New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-16
TRYING TO BREAK ATHLETIC RECORDS
A LARGE ATTENDANCE AT THE FALL GAMES OF
THE MANHATTAN CLUB.

TIE MANHATTAN CLUB.
The eleventh annual games OF the Manhattan Am
etic Club were held at the Manhattan Athletic CluD
Grounds Yesterday. A large crowd was present ana
several hundred women were on the efah'-s'au'
The officers OF the games were: Referee, George W.
Carr ". \. c.: judges, II. Beardsell, HuddeIShe"
fEnglardj Athletic Club; Charles II. Mapes Columbia
college Athletic Club: William J. Swan. NJ. A. C.;
timers. W. g. Hegcman, Brooklyn: George A. Avery,
NJ A. C. Charles G. Hughes, NJ \. G.. starter. Harry
p. Pike, NJ. A. C.. ; Judge Of walking, T. \. MeEwen'
NJ A. {. This evening a delegation from the Mai-
haitian Club under charge of @. NJ. l. Sacks, VIII
start for Detroit to take part I'm the games for the
championship Of the American Union The following
members OF the club will compose
the team: Fred Westing. H. NJ. Banks
ir 5 j. King, George :. Estes.
H. 5 Young 4. f. COPELAND D. l. TompkIns. W. c.
Adams, J. T. Norton, L. NJ. Vandcrvoort, f. d. Lange,
C. |. Nlcol T. Ware ". 4. Berrian, c. b. Irwin,
T. L. Lambrecht, J. d. Webster. l.. d. Godshall and
H. Crumlcy dinner will be given to the successful
athletes by the governors at the club house, NO o24
Fifth-aye on October % The details Of tho games
yesterday are:
The first contest was the final heat in the 100
wards run Nlandlcap, the trial heats having been run
last Saturday. when the games were interrupted 10y
rain The race was won by A. T. Copiand time,
10 30 seconds. ! IL yards start; {. Get second
Win IL yards start. Fred Westing amateur
champion Of England Ireland and America failed 10
r p Connect then tried TO break the American
record I'm the mile run which was made by r. g.
Carter In o minutes - 3s seconds. He finished In .
minutes and Al 90 seconds thus falling to break the
In throwing the sxtcen-pound hammer there were
only two competitors. L. L. Lamhie'ht won bN
throwing the hammer lO7 feet 10 inches; George n
White second with the benefit Of thirty five feet band
cap throw the hammer 66 feet and inch, thus making
a 10 A! Of IOl feet inch.
There were three starters I'm the 100 yards hurdle
race, which was won by \. +. COPELAND, scratch In
America and Canada for the 900 yard low hurdles.
Tho competitors I'm the running broad jump were
4 T. COPELAND. scratch, George \. White. feet q
Inches start H. A. Cooper, feet start and j. Gibbons
In tho $50 yards run Handicap there were seven
starters j. C. DrvcrcauN with a start OF sixteen
wards won in 80 10 sccOrds
T. -. Iangc. amateur champion OF America and
Canada for tho two-mc walk. then Tried to break
the worlds quarter mile record which Is minute
and 2G seconds and the half-milc record. which is
3 minutes and - seconds. I!c walked the quarter
mile In minute and ~ seconds and the half mile In
minutes aud 10 seconds.
In the 14o yards handicap there six
starters a Cooper led from the start aud finished
IN % % seconds.
Fred Nesting tried 10 break the worlds record in
the seventy -fvc-yaid dash. but failed Ia do 80 hy
one twentieth OF Second, as he finished In IS
onds. Al this pOiut O.. VI. l. sacts presented Nj
Ncstlng with gold watch a mark OF esteem for
having recently won the championship of ireland In
the 10Oyaris run and that Of England In the 300.
yards run
The ESQ yards run was won by r. T. Connect
who started At the scratch, In minutes and q sec
onds.
HOLDING THEIR FORTIErH ANNUAL REGATTA
The fortieth annual regatta Of the ATLANTA Boat Club
WAS held yesterday on the Harlem River one-hun.