New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-16
ATHLETES IN BOSTON.
! GREAT MEETING AT MECHANICS, BUILD
ING.
THOUSANDS OF THE CULTURED PEOPLE OF THE
HUB PRESENT TO WATCH THE ANA
rEURs DISPLAY THEIR Drawn
HANDSOME PRIZES FOR WIN
NERs OF THE CONTESTS.
,py TELEGRAPH 10 THE TKBCSE.l


A., ,s dre tho credit for giving the largest and most
Interesting amateur exhibition Of athletic sports, all
things considered witnessed In this country anu
n will have the inevitable effect OF lending Vaiaoe
in,nes TO athletic sports The management Oh the aier
COS placed in the hands of men familiar with sport
Inc history They were these; Referee, William b.
curtis y. Y A. c. Judges at hnish'
w e SCHUYLER " Y. A. c.. A @. stevens N. J. A. C.;
". II. Goodwin, ir., b. a. A. Field Judges-F. W.
Jansson 5. /. A. c.. Walton Storm, NJ a. c.; j. t.
Sullivan p a. c., and secretary A. a. u u b. MOT
rison b. A. A., and Eugene Buckley, b. y. A. Inhe-
keepcrs-George Avery, ~ A. c.; J. G. Lathrop' Los
ton starer-w II. Robertson. New-York Ohlcih
Announccr-Frederick W. Burns, p. A. c. scorer
II g. Otis b. A. A. Official Handicappcr-E. {. Car
tor n VAC. The contests included one mile walk
for which there twenty four entries putting inc
16pound shot, thirty nine entries; throwing oopound
weight seventeen entries; 220yards hurdle'raoc'
forty-one entries running higliump, hity-two en-
tries 900 yards run, ninety-nine entries hall-uilo
run nncty.one entries; pole vaulting twenty eight
or,os. one mile run scvcnty-scven entries 40 yards
min eighty six entries and n tugof war, making In all
eleven contests More than 100 men came on from
New York Harvard entered forty men for different
contests, and the total entries numbered 7ol
As in all similar contests dispute has arisen In
regard 10 the handicapping which was done by E. G.
Carter On the Manhattan Athletic Club Carter mn
doubcdiy acted according his best Judgment in the
llsht Of evidence I'm the and one questions his
purpose 10 treat everybody fairly. However. some
disappointed at his ruling in the foryyards dash
T. D. Fisk who has better public. record than either
Ice or Morn Of Hartford. was given handicap Of
four feet moro than they. Again, I'm the e20yards
dash Fisk whose record Is 81 . seconds given
yard more than Iawcs, with record
OF IS seconds while Greenlca,, entirely unknown
man. with record al all. given only three Yards
moro. In the 4AO-yards dash, Banks, Columbias
famous sprnter. has second faster record TIM"
IElncklcy OF Yale. yet they were both put on par
With four yards more each than Wright Of Harvard.
who made no showing AZ the Mott Haven games last
year. In the shot putting contest. where Jancway,
Of Princeton With public record Of 30 - feet. wns
given foot shea Of Harvard, whose correspond
ing record Is something under IS feet. As rule.
however IN all the handcappinS the scratch men
we're given a trlfing advantage, and that was as II
/ should be-
Tho track was not &c good could be wished, some
ot the corners being sharp. and in the dashcs much
cau.lon v,s necessary 20 avoid trouble Tho prizes
offered BY the noston Athletic Association for this
occasion were In every respect worthy Of the cay ana
were IN some respects unique. Tho prizes were oi
ouadrupc silverplate and were manufactured und'r
the direct supervision OF 7. ~ Woods. member -
40 aqsooiafion They were for the most
past IN the shape Of tanmTis or jugs. on each piece
u,s an etching Appropriately descriptive OF the con
tcs, f,r which Il was awarded. In Mdcr that these
etchings might - accurate. they were made from IN
st.ntaneous photographs ot athlete, who posed.
walked or ran - directed. There were twenty TWO
Guns In all two for each % the contests.
Thi. evening At 80 au informal dinner was gwen
, ~. c,ub house BIZ the association 10 the New YORK;
we. SIN, ,,cr, 10 at rs officials al the games. Henry
pa-ho,.n vice president II tho association. IN u"
absence % President Clark. presided. ana brehE
welcomed the guests. Tie dinner WIS entirely IN
formal there being no time % indulge IN speech
making. as everybody was obliged 10 be a. ''o
Nerhnri-s building at or before o'cloch.
