The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-30
FIELD DAY.
The y. u. c. 4. Outing Clubs OF wheeling
and Martins Ferry Have n Pleasant Ar.


and Martins Ferry Have n Pleasant Ar.
teruonn.
The field day exercises OF tho Wheel.
Ing aud Martins Ferry \. N. G. a. Out.
Ing clubs were a success, and tho crowd
that filled tho grand stand at tho Base
Ball Park was immensely pleased with
the amusement afforded. The spec.
spectators in the grand stands comprised
more ladies than were ever seen ut any
similar entertainment oil the grounds.
Martina Ferry was about rs well repre-.
sented as Wheeling, and no creditabie
performance by q Martins Ferry per.
former went nnapplauded.
The first thing on the programme was
a five inning game OF ball, by picked
mines from TIM two outing clubs. At
the end Of tho fourth inning, after the
game had been interrupted by rain three
times, tho score stood IL to II. and the
managers decided It was n good time to
call tia draw and end tho gnme.
Tho next contest was the standing
broad jump, which resulted o, follows
on tho first round: Exley, Martins
Ferry, 0 feet , inches; Robt rtshaw, Mar.
tins Ferry, . feet 7 inches; Wbitehouse,
5 feet O inches; Kelley, 10 feet 8 inches
Blaisdell, 0 feet. Secone round: Ex.
ley, a fall; Robertshaw, 0 feet s inches
Whitehouse, s feet Q inches; Blaisdell,
Q teetG inches; Kelley, 10 feet . inches,
Kelly was declared the winner.
Running broad jump: Robertshaw,
Martins Ferry, 10 ieetG inches; Mckee,
Martins Ferry, Il feet; Dlaisdell, IL feet
10 inchesi Whitehouse, Is feet 9 inches
Kelley, l6 feet. Second round: Robert.
shaw, ID feet s inches; Mckee, IA feet s
inches; Blaisdell, 10 feet; W%hitchouse,
II fall; Kelley, 10 feet 3 inches. Kelley
vas again decided the winner.
The standing high jump was very in.
teresting and quite Il contest. The en-.
tries were, Blaisdell, Kelley and Mar
shall, and Montgomery and Mckee, OF
Martins Ferry. All tue boys dropped
out till Kelley stood alone, and he iiual.
" failed to clenr the cord at 4 feet s
inches, having cleared 1 feet Z inches.
The running high jump was the most
holly contested exercise Of the day, Tue
entries were Montgomery, Exley aud
Shrevc, OF Martins Ferry, aud Huse.
man and MARSHALL. Shreve dropped GU.
first, and was followed by Marshall and
Montgomery. HusemGn nnd Exley held
each other very close, until Hnseman
tniled to clear tho string ut 4 feet 10
Exley clio !red It and was declared the
winner.
The base ball throw was won by
Eugene Warren, by throwing the ball
100 yards and fifteen inches, the other
contestants coming close to his distance.
In the 100 yards dash, Montgomery,
OF Martins Ferry. and Hnaeman, oi
Vince | ig, came.in attic in II Is seconds.
In settling the tie Huseman won by u
few feet miles seconds.
In the 50 yards dash for Juniors,
George ltuseman won in I seconds.
The Indian club race was won by
shreye, OF Martins Ferry.
The putting the shot contest was won
by Cattell, OF Martins Ferry. The re.
sults were 90 follows: First effort,
Smith, OF Martins Ferry, "a feet Q
inchesi Cattell, Martins Ferry, 81 feet
II inches; Blaisdell,' % feet; Warren, 90
feet I inches; Prosser, 20 feet 5 incnes.
Second effort, Smith, % feet 3 inches;
C%attell, 20 feet 0 inches; Prcsser. 90 feet
inchesi Warren, 81 fee. 6 inches;
Blaisdell, "a feet 1 inches.
|. In the go yards race, Kuseman won
in % 5 seconds; with Montgomery n
close second.
The lawn tennis contests resulted rs
follows: W. NJ. Cattell and Charles
Ho!le, Martins Ferry, against Wilson
Kelley and Percy Norton, Wheeling;
won by Kelley and Norton. Score, 0 to .,
Fred. Jones and Geo. Robershaw, Mar
tins Ferry, against Archie MoGat and
G. Paxton, Wheeling; won by Jones
and Rohertshaw, acore, G TO l. Fl. Smith
and c. O'Brien, Martins Ferry, against
Jos. Speidel, Jr. and L. Wheat, won by
Smith and 0'RrienI score, d to /. JAS.
DIXON against Wilson Kelley; won by
Kelley score, 0 to O. Chas. Hoyle
against fercy Norton; won by Norton !;
score G TO O.