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Champions Meet in Final GamesMelvin SKeppard Beats LungHi and Kiviat inRace, Showing Return to Old Form.Stirring-The final curtain of the outdoor athletic season of 19® was run* down yesterday with the Barnes of the Monument Athletic Club at Celtic Park. Long Island City. Champions of every kind made up the fields In the events, but the murky and disagreeable weather forced many of the athletes to refuse to toe the mark, and notmore than half of the entrants started Inany contest. A strong easterly wind, accompanied with a raw atmosphere and an Intermittent drizzle, made it Indeed disagreeable for the twenty-five hundred spectators who attended. Many blankets were in evidence, the athletes being tucked in them until the starter’s signal.John J. Flanagan, the huge weight thrower of the Irlsh-American Athletic Club, broke the record for throwing the* 12-pound hammer, setting the mark at 207 feet 7% Inches, seventeen foot further than the record of Lee J. Talbott, the former Cornell student, and Melvin W. Sheppard showed he had regained his old form by boating Emilio Lunght and Abel R. Kiviat in the 1,000-yard run. Sheppard ran a remarkable race, and only defeated the game Italian by the small margin of four yards. Harry Glsslng. the half-mile indoor champion, of the New York Athletic Club, was also scheduled to start, but was ill.At the track of the gun Kiviat jumped into the ltad, followed by Sheppard andLunghi. The order remained unchanged until the bell for the last quarter-mile, when Lunghi took command and a three-yard lead over Sheppard. Rounding the first turn for home the latter jumped his rival and set a merry paee to the tape. Although Lunghi tried his utmost, he could not catch the flying Sheppard. The time— 2:19 4-5—-was good, considering the heavytrack. 4. _ -The quarter-mile run, with W. J. Hayes,the Philadelphia crack; W. C. Robbin*, of the Irish-American Athletic Club, and Is-roy B. Dorland as starters, furnished an exciting and close race. Hayes scored hla second victory over Robbins in a heartbreaking sprint. Dorland, who also ran a good race, finished almost abreast of Robbins.The four-mile run. with five good men on the mark, furnished a sensational ending, James F. Crowley, of the Irish-American club, winning after a nlp-and-tueic fight with Hans P. Berna. The two alternated throughout the race in leading, with William Kramer, of the Accfrn Atn-letlc Association, at their heels. Fifty yards from home Crowley jumped away from Berna, winning by a few yards. John Daly, the big Celt, showed great grit when he ran a half-mile with only one shoe, the other being discarded, owing to a spike cutting through the leather. Daly was a short distance behind the leaders when he was forced to stop to put on the shoe, and this practically lost the race for him. ■ - • “ft. •The summaries follow;120-yard run »scratch)—Won by J. J. Archer, Irish-American A. C.; J. M. Rosen-berger. Irish-American A. C.. second; Robert Cloueheu. Irish-American A C., third. Time. 0:12.1.000-yard run (scratch)—Won by Melvin W Sheppard, Irish-American A. C.; Emilio Lun-ghf. Irish-American A. C*., second; Abel R. Kiviat Irish-American A. C.. third. Time, 2:194-5.440-yard run (scratch)—Won by William J. Hayes, unattached. W. C. Robbins. Irish-Americar. A. C.. second; Leroy B- Dorland. Pastime A. C-. third. Time. 0:538-5.Four-mile run (scratch)—Won by James p. Crowley. Irtsh-Amertean A. C.; H. P. Berna. Irish-Amerioan A. C. second; William Kramer. Acorn A. A., third. Time. 20:42.Throwing 12-pound hammer (handicap)— Won by J. J. Flanagan. Irish-American A. C. (scratch), with a throw of 207 feet 7inches; B- F Sherman. New York A. C. (20 feet), second, with an actual throw of 171 feet 3 V* inches. New record.
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New York Tribune
New York, New York, US
Mon, Oct 25, 1909
Page 23
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