New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-20
MANHATTAN ATHLETIC CLUB GAMES.
GOOD ATTENDANCE AND GOOD sPORT-sOME
RECORDS LOWERED

GOOD ATTENDANCE AND GOOD sPoRT-sOME
RECORDS LOWERED.
sheepshead Bay flyers and white wings on
the ocean dd not succeed in keeping fair gathering
from the ninth annual summer games of the Manhattan
Athletic Club at its grounds, Elghthave and Eighty
sixth-st. yesterday afternoon The referee was W. B.
Curtis. Of the American Athletic Club. q. W. Carr,
H. H. Baxter and F. Price oiciated as judges, Messrs
Avery. Taylor ard Robertson kept the time, and H. T.
Pike did the starti0g T. A. McEwen, OF the
Nanhattans. the judge OF walking.
The handcapping was by Waller Heggeman. There
were 81 entries for first thing the card, the 100
yards run. The mail heat was won by W. NJ Partridge
Of the Brook IN Athletic Cluo with yards start. In
10 % Il dead heat between e. Bolton.
Staten Island Athletic Club. GIG yards start and
Ilnicus lr, olympic Athletic CnO o2 yards me run
of linicus second place time. 10 20 seconds Ten
pause. lange. the wen-known walker Of the home
club was scratch ana VS. loudly cheereu as
cut q9Ta Steele ls Of iIa athletic Assn
citation. 80 SECONDS start was second by only yards
Tie 6OOyards run brought out field Of IS starters
Giet American Ateietc Club AZ yards start won me
York Athletic Club 80 yards start was second by one
Enthusiasts got much excited when A A Jor Ian, OF
the Manhasns came out to try 10 lower the record IN
reeord from 6 i5 seconds to is is amid cheers c H.
Mapes. of Columbia College the scratch man
~ his arm in the first attempt
could not get better than second place smith
leap was 2l feet L inches In the 30 Yards run han
GIcap there were twenty-one starters J. l. smith, Man
haitian Athletic Cub, eight yards start. the final
heat in 90 As seconds. J. J. Lee. me cutler school,
was The was marked by Wendell Bakers
successful attempt lower the amateur record for
running 1913 yards. He ran the distance IN II 5
seconds. The old record Is seconds T. ID. skill
nan, Manhattan Athletic Club. twenty yards start,
beat two competitors IN the twomile run. The time
WIS 9 minutes - Is seconds; T. McMshOn, GrSmercy
Club. forty yards start second by thirty feet
In throwing the l6-pound hammer J. Van iIonsen.
West side Athletic club. 90 feet handicap distance
81 feet and . inches Lsmhrecht of the Manhatians
Scratch threw - There tive starters for
2-mie bicycle hancicap c. NJ Phelps, o. the Har-
lem Nbeemer. IS wards start. came IL winner IN
minutes and 33l2 seconds. l. J. squire OF the lXiOn
100 yards second. and A. G. Prngle or The
are club. with equal START was thlri. NendeN
Baker billion 300 yards run IL 80 30 sec
onds. The 900 ards hurdle haudca was won from
field OF twelve starters by !. T. Rbinehard OF
the Nanhaitans. 10 yards start, IN y seconds.
shaw Of the Olympic. 20 yards start was second
COPELAND the scratch man. made wonderful attempt
bat the Handicapped TOO many tor him. lhe 1000
yards run vas won by c. H. smith, Of the New-Nork
Athletic CLUB from scratch ~ minutes 22 seconds. W
7 Brown. star Athletic Cub. 81 yard. start second.
Iig, satisfied n running The mile dill not attempt
- lower Murray's L. nile record