The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-31
SPORTS OF THE O'NEILS.
There Was Boundless En-
thuSiaSm at Ca1edOnian
Park.

Park.
Caledonian Park never held larger or
more enthusiastic throng than that which
gathered there yesterday afternoon to at
tend the annual games and picnic of the
P. III. O'Neil Association The crowd was
generous one and liberal in the applause
and encouragement which it bestowed
upon the contestants in the different
events
Nothing transpired to mar the pleasure
of the occasion except the shower which
came up shortly after the games began.
But that soon passed without dampening
in the least the enthusiasm of either the
spectators or the contestants, and the
games went on to the finish without a
hitch.
The first event was 100 yards run,
which had twenty-nine entries and was
run off in seven events, resulting as fol-
lows
First Heat-John Hart, of Jersey City,
first; Robert Curran, of the American
Club, second. Second heat-E. S. De
Lam, of the Pastime Athletic Club, first;
John D. Douglass, of the Westside Ath-
letic Club, second. Third heat-Louis
first; L. Van Rallte, of the Americans.
second. Fourth heat-James Saiters, of
Waldron, Of New York, second.
Fifth heat A L. Berwin,
of New York, first; A. Hart, of the St.
George Harriers, second. Sixth heat
George Cummings, of this city, first;
Samuel Best, of New York, second.
Seventh heat. Helwig, first; T. Clair,
of the ST. George Harriers, second. Final
heat, George Cummings, first; John Hart,
second
The mile handicap run was won by.
William S. French, of the Harlem Y. M.
35c; G. j. Wilson, of New York, with IS
yards, second. The tug-of-war between
teams from the Lorillard and the Alpine
Associations followed. The belt of the
Lorillard teams anchor broke shortly
after. the pistol snapped and the tug was
won by the Alpines.
1t required three heats to dispose of the
twelve men who entered the A0-yards
run. The first was won by William j.
Carr, of the Brighton Athletic Club, with
eight yards handicap, in So sec
onds, with E. S. De Lam, of the Pastimes,
% Varuna Boat: Club, Sc seconds to
capture the second heat, with handicap
of five yards, while H. Meyers, of Jersey
City-14 yards handicap-consumed sew
eral more seconds in securing second place
The third heat was won by Louis Gruber
Of the Staten Island Club, with William
H. Clegg. of Jersey City, second. The
final OF this event was very pretty race
and was won by William J, Carr in IS
seconds. The second medal went to
William C. johnson.
There were thirty-five entries in the $50
yards run, which was disposed of in two
heats. The first was won by S. Wander
most. of Jersey City, in 2:1Sk, with NJ
Florsheim, of the American Club, second;
Gus S. Miller. of the Prospect Harriers,
third, and Samuel Blumenthal, of the
American Club, fourth. In the second heat
William Norton, of the Hackensack
Club, came in first in s;12; Il. Il. Morrell,
the Pastimes, third, and J. Seelybach, of
the St George Harriers, fourth. The final
between these men was exceedingly close,
and was won by William Norton, with
Gus S. Miller quarter of second behind
him.
the final tug of war between the Alpine
and Murphy Bros. teams. The friends of
the two teams broke through the inclosure,
and in spite of the police crowded about
the teams. For several minutes the ribbon
remained stationary and then it gradually
began to move toward the Alpines. It
remained fixed for a few seconds, and
then began to move gradually in the
other direction, when suddenly there was
q loud snap, and the belt of the Murphy's
anchor broke For several seconds the
three Murphys pluckily held the Alpines
in check, while their anchor wound
the. rope around his waist But
Slowly, but surely, the Alpines
urged the ribbon in their direction and
when time was called they had won by
three feet. The Alpine team was made up
of Patrick Driscoll, captain; James Downs,
William O'Brien and John Redden, an
obor and William DimOn1 canfain. n
Miles, r. Farrell and j. Curly, anchor
the Murphy Bros. team.
A fine exhibition of heel-and-toe walk
ing was given in the two-mile walk W.
A. Berrian, of New York, the scratch
man, was a good walker, but was SO heav-
lily handicapped that he abandoned the
contest ON the last quarter. The walk
was finally won by John Sawyer of the
L. Aucherbach Athletic Club in 16 minu-
ties, So seconds; John Lambert of the
Young Mems Institute finished second, 4
seconds later.
A three mile race closed the gamet
which narrowed down to pretty confess
between J. S. H. and A. S. MacGregory
of the Brighton Athletic Club. j. S. H.
MacGregory from the scratch won in
sixteen minutes and 2S seconds, with his
brother two seconds behind. Commits
sioner James F. Cannon was referee,
Freebooter McDonough, Alderman
were judges at the finish and Sheriff
Davis was one of the measurers. DIR.
William Dimond kept the time and
George Logan started the men.
After the games there was dancing and
| general merrymaking. The entire affair
was a success in every respect and the
| O'Neils have every reason to congratu-
late themselves.
| (For other Memorial Dan obseFrances. see Third