Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11
end Of the time they had bettered it to the
tune Of an inch.

THE RCNNINo HIGH JUMP.
During the rest between tugs tho running
high jump was started, the bar being placed at
feet inches. The entries were: C. 7. weigand,
N.Y.AC. j. Fitzgerald, p A. c. Nv. NJ Macdermot
MAC; w. NJ. Christie, MAC; A. Nickerson
Mao: D. c. Clegg, INCA; L. Cooper,
MAC; H. L. Halleck. MAC. L. d. Lang, B.
AA.; p. X. Pritchard, LAC; ]. E. Morse, B.
A.A.; J. +. O'Brien, DAG.
One by one they went over the bar, going
about it in all sorts Of ways, but all getting
there at the iirst height.
SECOND TRIAL OF TUG OF WAR.
There was no intermission now. While the
jumpers were at work the second trial of tug
Of war was started Both teams we're from
the New York Athletic Club. No. was COM
posed Of ". 6. Coats. anchor; z. L. Laidlaw,
c. p. Gafney and j. r. Buchanan
Team No. 4 was G. Schumacher, Maxwell E.
None, R. E. stoeckel and o. ]. Stephens.
ler, substitutes. Team No. 2 got
the better from the go-off and
managed to hold it to the end, winning by a
foot and a half. This narrowed the contest for
FIN ais in the tug of war down to tho Acorns and
the n. I.A.C.'s better team.
TIE HIGH JUMPING.
All this time the high jumping was in prog
ress, the bar going up by little steps. Several
Of the men missed at feet ~ inches.
and the contest narrowed down one by
one. At S feet 81 inches some
more had retired, but there were still
enough left to make it interesting. The bar
was then put up two inches higher and it began
to go down with more regularity. At fees .
all had fallen out but Nickerson, Gong, Halloca
and Pritchard.
PUTTING THE SHOT.
While the jumping was in progress the 16-lb
shot contest was begun. The entries were ].
Buckley, MAC; Geo. P. Gray, N.Y.AC.; John
Ryan, W. C. and AC.; +. L. Lambricht, NJ. c. C. /;
MAC; c. Coghlan, NJ. AC.; E. j. Gianani. N.
VAC: II. Il. Allen, jr., MAG, and NJ. u.
Janeway. MAG Not all of the contestants
had not put in an appearance when they be-
San. George X. Gray the shot with a
put Of 40 feet inches. beating the best put OF
43 feet inches. beating the best put of the
A.AU., his own of Al feet inches. f. L.
Lambrecht was second with a put Of 40 feet
10 inches. The others were ). s. Mitchell
SO feet inches; E. ]. Grannini, 81 feet 10
inches; g. A. J. Sneckberner, 36 feet 81 inches:
c. Coghlan, 35 feet inches.
In the jumping contest that had been going
on all this time finish was reached when the
bar went to feet . inches. Eickerson, Long,
Pritchard and Hallock all cleared it at that
height, but Nickerson was the only man who
could 20 any higher He won first place by a
jump Of 5 feet 10 inches, within a half
inch Of the record Of the A. A.U., made by
Pritchard. The other three men tied for sec
ond place at feet 9 inches In the jump of
Hallock won second place. feet 10 inches, on
the fifth trial.
The final pull in the tug-of-war for first place
between the Acorns and the N. y. A.
c. was in the hands of Oak Seed,
from the drop Little by little they improved
on their first gain and won the pull by about a
foot
In the high jump Pritchard was third, with
5feet 91s inches.
RUNNING BROAD JUMP.
The entries in the running broad jump were:
J. H. Clausen, Boston AGA; W. W. Christie,
MAC; C. T. Wiegand, N.Y.A.C.; E. E. Barnes,
N.J.A.C.; J. C. Puffer, N.J.A.C.; A. +. Cope
land. MAC; Z. F. Ramsdell, A.C.S.N.; d. G.
Clegg, Y.MC.A. and A. A. Jordan, N.Y.A.C.
THE BROAD JUMP RECORD BEATEN.
Copeland won the honors with a Jump Of
% feet g inch, beating the AA.U. cham
pion by TX inches. RemsdpI was second,
with 22 feet 81 inches. Jordan was third, with
~ feet ~ inches.
THROWING THE HAMMER.
W. L. Condor. N.Y.AC.; ]. S. Mitchell. NY
A.C.; +. L. Lambrecht, MAC; p. A. J. Queck-
berner, MAC; c. Coghlan, MAC; Ell. Clan