The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-08
CARY DEFEATS SHERRILL
IN THE IOO-rARD RUN At THE NE"
yOHK AIHLETIC CLUBS GAMES.

Games In Honor Of the Ladies'
Tho Nav York Athletic club held their forty
/ fourth set Of athletic games yesterday aitet'
noon, and as Is customary with thegalant or
ranization. dedicated the day 10 the iali
friends OF the club who responded to tho com
plment 10y attending In large numbers ana
looking their sweetest
There were nearly 5000 present when the frs'
event was started. The visitors found IraV-
ers's Island looking ravishinE in its green
summer dress fesoOed with flags and gay
decorations with tho military band from
Davs's Island fusnishing inspiring music
Tho railroad facilities were all right but the
transit from Pelham Manor station 10 the
islund was vexatious. The first special that
pulled out from Harlem depot had thirteen
cars and othor trains followed at short inter-
walls Stages were 70 convey the CLUB Fues's
10 the island. but the supply was totally lha"e-
uuato to the demand and as consequence
! hundreds footed it along the country road
| although by no means an unpleasant walk.
| The Great American Hog was present as
WAS evInced by the sight OF stages filled WIN
man while the majority OF those that trampeu
were women.
Tho events we're all scratch COMPETITIONS
and, as is generally tho case. the pronortion Oh
starters was small. The sensation OF the meet
! ing was the defeat OF Sheriff. In the ilnal neat
| OF the 100 yard dash. Cary turning the tables
OIL the Yale flyer. Sheriff. fell mt the hnish'
and it was said he injured himself. but at no
stage of the game did he lead the Princeton
| crack. In addition. Cary carried OIL the ~
yard and 0uarter-mile runs. while his college
mate oddy w Tnns Ge Amt lay Between Tho
| New orks and Manhattans for points. ana tne
former came out ahead scoring lrsts. sec e
Ouds and . thirds, n total of 81, While tne
"chIeerry diamond" was credited with lirsts.
seconds aud third. q total OF 81 points; eoo-
yard run. j. $. Roddy. Manhattan A. ", H.
sharpe. y. Y A; G.. and " NJ Moore. n: \, a; Il
meet and settle old accounts, there being great
iuteIest to see whether tho Haryari man
would repeat his victory of May Il. But Dohm
was sick and DowneS was at Cambridge at
tending examination. and in place OF the an
icinted duel there vas WE, VERY lame race sss.
oHd ana Moore a vory bad last. Time. min
only six contestants appeared for the 100;
yard dash, but rs the two rivals. Sheriff. and
not disappointing, In the first heat we're G. d.
y. A. C. and Princeton and V. Mapes. Bel
kelley A. G. sheriff. won in l4as seconds. with
The seconi heat had /, H.. Carey NJ A. A., {; apd
Princeton; II. j. Lee. \. y. 4. G.; and ". y.
S1er 81 d. the Lee T0n On era crack ss
himself Tor the final. airy won the final heat
in 10 seconds. Sheriff. IA ling yard from the
second. and Nredenburgh third. Cary ran on
to the llO-yard mark; covering that distanr99
il sSS rs ssfh MfnfS Is f o have
sprained a tendon OF his leR-nn old injury =,
The 4to,yard run had Jour starter" nsTsra a. II,
H ii; IS loine n !. A. {. Cary Won easily il s.
DevereauX looked TO be dangerous. but died
uway forty yards from home. The time Is fairly
s6d unaeT ra .n9 S0Pds race had five contest
ants and was run in two heats, first and second
in each heat 3nr in tna m MiI bam
pion and record holder. had virtual Talk-
Syer in the rss heat sns II H.; fss0nds + +
c. G" a deal heat (Sr seeon1 place, G: sehwegler
walk over in the second heat. Barnes and
latter won. The final was a hot race. Williams
winning in 1G,a seconds. SchweGler second.
dies, ami the winners shins must be sore. as
five hurdles succumbed to his impetuons
q Five c o aprearsd Tor the mile run
four of which wore the cherry diamond;"
The runners were A B. George, NJ. A. C;W i
Horn 6ortel. NJ A. c.. and A. De Witt Cochrane.
n y. A. G. There was nobody in the rnce with
eorgS S0n always fI hed the IRIS well in
nsh Young @a h SGso
oRy M -four sHred il the h. Half pS
Il. i. A. G.. and j. s. Roddy Princeton and Nj.
A. c. Roddy won comparatively easy in min
utes 10 seconds, Wright second. and Billings
Gsorse L. Gray \ J, a; G.; won the, the shot
~ ieet liz. inchcs. and Z, J. ,Ganinni. n. Y. 4.
C.. third, with 81 feet ! inch. Gray went on
2i:pound shots. Goudon of the New Y9rks and |
OSullivan OF the Pastimes were the other con- |
teStantS in the l6-pound competition.
hu II RI n ba r6
dash-l. II. Cary, Princeton and NJ A. G. r.. l. |
Lee. y. y, A. C.. and T. Nredenburgh. n. y. A, |
second. Time. ~ 20 seconds. Cary seemed !
in better form than at tho intercollegiate
The Vineyard hurdle race was run in two
heats, The first had C., 7. Wiegand. \, Y. a.
G.; 4. Brown, p A. C.. aud = LenulHon. n. \. A.
onds I.rown second The second heat was
much faster such Flyers o as IT,; L. WILLIAMS \
ana T. a Paer IN j. AofdnT Meeting A. Wiams
won in u rs seconds. Schweger second. The
final was an exciting race between Williams
man yard in n Id seconds. Lentilhon third.
The high jumping c9mpetition was contested
4. C., and il. /. II allock. NJ. A: c. The cham.
pion was in good form, as he away;S, is on
and Hooper tied for second place at 3 feet 6 |
inches, and the former won the toss. WieEand
attempts at b feet II inches but could not quite
clear II.
The competitors in the pole vault we're: J.
Crane, DR., Boston A. A.: Il. +. Curry, Boston
A. A.. (; H. A. Cooper. Nj. A. g.. ANA l.. ID. Ryder.
II. i. 4. c, and Yale. The latter, WHO is the
champion won with 10 feet |
inches. Crane and Curry rielng at 10 feet inch.
The former won tho toss. Cooner was thought |
to be the dark morse in this but was in poor
form
There were ton competitors in the broad
jump and the winner turned up in l.. T.. |
Barnes. New Jersey A. c. who cleared q feet
D inches in Il manner which long ago earned
him the soubrIuuet 81 the Jersey kangaroo"
Victor Mnuos, berkeley A. G.. took second
pre- 18th % ieet IL = inches. and W # |
\. \. A. g.. was third with 70 feet |
inches his first win in some time.
only four hammer throwers appeared In that |
contest. +. L. LHmbrschi. NJ. A. c.. l.. }. Gin-
mimi \. J. A. G.; N. OSnlliyan. +. A. G.. ard
v. L. Coudon, ~ y. A. C.. The latter is tho
mt throwing with one hand and in
this manner succeeded in defeating The others
using both har DIS. He won with ll9 fertGt.
inche.. Lambrecht WAS second with ! ~ feet
s inches D'Sullivan third with ~ feet Q inches.
The obstacle race was "a laughable and in |
tricate affair beng over smooth board fences.
under log a few inches from the ground. |
climbing rope ten leet in length. through
barrels and various other hardshps, al hav-
ing u tendency to brnise the contestants, but
providing immense fun for the spectators.
Tho winner turned up in J. II. BELL. y. Y. A. G..
with i. q. Woodruh. New Jersey A. g.. second.
and ". b. Miles, n. !; a. C.. til rd. Woodruff !