The morning call., 1890-10-19
ATHLETICS.
Next Saturdays Field Day at the Olympic
Grounds.

Next Saturdays Field Day at The Olympic
Grounds.
Next Saturday the Olympic Club will hold
an invitation field day at its new grounds
AT this season of the year the weather
lavorS games held in the open and large
gathering OF members and their friends is
expected to be present The athletes who
viii participate have been exercising for
weeks, and the officers OF the Z. c. \. A a.
look forward TO some record smashing in
the running events.
Aside from the usual fiat and hurdle races
there will be special events. such as sack,
potato and bicycle races. MeSSTS. o. L.
Morgan and T. II. Harris. Of the Welsh
Racing Cyclists, will attempt TO lower the
Pacific Coast bicycle records for one and FIVE
miles respectively, and the days sport Will
conclude with a four-rGund boxing contest
and a catch-as-catch-can wrestling bout,
best two out OF three falls on the turf in
front of the grand stand. This Will be an
innovation on this Coast.
The coming wrestling tournament will de-
velop a number Of new champions. Tue
uidale-weight contest promises 10 be very
interesting, as 1t is generally thought that
Cole. HaOerly. GroS and Petty are very
evenly matcLed and will make a hand strug-
gle for the first prize. As the heavyweight
class is rather limited for contestants II is
quite probable that Cole and Haberley Will
tllcI luG Tie l4GdN eight CulItcSt. iuu dl-
tempt to save the trophy for their club
from Schwartz of the Lurlne Club, who IS
said TO be quite clever wrestler. LlndOp,
NigmUre and Lutgen,are wrestlerS who VIII
have a hard tuSSle for the lightweight
honnrS.
What strange occurrences happen IN this
great Western city now and then unnolced
by the general public. A noted writer on
pugili,m, Who was 'fndulging" in a short
vacation few months ago.. made the re-
maTba ole discovery that keaTny street had
replaced Market and that Stockton street
ran at right angles with the former, and IL
was ever thus.
There has been so much said concerning
the American record for the running hop.
step and jump, that the following descrip-
tiun OF 1relaud's star performer, Daniel
Shannon, who competed against Victor
Southeastern Of the Olympic Club in the
long Jump. will be interesting:
The lIiShman's figures were accomplished in
running TWO hops aud jump which Is allowed
in The game called in Ireland The running hop,
step ana Jump. In America the games are con-
Sldtred different. SLanahan's figures at this
ggme ale 90 feet Ia Inches, ana be made this
great performance al Limerick, Ireland, August
g. 1888. In The fall OF that year he visited Amer
lea on the Gaelic Athletic team, but owing TO
tue different nature OF the grounds lie could not
approach The hGuTes lie made IN lIea ana. when
lie made this record he the Gaelic champ
iunship at Tie running hop, step and jump.
In a running hop, step and jump lie athlete,
II again, which Is called the hop; then he lakes 9
slude, landing on the opposite 1901, and the nual
movement IS a jump from that foot, landing on
both leet. III making running two Lobs anu a
Jump the athlete, alter giving The hop as III The
other game, hops again, landing ON the same
loot. aud his last move Is Jump leaplng fIom
lhat foo and landing GU Two
1t Is claimed thai a further distance can be
covered ID running two hops and jump
than in a running hop. step and a juG', because
III The former all the work IS done on one fOUt,
which becomes better developed in proportion
than the other foot. Another point IN favor OF
the work being done by the muscles on one side
OF tie body the position OF the athlete does not
change, as Is necessary In the hop, slep and
lump, when first one and then the other foot
non and sometimes Zig-Zag course. Many who
have lTied both games say mat WhlIe better hg-
UIes can he done al Two hops and Il jump they
pl eler The mop, step and jump as an exercise be-
cause UdeYeiOpes bOth legs.
SAdnahan J. - years Old, feet II inches tall,
and weighs l4O POUNDS IN athletic Clothes lie
Is a hrst-Class ailTOund jumper. He has cleai ed
over - feet at lie running broad JUMP, anu
Championship games with 81 leet 1919 inches.
These figures usually win, but he WAS IN very
watm company. Victor L. Southeastern won The
contest with % feet / a inches, and i. +. Cop
land wds secOud with over % leet.
There WAS no grass good enough III the vicinity
OF the la &c eastern cities where SBaua-
han Was that fan Tor him 10 make great figures
ai his fSEoflte game, and lis best enOItS al the
TWO hops aud a jump was a liJJle over 40 feet.
In doing this game lie hops with his right leg aud
clears on tie first hop 10 feet. His next hop Is
between - aud IA feet, and Ills fual jump Is
close 10 : tret. To do The game vel one must
have well rolled, spTingy turf tor tie jar in land
Ing on the various hops Is great, ana If there Is
not some give TO the ground no jumper can stand
the strain. he next best flguies al The running
TWO hops aud a jump are 40 feet Inches by L
Connect, also oil Ireland,