The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-03
the STRUGGLE OF THE GIANTS.
Queer Performances of the Work.
ingmen,s Inaugural of Annual
Athletic sports.
New York SUM-

Athletic sports.
New York SUM-
A series of most comical athletic feats
took place in Madison Square Garden,
yesterday, under the title of working
mems Inaugural of Athletic Sports"
First, in the afternoon, came an hours
walk for those who had never beaten six
and half miles. Eighteen workingmen,
aged from 10 to IS years, contested. J.
B. Clark covered seven miles and three
quarters of furlong, winning the cham
pion gold medal.
The next event was a mile go-as-y you
please race. Seven young workingwomen
started, among them Bella Killbury of
last years pedestrian fame. Carrie An
derson won the champion gold medal, in
$685.. A thousand workingmen hurried
upthe young workingwomen with roars
of aughter and cheers.
The next funny feature was three
mile run by eleven market-men, includ-
ing seven boys and fat man. P. McCaf-
frey, a lean boy, won the champion
medal in 17:45.
Another interesting event was one
mile go-as-you-please race. Twenty
working fellow countrymen Of Black
Dan started for the medal. A. P. Stoke
ly was the dark horse that shot to the
head eeff eff The line under inspiring yells of
"Go it, Hart~ He won the medal in
5:21.
The "ladies' half-mile run" caused
great excitement. Killb"., b..,ry ran, with
four other young We. ..kmgwomen, for the
champion me"...ar 1t was clutched by
Frances. Ut. Vincent. Time, 4:434.
| "A tug of war for the champion banner
was contested by dozen workingmen,
aged about 16. Six of them belonged to
the Defendum Amateur Club and the
other half dozen to the A. B. G. Anna
teurs. The Defendums won two out of
three tugs in about ten minutes.
Several other races Of no especial in
terest came off in the afternoon. In the
evening the stirring events were:
Eight young women started in a one
mile go-as-you- please. They ran and
walked around the laps amid jeers, yells
and cheers from three thousand men.
Mary Howard won the race in 6:20.
The ladies' professional three-mile walk
was parti ipated in by nine young
women. Killbury lost her chance by not
being numbered. Mary Howard, the
winner of the mile run, took the medal
and $25 in money. Time, 80 minutes.
Fanny Edwards, while third in the race,
tainted, and was carried from the track
while on the sixth lap of the last mile.
Three Post-oflice employees, Foster
Brennan and Kelsey, entered two-mile
walk for prizes. They were all disquali-
fled for running.
A mile race by one tall and four short
Cinnamon caused the 1000 spectators who
were in the building at 104 to roar and
yell and laugh until the building fairly
shook to the foundation. They crept off
first like snails Then All Yung warmed
up, followed by All Yah, Sing Lee and
sim Jim. All Yung took the first prize.
: Time, 1866.
Mary Howard won the final womans
race, running half mile in 9:l3. Jeers
and wells filled the Garden as the women
flew around.
The struggle of the giants came off on
the main floor. A space about 2S feet
long and 16 feet wide was filled with
, sawdust three inches deep, kept in place
by borders of scantling nailed to the
{ floor. Eight men in two rows faced each
other in the center of the sawdust. The
thing to do WAS to throw each other out
5 the last man in being the victor. The
; giants averaged about feet inches.
Finally, at 1915, after 10 minutes Of
f desperate work, VIM. Fl. Connolly, o.
: Lorillard's tobacco factory, was the only J
man in the lines. He had gained gole
medal and $25.