St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-20
BUT ONE RECORD SMASHED
Annual Winter Games Of the Amateur
Athletic Union.
SPORTS OF VARIOUS SORTS.
Madison Square Garden so Densely
Packed That the Doors bad to
Be Closed.

Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-The annual
winter games of the Amateur Athletic
Union of the United States were held in
Madison Square garden this afternoon
and evening. The entry list, which
numbered over 700, was SO unprecedently
large that the trial heats had to be run
off in the afternoon. Contestants were
present from all over the country and
at both exhibitions the garden was
crowded. The officials were William B.
Curtis, referee; judges, HI. F. Stan
cliffe, A. c., Washington, D. c.; John
S. White, b. A. c., John F. Hunter,
A. c., Schuylkill Navy. and James D.
Denegre, Princeton College, A. c.
George Turner. of Philadelphia, was
ing was so densely packed that the
committee had to refuse the sale of any
more tickets. The results of the final
contests were as follows: seventy-fve
yard dash won by HI. Luerson, p. A.
G., in 4-5sec.; $780, yard dash won by w.
c. Doane, P. A. c., in min. 3-5 sec.
2:20 dash, handicap, won by M. j.
Donovan, P. a. c., in "a 4-5 seconds.
The running high jump was won by L.
S. Sherman, of Yale, 5 feet. In the
lacrosse game between Staten Island A.
G. and Rutgers college the Staten
Islanders scored the first goal. The
game was played with one goal and in
a limit of Is minutes. An exhibition
of foot ball followed between the Uni
versity of pennsylvania and Rutgers
college. The game was lively and
ended in score of 6 to 0 in favor of
the Pennsylvanians. The game was
played with two goals and time limit
of 20 minutes. Another exhibition OF
LACROSSE FOLLOWED
between the Staten Island A. c.. and
Rutgers college. 1t ended with score
off, to 0 in favor of the Staten islanders.
The standing broad jump was won by
actual jump of ten feet, five and a
quarter inches. The second bout at
foot ball between the University of
Pennsylvania and Rutgers resulted in a
victory for the former by score of to
O. The total score was 10
to in favor of Pennsylvania,
Four hundred and forty yards
handicap was won by T. j. Stear,
Berkeley Athletic club, in 81 seconds.
Fifty-siX-pOund weight throwing, won
by M. O'Sullivan, p. A. B., distance 81
feet liz inches. The two-mile bicycle
race was won by W. G. Glass, of the
Brooklyn Bicycle club, in minutes 81
seconds. The first of the final pulls IN
the tug-of-war between the Varnuna
Boat club and the Y. M. G. A., of Phil
adelphia, was won by the former by 81
inches. The one mile walk was
won by j. G. Forbes, p. A.
c.. in minutes Sc Is seconds.
Company B, of the Second Connecti-
cut regiment, won the second pull in the
tug OF war from the Bradford team by
two and one-half inches. Two hundred
and twenty yards hurdle race resulted
in a dead heat between w. HI. Struse,
S. /. A. c., and Ed Weinacht, N. Y. A.
G. The mile run was won by w. D.
Day, N. j. A. c.. in minutes 81
3-5 seconds. The final pull in the
tug of war was between the
Connecticut and the Varuna Boat Climb,
and was won by the latter by one and
one-half inches. The last event of the
evening was the running off of the heat
between Struse and Weinacht. 1t was
won by Weinacht in thirty seconds.
Gray, In the weight throwing, was the
only one to break the record.