Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-26
THE COLUMBIAN GAMES.
Young Men Of Muscle Striving for Ath-
letfc Honors.

AN INTERESTING SERIES OF CONTESTS YEsrER-
DAY Observation-Disclosures PERFORMANCES
BIZ THE ATnLErEs-A PKBFEcr DAY AND A
LAHGE ATrESpAxCE-DErAIIs OF TIRE EVENTS
! Tho weather bureau broke its record vcster.
day and made hundreds OF folks happy by fail
ing to produce rain, so MS to necessitate another
postponement of the fall games OF the Column
oia Athletic Club on Analostan Island. As IL
happened much to the general surprise. the day
WAS perfect, and not a single accident occurred
to mar the occasion so long anticipated. There
was a large attendance, an unusual number of
! ladies' being presen. to witness the sports, and
the performances of the athletes were greeted
with the clapping Of scores Of gloved hands, as
/ well as with the exercise of manly lungs.
The games were perfectly successful. and al
though all Of the contestants are not quite
happy over the results. as is perfectly natural
! everybody acknowledged that the work done
| showed wonderful improvement in the gem
| eral standing OF the men who took part There
were some surprises and some disappoint-
mcnts. but the audience left tho island when
the games were over and the stars were begin
ming to twinkle firm in tho belief that the Co.
iumbia boys will be able to hold their own
| against any OF the foreigners who may com
down here to meet them next month.
THE ONE HUNDRED YARDS pAsH
The events were begun very nearly on time,
the first heat OF the InO-yards dash being run
! at about Ais. OF the twenty-five entries but
ten racers took position at the starting tapes
I There were three trial heats, three men run
ming III each but the last. The first was run by
J. i. Elder, J. b. Elliott and II. J. Clark IL
was "a not chase for Elliott and Elder after
Clark. who had nine yards handicap. Elder
having six and Elliott two. Elliott won in 10 rs
seconds with Elder second. The second heat
was run by 5. J. King. scratch; T. V. Coville.
four yards. and J. s. Tyler, seven yards, King
winning in 10 3-5, with Coville second.
In the third heat were II. NJ. Dickinson and
W. Ii. Chichester, jr., 1T the scratch, and Z.
Simpson and Z. j. Mclean at seven yards.
Dickinson won in 10 9-5 with Chi
chester second. Chichester's running was
not his best. as he was suffering from u lame
side that panied him very badly ut times, but
he showed tGat he had plenty Of good muscle
and the promise Of very fast time in the fu-
ture Then .he second men ran in a trial heat
10 determine yho should enter the finals. Elder
won in 10 2-5. beating Coyil,e by u yard. The
final heat. which WIS run after the next event
had been put out of the way. was as pretty Il
race as any that has ever been seen in this
! vicinity. Tho starters were Elliott. Elder
Dickinson and King and it was simply l. ques-
ton OF how long it would take the scratch men
to overtake the plucky Robert with his six
yards start They did not do it. though King
made a mighty effort, coming in second by
and his time was set down as 10 rs. lie was
rOundlv cheered for his victory. the crowd
being utterly surprised at the outcome OF the
race.
HAMMER THROWING AND POLE vArLrINo.
The throwing Of the twelve-pound hammer
was begun badly, Elder throwing the metal 81
feet II inches and the handle breaking on the
rebound from the hard dirt of the base ball
diamond. This event had to DO postponed I'M
til another handle could be fitted to the iron
ball. and IN the meantime the pole vault took
place. Beall. Simpson and Dashiel tried their
skill in this event. but Dashiell had n very lame
ankle and was badly handicapped by that fact
He let the tries go by under the rules, 80 as to
save his foot until the rod was at feet TO- when
lie tried and failed. withdrawing from the con-
test Simpson. who was vaulting with inches
handicap. failed with the rod at feet and the
victory went to Beall, who at the scratch
The crowd grew very enthusiastic over the
hammer throwing. On the first round no one
did anything remarkable. the highest record
being Dickinson's toss of Ill feet 2 inches
The competitors we're Rainier, Irwin and Dick
lnson. scratch; Butterworth 10 feet and Elder
Is feet. On the second round everybody did
better. Elder ran his throw up to 90, butter
worth TO 100. Irwin to 1911, whereat the
spectators yelled; Rainier to 100 SO and Dick
in5oD to 1922 this setting the crowd wild. No
one touched this record, and after another
round, in which everybody did worse than in
the second and n final try by Irwin, as second
man, Dickinson was announced the winner.
THE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY YARDS RACE.
The trial heats of the 900 yards run next took
place. In the first were Elliott Chichester.
Elder and Tyler, Elder winning in 232 In the
second heat were King. Clark. Dickinson and
Simpson. King won in ISL. with Clark Sec
ond Elliott was second in the first heat. The
final, which was run after the running high
jump, was contested by the first and second
men of the trial heats, Elliott winning in g. l.
Elder second.
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.
The running high jump was the neatest bit
of work of the day, Coville winning with great
case, never touching the rod until he had left
all OF his competitors far behind, and tho rod
was at feet 61z inches. His style of jump
ing is exceedingly graceful being without any
apparent exertion and every motion counting.
His feat was rewarded by loud applause from
the grand stand. y. f. Lewis who lasted
longer than any OF the other contestants,
stopped at fOar feet and four inches.
RACING on BICYCLES.
There were five starters in the safety bicycle
race-Barber. Oliver, Harry King, Meckrille
and Stay!or. Barber was badly handicapped,
the nearest man being 100 yards away while
he was the only racer at the scratch. Mack
rifle and Oliver were at lC0 Staylor at 100 and
MINK WO1 DlrDer gave I'D
after racing a couple of hundred yards seeing
that the start of the others was too great to
overcome. and he waited until they we're
coming down on the last of the four laps when
he braced up and gave Mackrile pretty race
TO the tape. Mackrille's time was 1853
King was second, Oliver giving him close
push. In the second heat which was run in
about n quarter of an hour. the same result
was produced, and this ended the race in favor
of Mackriile. in this heat Staylor dropped out
soon after the start and the race was between
Oliver and King for second place. 1t was n hot
chase. ard the home stretch was very exciting
Oliver lost by half length. Mackrile made
this mile in 3.52.
THE OTHER RACES.
Kenyon, Chichester aud Elder were the only
starters IN the 40 yards race, Chichester at the
| scratch, Kenyon with 10 yards and Elder IG.
Chichester ran a beautiful race considering his
condition and lost by neck Ia 81 seconds,
Kenyon winning.
S. E. Lewis won the running broad Jump
against Green. Buell. and Coville. He made
20 feet inches.
The go hurdle race was run by Chichester.
Coville, Buell. and Webb. and was won hy Chi
| chester i'll 30.3, with Buell. second. Chiches-
ter WAS at the scratch with Coville, Buell. at 8
yards and Webb ct 10. There was not tum-
bic i'll the race. -.".
Kenyon won the $50 yards run in 22s with
plenty of distance between him and O'Neill.
whom he had passed with ease On the west
| stretch in the secoud lap. Webb was the only
other contestant.