New-York tribune., 1922-09-12

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athletes in the country, and his peri
of the close of the tituIar track and f
The secondary features were made
up of fye relays, and the New York
A. c., which scored a clean sweep at
Pasadena last year, was forced to re-
linquish two title trophies. One went
to the Meadewbrook Club Of Pbiladel-
phia and the other to the Boston A. A.
Although the deeathion started at 10
o'clock in the morning it was not
hntil p. m. that the final result was
known. Shortly before this hour the
competitors engaged in the last battle,
race at 400 meters, and Harold II.
Osborne, Of the Illinois A. c., who was
pressing Thomson for the lead, knew
that he must beat his rival by twenty
i've seconds elapsed time to wrest the
crown from the Princetonian. Osborne
won the race, but mis- time was only
eleven seconds better than that of
Thomson, and the /. A. c. star had to
be content with second honors in one
sQf the closest decathlon races in the
Tbistory of athletics.
Two Outclass Field
Thomson and Osborn, who were head
sand shoulders above the other competi-
gtors, each won four events, the former
winning the 100 meters, shot put, dis
scus throw and 110-meter hurdle race
And the latter taking the javelin throw,
running high jump, running broad
s)ump and 1,50o-meter run. Victor
Naegeli accounted for first place in the
s40o-meter run and Lieutenant Eugene
sVidal was the victor jim the pole vault
Z A drizzling rain, which started about
IL o'clock, soon had the track in such
condition rs to preclude the possibility
OF records, yet on a soft track the re-
lay records were closely approached
Ir is a certainty that several worlds
smarks would have been shattered had
conditions been ideal.
In the half-mile relay, for instance,
sthe newly formed Meadowbrook quar-
stet romped TO a three-yard victory over
Fhe Winged Footersp in the amazing
time of 1929, as against 1927 2-5, the
worlds mark made last year by the
New Workers. Again, in the one-mile
relay., the N. Y. A. c. team won in hol-
slow fashion in 1921, only three seconds
Slower than the record.
Four teams lined up for the half
mile race. Running in order for New
York was Wefers, Lovejoy, Taylor and
Farrell; for Meadowbrook, lie Coney,
Woodring, Rodgers and Altmaer
Hayes, Driscoil, Hile and Dudley wore
Sthe Boston A. A. colors and Anderson,
sMurchison, H. Jones and P. Jones rep
resented the Illinois A. C.
= LIE Coney led Hayes and Wefers in
order to the tape over the first leg of
s220 yards, and on the next leg Wood
sring increased Meadowbrook's lead to
ten yards. Driscoll was second here,
fsand as Lovejoy had been completely
5outrun it appeared that the New York
Fers were hopelessly out of it.
= Fast Running by Taylor
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next sprint and, aided by a perfect
stouch-off the negro shot into lead
sof about eighteen yards on Taylor,
who ran a remarkable race. In the 220
yards he cut the Meadow Brook mans
Head to only twelve yards Another
perfect pass of the baton and Alt
stnaier faunted th Meadow Brook colors
.Town the straightaway to the finish
line.
e 1t was we'll for Altmaier that he had
- twelve-yard lead on Farrell, for the
sFordham bay fguratively ate space in
that last sprint. With fifty yards to
Ego he was six yards behind the flying
leader and, swinging down the stretch
.at terrific speed, the Fordham boy
s1missed his man by scant three yards
sFarrell's time for the last 22O was not
taken, but it is safe to say that he ran
,the fastest race of his brilliant career
!, Three teams started in the two-mile
race, which was won by the New York
"A. G. Dudley, Kirley, Marsters and the
veteran Connolly made up the Boston
"A. A. four, while Sellers, Joe Higgins,
Malone and Helffrich wore the Winged
Foot, and Gustafson, Yates, Whar-
ton and Sphinx carried the Illinois A. c.
shield.
:, At the start Gustafson shot into the
lead, with Dudley and Sellers follow
s3ng In order. Excepting a challenge by
Dudley, which Gustafson STAYED off.
there was no action until the turn for
home on the last lap, when Sellers
made up six yards in moving from last
place TO the head of the column. This
,great sprint enabled Joe Higgins to
lead Marsters slightly at the start of
the second leg.
4 ConnoIly's Lead Fades
Marsters was the master of Higgins
in the second mile, and at the start of
1he third mile Kirley got away about
three yards ahead of Wharton, with
Malone in third place. The relative
positions were unchanged when the
batons were passed for the last leg,
| but again Connolly jumped out to q
Dig lead.
i Helffrich was content to let Com
molly go, believing that he would come
back when the final test came, and the
national champion was correct in his
deduction, for at the three-eighths post
Eonnolly cracked. He staggered along
Ien his iron nerve, this Connolly, who
rs one Of the gamest runners in the
country, but was unprepared to cope
with Helffrich's speed
!, The champion caught his Boston
rival rounding the backstretch and
won by four yards without great eff
fort. Sphinx finished in the ruck Helf-
1rich's half mile was run in the fast
,4ime of 1:56 6-1o, while the time for
fhe race was 1857 4-10.
Bill Stevenson, the Princeton star,
ran the last leg of the one-mile relay
for the New York A. C. and made a
show of Jake Driscoll, of the Boston
"A. A. Driscoll beat Stevenson on
Saturday for the national quarter mile
championship, and Jake, although he
tried during the early running, ap-
ipeared content to let Bill have the
race at the end Bill would have had
.it anyway, for he was full ef running
land had world of speed
At the finish Driscoll was seventy
five yards back, with Ray. of the New
ark A. c., in DriseolPs wake Ray, the
Middle Atlantic intercollegiate cham
pion, ran fine race and beat Foget,
OF the Loaghlin Lyceum, for third
place, despite the fact that he faced
an almost hopeless task at the start