The New York herald., 1878-11-10
GREENPOINT ATHLETIC CLUB.

ANNUAL FALL GAMEs-INTEREsTING HANDICAP
EVENTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS.
The annual fall games of the Greenpoint Athletic
Club. young and vigorous organization. took place
yesterday the grounds of the Manhattan Club.
Fifty-sixth street and Eighth avenue Though the
weather cold for outdoor sports the attendance
fair, and so far as the contests and the manage
ment concerned everything passed of satisfac
torily. just the club championship for the run
ming high jump finished and while . crowd still
fingered i'll that part of the inner field John Grassick
policeman. off duty and in citizens clothes. picked
up the shot-s solid iron sphere weighing sixteen
pounds-and, remembering his athletic feats a
Caledonian in the past began putting it "just for
fun. After making two or three creditable casts he
landed the shot in the throng still the scene Of
the high jumping. and in it's descent 1t struck boy
named Steel on the side Of the head. The terrible
blow knocked the lad down, and upon being picked
up lie was hurried from the grounds to neighboring
druggist An elder brother Of the injured boy, ID. H.
Steel had just before captured the club 44O yards
championship, and was apprised Of the accident
while in the dressing rooms. He manifested the
greatest anxiety for his brothers condition, and
soon as possible hurried him to their home in Green
point. The extent OF the boys injury could not be
learned.
100 yards OF fortyfve entries thrty-eight came to
their stations When the first and second trial heats
T.. n. D.
A. Co. 30 feet start W. j. Crowley, Staten Island IL
feet; j. 8. Voorhis, Adepha A. c., IL feet aud Frank
Nichols American A. g. 20 feet. had qualified for
intense. Querckberner. who is MEM
ber OF the champion tug, of war team
of his club made excellent Of his allowance and
looked winner for scventy-ive yards. when
voorhis came with terrihc rush and won
seconds. ouerlherner was second. Nichols third and
Crowley last. NJ. McFau Fanwood A. g. deaf mntc)
scratch man. and had the handicapping been
tvpfa1
been in the final heat and well up ut the finish, This
young man is deserving of great praise. without
sense Of speech of hearing he has made his mark
among the best OF American amateur sprnters, and
that is saying great deal.
The open handicap one mile walk had thrty-t
entries OF whom twentysix responded to the sum
or the clerk OF the course, These were divided
into three heats, the first and second i'll each being al
lowed in the final James H. Smith, Brooklyn, l.. L.
S3 seconds START J. G. Rooney, Greenpoint, L. L. S3
seconds: M. Chatwick New York. SO seconds: Il. b.
Holmes, New York. lO3 seconds; W. L. Goodwin. As
toria L. L. S3 seconds. and G. B. Shattuck, Fanwood,
A. G. deaf mute) qualified for the decisive
effort. shattnck declined to again walk but
tested style. and, though much OF novice. walked
very creditaby, winning in I'm. 4Gt.s., actual time;
Holmes W, WAS second sn % ,aa, tim time Ia. do0dwn
D. Phillips. Hudson Boat Club, was on the scratch
but failed to get place in the trial.
The run of 440 yards, open handicap, followed. and
four trial heats brought out twenty-five performers
f. W. Janssen Staten Island A. c., IS yards start; j.
l. Eglinton, Gresnpoint A !. c.. 5S yards; r. s $
tish-American A. c. 50 yards M. Ellis, Scottish Amer
lean A. G., IS yards; II. Schroeder. City College Of
New York, As yards; w. A. Emmons deaf mute). Deaf
and Dumb Institute 40 yards and JF Baker Brooklyn
A. c., IS yards, in the final Jansen won with
out difficulty beating Baker. second four yards who
was the same distance ahead OF McCreery. third:
Emmons. the deaf mute, was accidentally knocked
over the first lap by some awkward outsider. and
had this interference not occurred there
for believing that he had capital chance Of landing
the first prize.
The 100 yards, level, for the club championship,
r,axt ana oua6 atf ID
Pace, j. 4. Burns and H. Voorhees,. in 1ll4 seconds
D. II. Steel also the level 440 yards club cham
pionship. His opponents E. H. Van Arsdale and
r. Voorhees,. He had far more speed than the Others
and finished with some in hand in 5Ss seconds.
The running high jump, club championship, fell to
Robert Roden, who cleared 1T. in; H. X. Shep-
ardson retired ut IT. 2 in
The three-mile walk for the club championship
brought out William H. Purdy and h. H. Peton.
Purdy has excellent style. and is very fast He
finished the first half mile i'll 3m 29ss the first mile
in Tm las, two miles in Ism. II ias. and the three
miles in 23m ID iss. beating his record by 3s4
seconds Pelton was one-quarter Of a mile behind
when Purdy finished. Mr. William B. Curtis was
referee.