Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-24
BIe ATHLETIC ENTERTAINMENT
The A. A. U.,s Hsig Meeting i'm Mad
ianIi Snnnra Garden.


The A. A. U.,s Esig Meeting i'm Mad
isan Square Gardens
The greatest indoor athletic meeting
ever held in this or any other country
was that held at Madison Square Garden
on Saturday evening by the Amateur
Athletic Union. There were about 800
Individual athletes who competed In the
various trial events in the afternoon and
only finals were run at night. The i'm.
mense garden was packed with O dense
mass which cheered enthusiastically at
every event. This doors at the garden
were closed before all who desired could
be admitted. There were probably 1000
spectators present including goodly
per centage of ladies who were Just as
enthusiastic as their male escorts.
The only Wilmingtonians who conn.,
psted were s. w. Merrihew and b. Frank
Mcdaniel, who Ind been entered by the
Warren Athletic Club In the two miles
bicycle race. Both mon were badly hsndi-
capped and had to oonoede starts ranging
from 80 yards for 7. 8. Brown, the Wash
ington racer to ITO yards for Baggot, Bor-
land, Caldwell and othsr men equally as
fast an themselves while they received 20
and 80 yards, respectively from Crist.
Both men were in the same trial heat
with Mertihew virtually at the scratch.
Mcdaniel was afraid of the corners and
Merrihew gradually drew up on some Of
his competitions, passing some five or ak
and landing third in his heat. In the
final, Merrihew rode beautiful and game
race and although he passed three of the
nine competitors he could not overcome
the big handicaps OF the leaders. He
finished sixth. The following is the re-
suit OF the games
There were 60 starters in the as yards
run handicap. There were II trial heats
and winners only were TO start In the
final. These were William P. Henry, o.
A. O.; A. II. Oamaoho, s. /. A. O.; W. A.
Wade. s. l. A. o.; O. L. Jscquelin, s. l.
A. o.; Thomas J. Lee, N. Y. A. o.;
William II. struse, s. l. A. O.;
e. j. Llidlaw, N. Y. A. O.,
II. M. Sehloss, P. A. O.; William B.
Adamson, Y. III. O. A., Philadelphia Fl.
Luersen, P. A. O.; A. j. Van Saun, NJ. A.
O., O. Geer, A. @. s. N; M. j. Heating,
N. ]. A. Oh; j. p. Lee,N. Y A. O.; Joseph
MpGuosin, &. A. A., Yonkers N. Lin
icus, o. A. o., and o. Holloway, A. q. =.
N. The final heat was won by II. Luer-
sen, g yards), by one foot, in ASS. W.
II. Struse, l., ]. A. O., was second and N.
Lin;cus, o. A. c., third.
$50. yard run handicap, SIS starters, won
by W. O. Dohm, N. Y. A. O. az yards. }
Time-2m 1858. J. W. Rumpf, s. A.
A. o., was second.
w. A. Morris, colored man, from the
Y. NJ. O. A., Philadelphia, was an excellent
third.
Standing broad jump, won by Eugene
j. Giannini, N. Y. A. O., over field of
SO. His jump, with inches handicap
was 10 feet 81 inches. Arthur a. zim-
norman, Freehold 'Oyclers, was second,
and W. A. Seebold, p. A. O., third.
Two hundred and twenty yards ruu
handicap, won by j. Donovan, Pastime
A. O. al yards), finished inches ahead
of his clubmate, o. s. Do Lam, "a A 5s
p. j. Lee, New YORK Athletic Club, was
third.
Running high jump, hsndicap-T. j..
Shearman, N. Y. A. O. q inch), won With
jump of feet 8 inches; z Rush, 8. A.
A. O. (6 inches), second, with 6 feet D
inches; Il. A. Linden, B. NJ. 0. A. Is
inehes), third.
At foot ball the team Of the University
of Pennsylvania beat the Rutgers college
eleven in the hrst half 20 rainutes by a
score OF @ 10 D. Hume securing touch
down from which Thayer kicked goal
In the second half the University scored
points more. Final score, 10 to D.
The lacrosse game was OF two rounds
Of 30 minutes each. The Staten Island
A. lie Glab team beat tho RGteefs Col
lege tgm 81 70 goals @ ~ aEs.
ThrgNing tEe &c pounl w'F5t VI q
Sullivan, p. A. O. e feeD, won at 81
feet III inches; 3. Tech, s. | A. e.,
second, and George Il. Gray, N. Y. A. q,
(scratch) third
Four-huudred.and.forty yards run
Won by 4 j. Stead, Berkeley A. O. az
yards), in 5fa; W. e, hughes, Pastimf
/ A. o., second. and l. l.. Be!tiag, D. L. A
O., third.
J Two milo bicycle raoo--w. q. Claqs
Brooklyn 3, @. GAO 3ario) irst, ia 7m
, 3ls a; ]. Frank Borlaud, Brooklyn B. q
(l30 yAcde) second; e. A. Powers, River
sido Wheelraen lao yhsls) third.
One nile wslk handicap j. q Forbes
P. A. q. go seconds), first, in 7 m
J Sc S.; +. Ir0wu, p A. @. t3G pecoaigl
SECOND; Il. Diase, e. A. O. (2U secondly
:, third.
Putting the 81 pound shot George r
a Gray, New YorN A o, ('uatcA)i sant IN
: missile 50 feet s inches beating the rtc3s
8 (his own hy fve inches.
4 Putting "a pound shat Il D. Giaunini
n Now York A, q 90 feet 6 iuches) first q
. 50 feet 81 inches; Z. A. Morgan, $ l. 4
!. Q, az feet), Hecond; Arthur Schroeder
New York a. q, third.
Mile run-W D Dry, New Jersey A
O. $50 yatds), fIrst in an. 81 8 SO; W. /
l. Morris, I. IA o. A, "a yaEasl, second
8 and ]. p. Lloyd, Yale College third
q $40 yards hurdle haniicap--EI We
a nacht, New York A. o. (l3 YARDS fir
. :, in 31s; W. II. Struse, y. /. a. o.. seeont
= and |, s. Green, \. !. A. q third.
II Tug OF wsr. Twelve teams compete,
"a The weight limit WAS ESQ pounds IT
IS Anal heat was won by Company b, Sc
4 ond Regiment, National Guard, state
y Connecticut. They defeated Varui
+ Beat C!ph team of Brooklyn. by half
ia inch, pfter pull of Ave minutes thkt s
await bddy in fha UaFIan aImnat cEazv