The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-07
NEW ATHLETIC RECORDS.
NU1TERoUs CHANGES THAT NAVE
BEEg Made THIS SEASON.

Sporting News,
Many records have been broken this
year, and it will be interesting to athletes
to know what the records are and who
the record makers are, They are as fol-
lows:- 3ttt
$50 yards-W. c. Dohm, N. Y. A. G., l
minute 55A seconds.
Two and one-half miles, 10 minutes AZ
seconds, made by A. B. George, M. A. G.
Three miles, Is minutes II rs seconds
p. d. Skillman, N. Y. A. G.
Three and two-ffths miles, II minutes
38 seconds-T. P. Connect, M. A. C.
100 yards, 10 seconds-L. R.. Carey,
Chicago A. A. A.. A number of others
have also a ten second record.
10 yards, II Is seconds-C. II. Sheriff.,
N. Y. A. c..
walked one-twelfth of a mile in 26 80
The record for $50 yards over ten
hurdles is 81 is seconds, made by Stafford
and A. F. Copeland. At 22O yards, ten
hurdles, % 20 seconds, H.. Mapes and A.
Three legged race, 100 yards, 30 rs
seconds, made by G. Brusse and G. L.
Jacquelin.
Pole vaulting-25 feet 4 inches from
toe to heel, G. f. Quinn, NJ. A. c.; "a feet
5 inches from a mark, r. Remser.
inches.G G. r., Gray, n. VA. Gil pounds,
46 feet So inches, F. l.. Lambrecht,
NJ. A. c.; 16 pounds, As feet Q inches,
G. r. Gray, N. Y. A. g.
Throwing Sc pound welght-27 feet 81
inches, ]. S. Mitchell, N. j.. A. G., with
out run; with rum, 80 feet ! inch, by
Throwing the hammer-12 pound, ZIG
feet IL inches, w. L. Condor, N. Y. A.
c., with one hand, 146 feet 6 inches. j. S.
Mitchell, n. j. A. c., with both hands, 16
pound. 1872 feet 9 inches; J.. S. Mitchell.
The English records are:
800 yards dash-20 seconds, E.. H. Peil-
ing, Ranelagh Harriers.
~One-quarter mile-49L seconds, H. G.
Tindall, Cambridge University.
400 yards-49 35 seconds, H. c. Tindall.
Three miles-14 minutes 90 S-5 seconds,
j. Kibblewhite, Spartan Harriers.
Putting IS pound shot-36 feet So
inches, w. Real, Gaelic A. A.
Leon Abbett's speech at Oakland RINK
tonight qoiu be reported in full IN THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS tomorrow. 1t
qUilJ be n of the most important ad-
dresses Of the campaign. Don't tail to
read THE JERSEY CITY NEWS DER
bdtiBl report.
The Athletic Clubs.
The Pamrapo Athletic Club has elected
the following ofiicers;-President, A. B.
Brooke; vice president, Winfield S.
Chamberlain; financial secretary, Charles
r. Vogel; recording secretary, e. G.
Griffiths; treasurer. Henry G.. Vogel, and
captain. r. j. d. Lutz.
The Hamilton Athletic Club has rooms
in the bank building near Pavonia ave-
III and Erie street. They have a well
equipped gymnasium.
The Cable Athletic Club has fifty mem
bers. Its officers are:-L. d. Lane, presi-
dent; Thomas Donegan, yice-president;
George Wood, treasurer; j. Sweeney, sec
rotary; John H~efferman, captain; j.
Hughes, sergeant-at-arms.
The boxing tournament of the Scottish
American Athletic Club, on the 18th inst,
is only for the los pound class. This factis
not understood by the amateur fighters, as
pugilists in every class are sending in en-
tries.
Fhe County Wheelmen.
The storm prevented the run of the
Hudson County Wheelmen to Pompton
yesterday.
Five hundred or more wheelmen will
be in line at the lantern parade of the At
lanta Wheelmen in Newark on Thursday
night.
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Bowling League will be q success.
The entries nave closed for the wheel
ing tournament of the New Jersey Ath-
letic Club, to be held at Bergen Point
next Saturday.
Frank Brown, of the N. J, A. c.,
reached second place in the one mile race
at the tourney of the Queens Amateur
Athletic Association on Saturday.
Strikes, Spares and Breaks
The Volunteer Bowling Club will bowl
Friday nights at Becker's alleys. The
officers are:-John B~achtenkirch, presi-
dent; A. C. Grabo, vice-president; e. O.
Grabo, secretary; George Loesch, treas
urer, and John Fulton, captain, The club
has Joined the Hudson County Bowling
League.
The bowling tournament of the Jersey
City Athletic Club begins tonight.
The second of the series of games of
the Palma Gibbs bowling teams will be
rolled tomorrow night. Team No. will
play against team No. 5, and team NO. 2
will oppose team No. 8.
The Pin knights will bowl tonight at
Muller's alleys.
The Tuesday Night Club will bowl at
Fuller's tomorrow evening.
Well Matched Football Kickers.
The Hasbroucks and Bedfords played
Al eAClbllS SeluS L OOb oc AOopSSo
Park on Saturday. 1t was a sharp, we'll
contested game, and resulted in a tie, as
neither side secured a goal or a touch
down. The bali was kept in the centre
of the field throughout the game. so
well and successfully did both sides
tackle.
Close of the Baseball Season.
The baseball season will close this
week. The American Association are
playing their final games. Brooklyn will
play the games for the worlds cham
pionship with the Giants. The Brook
iyns and Athletes played in the rain at
Ridgewood yesterday, and Brooklyn won
by q score of nine to nothing.
st. Louis won on their grounds and
administered the fourth consecutive
defeat to the Kansas Citys. The score
was, sSt. Louis, 8; Kansas City, 4. The
municipal authorities stopped the game
at Cincinnati.
The record Of the Association follows
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st. Louis. -. ,85 A $50 Columbus . SO rs 1926
Athletic 49,. II IS .563 Kansas City 80 rs .a04
Baltimore. \. go So .543 Louisville .26 Jos 1893
Sporting Notes.
E. E. Barnes. of the New Jersey Ath-
letic Club, was second in the broad jump
at the games Of the New York Athletic
Club on Saturday. He covered 81 feet 5
inches.
~The Wayne Athletic Club will meet