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=. ;. hoOut, hUNNEh AND SUhfEhs
]. 8. Roddy has been in athletics since Octo-
Der, 1887, winning his first race in the Prince
ton College fall handicap from scratch in the
440-yard run. The time was SO seconds and
made q new college record From that time
until the following March he did no athletic
work, but then went into training for the inter-
collegiate games He certainly was the most
awkward runner in the country when he began
and still retains traces OF this trait but he man
ages. nevertheless, to get there frequently At
the Princeton College games he found no sue
cessful competitor at his distance. the half mile,
until this spring, when Dohm defeated him in
both the quarter and haif-miie runs. At the fall
games of 1889 he made a new half-mile college
record Of minutes, 81 seconds In the indoor
second place, jumping feet, 2 inches in the
running high jump and in the intercollegiate
games the following spring came in fourth in
the half mile, the winner doing 2 minutes sec
onds, and won the balf-mile run OF the A. c. s.
N, Philadelphia, Pa, q week later, from the
twenty-ya mark, in minute. So 2-5 seconds.
At the eastern championship meeting, June %,
he won third prize in both the half and quarter
mile runs; ran at the Labor day games OF the
8. L &C, when he won the 440-yards run from
scratch in 50 rs seconds.
Roddy was twenty -three years old before he
began to take part in athletics and only began
in order to keep in good health that he might
be enabled TO do good work In his college
studies, and all the success he has attained 10
| attributable to systematic and cautious training
under careful tutor.
= c. POTTER, yiULTER AND JUMPER.
E. c. Potter. junior in Dartmouth College,
II new man in athletics, in which he frst be-
came interested about year ago, and being
naturally very. strong and active made rapid
development He won the college champion
ship in the spring Of this year in the pole vault,
shot put aud running broad jump. At the New
England intercollegiate games at Worcester,
May 70, he won third prizes in the pole vauit
and shot put snd first prize In the running
broad jump, though suffering much from s
sprainsd ankle. He has entered in only one
other meet. the eastern championship at Staten
while vaulting threw him out OF the contests.
His records In practice are 100 yards, II SEQ
] ondsi running broad jump, ~ fest " inches,
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ming the championship Of the

winning the championship Of the
United States for 100 yards and 90 yards He
Is now champion Of the United States for 100
and 27o yards, western champion for 40 yards
and 40 yards he has been twice beaten this
season in lo0-yard runs by his club mate, Harry
yewett Owens friends, however. are conf
dent that when in good condition he can beat
Jewett In the short sprint Owens feat Of run
ming 100 yards in 2 as seconds last year caused
much comment and some ridicule when re-
ported IN the east All there thought it a
Wild story from the "uooliy west and when
Oven came 20 the national championship not a
single prophet mentioned his name having a
chance TO win When he easily took first place
some stock was then taken in the As story.
The fact 10 Owen did fairly cover that day 100
yards in As seconds. The timing accu-
rate and done by experienced men. There was.
however, a strong wind at his back. and SO no
record was claimed. At the same gsmes he
won the 220-yard handicap from scratch in p
second. and the 40 yards in 50 rs seconds.
HARRY JEwETr, sPRINTER.
Harry Jewett was one OF those selected 10
come 70 Washington as a representative OF the
d. A C., but he recently fell i'll of typhoid
fever and is now in bed He is twenty years
old, 6 feet inch high and weighs l64 pounds
He 10 good ball player and osrsfaan and takes
naturally to all kinds of sports. He has not
competed until this season in outside games.
making hiss first appearance at Ann Arbor this
spring In an open race, where he was beaten in
the l0o-yards race by Owen. At those games.
however. he showed great cbility. winning the
running hop-step-and- jump. the broad running
jump and taking the second prize in the run
ming high jump. He next appeared at the
western championship of the AA.U.. June Is.
in Detroit. At those games he met again and
beat the present champion Of the United States,
Owen, in the 100 yards-time 10 2-5 seconds.
The track was poor and the sprinters ran
against strong east wind. At the western
championship games he also took second place
in the running broad jump and the third in the
running high jump. Since then he has run
l00-yard races from the scratch in 10 is sec
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twenty years Of age and is improving every
dZ. He stands feet 81 inches and weighs
INV pounds. He made his initial perform
ance at Maiden, Mass, November 26, 1887, and
has been gradually coming to the front since
July 4. 1888, he finished second in the 100
yards daah at Melrose. Maas. On yniy l. 1859
at South Boston. he was first in running hop.
step nd jump, and second in ens-miis run.
