Evening journal., 1890-07-14
WARREN cLuR SPORTS.
Saturday, Strange to Say, Was Clear
Many Exciting Races

rem CluD has generally had rain ~ ~
annual meeting, but Saturdays exer
cises passed without any dampening
A large and enthusiastic crowd tillec
the reserved seats in the grand stand
and part Of the bleachers. and the clos,
events Of the day excited bursts OF ap
! plause.
Hyatt's Military Band was also In thu
grand stand aud the interval be-weei
events was taken up with snatches o
Little annie Rooney" and less moderI
airs.
The track was laid on the ball grount
and the circle starting at the grant
stand encom passed the positions of right
centre aud left field. The course wal
uneven and dusty, although the eartf
was hard
! The runLing and bicycle races were
the mos. closely contested and exciting
Samuel Jones Of the w. A. c., won th,
/ 100 yards dash for the championship Of
Delaware and the Bates Challenge Cup
over two other contestants. Jones alsC
won the 100 yards dash handicap. He
had start Of eight yards. He finished
a good second In the 220 yards handicap
Washington Q Seeds of the Whining
ton Wheel Club, won every race in which
he started and added many laurels to
those previously held In each Of the
four races, excepting the vo-mile race
for the championship Of Delaware, the
other starters had big handicap on
Seeds. He kept with the procession un-
til the next to the last lap, when be
weAt ahead and stayed there. The two
mile safety was the closest contest, Seeds
winning from Clarence A. Elliott by a
length.
The sports commenced at 2.30 o'clock,
and continued until Q o'clock The fol-
lowing were the officers Of the day
games committee, A. j. Niedermaier, r.
b. Crossley, w. +. Kurtz, Joseph Simms,
Charles Il Simmons, Charles r. Blckta,
g. Q. Kuriz. Horace Mcdaniel,
Charles A. Glazler; referee, w. F..
kurtz; judges, John s. L5ckard, g.
l. Hepro1, George H. Kerr; field
judges. Il. NJ Howard. j. o.. Patterson,
Jr., K b. Crossley; time keepers, w.
H. Recap, O. @. Kuriz, M. f. Davis
starter, George d. Turner; clerk Of
course, Charles F Bickta; assistants,
f. w. Cullen, Lewis Hance; scorer,
j. II. Shipley; assistants, Joseph Tag
Rart, John Mcbride; marshal, A. J.
Neidermaier.
The summary of the events follows:
100 yards dash, hsndicgp-First heat.
5. Jones, w. A. g., first; O. =. Amwake,
A. @. s NJ, second; time. 1925 seconds.
Second heat, X @ Barnes, n J. A. O..
6rst ;E. S. Ramsdell, A G. s. N. second time,
102 seconds. Third heat, Il. II. Dickin-
son, first; II. A. Smith, Jr., A.C. s. N,
second; time, 10 3 8 seconds. Fourth
heat, M Stratton, Jr, A G. s. NJ, first !;
+ r Sliney, second; time, 10 30 seconds
The second man In each heat, was given
second trial heat for place In the final
trial heat This was won by e.
5 Ramsdell, time, 10 seconds Final
heat, s Jones. first E. S. Ramsdell,
second; time, 10 1-5 seconds
One mile bicycle race-W. g. Seeds.
first +. M. Dampman, second; time
minutes, q seconds.
$50 yards rum. w. Schliohter,
Athletic Club OF the Schuylkll Navy.
first; J p Williams, fthlatio Club Of
the Schuylldll Navy, second time 2 min
utes, seconds
$50 yards dash, open only 70 members
Of the Warren Club Lewis Noeall first:
" n unsteil, suco-o, ttlAs II ~
seconds.
Two Aiie LiSsa rca for the cham
pionship 20 pti4wtre, won By WI @.
Seeds t,uie 9 miuutes, 80 seconds Q.
a kgsotb. second.
Ola uila walk. handicap-F AL Grad
NOnl, Warren Athletic Club, first; 70 A.
Sahofeld, Philadelphia Young Mems
Christian Association, second; time, 8
minutes, o seconds.
flN rnrte InuL - ..f e
Delaware and Bates challenge cup
Samuel Jones, Warren Athletic Club.
Hlst; Lewis Mccall, Warren Athletic
Club, second time, II seconds. II
should be noted that the time, 10 8
seconds. made in the frst 100 yards dash,
was made by a competitor who had eight
yards handicap. The time would have
been over II seconds If made from the
scratch.
Two mile rur-J. B. Reilly. Atheletic
Club Il Schuylxill Navy, first, r. w.
Schlicter, second, time 10 minutes 20 40
seconds. Reilly won this race by 150
yards besides 50 yards given his oompet-
itors in the handicap
Three-mile bicycle race, handicap-W.
G. Sc de, first, r. NJ Dampman second.
time 8 minutes 43 2 seconds. This was
a very exciting contest and although
Seeds gave his competitors from 100 to
100 yards handicap, he won easily.
Dampman also rode well in this race.
220 yards handicap-First heat, H. NJ.
Dickinson. frst M Stratton, Athletic
Club OF the Schuylkill Navy, second,
time. % 2-S seconds Second heat
Samuel Jones, Jl.. Warren Athletic
Club, first; D. s. Chesterman, Athletic
Club OF the schuylkill Navy, second
time. % seconds Final heat-H NJ.
Dickinson. 6rst Samuel Jones, Jr. second
time, 23 2 seconds
Two mile safety bicycle w. G. Seeds,
nrst 9. A. Elliot, second time, z minutes,
) seconds. In this race DAmpman
rode a ladies' hickory bicycle, 60 which
be was unaccustomed, which caused him
to come in last.
Running broad jump-Club msmberl
only, won by l.. Q. Lewis; distance, 2C
feet, 1OA inches; d. L. Chesterman, Is
feet Az inches, second. b. G. Barnes
New Jersey Athletic Club, jumped q
feet, l19 inches, but lost from bein,
handicapped
Running high jump-Lewls Mccall
8 feet inch, first prize; John Y Cooper
second, feet / inch. r. a. Lonan,
| jumped feet inches, but lost tn
prize from eing handicapped
Putting 10 pound shot-Murda McKen
zie, Philadelphia Young Mems Christina
Association first, 80 feet inches; II
n. Dickinson, second, 80 feet III iuches
There were eight competitors entered
but only those two competed.
Running high jump. f. Sliney
first, . feet Al inches; z. Il. LohanC
second, feet y inches.
Excursion 10 distoric Battleflelds.
! A series Of special excursions TO the BATH