St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-16
THE FIELD SPORTS.
A Gala Day at the Base Ball Park
Lots of Fun.
The Lacrosse Clubs of Minneapolis and st
Paul Play an Exhibition Game.
Foot Races, Club Races, Pony Race-A Tug
of War Between the Policemen, Etc.

The field sports under the auspices of the
Minneapolis Lacrosse club, at the base ball
park yesterday, drew fair attendance and
gave perfect satisfaction. 1t was a long and
diversified programme, and every thing
passed off smoothly and systematicalls. The
great feature, of course, was the lacrosse
game.
ONE HUNDRED YARDS.
The ball was opened with 100 yard open
foot race for the presidents cup. The start
ers were T. H. O'Connor, of Minneapolis,
and R. j. Welch of, Saltwater, and was won
by WEIGH. Time, 11M.
QUARTER MILE.
The starters in the quarter mile race were
r. NJ. Jaffray, A. A. Grant, J. j. Grethin
and B. Dickinson. The race was
won by Grant, with Grethin
second, Jeffrey and Dickinson drawing off.
oNE-HALF NILE WALK.
L. Sumbardo, w. Wilson andJ. S. Thomp-
son were the starters in half mile heel and
toe walking match. Sumbardo started in
the lead and was never headed. Wilson
pulled OFF in 100 yards, and Thomp-
son quit on the second lap, leaving
Sumbardo winner. Time, $50.
100 YARD CLUB RACE.
The next was the 100 yard club race-for
first prize gold medal, and second prize sill
yer piece. The starters were j. S, Thomp-
son, Fred Whiting, c. Esplin, R. NJ JafTray
and c. Stone, and they came into the
scratch in the order named. Time, IL
seconds.
The second one hundred yard race fol-
lowed with the following starters, and they
came in in the order given: &. G.. Grant
LIST, W. j. Thompson 81, j. j. Gethiu Sd, c.
Dickerson 9Th, Chas. Harrington 5th, time,
10 seconds. This race was then run OFF by
| those who ran first and second places,
viz: S. S. Thompson, A. G.
Grant, W. J. Thompson and Fred Whiting.
1t resulted in d dead heat for first place be-
| tween Grant and j. s. Thompson, W. j.
Thompson won second place. Time, twelve
seconds.
Grant and Thompson ran another dead
heat in twelve and one-eighth seconds,
and in the next time Thompson tired and
drew OF.
! The smoking race was novel and new to
Minneapolis people. Itwas 100 yards. Each
contestant had to light his pipe after the
start and have it burning when ne came
home. With the following field Of starters,
w. Il. Patten alone had his pipe in good
operation in reaching the scratch: w, j.
Thompson, j. s. Thompson, W. H. Patten,
G. a. Harrington, E. Wilson, f. E. Whiting,
j. NJ. Jaffrey. Time-24$l seconds,
100 YARDS AMATEUR RACE.
In the 100 yards amateur race W: NJ.
Frye of st. Paul, w. H. Pattie and L. Sum-
bardo, of Minneapolis, were the starters
Frye was first, Sumbardo second and Pattie
last. Time 1124 seconds.
TUG OF WAR.
The tug of war between the police was an
exciting contest. At one end Of the rope
were officers Coffin and Grattan, and at the
other end officers Brady and Mortinson
They pulled hard and with determination.
The first trial was won by Brady and Mortin
son, as was the third, while Coffin and
Grattan won the second, Coffin and Grattan
were at great disadvantage owing to the su-
perior avoirdupois of their opponents.
ONE MILE DASH.
T. H. O'Connors, Of Minneapolis, and
r. j. Welch, of Saltwater, started in the
mile dash. Welch remained in the lead for
two laps but gave up in the third lap
O'Connors completed the mile in lis.
LACROSSE.
The first game was won by the Minneapolis
team in six minutes. The hour expired
while the second game was in dispute.
| Grant Bell won the hurdle race, G. E..
Wilson second.
The pony race was won by Howard Pratt.
The three-legged race was won by Grant
ane Gatlin, and the sack race by w. j.
Thompson.