New-York tribune., 1922-08-07


the point trophy as we'll.
There is some doubt as to whether
or not the trophy will be added to the
already large collection of the 59th
Street boys, for it is still in possession
Of Bob Kennedy, the official custodian
Of prizes for the firemen, and the A. A
U. will have to pass upon a protest
made by Harry Coates, of the Bloom
field Catholic Lyceum.
The scorers gave the N. Y. A. C. II
points and the Bloomfield team 16, but
Coates contends that points scored in
the two championship relays should
not count, and that the Jerseyites are
entitled to the cup. George Matthews,
who refereed the meet, was of the
opinion that points scored in the re-
lay should count, but referred the mat
ter to the A. A. U.
A crowd of more than 1000 watched
the events, which furnished an excel
lent line on what might be expected in
the junior metropolitan championships
to be held on August 19. A number Of
contenders for title honors competed
and all ran true to form.
FarrelPs Sprint Wins Relay
Eddie Farrell won the half-mile relay
for the New York A. C. This was easily
the most exciting race Of the afternoon
and had the Loughlin Lyceum used
Jimmie O'Brien as anchor man instead
of Tom Foget the Brooklyn club might
have given the New Workers quite q
shock.
Andy Kelly ran the first leg for the
N. Y. A. c., and the veteran was badly
outrun by Ed Faith, Of the Loughlins.
STom Farley then hooked up with Ray
Georgi and on the third leg O'Brien
held Bernie Wefers jr. safe, giving
Foget two-yard lead over Farrell on
the last leg.
Foget ran we'll judged race, but had
no chance against the feet Farrell, who
caught the Loughlin man on the last
O'Brien, a considerably faster runner
than Foget, might have held Farrell
had he been assigned to the anchor po-
sition; and, again, he might have met
the same fate as his team mate, for
Farrell was full of running even after
making up his early handicap. The St.
Christopher Club team was the best of
the rest and finished third.
1t was simply an exercise for the
New York A. C. four in the two-mile
relay. Nolan. Leslie, Thompson and
Sellers had things their way from start
to finish and Sellers crossed the line
fully forty yards ahead of Ballestier,
anchor man for the Knights of Antony
team, which finished second. The Jer-
sey Harriers got third place.
Ballestier had keen duel with Butt
ner, Of the Harriers. The latter had a
lead of about twenty yards on the last
lap, but the Knights star caught the
Jersey athlete and put him away in the
last few strides. Buttner was badly
used up and collapsed as he crossed
the line.
Neither of the feature relays de-
veloped fast time. despite the spirited
competition in the half mile. The first
event was run in /: :33 and the two
miles in 1928 1-5.
Cassott Wins Two-MiIe Handicsr,
Arthur Cassott, Of the Glencoe A. c.,
who sprang into prominence last winter
when he ran Joie Ray great race
indoors, showed that he is on edge for
the two-fnile open handicap from a
large field. Cassott started from the
50-yard mark, rated off the early pace
and came on with we'll timed sprint
to beat P. Shields, Bloomfield Catholic
Lyceum, who had an allowance of $50
yards. Shields, youngster, ran fine
race.
Albert Michaelson, of the Cygnet A.
c., who had been running marathon
races hereabout for the last eight
years, was the scratch man, and al
though the veteran ran his usual game
race to finish third. it was evident that
the Handicapped made a mistake in put
ting him so far back. Cassott can beat
Michaelson even any time, and the
Cygnet man should have had better
break in the allotments.
The) 1,000-yard handicap resulted in
nice erace-for j. Steiger, of the
Stamford A. C. This newcomer to the
metropolitan district enjoyed mark
of 40 yards and simply tow-ropped a
field of about thirty-hve. B. Yarrow
of the Glencoe A. c., was second.
Joe Chankin. the Morningside A. c.