The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-15
RUNNING AND Juggling
Exciting Athletic Games
Wheels, Sails and
Baseball. :

The picnic and games of Court Jersey
City, Ancient Order of Foresters of Amer
lea, was che event at C~aledonian Park
yesterday. The Athletic contests were
spirited and were witnessed by a goodly
number of spectators, among them were
many ladies. In the evening the park
was crowded. Hetween fifteen hundred
and two thousand were present who
Thoroughly enjoyed themsel yes. 1t was a
PHEASANT, orderly gathering, and all the
Yowinent foresters dropped in and had
q Happy time. Every court in the dis
irict was represented. The Reception
Committee did not shirk its duty and the
visiting brethren were given a cordial
welcome.
in the games there was only one draw
back. julius Reef, the starter, lacked
experience, and the tricky. competitors
edged on him. He started two OF the
trial heats in the one hundred yards
He was displaced, and Sam See, the vet
eran, was selected. lie is up to ali the
tricks IN theS trade and kept
the men at the mark, as they.
knew If they attempted TO- steal
an inch or Two they awonld be dis
qualified. The trial heats were run over,
and the contestants were content. The
entry of w. j. Dixon, Manhattan A. c.,
was not received in time. but he was
allowed to start from the scratch. He met
with an accident In the final by colliding
with a pole near the finish. He snapped
the pole, but severely injured his thigh
and left arm.
The first event was. the one hundred
yards run (handioap)-First heat won by
George d. Scott. Eighth Regiment A.A.,
who had a start of 5 yards; Fred w,
Meinken. Manhattan A. L. z yards,
second and George Van sSunt, i Red
10 As seconds. Second heat won
by +. M; Reilly. Acorn A.. A., z
yards, second, and 4. Beaudfno, Pastime
A. g., 51 yards, third. Time, 10 3-5 sec
onds. Third heat won By ]. Rein, Pas
time A. G., 81 yards; y. T. Byrpe, Titan
Manhattan A. @, scratch, third. Time,
10 As seconds. The final heat was won
by Reilly, with REIN second and Scott
third. Time, 10 3-5 seconds. Reilly won
by a yard; same distance between second
and third.
The second event wa the eight hun
bred and eighty yards run. Il had four
teen entries. It was a close finish. w.
Glossy, of the Wayne "A. G., who had
forty yards start won by less than q foot.
II. E. Billings, of the New York A. c.,
the scratch man was second and Conrad
<ud1 AS, 4llCAHl1Ou0 SO0Apy a. Ms WIN ~
ten yards start was q close third. The
time was excellent. The distance wa 5
covered in 2 minutes and 5 3-5 seconds.
The 45G yard rub. a handicap. was the
third event. It had ten entries. Robert
o. Irvine, OF the Lorlliard d. and A. A.,
splendid run. III. Meyers, his clubmate
and arecent acquisition by the club. who
had twenty yards start, was second, two
yards in advance OF the scratch, Won
The time was 81 seconds.
The next event vas the n mile walk.
George Logan. of the Scottish-American
Athletic Club, who has been successful
this season in the heel and toe was put at
the scratch. He rapidly cut down his
rivals and won by eight yards from A. J.
Lewkowicz, of the Logillard ID. and A. A.,
who had 20 seconds start. FL. Sutton,
Puritan A. @, who had % seconds start.
was third. Time, 5 minutes IL seconds.
The one, mile was won by T. J. Vo-
gellus, Wayne A. q, who had s. yards
start. Conrad MARKS. the scratch man,
was second.
The one mile ru y, a handicap for For
esters onlybrought out a field of nine.
Frank Dola of Court Stevens who w ore
the colors Of the Wayne A. 9. started
from the scratch and quickly passed
yards to spare. His time was
4 minutes SO 2-5 seconds. j. s.
Berrell. who claimed to be a member of
Court Republic, was second A protest
was entered against him on the ground
that he is not a member of the order. The
second prize was withheld until the
charge can be investigated.
The final event was the tugsof-war, UNI
limited weight. The Gable A. G. was
represented by William Cuff, captain;
NJ. Hammer, Alfred Stuff and John Fike,
anchor. The Acorn A. C.,s tuggers were
Bert Edwards, captain; G. Vofrei. r.
Ashley and A. Gale, anchor. The time
limit was five minutes. The Cables won
easily in two straight bugs.