The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-14
ROWING AND ATHLETICS.

New YORK, Dec ia. B. George, W. 7.
Young, and Conrad Marks, of the Manhattan
Athletic Club, met to-day on the grounds ofthe
club and contested for the two-mle steeple-
chase championship in the Amateur Athletic
Union. 1t resulted in a comparatively easy
victory for Young. George was over-trained.
The first mile made in minutes 10 3.5 seconds,
all three runners keeping well together. Young
came in at the end of the race 200 yards ahead
of George, his time being 10 minutes 2-5
seconds; George, II minutes II 2-5 seconds.
The ten-mile championship run which fol-
lowed was won by T. P. Connef, NJ. A. c. He
had for his competitors his club mates, W. T.
Young w. NJ. zach, and w. De Podosta, j. ".
Lloyd, Prospect Harriers, and j. Adelsdorfer
Pastime Athletic Club Connef took the lead
at the finish of the third mile, and maintained
1t to the end, finishing about one-ffth of a mile
ahead of Young, the second man. His time
was 50 minutes 80 45 seconds.
New YORK, Dec. 13.-The prospect of good
football matches at the Madison Square
Garden tonight served 10 bring out a crowd
that attended the athletic meeting given there
under the auspices of the Staten Island
Athletic Club. There We're at least 1000
people in the garden when the
football players of Rutgers College and
University of Pennsylvania appeared or
the ground to open the fray at S o'clock. The
management was worse than ever though. At
the end of the game the score was 20 to in
favor Of the University of Pennsylvania. They
retired and were succeeded in the field by the
Port Chester Gaelic football team and the
Gaelic Society team under the Gaelic AssOcia-
tion rules. Score, Gaelic Society, 3 goals, S
points; Port Chesters goal, points,
A brilliant game of football was played on
Friday between the High School and the Emer-
son Institute. Both teams played quick,
steady game, but by good interfering on the
part of Smart, Clark Gregg, and Swan, the
High School won, scOre 2S TO o. This is the
first game Of the High School team and was, of
course, very interesting on that account. A
large crowd was present and went away very
much elated by the showing of Capt. Smart and
his team. Splendid runs were made by Swan,
Clark, McRoberts, and Smart. Mr.. Sam Davis,
Of the Columbian College, was referee, and Mr..
Charles Harris of the KalOramas, umpire.
Wednesday the High School expect TO play the
Emersons again, and the Second Eleven from
Kendall Green on Friday. They also expect
show at the neWly-organiZed DupOnts in the
near future. Challenges will be gladly received
by Mr.. A. L. Menocal, at the High School,
Seventh and o streets.
The Potomac Athletics will give their first in
door meeting on Monday evening at their club
house, Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue.. There will be several features that will be
worth seeing, while the work of the noyces will
be The means of bringing out some of the unde-
Yeloped talent of the organization. These ath-
lete exhibitions will be fortnightly, and there is
no doubt theY VIII stir up considerable rivalry
between the members. The attendance will be
confined TO members and a few outsiders.
The Georgetown College boys have given up
work, much to the regret of their friends 1t is
expected that ere the season finally closes the
students will have one big yard meeting, after
which the athletes will 90 into gymnasium work
for the ball team in the spring. Father Harlin
is heart and soul in the movement and is work
ing zealously to advance the interest of the
students.
The controversy over the 440-yards running
record is at last settled, and the amateur cham
piouship for this distance is retained by Wendell
Baker. L. J.. Stebbinss pictures, which were
taken at Beacon Park last week, have settled
the fact in dispute-that Downs did not run the