On July 26, 1889, at Oak Island, he was second
in hop. step and jump, and second in one-mile
run. August Is. at the same place, he was first
IN hop. step and jump. On July 4, at the
Irlmount games, Boston. he was first in
running broad, with I9 feet IL inches
Augost be made the American amateur
record ct running hop, step and jump, clearing
A feet B inches against the wind.
@. L BATcHELDER
runs in the ESQ yard race He has been run
ming for two years With good success. His
first important victory was at the N.YA.C.
game May 81. when he won the Novice $50 in
2074. At the Country Club. May IT, he ran
third in the $50 and third in the steeplechase
Atthe Eastern championship he finished fourth
in the So and was timed in 2o21S. He is Q
young sZalete.
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GEORGE r. GRAY, CHAMPION SHOT PUrrER.
George r. Gray is another OF the New York
Clubs record-holding members, being the
champion shot putter of the world. He is
Canadian of Scotch parentags and is twenty
four years old His youthful performances
with the shot at the Caledonian games in his
neighborhood gave him a local reputation,
which resulted in a heavy handicap being put
upon him when he entered the games Of the
Toronto Club in 1885. On this occasion he put
the shot Sixteen pounds) 9 sufficient distance
to earn the victory, and thenceforth he went
up in his career as an athlete. His wonderful
work with the shot excited curiosity, and in
1887 be was invited by the New York Club to
take part In scratch contest in New York.
He was out Of trim, and though he had entered
the game with determination to break the
record, he had to be content with bare VIC
tory. few days later he gave another per-
formance. which resulted in giving the record
TO him, and he has kept it ever since He
joined the New Yorks in 1888. and since then
be has won many championship point for
that org anization. His best distance with the
shot is A feet inches
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". G. DoHM. CHAMPION QUARTER MILE
The name Of W. c. Dohm, champion quarter
mile runner, IL well known all over the country,
and when 10 was reported, few days ago, that
he had sprained his ankle and would not be
able TO run st this meet, there was a good deal
OF disappointment among those who wanted to
see his style, and much Joy on the part of
those entered IN the same event from other
clubs. He is a graduate of Princeton College,
and Il about tuenty-ons and half years Of age
de stands feet inches and weighs ISS pounds
when IN condition Having hurt his knee play
Ing foot ball st college. he TOOK up running and
NJ once showed Q superiority that attracted the
attention Of the university trainer, Robinson,
VINO finished his ed aeation a. sprinter. His Grst
race was run and won at Princeton. May 8, 1888,
the time being 534. Three days later he ran at
Cedarhurst and won in 81 As, and few days
after that he ran the quarter at the game Of
the MAC. in 81 rs He soon became Q
member of the New York Club and was sent
abroad to represent il in the games of 1889.
DE Won IN quarter race at Huddersheld
January - IN 81 2-5 from fifty competitors,
On the It'll Of July, in the same year, he won
$40 races Of the international games in Ire
lsnd, ons quarter in 50 As, and the other
32oysrd run In "a 30, thus beating the record
Of - ~ After his return to this country he
won race after race, and proved himself TO be
the fastest quarter-mile runner in the ranks Of
amateurs
II. l. BAxrRR, POLE vAulrIn
Hugh H Baxter 70 also one Of tbs crack
athletes whom the New York Club il 20 forsu-
nate - 10 hold on its rolls. He 10 regarded a.
the champion pole ysulter Of the country and
comes - dsfspd his record - such. 10 vs.
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c. B. GEORGE, CHAMPION RUNNER.
@. B. George was born at Calne Hills. Eng
land, January 9, 1868, stands feet 9 inches in
height and weighs in athletic costume 1876
pounds. Commenced running in July, 1884.
In October, 1885, he sailed for New York and
ran his first race in America at the AAU.
indoor championship meeting November 15,
which he won. During the season of 1889 Mr..
George was very successful at the games pro-
NOTED by the Adelphia A.C. during June and
July n,. He won oo the and smile races and
the Prospect Harriers' games, August II, he won
the open mile at the American A.C. games,
August "a, he won the open mile from scratch;
at the New Jersey AC. games, August 80, he
won the 19-mile handicap; at the Staten Island
handicap; at the Caledopian games, September
2, he won the scratch mile race; at Trayas
Island, September IA, he won the "A. q. 1-mile
championship; at the NJ &C. games, Septem-
Der q, he won the 2-mile steeplechase cham
pionship; at Toronto, Ont, September %, he
won the and 2-mile championship of Canada;
at the New York &c. games, October 5, he won
the and emile scratch races; at the Allerton
A.C. games, October 10. he won the 4-mile
scratch race; at the Staten Island A.C. games,
October rs, he won the open 4 mile run. His
first race this season was at the indoor cham
pionship meeting held at Boston, April IL,
when he was defeated by G. Fearing in the
1.OOO-yards run by yard, in record time for a
ooaro moor, LZZA AT the n. A.C spring
games he won the l,0O0-yards run from scratch;
at the N.Y.A.C. spring games he won the
scratch mile; at the Sons of st. George games,
August II, he won the 2-miie race from scratch;
at Syracuse, August 81, he won the scratch
mile; at the American A.C. games August 20,
he won the smile run from scratch; at the
New Jersey C. games August 80, he won the
the 1a-mie run from 5-yard mark; in the n
mile scratch race at the Staten Island games,
September /, he was beaten l8 inches by W. C.
