The sun., 1879-05-04
SPORT FOR COLLEGE BOYS.
COBUHBTAs 0AEA DAY ON THr NEW
YORK ATHLETIC GROUNDS.

YORK ATHLETIC GROUNDS.
TIE Jolly PRrtF thst Visited Nett Haven
| sHk Beats Wool In "a Raee-Sprina Panta-
looms In n Tug OF Wsr-Hob sken Athletes.
Tho train that rolled out of the Grand
Central Depot ut 1H ?. NJ. yesterday for Mott
Haven carried about irty beautiful girls and
| two hundred handsome young fellows on their
| way to tho New York Athletic Club grounds to
| look on and participate In the fourteenth fold
meeting Of the Columbia College Athletic Asso-
citation. The sun shone brightly. and the
| spirits Of the you ng people were exuberant. AB
| the procession left the streets Of Mott Haven
and crossed tho fields bevy Of young ladies
and gentlemen raced over the common and
| down the hill to tho gates OF the grounds The
classical enrs Of the college boys were slightly
nstonished by hearing n pretty young woman
cxclaim at the finish. " Oh my. Im played out ~
Prof. J. II. Van Amringe and Messrs. J. 7.
Goodwin. II. G. Cornell. and r. r. Colgate we're
the judges Mr.. Hermann Oelrichs oflciated
as referee. and Mr.. II. Allan KinRsbury as re-
corder.
The programme. which was rather long and
| lively, opened with hundred yards dash,
trial heats t. ]. Brercton took the nrst heat in
As seconds; W. r. Lawson second. II. l..
Rose captured the next heat In 10 35 seconds; /;
7. st. q. Bssel second. The Anal beat and
race was won by the muscular Brereton in 10 3-5
seconds. Handsome Mr.. Rose came In second.
Mr.. r. II. Sayre. In blue silk. won the mile
walk easily from Mr.. T. Klepetko. who staked
around in blue flannel. Winners time s:16 2.b
Tall Mr.. ]. n. Roberts and short Nr. II. NJ
Moore then ran half mile. Roberts won in
Mr. W. A. Moore had n walk over in tho run
ming broad jump. clearing l6 feet inches TT
Montgomery and r. ii, sayre in putting the
shot. Distance. 80 i9et 3'l inches;
dash Of 800 yards. Time IS S.5 seconds; Mr..
Shs M H. tSartd Esn Spys n c "Shes p
chorus o. " Obs" from the litue dears. ,
Mr. W. r. Lawson ito, t9os the herr prize in the run
The qrnrter- mile run was won in fine style
by Mr., j. n. Roberts in 81 seconds.
inches, beating Messrs. J. II. Montgomery and
W. X. Pryor. One OF the contestants received y
crooked that II came near killing policeman
who looked ke Capt Williams.
Mr s,t r. Sfyre Sms iG had walk over in the two
The stranger BS bali giIe run was won by Mr.
Tn There was was a" very very close 100 yards hurdle race
between Messrs. W. T. Lawson and Q. Do
Forest. They took the leaps exactly together to
tripped and fell forward Just before renehing
the string. Lawson won in 10 3-5 seconds, >,
Trask. Jr.. In 5:27i.. ]. 4. Potts. Jr.. was a
good second.
| lnt Sport Wounu up Win u blukn iuE Ol WIZ
between Messrs. Montgomery, Bush. Eldridge,
Muller. Pointer. and Parsons, coll go men, and
Doax. 1i and Potts OF the school d Of Mines. The
tug was the bnst two In three. Tho college
boys lost tho FIRST pull from the cxtrGmc care
light spring pantaloons In the second and
third pulls Muller gave up the idea Of saving
The Stevens Institute Athletic Association
held their sixth field meeting on the Institutes
grounds. in tho Elysian Fields, Hoboken. yes
tprluY. OmiuOug glDuIa rolled from the
west. and there was slight sprinkle Of rain,
but the young athletes were not dsterr.d. nn.
the ladies. in spring tOilsts ON the grand stand
kept their places The track Is said 10 be prob
ably without an equal among the tracks of am.
has been harde ne d since the snow Disappeared
with many layers Of ashes. The frst event
was "A 100 Yards dash between A., II. Moore. Jr.
Of 80. and H. y. Merritt OF 81 Mr.. MERIT lei
. from the start. and, squirting near the finish
! easily carried on tho ribbon. Mcrritt's time
F. NJ. hanslIRg OF 81 and John BorchGrdt o.
80 w9rs the starters IN one.mIie walk
, feet In advance until near the end OF the last
! lap. Then Borchardt attempted TO Rass hiu
, time was . minutes 26t second:s
. A. 4; Moore, Jr.. put the shot 90 feet inches
, defeating W. c. Smith Of 70. whose record wa:
r Teams Of the classes Of 'si and 80 ther
) struggled In tug Of war. The men Of 's2 dul
their heels into the eartn. and strained thril
a muscles. but they were younger aud lighter
over over ihe he line. fime minutes @ is % seconds
r. L. Wilcox OF the Western Union Telegraph
4 Company won the first heat OF the 100 yard,
dash. open handicap. in / seconds, d. Jariine
New York = being second, H. Harway OF th'
. StuYvesant Park Athletic Club won the seconC
2 Snort Hills Athletic Club being second. l. 4
stuart Of The College q ths City Of New YoT.
n Mitchell Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
: pany being second. Mr Mitchell won the hna
d Tho entries for the mile walk were: 7; l.
4 Lackemacher OF the Clinton Athletic Club
. scratch l. b. Clark OF the Independence Ath
9 ing OF the Scott Amnienr Athletic Club handi
- capped seconds j. W. Birch. Hoboken." 81
seconds c. Mcbride OF the Young Mems Chris
tian Association. 46 seconds; n. II. qroel Of tn
= Eureka Boat Club. 46 seconds and T. Littlejohi
o Of the Passaic Boat Club. 46 seconds. Ate
; one unsuccessful start Groel took. the lead OF
= the second trial a, !he start with Mcbride clos
; the Arst lap for running. In the last lap Groe
! whs ruled out for running, and then McBrd
4 Succeeded TO the lead. Ho kept it, His tint
was minutes = seconds.
D A; T. Moore Jr.. threw the hammer 65 feet
: inches his competitor. Mr.. Smith throwing
u 6l feet inches.
The tug of war between teams Of the classes o
I 80 and 's2 resulted. within so seconds. in vic
y tory Tor the former
: In the running long jump. r. n. Merit
y cleared II fect F. NJ. Hansling. his chief com
D Z. Wright Of 80 defeated b. W. Barry. also q
's2, IN the running high Jump. with u score OF
}, f. HysIop of 81 won the quarter mlls run 4
II 59A seconds A. T. Moore being good srconr
n y. NJ. Hanslng and j. O. Putnam OF 81 ha
the one-mile run 70 themselves. HanslinE i"
j. from the start to the finish. without an cnnr
II apparently. Hansling's time. r minutes 32
, seconds Putnams. minutes S5h seconds.
!: THE WORLD'S FAIR IN 1883