The morning call., 1890-11-02
ATHLETICS.
Cross Country Run at Misunderstanding
Tournament.

CrOss-COuntry Kun at Alhme0a-boxihs
Tournaments.
The next interesting feature in amateur
sports will be the boxing tournament of the
Olympic Club. Representatives from the
Alpine, Lurline and Acme clubs will have
try with the Olympic athletes for the hand
some medals which are up for competition.
Although the Olympic Club Is looked upon
as having the fastest runners, there are
grave doubts that the club can turn out
boxers who can capture the first prizes III
each class The Alpine Club has a repre-
sentative who is sauguine of winning first
prize in the lght-weights, and the Acme
Club Will be very much surprised II II VIII
fail to see the first prize for the heavyweight
contest won by young man from Oakland.
The Lurline Club has couple of dark
horses who may come in on the home
stretch with honors easy.
To-day the Olympic Clubs representa-
tiyes and their associates OF the Alameda
Olympics will haYe Il cross-country run
from Alameda. large number OF young
men from the Olympic Club will take part,
and Il pleasant afternoon jog Is looked for.
The membership of the Olympic Club has
been rapidly increasing since William Greer
Harrison was reelected to the Presidency.
After the boxing tournament the building
scheme will be discussed.
special meeting OF the Board of Dlrec-
tors OF the Olympic Club will take place on
Tuesday evening next, When the officers
will make final arrangements for the tour
nam, Mt.
Matt Rice, the ex-champion amateur BAN
tam-weight boxer OF America, has been
elected captain of the recently organized
Phoenix Athletic Club of South Brooklyn.
The annual boxing tournament OF the
Amateur Athletic Union will be held at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New YORK, On
December 10Th.
A New York paper says: Johnny O BIien,
oh i,I,t slaf
of America, has taken up football as
pastime this season. He has been playing
so well of late that Captain Schlessnger has
decided to have him I'LL the position Of quar-
ler-back on the regular eleven.
AT the fall games of the Princeton Col
lege Association the event OF the day was
the 10C-yard performance Of Luther III.
Cary. He Won his heat, the time of which
was 10 seconds, and captured the final heat
in the announced time OF 9R seconds. OF
this latter performance tie New York
World says:
these who ala not witness the terrific burst of
speed Ut the crack Splinter Of the college. The
stubborn fact remains. however. that The stop
watches Of three competent Judges registered
exactly the same time-9I2 seconds. Then the
question was raised as 10 the distance covered
when there could no longer DO any doubt as 10
time. Profess or Smith. of The scientific school,
brought his accurate surveying stiunents Into
requi,iton, and the actual distance OF the
800 % feet. about inches In excess of ihe
regulation 1U0-yard limit.
This tire beats The worlds record of 40
seconds, made recently by Owen al the National
championshi 5 held at Washington. The course
was on an uphill grade OF 263-10O0. Cary fur
Their distinguished himself by eQualing on a
curved track the Aneil lean record OF % seconds
for the 22o-yard run. Ernest S. Ramsdell, tile
WeltknOwn sirinier aud jumper OF tile A. q.
5. N, had yatds' start, aud lie was second TO
Cary in the 100 yards by foot. This would
make him under 10 seconds Tor The full distance.
Commenting on the above, the Turf, Field
and Farm Says:
1t will be remembered that CRY at the recent
championship games at Washington showed one
foot behind $ 40 seconds for the 100 yards. His
performance at PRINCETON is all Increase oil over
three yards III speed. The track at Washington
is known 10 be fast, but the Princeton course is
no faster than any other cInder-patb Cary'S
running ut Washington is considered marvellous,
Tor II was q showing of TWO yards faster than his
previous record OF 10 seconds, but here is an
other Improvement OF three yards more,
making total Improvement OF five
yards. Many sprlnters have been known
To- improve nye yar6ds; as. Tor Instance zee
piovement fiom 10 seconds 10 91a seconds seems
incredible. However, there may be other mat
tiers to take into consideration concerning the
acceptance or rejection OF the record, aud fur
ther comment VIII he reserved until more facts
are known.
Latest reports have it that Cary, the Man.
haitian crack sprinter, has challenged John
Owen of Detroit to 100-yard race. The
Nanhattans claim that the Detroiter only
beat their man at Washington by beating
the pistol two feet. If this race is consum-
mated it will be the greatest 100-yard event
in American history.
There is among the many matched races
now being talked of in the East probabil-
ty of contest between w. c. Downes, the
N. Y. A. c. Quarter-mlle representative, and
Mortimer Remington, the Manhattan man
who defeated D0wneS at Montreal