Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-21
FOURTH EDITION


Had Yesterday been favorable, the
Warren Athletic Club would have met
" it'll q very large audience. Notwith,
standing the rain that fell in htiul
showers all day until between and D
o clock In the afternoon, making the
grass and ground wet and muddy, not
lsss than 500 persons assembled TO see
the sports, and they took the greatest
inter est In the games. Owing " the
rain some OF the projected feats were
not performed.
The first exercise given was BY hori-
zontal bar performers, in wh1oh n. Il
Greiner, g. T. Dilman and George y.
Hepbron excelled, and received the
hearty plaudits Of the crowd. High
kicking followed, in which Heporon,
Gilman and William FL. Baker MADE y
splendid record.
The foot race for boys under Is years
OF age, 100 yards, WAS an exciting con
i test, aud on the first heat 1t was tle
between r. p. Edwards and d: ID.
| Crossley. The second heat resulted In
Edwards leading Crossley only about
two inches ut the end of the race. Inc
next was 1O0-yard handicap race, for
which William Bot, OF WILMINGTON,
and q. Buck, of the University OF
IPennsylvania were the entries. bot'
was the wiuner, leading his competitor
Ionly six inches. Bolts time was 10 8 y
seconds In pole vaulting G. l.. u
Thornton, Of Chester, led. he making
record of eight feet and an inoh.
The next exercise was 100 yaro
dash for the championship of Delaware
William Bott came in 10 80 seconds
the same as in the handicap race, and
was followed closely by G. I. Hepbron
Next came a avy.weight tug Oh
|, war, the White team, with George
Barney as anchor, and the blue team
with A. j. Neidermaier as anchor
Victory perched upon the white team
A quarter mile haL dicap came next
, in which s. Hutchins, OF the Univer
sity of Pennsy lvania, won in 6S.2o AM
Il. Buck was an uncomfortabiy CLOS
second.
The bicycles were next rooied out L
contest in a mile race. b. Keen, o
the University Of Pennsy lvania, woI
) lin 50 minutes, and E Kohler came II
r second. II. IL, Curtis, OF Newark, IN
present champion bicyclist OF Della
ware. was expected to take part In thi
race, but he explained that he broke hi
I bicycle last Wednesday and could no
b get another in time to take part III IN
I race.
r Inc half mile handicaps led to q
d animated contest between II. Farle
!. and III. Hutchins. the FIRST winning 1
A two one fourth M inutes. w. b. Page
4 | the University won the running hig
: lump, his record being 8 feet "a inche'
o ii, Buck led ia the 22O yards hAndicsI
}, with W. Il. Kurtz second IN 20 /,
! iseconds. In the 440 yards race 3. e
: Bott won over George 7. Hepbron /
|. l60 1.5 seconds.
h The most amusing part OF the aitel
q noon performance was the attempt
climb the greasy pole. The big pretz
and other prizes fixed TO the top OF u
pole was strong stimulus for SON
!: yepturous youths to go up and g
y them. What, however, could not
n accomplished by pole climbing con-
l. be accomplished in another way. III
athletes made q ladder of themselv'
:, standing on each others shoulders, Il
e topmost man graspinR the prize al
distributing it amongst the contestant
Next came the lightweight tug
war between the whites and the blue
y, the whites winning ~ inches by ma
ct work.
G. T. Hepbron won the 1870 var
n Il hurdle handicap in lSH seconds, al
In ,G. T. Dilman took the plize In the
T. stacle race.
at CT. Hepbron took tho Clayton Pri
y for the best average. Hepbron made
running long jump Of is feet inch
and put 1917 pound shot % feet a
u inch.
Quite a number OF the exercises b
TO be postponed on account OF the y
and wet condition Of the ground, !
the audience was well pleased vi
what they did see, aud heartily he
the Warren Club may have fair d
OF their next annual.