Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-18
ATHLETICS ar THE ARMOKY.

Saturday Nights EvenGs-AbOut 1000 People PresenG-ExcItinE Contests.
 At the Yale-Second regiment muster games Saturday night about one thousand people were present. In the 440 yards dash, the first heat was won easily by J. M. Down ey, Go. K., 16 yards, time 59 3-5 seconds; O. R. Thomas, Y. M. c. A., 16 yards, sec- ond. The second heat was captured by O. Porter, of Amherst, 8 yards, time 60 seconds; E. D. Ryder, Y. U., 16 yards, second. Ow- ing to the tracks slippery condition several men slipped and fell, thus running their chances. The third heat was won hands down by E. Lentilhon, Y. A. A., yards, time, 611s seconds; J. Latham, Co. K., second.
 In the final heat Downey led his competi- tors around the track and again the cry of "What's the matter with Downey" was heard from all parts of the armory. He won with ease in 59 3-5 seconds. O. R. Thomas was second.
 c. T. R. Bates won the mile walk in 2 min. Al sec. E. D. Lange walked finely but was too heavily handicapped to win. He was defeated 10 seconds by Bates. Lange's time was 2 min. and 1 sec.
 The high jump lasted nearly an hour and was won by F. F. Sliney of the Olympic Athletic association, actual jump 5 feet inches, handicap inches; D. G. Penney, of Yale second, actual jump feet and inches, handicap inches.
 The fifty yards dash was interesting all through with the trial heats won by the fol- lowing: First heat-F. W. Robinson, of the Yale association land New York Athletic club, handicap three feet, time 534 seconds; second heat, J. F. Kitson of Yale, time 5 1-5 seconds; third heat, w. Keating. New Jersey Athletic association, time 3-5 seconds; fourth heat, T. J. Lee, New York Athletic association, time 3-5 seconds; fifth heat, W. 0. Dohin of Princeton, time seconds; sixth heat, P.J.Wurtz of Yale, time 6 15 seconds; seventh heat, C.Csmp of this city, time 6 1-5 seconds; eighth heat, V. Mapes of Columbia, time 5 4.5 seconds; ninth heat, J. P. Lee of c. Janeway of Yale, time 4-5 seconds. Second trial-First heat, dead heat between F. W. Robinson and W. Heating, time sec- onds; second heat, V. Mapes, time seconds; third heat, T. 0. Janeway, time, 6 seconds. Finals 50 yards dash-V. Mapes took this close second.
 There were eighteen starters in the mile run. T. P. Connef of the Manhattan asso- citation was the scratch man. His running was greatly admired, and he and Harmar had several lively little brushes until the Jersey Athletic association won in minutes and Al 2-5 seconds, handicap 70 yards; ssc- ond, 0. O. Wells of Amherst.
 Go. B won the tug-of-war against Colum- bia Go. B won by one-eighth of an inch. Columbia, it is said dropped considerable money on the event.
 The West Side clubs team were defeated in tine tug with Go. Ks team. The latter won by 2 1-2 inches.
 The final heat was between Go. B and Go. K teams; Go. B team won-composed of L. K1ing, L. P. Kling, M. Kling and A. Kling. For "Klinging" they are hard to beat.
 The first heat in the 220-yard hurdle was a procession in which N. L. Deming of Yale led and won in 33 4-5 seconds. H. Phelps, of Columbia, finished second. Second heat This was an interesting race between T. J. Leahey, of the s. M. A. 0. and T. A. Cooper of the Manhattan club. The former won in 31 3-5 seconds. Final heat T. J. Leahey won in 32 seconds. T. A. Cooper, second.
 The 16-pound shot putters had pounded away at one end of the aFmory for an hour and the results were announced as follows First, T.L.Lambrecht of the Manhattan club, scratch, Al feet inches, second, H. L. Will Hams of Yale, 33 feet, handicap feet inches.
 The potato race was funny and the first heat was won by W. N. Moore of the New York Athletic association, with J. Novel; of the K. K. A. second. Second heat, W. Har- mar of Yale 56 1-5 seconds; second, B. G. Woodruff of the Y. M. O. A.; final heat, J. Howell finished an easy winner in 57 seconds, with w. M. Moore second; Harmar finished last.
 The obstacle race concluded the evenings events. It was won by B. e. Woodruff in minute and 21 seconds; G. Y. Gilbert of the New York Athletic club was second.