The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-12
THE GREAT ATHLETIC MEET.
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the rest and won cleverly in 4:24I, ConneT
second, Reid third. Kenyon made a great run
and showed that there is champion stuff in
him. He is coming
First heat-L II. Cary, NJ. A. c.; Vreden-
burg. N. Y. A c.. c. Bucholtz, A. C. s. N: J.
NJ. Glenn, N A. c. Won by Cary in 28 az.
Glenn second m Second heat--John Owens; D.
struse, NJ. A. c.; II. NJ. Dickinson, c. A. G.
owen won in splendid burst in 90 As, Robin
son second. Third heat-F. Westing, NJ. A. c.:
r; c. Fisher, N. Y. A; c.: s. j. King, c. A. 9.
matter. Fourth heat-A. w. Cochrane, N. Y.
A. G.; w. M. Christie, NJ A. c.; j. b. Elliott.
G: A. G.; M. Remington, NJ. A. c.. Won by
Christie in 299, Cochrane second. In the final
heat Owen, Cary, and Westing had one of the,
greatest finishes ever seen on track, the three
coming In very close, with the veteran Wesling
about two feet in front, in 22i, Owen second,
and Cary third.
220-ysrd hurdle-American record. OH SER
onds. First heat-L. c. Lewis, A. c. s. N; G.
Schweger, N. Y. A. c.; f. F. Sliney, N. j. A.
c. Won by Lewis in 26!, schwegler second
Second EiGond,h heqtA F. COPELAND NJ. A. e; P. J.
Won by Finneran in 26, Copeland second
Third heat-F. Ducharme, D. A. c.; e. f.
barnes, barn \. Ny Y. A. C.; W; H. struse, NJ, A. G.
won, won oy Ducharme % Elm in 26, Barnes second. Sec
onds' trial heat-Won by Williams in 26 3-5,
Schwegler second. Final heat-Won by Ouch
arme in 25 As, with Lewis second and Finneran
third.
Three-mile walk-American record, s1:91-5.
Starters, T. P. Murray A. A. A.; H. Dimsey,
Z. A. c.; E. d. Lange and G. L. Nichols, M.
A. O.; H. Hjertberg, N. j. A. G.. Murray set
the pace and won easily in $685. Lange, the
second man, being 220 yards back
SURPRISE.
SSO-yard run-American record, 1:554. Start
ers, Conrad Marks, r. G. A. c.. H. W. Schlech-
ter, A. G. S. N; G. L. Batchelder, Harvard
College and B. A. A; A. B. George, W. B.
woodbridge, J. S. Roddy, H. L. Dadmun, NJ.
proved to be the surprise party of the day. as
the winner unexpectedly turned up in II. l..
Dadmun, an unknown but speedy sprinter from
the Manhattans. The defeat of Downes was
crushing in many respects, but more from the
fact that Morris, the only colored boy in the
races yesterday, beat him out on the last hun
dred for the place. Time of winner, 1:59 Is,
Roddy second, Morris third.
Five-mile run--A pastime chase for Tommy
Gonnef, as the other entries were not in it.
Time, 25:37 As.
Running high jump-Amercan record, #.
4, IN; Nlckerson, N. Y. A. G., won in $40,
Hallock, NJ. A. c., second, Bulchard, M. A. C.,
third.
Tugs of war-Acorn Athletic Club won cas-
lily, with Manhattans second, N. Y. A. c. third.
# r9ttpg ms lePoqRd shot shot-AmeTican record 4e
63 in; F. L. Lambrecht, NJ. A. c., second,
40 IT. 10 in; j. S. Mitchell, N. Y. A. c.,
third, 80 #. 9 in.
ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN.
Running broad jump-Amelican record, %
II. IN. There was large number of entries
in this event, but 1t soon narrowed down to a
contest between A. F. Copeland, of the NJ A.
c.; E. F. Ramsdell, A. c. S. N, and A. A. Jor-
dan, N. Y. A. G. Ramsdell for a long time held
the lead with % it, 5 in., which was soon
eclipsed by Copeland clearing 90 ft. 81 in, sur
passing both the American and English record
When this became known the Manhattanites
went wild and their pretty white silk umbrellas
were waved from every section of the field.
Ramsdell and Jordan could not equal the effort
and gave up after three trials.
Throwing 16-pound hammer-American rec
ord. l33 IT. In. Won by j. s. Mitchell, N. Y.
a. O., l30 TT. 81 in; G. A j. Queckberner, NJ. A.
c., second, 129 IT,; w. L. Condor, n. Y. A. G.
third, 119 #. Z in ~
Individual tugs of war-A. Cole, of the
Acorn A; g. had very little difficultyin yanking
Lambrecht and Queckberner off the scales and
thereby winning.
~ Pole vaulting-.American record. II it, 5 in.
This did not finish, as Casey, n. j. A. c.;
Cooper, M. A. c.; Rodenbaugh, A. c. S. N, and
Crane, b. A. A., tied at 10 it, in. and could
not go peg further. 1t will be jumped off to-
day.
Tossing 56-pound weight-American record.
81 It. e2 in. Here again was record smashed,
as y. A. j. Queckberner, NJ. A. c., tossed the
weight 81 It. exactly. Long, B. A. A., was sec
ond with 30 ft. 5 in.
A number of protests were entered against
some OF the principal participants, the New
1oTk Atnletlcs protesting q. A. Queckberner
and A. f. Copeland, while the Manhattans en-
tered protest against j. s. Mitchell and A.
Nickerson, of the New York Athletics. They will
come up before the next meeting of the union.
POINTS SCORED BY THE CLUBS
The points secured by each club Yesterday
were as follows: Manhattans, rs; New York
Athletics 35; Detroit Athletics, IS; Acorn Ath-
letics 16; Athletic Club Schuylkill Navy, 6;
Boston Athletics, 4; Pastime Athletics 8: New
Jersey Athletics, 1; Y. NJ G. A., of Philadel-
phia, l.. This gives the Manhattans the Bailey,
Banks ~ Biddle prize PLAGUE.
The prizes won by the various contestants
were presented to them last night at the Colum-
bia Athletic clubhouse, and the occasion was
Joyous one There was a large attendance of
VISITORS and President Mcmillan, of the Union,
spoke in an enthusiastic manner of the work ac-
complished by this meeting a result, he said,
that was now travelling the worlds circuit as
fast as the wires could carry it, Speeches were
made by Messrs. A. q. Mills, Eddy, Fred Jams
sen, Howard Perry, and others.
The Columbias We're keeping open house.
The visitors were burning the town, and every
thing was being done in mastery and straight
forward way. The Columbias deserve the
thanks of the people for the grand affair
The Virtues of Fasting.