Tie audience which assembled in the Mechanics
Duudiu. t.is evening flied every seat In the vast
tacou.e, aui 900 Tire stage and occupied every to't
~ ,tnudlr. room ON The hoor. outside the Enclosure
reserved ir The athletes vas notable gathering "'
p 900 edc. and Fci tlcmon largely representative ''
Ho.tou's best social circles. There were so many
entries n each ~ the running contests inat u
IT, necessary 10 start the contcs taut. 90 I'm punches
~ f,.. u.c lenders 10 each -purt being singled o'i
t,r Oh. sr,l contests. These preliminary race, were
Witnessed Us ONLY a fcv hundred spectators WHO
lad gathered cary ln the evening % secure standing
rolm baldwin, Cadct Band disDoIrcd In. pHIhs
music
Tho fr,f contest ON The programme was the 40
yards ran, aud the drtwiEe- were 80 made a. 10
hiring only the actual winners to contest In the
second round and finals, The nuHl heat OF TINS Ga'h
va~ now called. ard eight men started y H.. Green.
OF Harvard easily winning 81 four and three quarter
seconds. O. X. Halves. OF Harvard. was second and
II. " ster.hcrger o. Harvard third.
10 give the runners ~ ~" 40yaris race a rect
before entering upon the final and decisive heat the
$50 Yards run was started. The fcd va, large, but
II wa. quickly narrowed down. The following were
the first four men. G.. Lowell. II. A n, 30 yards
handicap. II. Huffman. c. A. e.. 80 yards handicap :
/ W. c. Downs. IL. A. A.. yard, handicap &. L.
/ uatchelder IT, A. A. - yard, handicap. The second
/ heat was All exciting and Close contest between e.
" Prieet and c. II. Pierce. both Harvard mon ileL'e
hold the lead unul the hnal lap, when iriest 'Iol
In +
/ seconds Ia the third trial heat W. IL. Allison, %
b SG 'I,n' M ne ,s lep Closely pressed by A. blake
! Of Harvard. by whom he was finally passed lIme
Tcfwcen the third preliminary contest and the final
/ heat IN the e1OyaGds run, The audience were ch,er
taned by witnessing the extraordinary feais 6y tnc
high 1umpcrs, and tho tug OF war between Inc bIo"h
nivo ciy ana the Tastme Athletic cub b,
The first heat OF the 210yards dash was won %
T. H. Bridge. OF the 1rimOuntan club umo' - 40
seconds In the second heat 81 this race two or three
slipped and fell. but "cre not INJURED ch WI" iH
/ 9925 seconds In tho third heat three oil the mch
went down in heap Oh tho second turn one '4a
nom the contest. Tho winner was G. haa'0yor Ne"
hclt was Won BY F. H. ROBERTSON Trmounirin
club Ia - ) seconds. The NTH preliminary ha, III
ihe 100 }ard, G@'h W Ees won . cg nd ~ u rk Of
tho Boston Athletic Club, was permitted To run III te
final because Of io be nG c SAI H.s %S S IN
won by F. G. PuRcr. Of the New -Jersry CLUB,
In - - seconds Tho best time made during
the preliminary contests The eighth ana last 81 he
/ preliminary contests won by j. +. DAILY, OF tho
TrmOunts, IN - seconds
Thc oncmile walk was an intcrc ting and dose
contest. j. b. Heating, OF the Pd,timcs, was hrNi
C. T. II. Bates, OF Harvard. second; W. II. NuIkhrd.
/ Of the Paslimes, third Time minutes ana II sec
/ Onds
The first heat " the 44O-yards run was easily ana
handsomely by Kenneth Brown. of lidFVaIu :.
! ". &. Johnson, Of the Verona Boat club. second
! ". II. Wight. II Harvard third. Time - : sec
| onds The second heat won 10y /. i. WOODS, 81
the Trmounts who led from the start, closely fo,
! lowed by j. W. Ganson, of Harvard, VINO Was second
| g. De Lorn, Of the PrinfctOu5, thttd. The thlId
! heat was participated in by eight men, one
OF whom dropped out after bad fall. w. :. Arthur,
of Amherst, won. r.. Barns. Of New Jersey second :
f. +. SlincS. If New jersey. third. Tmc-6O seconds
/ Putting the sixteen pound >hot was won by D. ,.
Mitchell Of New Jersey IN n t,et, 45 inches.
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