Downs in l.58 As; at the MAC. members
games, August q and September 10, he won
the mile race from scratch; at the MAC
open games. September 20, ne ran sebond in
the mile run from 5-ysrd mark.
T. F. coNNEFF, LONG DISTANCE RUNNER.
7. F. Connect is ranked as one Of the most
likely men who have made long distance run
ming their specially. He is an Irishman By
birth and his early athletic performances were
on the soil Of the Emerald Isle. As in the case
Of many another man in this line his success
has been achieved after many discouraging
defeat He first achieved q reputation az q
steeplechaser, and at seventeen was q prom
Using distance runner. In 1887 he won the Irish
championship hopors in two events and at
that time he defeated Carter, the then distance
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erty in New York, owning the handsomest
club house in the country. Its members are
men Of position, wealth and good standing and
their records Is athletes are most honorable.
The club has ninety-eight entries in this meet,
including some Of the very best talent in the
country. George, LANCE, Ware, Roddy, Pot
ter, Norton and Estes are we'll known In their
respective branches.
y. y. CARR, RUNNER
=. p. Carr first ran race as q representative
Of Williams College at a meeting OF the n. E.
LAA. ct Worcester, May %, 1890, where be
won second place in the one-mile run and two
mile run, c. o. Wells winning both races. His
time in one mile was LIS 20 His next race
was At the eastern championship at Staten
Island. June Is, where he was third in the
three-miie run. July be ran handicap mile
Athletic Club At Boston He started at the
Staten Island Athletic Club games September l,
in the two-mle steeplechase class ALSO at River
side Athletic Club games, September 9, but did
not vim place in either.
y. a. WARE, oREAr WALKER.
Mr.. +. A. Ware, second lieutenant Of the N.
A.C., 10 one Of the most popular athletes in the
metropolis. The thanks Of THs star ere due
to him Tor his aid in the preparation OF this
article. He turned his attention to walking
very early, being now only twenty-five years
Old, and though often defeated stuck to his
work until he !. likely man in any race.
foot st the Nsv York College, gamss in the AZ
ysrds run after . Desperate race. From 1874
and up 10 the present. time he has competed
With suocsss st nearly al the sthletie meetings
held during that period, aad enjoys the dis
sinssios Of being he eldest cenpstlng sshlsts
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p. I. DUcHARNE, WESTERN HuRDLER.
Fred T. Ducharme of the Detroit Athletic
Club has been identified with that club since
its organization, over three years ago. He Is
twenty-five years old, S feet inches high and
weighs about 152 pounds. He has doubtless
won more first prizes than any other western
athlete and his collection embraces over sixty
first medals, won during the last three or four
years. He holds today the western champion
ship for both the high and low hurdles.
Last fall at Travers Island he led in the high
hurdle race for the United States championship
by clear yard, but struck soft spot in the
ground at the ninth hurdle, and falling, lost
what looked to be a certain victory. His best
records are as follows: 120-yard hurdles, IL
seconds, but in this race he has never been
pushed in the west and has run trials
in 10 2-5 seconds; 220-yards hurdles, 2
feet inches high, &c is seconds:
running high jump. feet Z inches; standing
broad jump, 10 feet inch; running broad
jump, q feet 81 inches; i00-yard dash, 10 2-5
seconds. He is also q fine pole vaulter, fair
shot putter and hammer thrower and for his
weight sings the 56-pound weight well. He is
frst-clsss standing high jumper. He is
graduate of Ann Arbor University and ex-
tremely popular wherever he ia known. He
now holds the all-round championship Of the
DAG. He is the most modest of winners and
a cheerful loser. and is said by his friends to
be a remarkable athlete of the finest feelings
and very consistent performer.
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JOHN T. NORTON, QUARTER-MILE RUNNER.
