The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-23
lRoQUOIS ATHLETIC CLUES MEETING.
Several Exciting Contests at Bergen
Point Yesterday.

The Iroquois Athletic CLUB, of Bay
onne, successfully ran off series of ath-
letic games open to all junior amateurs
yesterday forenoon on the grounds of the
New Jersey Athletic Club at Bergen
Point. The bracing atmosphere spurred
the youngsters to their best endeayors.
and each of the nine events on the pro-
gramne was confessed with vim rarely
seen at the big championship meetings.
Almost all OF the contestants were en-
tered for all the events and few of them
failed to compete in all Frank Day,
dozen of the several score of spectators
officiated as starters, timers. measurers,
etc. The events and their results are
summarized below
Seventy five yards dash, first trial
heats-First heat won by Frank Clark,
Bayonne Rowing aud Athletic Associa-
ton, in l-5 seconds; second heat won
with Albert Bray. |. A. e., second, in 2-5
seconds by William d. Day, /. A. c.;
third heat won in 8 seconds by Clinton
BrOckway, |. A. c., with e. McGwire,
Grayling A c., second: fourth heat won
in 9 3-5 seconds, with f. Rhoderick. sec
ond, by A. G. Seaman, G. A. c.: trial heat
in 9 10 seconds, with f. McGwire second;
final heat won by Frank Clark, with
Clinton Brockway second and Clarence
Trewin third. Time, s 4-5 seconds
Four hundred ana forty yards run
Frank Clark, B. r. and A A., yards,
finished first in 6211 seconds; William d.
Day, l. A. c., scratch, was second, and
Frank Wright. B. r. and A. A., 15 yards,
was third.
Running high jump from scratch
Clinton Brockway, l. A. c., won first
honor with a jump of 4 feet S inches;
Sydney Smith cleared feet inches, and
got second Llace p E. Clark, B. r. and
A. A., was third with jump OF feet 5
inches
One-half mile walk-W w. Scott, l. a..
c., scratch. won IN minutes and S. sec
onds. Milton Couch, I. A. c., 20 seconds,
finished second. Benjamin Laubenheim-
or, l. A. c., 10 seconds, was third
Throwing the 30 pound Weight-Ea
contestant had three throws with no al
Iowance. A. 6. Seaman. G. A. c., won
with throw of 10 feet 8 inches. Ebert
Scofield, ,jr., G. A c., threw 1t 10 feet 4
inches and was second. Frederick Dob
son. !. A. c., got third place with a throw
of II feet 1913 inches
Eight hundred and eighty yards run
William ID. Day. [. A. C.. the scratchman,
passed the field easily and took the lead
soon after the quarter. He finished first
in 2 minutes and IA seconds, thirty yards
ahead of p. Il. Clark B. F.. and A. A. rs
yards) Clinton Brockway. l. A. c. 90
YARDS, was third.
ZIG uuuuFeU duu twenty ydfuS 0urule
race-FirsJ trial heat, William D. Day,
/. A. c., 5 feet, won III 1876 seconds, with
Clinton Brockway, /. A, c., scratch, sec
ond. and sydney Smith. % feet, third.
Second heat, Milton Couch, l. A. c., s
feet, won in 1s 3-5 seconds with Walter
Paret, - feet, second, and William Still
son, /. A. c.. IS feet, third Clinton
Brockway captured first place in the final
heat in is - seconds; Milton Couch was
second and William d. DAY was third.
Running broad jump-Clinton Brock
got first prize. Frederick Dobson, /. A.
O.. was second with jump of Is feet s
inches, and Frank Clark, B. r. and A. A.
landed third bT clearing IA feet inches.
One miie run-W illiam D. Day, ]. A. c.,
scratch, ran around field Of twenty
starters and finished second to William
l.. Robertson, T. A. c.. 220 yards, who won
ia minutes and 50 seconds. Milton
Couch. /. A. c.. SO yards, was third.