The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-05
ALL SORTS OF SPORTS.
THE A. A. us TWO COMING CHAM
PIONSHIP MEETINGS.

New York Wins the Interstate Rifle
Match--Bergen Pointers Best Bayon-
nese-The LorilIard's Games--shoot OF
the Marion Rifle Club.
The Amateur Athletic Unions second
annual meeting for deciding the amateur
athletic championships of America is now
the chief topic of discussion among the
athletes of this vicinity. The meeting is
scheduled to take place on Saturday,
September IA, commencing at half-past
Two in the afternoon, on the grounds of
the New York Athletic Club, at Travers
Island, in the Sound. There will be no
postponement of the fair, no matter what
the condition of the weather may be.
The events upon the programme are as
follows:-100-yard dash, 220-yard canter,
440-yard run, 120-yard hurdle race over
three feet six inch hurdles S80-yard run,
220-yard hurdle race over two feet six inch
hurdles, one-mile run, one-mile walk,
| five-mile run, three-mile walk, running
high jump, pole vaulting, running broad
jump, throwing the sixteen pound ham
mer, putting the sixteen pound shot,
throwing the fifty-six pound weight, two
mile bicycle race, and q tug-of-war for
| teams of four men not exceeding an ag-
gregate weight of $50 pounds. Two sub
Stitutes are allowed to each team enter
| ing the latter event.
A entrance fee of 50 per man for each
event and $40 for each tug-of-war team
| must accompany all entries. The winner
of each event will receive a gold cham
pionship medal; all the second men will
be awarded silver medals, and those who
| finish third will receive bronze medals.
| Entries close on Saturday, September z,
| with the secretary of the Games Commit
| tee, James E. Sullivan, p o. Box Gil,
Nav x.f
the committee are Harry Mcmillan, of
| Philadelphia, chairman, and Howard
| Perry, of Washington, ID. G.
The all-around and handicap champion
| ship meeting of the Union will occur
Saturday afternoon ON the grounds of the
Brooklyn Athletic Association at the
corner of De Kalb and Classon avenues,
Brooklyn. The games will begin at three
O'Clock and the handicap track events will
be as followS:-One hundred yards run,
two hundred and twenty yards hurdle
race over two feet six-inch hurdles, one
half mile run, one mile walk and one
mile bicycle race. All the best athletes
contests. Billy Robertson will act as
starter and William B. Curtis, of the
Spirit of the Times, will be referee.
Rank of the Clubs.
New York has again closed in upon
Boston, until now only three points mark
the difference between the records of the
pair in the struggle for first place in the
National League race. The results of
yesterdays games gain the Giants another
nine points upon the Beaneaters. Chicago
added ten points more to her prestage
over Philadelphia, Cleveland increased
her lead over Pittsburg by nine points,
and Indianapolis got nine points closer to
the Alleghanies, five points comprising
the gap which now separates the pair.
Brooklyn and St. Louis held their own
against each other in the American Asso-
citation competition, and Baltimore fell off
five points from each. Except a gain of
| five points upon Kansas City by Column
bus, the encounters caused little change
among the other clubs. The result of the
solitary Atlantic Association game gave
Worcester gain of dozen points in her
lead over Newark, who dropped seven
points to Hartford In the International
League contest Rochester lessened the
advantages of Detroit and Syracuse over
her by thirteen aud twelve points respect
lively. London also made another gain of
five points upon Toronto and Toledo.
Here are the records: