spare. Irving Grim of
the Finnish American A.C.. junior Metro
politan A. A. u. cross-country hampton.
was second. He finished almost half
lap in front of Max Bohland the third
man. Romig's time was Is minutes
"a 1-5 seconds.
]. A. Leconey of Lafayette won the
100 yard dash. Bernie Wefers was sec
ond. The winners time was 10 seconds,
only 1-5 of a second behind the indoor
records. Leconey won by yard.
Wefers was a like distance in advance
Of v. Graeb of Columbia University.
Coney broke fast. Wefers was away
slowly. The Lafayette College sprinter
set a terrific pace He held the lead
to the end despite Wefers' best efforts
to overhaul him.
The summaries:
60 Yard Dash for Western Union Messengers
(Scratch)-Final heat-Won by Lyol Bowen,
Buffalo, N. Y; NJ. Schneider Il. VI. office,
New York city. second; B. Kellman. A. K.
Office. New York city. third. Time. Is
seconds.
Lafayette College Bernie Wefers, Jr., New
York a. c.. second; V. Gaeb, Columbia
University. third. Time. 10 seconds.
by ]. l.. Kelly. Lafayette College: L. c.
Holland, unattached second; ]. Hauser.
92d st. Y. NJ. II. A. third. Time. II 2-5
100 Yard Dash for Western Union Mes
sengers (scratch) - Won by D. Capro
Newark. N. j.: G. Garfalo Newark, sec
ond I. Wiener, Il. ID. office. New York city,
third. Time, 10 4-5 seconds.
go Yard Race for Western Union Messengers
Weighing 110 Pounds and Over (Scratch) -
Won by d. Caprio, Newark; J. Wiener, B.
D. office. New York city. second; G. wein-
berg Washington. DC. third. Time, 81 4-3
seconds.
300 Yard Dash (aandicap) = Won by j.
Chankn Morningside A. c. (15 yards) ;
w. Feldstein. Morningslde A; C. "a
yXards1, second .s, r Hoard knights of St
40 Yard Run for Novices-Won by l. Abra-
ham, Thirteenth Regiment A. A.; F. Van
Bunk, 92d st. Y. M. II. A.. second; G. w.
Wright unattached. third Time 53 3-5
$50 Yard Race for the Championship of the
Metropolitan A. A. U.--Won by Sidney Les
lie, New York A. c.: William Kelly, Knights
Of st. Antony. second; Clarence Sherman,
st. Christopher A. c.. third. Time. 20 As.
1000 Yard Run Handicap)-First race-Won
by j. f. Howay, West Side Y NJ c. A.
('5 yards); II. Lyons. Loughlin Lyceum
CAS- yards) second: j. Gaughan, Morning
side A. g. (+2 yards). third. Time. min
Second Race-Won by ]. Noonan. unattached
t55 yards) J. Barnes. Boys Club Gao
yards) second; J. Sweeney. st. Vincent
2 minutes II 10 seconds
One Mile Run for Western Union Messengers
fScratch)-Won by Arnold Mccullough.
Buffalo, n. Y; J. Stein. NIX office. New
York city. second; f. ]. Chandler. Wash
ington. y. c., third. Time. 4:57 3-5.
5.0p Yard Invitation Scratch Run for the
Schiff Trcphy-won by J. Romig Penn
State College: Irving Prim, Finnish Ameri-
can A. c., second Max Bohland, unat-
tached. third. Time. :21 As.
One and Seven-Eighth Mile, intercollegiate
Medley Relay Race-Won by Penn State
College (Heston II. Hile. NJ Lawrence
Shields, ]. Russell Edgerton and ]. A.
Moore): Lafayette (Robert Crawford, Leon
o. Matick. ]. A. Leconey and W. Bottcherl.
second: Columbia Cwalter Higgins, V.
Graeb. Walter Koppisch and Il. MarzolO.
third. Time, 7:45 10
Half Mile Interschoastic Relay Race-won
by De Witt Clinton High School (Cook.
Handy. Atlas and Gallotn) Fordham Pre-
paratory School (Shea. Hammer. Edwards
and Harrison), second: Poly Prep parks.
Bergen. BELL and la VitD, third. Time,
/ :3S 2-5.
One Mile Relay Race for the Championship of
the Metropolitan A. A. U.-Won by New
York A. c. (Bernle Wefers. Jr., Andrew
B. Kelly. J. Higgins and Sidney Leslie)
Princeton University III. Hitzroot. Il. l..
Johnson, J. G. Taylor and william Steven
SOM, second; st. Anselm's A. c. (Vin-
cent Lally. l.. Bennett. Charles Beagan and
H Bayer third Time, 3: :2S 1-5.