The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-19
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n series Of most comieal athletic feat
took place in Madison Square Garden yes
teEday, under the title Of ''Workingnan
Inaugural Of Athletic sports" First, il
| the afternoon, came Al hours walk fo
those who had never beaten six and u hal
miles. Eighteen worl1ingmcn, aged from
| Is to is years, contested j. r. Clark Gov
cred seven miles and ttree-quarters of ;
fuflong, winning he champion gold medal
The next event was 1 mile go-:,s-yoll.
plase race. Seven young workingwomel
Estarted, among them Bella killbury, of last
| years pedestrian falne. Carrie Anderson
won tie champion gold medal, in G :;;53 :.
4 thousand worbingnren hurried up the
yountg sol.llin@ston,cn with roars. Of laugh
Ter and cheers.
The next funny feature was u three-lnile
run by eleven mariet-men. including sey-
en- boys and fat man p. MeCatfrey, 4
lean boy, won the champion medal in Il 10.
Another interesting event was The one
mile go-ts-yoH-pie1s race. Twenty-scsen
working fellow eountrymen Of Black Dan
started for the m2tal. A. r. Stokely was
the sdlk horse that shot 70 the head Of The
line under inspiring yelIs Of ''Goit, Hart -
He won the medal in 5 al
The ''ladics' llalf-nilc run" caused great
excitement. kilibury ran with four other
NorEingWomell for the champion medal. 1t
vas clutclled b. Francis St Vincent. Time,
:E313,
y t1g OF war for the champion banner
was contested by a dozen workingmen.
aged about 1G. Six Of them belonged to
the Defendum Amateur Club and the other
half dozen to the a. B. G. Amateurs. The
DcfendtInls wen two ont Of three tugs in
about ten minutes.
Several other races of no special interest
came off III the afternoon. In the evening
the stirring events We're:
Fight young women started in Il 1-tnile
go-as-you-please. They ran and walked
around the laps amid jeers, yells and cheers
from three thousand men. Mary Howard
Won tiit f:ttS III 6.lu.
The ladies' professional three-niie walk
was participated in by nine young women.
Izillbu1y lost her chance bynot being mum
bered. Mary Howard, the winner of the
mile run, took the medal and $25 IN money.
Time, 32 minutes. Fanny Edwards, while
third in the race, and was carried from the
track while on the sixth iapof the last mile |
Three post-oflice employees, Foster,
Brennan and Kelsey, entered 4 two-Hile
walk for prizes. They were all disquali-
fled for running. /
a mile race by enc tall and four short
Cinnamon caused the 4, 900 spectators who |
were in the building at 1890 tn roar and |
yell and laugh until the building fairly |
shook to the foundation. They erept off
first like snails. Then All Yung warmed |
up, followed by All Yah, Sing Lee ana |
Slim Jim. All Gttug took the first prize.
Time, :56.
Mary Howard won the final Wotnan's /
race, running u half mile in 3;13. Jeers
md wells filled the Garden as the women /
iaw around.
The struggle Of tile giants came Of, OF,
he main floor. A space about. Is feet long
md IS feet wide was filed with sawdust
three inches deep, kept in place by borders
IF scantling nailed to the tloor. Eight
men in two rows faced each other in the |
center Of the sawdust. The thing 70 DO
was to throw each other ont, the last man |
N being the victor The giants averaged |
feet inches. Finally, 1T l2:l5, after 10
minutes Of desperate work, 5Em. IT. Com I
nelly, of I.orillard,s tobacco factory, was
he only lnan IN the lines. He bad gained I
gold medal and S25.