The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-23
THE INDOOR GAMES
Of the LOrillards a Success
Local Bowling League
Contests.

The Lorillards at Oaklank Rink last
night ran OF the first series of indoor
games ever held in the State. The en-
tries were large, but the six hundred or
more spectators did not begin to fill the
stalls of that mammoth structure
Among the spectators were many fair
ones who were no less enthusiastic than
the members Of the vsrious athletic
clubs represented, who crowded at points
around the arena to encourage their own
representatives. There were many well
known athletes present The decorations
were pretty. tire music was good q the
games spirited. The affair was q great
success, and the Lorillards have occasion
to feel proud of it. A dance followed the
The failure Of the programme Of events
10 arrive prevents an accurate list of
officials. The programme privilege was
sold to a man named Livingston, who
paid to the organization the instalment,
and was to have paid the balance and
bulk of the amount last night. He de-
faulted, and the association desires to in
form the tradesmen who engaged spaces
in the programme, that the goods were
not delivered, and TO withhold payment
from the contractor. It is the first and
last experience of the club with men who
make a speciality of getting up pro-
qrammes. III future they will attend to
It themselves. for in the past they never
had any drawback Of that kind.
The first event was a go yards run,
handicap, u in six heats. There were
many entries. The first heat was won by
B. Hazen. Brooklyn A. G. g yards); time 4,
IS IS seconds. Second heat G.. HallecK,
Bedford Football Club 70 YARDS; time,
so 8 8 seconds. Third heat, Fl. I. Bolton.
A - - - -4~N. 49, % a0nAn1a
Fourth heat. +. H. C0ghlan. West End
A. c. Is yards; time. 81 seconds. Fifth
heat, n. ). Sweeng. Pastime A. c. Is
yards; time. 30 3 s seconds. Sixth
heat, +. K. Barnes, N. j. A.
c. THE Kangaroo" ~(scratch),
30 seconds. First heat of second trial,
won by Halleck; second trial heat by
Sweeney. The final heat, won by Sweeney
(six yards). Time, 80 2-5 SECONDS Barnes
(scratch). a close second.
There were about thirty starters in the
1000 yards run, a handicap. 1t created
great excitement and the judges found it
hard to render a decision, but finally an
nounced Harry Meyer, T. ID. A. A, 90
YARDS. as the winner Time, 9 minutes.
0 seconds A. g.. Billings, Jr,, as yards),
N. Y. A. c., second.
The 500 yards run, novice, scratch, was
run IN two heats. The first was won by
I. Reilly, l. ID. A. G. Time. l minute
20 30 seconds. Second heat. Hargen, H.
A. c. Time, l minute 20 rs seconds.
Hargen won the final. Time 1 minute
81 rs seconds, with Coughlin, w. E. A.
c., second.
W. Glossy. Wayne A. C. go yards), won
the 1000 yards run handicap. Time,
36.1-5. George j. Bowman, Wayne A. G.
go yardsl was a good second. james Nc
Creary, st. George A. G. go YARDS, came
in third. There were quite a large num-
Der of starters.
the mile and a half walk handicap was
won by G. Michel, NJ. A. C.. (scratch).
Time, II min, IL l 3 secs. J.. Heating, n.
j. A. c. 30 secl. second.
Running high jump-C. T. Weigand,
n. Y. A. G. g inches), 5 #. 81 in; Pnffer.
n. j. A. c. a incnes), 8 #. o in; Nicher-
son, n. Y. A. G. (scratch), 5 IT. 81 III.
The winners IN each event received
handsome prizes in silverware.
The officials were +. (. Carter, referee;
G. C. Griffin and G. p. Kaiser, judges;
Robert Stoll, timer; Sam ID. See, starter;
). V. Owen and IL. X. Zust, scorers.