The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-31
TWO GREAT DAYS.

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TWO GREAT DAYS.
The N. j. A. C.'s Carnival of Sport ant
Its Running Record Smasher.
Three Thousand lovers Of Guido or
sports, the largest crowd that ever Qat b.
cred ON the grounds of the New Je rsey
Athletic Club at Bergen poin t, attended
yesterday afternoon the Sc cond ann ual
spring games of the organization, and
aided in making the day the grea test
event in the club's history. The games
n their results are summarized De
low
One hundred yards handicap dash
Fou dozen starters ran in nine prelimi-
nary heats, the winners. and second men
contesting four second trial heats. Only
the winners. of the latter heats ran in the
final heat. Jinx Talylor, Boston Al. A.,
OK yards. won in 10 1s5 seconds. but was
disqualified First place was given to NJ.
protested against Taylor for fouling him
at the finish. M. j.. Donaron, Pastirne
a.. c., ~ yards, was gwen second place,
and J. X. McMuIlen, Varnna Boat Club,
8 yards, was awarded third place.
Eight hundred and eighty yards run
from scratch for novices-About forty
youngsters were sent away in two heats,
the tlve men finishing first in each on
testing the nnal heat. which was wonin
two minutes seven and three-fifths sec
onds BY G. l.. Batchelder, Boston A. A.,
with ID. Donavan, Pasrime "A, c., second,
and Charles Skillman, n. J. A, G., third.
Handicap running high jump. T..
Schemer, Pastime A. G., 4 IL inches, was
first with 5 feet 9 l-2 inches. f.. NJ. Ed
wards, N. j. A. c., 4 inches, was second
with 5 feet 9 inches, and }. F. Doherty.
Boston A. A., 5 1-e inches, was third With
5 feet s IL inches.
Throwing the sixteen pound hammer.
handicap-Won by B. @. Davis. Brighton
A. G., 35 feet with l40 feet 8 1-2 inches.
J. M. Steinberg, American Al. g., 35 feet,
was second with 1877 feet 4 inches, and f..
{ Lambrecht, Manhattan A. c.. IL feet,
l las third with 1856 feet A 10 inches.
zone mile bicycle race for the clubs
championship-Ferd. B. Hesse Won in 2
minutes 81 3-5 seconds, with A. A. Zim-
norman second. Frank G. Brown third.
and Sydney b. Bowman fourth. The
menrode from scratch, and the time was
only l is seconds behind the record.
Two hundred twenty yards handicap
canter-About fifty starters ran in four
preliminary trial heats, the winners and
second men contesting the final heat. II.
Morrell, N. j. A. q. (3 yards), won in
81 As seconds, with w. e. Hughes, Pas
time A. c. % YARDS. second, and S. e.
Corbett. N, =; A. E; 90 YARDS. third
"a AHAAN-tSc%R nRih-O- ~. IAcht~
ing, Pastime A, G., 20 seconds, and
virtually scratchman, finished first in
IS minutes, 81 seconds. Clarence An
drade. N. G.. ! minute. 80 seconds, was
second, and r. Mcintyre, Pastime A. c.,
! minute, IS seconds, was third.
Handicap running broad Jump-George
Schwegler. N. Y. A. c., / foot, 6 inches,
was first with 20 feet, | inch; G. p. Hol-
den, Palisade Boat Club. q feet, was sec
ond with % feet, and F.C. Puffer, N. j.
A. O., l foot, was third with 81 feet, Z
inches.
Six hundred yards handicap run.-Four
dozen men ran in two preliminary heats,
and the sixwho finished first in each con-
tested the final. Frank @. Clark, N. J..
A. c., (35 YARDS won in l minute IA sec
onds. with w. Lennon, Star A. c., Els
yardsl second, and H C. Johanson. Pas
time A. O., go yards) third.
One hundred h twenty yards handi-
cap hurdle race.-First place in the final
heat was won in IL Is seconds by George
Schwegler, N. York A. G.. (pIus IL yards),
with Fred G.. Puffer, N. J. "A. G. (plus 10
yards second, and e. E. Barnes, n. J. A.
O., (plus 5 yards) third.
Three mile handicap run-Wlliam d.
Day, the champion long distance flyer Of
tie n. J.. A. c., started from scratch in
this event, being booked to break the
record of is minutes and S seconds he
matte last fall on the same track. He fin
lSneu second TO j.. y. Rogers, N. d. A. u.
Il minute 40 seconds). who won in Is min
utes rs rs seconds. J.. McGregor, Pros
pect Harriers (45 seeonds), was third.
Young Day was encouraged by the
cheers of the assembled thousands
aud he covered his first mile in 4 minutes
IS 3-5 seconds. Two miles were reeied off
in 9 minutes 36 rs seconds. AT the next
lap he was about 2S ahead of the record.
Two and a half-miles were made by the
youngster in II minutes 10 3-5 seconds.
He crossed the finish in IA minutes and
SO seconds and fell in a dead faint, hav-
ing by his tremendous speed and pluck
placed the record 20 seconds ahead.
There was a lively competition between
the Pastime and New Jersey Athletic
Clubs for u handsome silken banner for
the organization whose representatives
scored the greater number Of points. The
local club won with IS points, not includ-
ing the 5 made by Morrell, who was until
recently a member of the Pastimes. The
Pastimes tailed 81. the New York A. c.
made 10, the Boston A. A. secured q, the
Brighton A. G. got 5, the American and
Star Athletic Clubs. the National Guard
and the Palisade B. G.. won 8 each, while
the Prospect Harriers and Manhattan A.
G. made l each.