Daily Republican., 1886-07-06
FOURTH EDITION
Warren Athletes.

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Warren Athletes.
The intense heat Of the day was very
muoh against u large audience NJ the
Uuion base ball grounds, Front ard
Union streets, 20 see the performances
81 the Warren Athletic CLUB. Notwith.
standing the heat some Six hundred
persons were present many of whom
were ladies'. The eNtrclres commenced
n bout twenty Iiiinutes after o'c.cck,
and did not close until nearly q, but the
audience never grew restless nor tired
during this entire time, 80 great was
their interest In the sports.
The first event upon the program was
q 100 yards handicap, the entries being
William Bott, Warren club, scratch !;
w. Nj. MoDarmott, Fish Regiment,
Baltimore, Md, G yards start; Is. Il.
Townsend, Jr. aud i. S Tszewell, Wil'
IL ington, each . YARDS ttart, The con-
testants started at the firing Of pistol,
Nc Dermott coming IN first In 10Y sec
onds, with Bott cluse behind him.
Without allowances Bot would have
won easily.
The second heat there were three en-
tries j. G. Graham OF Llnwood was
allowed yards, &. I. Hepbton, War
rem Club yards, and Z A. Dundore,
Philadelphia, 8 yards, Graham won in
10 rs seconds, Hepbion coming in sec
ond
The contestants in the third heat
were c. O. Kurtz, Warren Club, 6yards
allowance, John +. hyatt, yards.
KuriZ came in first in IL seconds.
la the final heat between Bott, Ora
ham and McDermott, Graham won in
l01S seconds, with Bott on his heels.
/ must not be forgotten that Graham
vas given yards start. There being
objections TO McD3rInoJt being given
odds he was compelled to start nj
scratch. The general feeling WAS iSat
Bott WAS decidedly the swiitest runner
on the ground, but he had the disad-
vantage of odds against him in every
race.
The next exciting event was BIZ
cycle race, one mile. The entries were
10. @ Kurtz and B II. Townsend, Jr..
OF WILMINGTON; and Charles McCurdy,
OF Chester. The race at first seemed
even, but towards the end 1t was dis
covered that McCurdy was only toying
with his weak com petitors, and giving
u squirt LETT them far IN the rear, com.
ing in an easy winner in 4 minutes, ~
seconds.
The sack race was an amusing affair
, between Vim. n. Lee and Fred Greiner
the first coming i'll first III 100 yards
race.
In the halfmle handicap race the
entries were: w S. Jordan, Whining
ton, q yards g. A. Dundore, yards;
| G. U. KurIz Warren Club, 10 yarde;
! George w Coulstuu. Schuylkiil n. A.
{ scratch; George Il DllimaD, War.
rem Clut, Is yards, Coulston came in
tiTs. IN minutes Il ) seconds; Jor.
dan close second.
! Ia tho running high jump that took
place there Were onttios, Nth W. nj &.
dcDeruott at scratch; Gran lille =.
! Qh.nu, PhIla &c phia, with an q owance
q ! inches j. +. Ho,st n, Warren
q u9, Z inches 4 ii CAlkins, same
Q ub, 3 iuche-, and O. T. Hepbron, tame
ub, 4 inches. Toe latter jumped D
I e., 3 inches; McDrrmott, teet, l
/ .ch and Call in-, feet.
A one mI,e waking mach followed
with W. f. kurt2, 81 scratch =. l..
Spence, allowed ~ yards; VII Baker
% yards, and g. b Nichols, Of German
7 Town, Pa, 20 yards.
! The walk caused considerable rnerri~
reut, especially III. cJmical mot.ahs Of
/ NiChols in lis ttsipeJ suit. Baker had
fallen vecy much behind, and mai ing
Is sudden spurt be cluGh. up and " AS
IN tar way ,o pa.s al. his competitors
wLea he received word from the judged
that this was a walking match, and
Baker, STEPPED cut. Nichols on tho iA,t
rOutd gave o squirt, and TO t1s eurpri Il
of al took tie lead ana kept f. to tn
end, wlhu.ns tie race II .shf tanules.
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