The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-08
A HEYDAY FOR SPORT.
The Lori1lard Athletes Hold
Championship Games
ON the Heights.
PENNANT GAMES AND RECORDS
Jersey Cricketers and Ball TOssers
.Successful---The Bayonne Row.
ing Regatta.

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Association had its fall meeting and picnic
at the Caledonion Park yesterday. 1t Is
needless to mention that the attendance
was large.
The athletic contests which took place
In the afternoon drew 600 young people.
They were interesting for the reason that
the question was to be determined which
was the champion all-round athlete. Fiji
teen had entered, but only eight partlcl-
pated. They were A. c. Grabo, j. Hod-
nett, r. Irvine, j. Salters, G. Vandermost,
J. H. Finlay, A. Lewkowicz and w.
Farrell.
The competitors were required to take
part in every event. The points allowed
were three to the winner, or first man,
two to the second man and one point TO
the third man in each event. The man
who received the greatest number OF
points was awarded the champion medal.
The opening contest was the lO0-yardS
dash. The first trial heat was won by
Grabo, with Irvine second. Time, IL 20
seconds
The second trial heat was won by
Vandermost, with Farrell second Time,
IL seconds.
The final heat was won by Grabo, with
Vandermost second and Irvine third.
Time, II seconds.
The second event was throwing the six
teen-pound hammer. Grabo dropped 1t
sixty-two feet from the mark. Hodnett
was next, and Lewkowicz third.
The standing broad jump followed.
Lewkowicz cleared nine feet six inches,
Grsbo was second, two inches short, and
Farrell was third
The running high jump was the next
event. Farrell cleared the bar at five feet
one inch, which was better by an inch than
Hodnett could do, who was second. Van
derInost was third.
The half-mile run was the next on the
the card. Vandermost reached the tape
first. He did 1t in 2 minutes 1875 seconds.
Grabo was the second to arrive, closely
pursued by Hodnett.
The half-mile walk was a severe strug-
gle and had the judges of walking been
exacting some of the competitors would
have been disqualified, as they were
pounding the pear shaped track at dog
trot Hodnett caught the tape first
LewkoWicz was second and Irvine third.
The time was 4 minutes Is seconds.
The one mile run, the final champion
ship event on the card, was intently
watched by the friends of the three lead
ers Grab0 had ten points to his credit,
Hodnett had eight and Vandermost seven.
IF Grabo failed to get place then Hold
nett had q chance of capturing the coveted
prize and Vandermost had good chance
of tieing his rivals. 1t was hard run,
but Vandermost had the greatest staying
qualities and came in an easy winner
Hodnett finished second and Grabo just
reached the third place and won the title
of champion with total of eleven points
Hodnett and Vandermost each had ten
points and they ran special dash at 100
yards to settle who was entitled to second
place. Vendermost easily won He did
the trick in eleven seconds. splendid
sprinting for tired runner.
There were in addition; four events
open TO employees of the factory. The
first of these was the two-mile run. This
was won by j. Fl. Finlay, closely chased
by j. Moran. ~. Salters was third. Time,
10 minutes, SIS seconds.
The 440-yard hurdle race was won by j.
Hodnett, who beat j. N. Brown home by
Two feet The time was ! minute 6 2-5
seconds.
There was half-mile run for boys who
work in the factory. Michael Nevin
crossed the finish first, with w. Hardy at
his heels. The time was 2 minutes SO
seconds.
The most laughable event on the pro
gramme was the potato race. 1t was run
in two trial heats and final. The
course was strewn with potatoes and
contestant was required to gather up the
potatoes and put them in box he car
ried. The contestants repeatedly changed
places, but the crop of potatoes as well as
the speed told in the result. The first
trial heat was won by Lewkowicz with j.
Salters second The final heat was won
by Lewkowicz with Irvine second
The time was good, as the track is slow,
.and the contestants had to engage in every
contest.
The officers of the day were:
Referee-George D. Bushfleld, Evening Jour
nal Judges-S. p Jones, T. +. Maloney, w. s.
Brown. Judges at finish-W William Farrell, S. p
Jones, I. c. West. Timers--Cal Mccarthy JOS
Young, Il. O. Grabo. Starter-Julius Reff
rers-Jesse Sullivan, Joseph Wiele. Scorers
Thos. Brasiel Rudolph Phlug, Announcers-
john Dunn, Lou Wertheim. Clerk Of Course
II. J. Acheson. Assistants--Benj. Werthein j. T.
Farrell. Chief MARSHALL. Harrigan.
The attendance at the games was de
cidedly slim, when compared with the
vast crowd which assembled at the park
last night when the picnic began. The
large platform was denSely packed, and
small space was allotted to the dancers
The grounds about the dancing platform
were covered with merrymakers. Despite
the vast gathering the picnic ran smoothly
and happily, and nothing occurred which
in the slightest broke the round of enjoy
ment
There was great excitement over the
lottery drawing, in which the ladies were
deeply interested. Cole, the florist, had
donated basket of beautiful flowers;
numbered ticket was given to each lady
as she entered. Duplicate tickets We're
placed in hat, and the lady holding the
number corresponding with the lucky one
went home with the basket of flowers. 1t
is said Mrs. Moran was the prize winner
The grand march was led by Director
James Salter and Floor Manager Samuel
Hartley, who managed to carry the long
line through some pretty and intricate
movements without collision or a break
There were SO many handsome young la
dies present that it would be unjust to
uIention only a few and it was impossible
to get list of all.
The duties of the officers of the night
were onerous, but they cheerfully worked
hard and succeeded in pleasing every one.
The Floor Committee gave valuable
assistance to the director, floor manager
and assistant floor manager, James
Dollin.
The Reception Committee, of which
Martin Rowe was chairman, did not
neglect, but royalty entertained their
numerous guests.
The jolly party dispersed at midnight.