The New York herald., 1878-03-15
POLICE ATHLETIC sCLUB.

COMPLIMENTARY EXHIBITION AT GILMORE s
qARpEN-RUNNING, WALKING, sPARRiNa AND
TUGS OF WAR.
The complimentary exhibition given by tho Police
Athletic Club at Gmore's Garden yesterday afternoon
was a success. Admission could only be obtained by
ticket the consequence being the gathering an In
mense umber OF the better class oil citizens all of
whom heartily enjoyed tho entertainment fhe pole
force ''on duty" from Commissioner TO doormcn,
hand, showing the great interest centred in
the club and It's members and IN every contest In
which they are engaged.
The sports were commenced with hurdle race OF
22O yards Jonn Grassck h. Scanion and j. j. Farley
coming the scratch. GrassicK got the best OF the
start and, taking the hurdles very easily be
pleased by ten yards in S3s4 seconds. scanIon waa
second ana Farley badly beaten. A walk OF u mile
brought out the seven entries, all policemen Gf many
sizes and weights For one-naif the distance +.
Secoro showed the way, when John Foley to tho
front, and finally won In sm 2sMs; Thomas Bennett
second, IN Sm 34s Sccoro third. In sm 4Ihs., and
George Snyder fourth, IN sm. 52hs. }. Gillian was
ruled out tho lrst Lap and Christian Papp the
second. The winner was heartily cneered.
sPARRI>G.
Edward McGIinchy and steve Blundell then stepped
upon the stage aud lrcd conclusons with the gloves.
Both arc amateurs, and have Eir knowledge oI tue
art OF sc-deiencc, out the desire to display style
Is often the case with boxers oil limited experience
du mucn To uctfaCt from the sct-tO.
Next came the tug o. war between the teams OF tho
Fiitn and Twenty seventh precincts. Each side mus
Tered ten men, ali carefully selected by their respc-
tive captaiDs When they gathered and were about TO
commence the Tug excitement ran high throughout
the vast assemDiage Mr. Max Moore, OF tho
Anne fcan Athletic Club, was agreed upon as
referee From tue word ..Heaycr each team dd its
best to WIN. Words OF encouragement from every
part OF the house were Iberiiy bestowed Never was
ike test more determined. ana, after l5m. 0hs,
II decided "draw." Neither could get the point
In the rope marked with n handkerchief over tho
others boundary line. For time the Twenty
seventh had the advantage yet Tor ten minutes or
more they were unable to gam an inch. Ihs Tug Was
Tor champion medal anu alter rest Of half an hour
the teams again came together. The result Of tue
second tral was similar To the nrst, neither team
beiug able to gain tho mastery. Ten minutes only
allowed in the last trial. AS the greatest rivalry
exists between these It Is cd that they
Will have another trial at an early day.
The teams arc: Filth precnct-Dennis Lcary leap
tanl Haton, Randei, Cornell, Kelly, Rykemen, Nor
ton, Chapman, Dewitt and Siauson; twenty seventh
precinol-Coney (eapIainl Warner Mcdonald, McDer-
mott, Mulrooney, Fay, hailey Probst, Weber and
Sec0rc
OTHER SPORTS
Policemen hasterson ond DonneIly then spared
three rather sharp rounds. the honors being equally
divided. Masterson accidentally struck DonDolly
over tho right eye with his head while ''duok.ng,"
Fencing the single stick between r. W welsh and
II. Martin, also mcmbers OF the Police Athletic Club
resulted In iavor Of Welsh by ii points 10 points
scored for Martin
W. q. Mcclellan professionally and Thomas r. Adams
(amsteur, r. A. C) mad gh1 solto, after which there
was another Tug OF war by teams OF the Fiith and
Eighteenth precincts In the ten minutes allowed
neiihor won, aud like the frat tug, decided
draw" Messrs. Welsh aud Barrett P. A. O. then
put on the gloves aod Knocked each otnor about TO
Their hearts content during lbree rounds. Barrett
has the habit OF striking with the inside o the glove
10 such an extent that II would do him no harm To
abandon IL altogether.
The entertainment was brought to a close by spar.
ring between Professor Miller aud Mr.. Nike smith,
Inc latter 10 an Old boxer, not good practice, but
he gave Miller all that he could attend TO- In three
hard hitting rounds each nut In many good points