John T. Norton. quarter mile runner, is
twenty-three years old, feet inches high
and weighs 14o pounds. He began work on
the track a member Of the Brooklyn A. A.,
and soon after joined the M. A. C. Since 1886
he has won over a hundred prizes. His first
appearance was in March, 1886, at the eighth
regiment games, winning the quarter-mile run.
Later IN the year, at the S. l. A. C. games, he
won the 220 hurdle from the fourteen
yard mark in q seconds. He has run his
quarter in SO seconds and deserves q place
among the top-notch people.
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Dennis F. OBrien represents the Detroit
Club in the pole vaulting contest. Last year
he was second in this event in the A. A. q.
championship games on Travers' Island, and
shortly afterward won second in the Canadian
championship games, being beaten on both 90
casions by Stones Of England, who holds the
worlds championship at this business. He Is
good all-sround field athlete and also Q fine
wrestler, holding the d. A. G. championship
in his class. He is twenty-five years old, stands
feet l01S inches high, and weighs 15o pounds
when trained. His best records are Is follows:
Pole vault 10 feet, high jump 5 feet inches;
hop, step and jump, II feet l0x inches Irish
record, a feet inchss); putting l6-pound shot,
81 fest; throwing l6-pound hammer, 81 feet
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FROM THE WOLVERINE STATE.
Contestants Who Come All the Way
From Detroit.

N all-round ability none Of
the competitors in the
games today excel those
from the land Of Wolver-
ines, who bear on their
sweaters the Greek letter
Delta, signifying the De-
troit Athletic Club. There
is not Q very large delega-
ton of them-only four
but each represents the
highest development in bis
own field. There are Owen,
Jewett. Ducharme and
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oNNEFR'a Finish.

CONNEFFS FINISH.
champion of America, who was abroad to rep
resent the N.Y.A.C. at the international gamea
After this the Manhattan Club induced him to
come to this country, and he has since been
winning points for that club very regularly.
He is now the captain of the Manhattan Har-
riers. Last year he went back across the water
as a member Of the M. &C. and won the cham.
pionships in both England and Ireland
VIM. NJ. Jack, the famous Scotch barrier is
now a member Of the Manhattan Club, and
completes today In the and smile runs. He
is twenty-thres years Of age and feet 81
inches in height He has won over fifty prizes
in all, amounting to about 500 in value. His
first important engagement was in an inter
club contest between Edinburgh and Liverpool
in 1885. The distance was miles, In
which he was second. Between 1885 and 1887
he won great many events the most noticea-
BILE being the Ferguslie Park cup, in a Smile
handicap. The cup was to be won twice, not
necessarily in succession. He won IL for the
year 1887 and again in 1883, thus becoming
owner of the trophy. Since be came to America,
ayear ago, he has not been able to get back
his running form on account, be thinks, Of the
climate being 30 warm.
FAVORITES FROM THE HUB.
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N%V yofoS' AAc SoHAt'
making his hrst ap-
pearance at the in
door meeting Of the
DAG, In January Of
that year In the nov
ice A5-yards run
which he easily won.
He IL 5 feet 8 inches
in height and weighs
in condition i24
pounds. As a sprinter
he has o phenomenal
record. At the OPEN
ing Of the outdoor
season in Detroit In
the spring OF 1889 he
drst made his ap-
pearance on the cin-
der path and easily
won al bisraces from
scratch until the west
ern championship
meeting of the "A.
", where be was de-
feated BY Lather,
Carey, who won the,
l00,yard wester n
championship In IL,
seconds, bssting
Owen BY two yards.
also bssting him in
ths 22o yards in very
|yfsse time. During the
rest Of the season
0wsn seemed invinoil
q Rittsburg, Chicago
Ie1anl b. met
80 - boOt u
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Geo. L. Estis first appeared in athletic sports
as a star when he entered the Scottish-Ameri-
can games at Jersey City in the fall Of 1886,
where he won the half-mie walk from tn Q
thirty-fve-yard mark in 1891 In 1888 he
won the half-mile scratch race at the Cape May
Club games. defeating several cracks. On Labor
day. in 1888, he easily won the six-hundred-
yard handicap race from the twelve yard mark
in LII 2-5. At the championship games of the
union in Detroit that year he ran third to
Tracy of Nova Scotia and C. NJ. Smith of Ne "
York Athletic Club. At the farewell meeting of
the Gaelic A at Madison Square Garden,
under the auspices of the N.A.A.A.A he won
the quarter mile handicap race, defeating
Mahoney, the Irish champion. who had just
won the N.AA.A.A.'s half-mile championship.
In December of 'SS he me: with an accident
that kept him out of active competition in
athletics until about q month ago