New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-25
ENGLISH ATHLETES ARRIVE.
WELCOMING TEE SALFORD BARRIERS.
eUESTs OF THE MANHATTAN ATHLETIC CLVh-
RECORDS OF TILE VISITING TEAM


RECORDS OF THE vlSiTlN" IEAM
team n, ..crarks Enesh athletes representing the
,.u,.us Salford a,rrs Of Manchester" srrved IN this
cty yesterday BY the White star So 'is!Sue' "'
men left England september i'' ans OF" Neo'uhe'
remembering the fact that Bhah"" iu'es ,"e "' VI
did before the new American Navy came along Kept uc
,u,,.ce ~ old ocean like Q ,pi.pond for the young
Rrtoos so that they landed In srendid tim, and are
ready 10 10 on cinderpath ~ once. reception COM
uttee from the Manhattan Atmetie t"o met the hhsnsh
mon and took them to the clubhouse. in Fith-ave.
~. they had luncheon. Aftrrwsd visit was paid
q, tho new clubhouse ut Forty fth.st and Msdisonave
~hich delighted the visitors who thought it Of th,
6a-st Lighthouses in the world
ANrr inspecting the new clubhouse from the big ttd
winning bath the basement to the breezy roo! garden
nm near the clouds the Harers taken to the clubs
,Iec arounds FIfty.sxth, and Ffty.scventh ats and
I,chth and Ninth whore Ntle exercise was in
-ed in and Cherry Diamonds had an opportunity to
udsc OF Oppoaents in racing TRIM The mem
b.,, Of the In good working fo'r' browheo o.
n, voyage and looking As they would prov" f"mid
hc adyer.acs for Ameicsn runners There are siA Of
,h.u,. w. H. Morton, worlds twcntv.miles champion
- H. Morris, l.VOo.y yard. CHAMPION L. L. Nicnolse,
ouart.rmile champion l.. W. Parry. seplechsse
mon: a. D. Morgan. 1O0yards champion. AID l. II.
n.,d~,ck secretary and manager.
w. n. Norton, the long distance champion, is slightly
,uit 5 feet inches III heght and Weighs no pounds
NE /, . WHY little fellow, with muscles ike whipcod>
IA. good head and II In his running 20 greet All
,.u.:c OF the piuckiest runners in the team
aid m. shown marvellous instances OF gr1t in cUss
county running as 'gi,c up' 1, not IN his vocabulary
Although bccoinc specialist In running. he Is
u,,uai atnee wherever q,cknrss OF agility come Into
ns, aud il Is active rs q cat.
In +. tw,.ivcmilc race ogainsS sidney Thomas last
August Morton On Victorious and won y rs pound
,r ri the beating ia" amateur record for that
s,,ts,cc by ihice minutes On the Saturday following
n. beat IDblc fourmilc scrs'ch for cup pre-
,cpd By the Hon. Mr.. Bsfoui. and known the Balfour
Cup He oth'r cons'.t, and I. runner OF
the nr.; water. lie /, on, t~<n'v >rsi. old and was
born at Bill CHAM II" j. th~ Northern Counties GLOSSY
country champion worlds record hoider from fourteen
1, tw miles Morton stimulated tH enter the 1"ld
Of athletics place in t.n.nlc against
1870 competitor. He then went to Manchester and won
the Northern Counties mile championship against 100
runners. and hs~ b-n steadily climbing The lsouei VI
athletic fame ever since
+. l.. Nicholas the quarteemle champion Of Eng
land and :-O.ysrd Northern Counties Champion is a
typical Ensiishp,sa. with norid complexion. and his
see voyage has made him look he confess"s little
hke boiled lobster. lie is tn" picture Of good health
and liphthesrtedncs and IL conspicuous f-aturc Oh
the social and Joyial side OF the team.
g. II. Morris, the lOOO.yard Northern Counties cham
Mon, is Of manly proportions He was born ia Lam
ashire 10 twcntysiN old aud weighs lis pounds
though his big and the svlderly In which hc
in the foreground impresses one With thu ioea
that he j. larger man than he really is To meet him
in private one would conclude tina, he might b. club
,winRcr boxer hammer throwcr or in sct anything IN
the rance Of athletics but la running lac -
anything graceful and reveals wicked little >ait>
Of AGILITY such a. Tommy Connect sometimes indulge
in to the discontinue Of those who hspi to b. betting
against him. but runs lahoriousiN a, 4 so'0
hand nstsood work.sday pace. without 2no hounc"> OK
trimming. Of any kind llr tyis is ali lis "w 'hd no.
hoy IT, though his endurance" and indonia'io hsh-
Ing perseverance have given him foremost place anon"
iu,%r- he started his athletic career as walker about
thirteen ago walking bcc3ni" rnh'r uhror'
usr In took running and has met with great
" n Molgan the IOoyards champion of England and
cha upipn
Yards in 10. seconds. II is said that he has done better
than th. ~hen training and expects to get tue quarter
worked public dar. Luther ar! {" TN" W
A. Cs chez ishc, the liz" hope. aud GOOD !"'c VIII De-
sun-cti between them. MORGAN has big fund OF CIV
hs,nol AID 4 vide aud varied experience" lie his seen
cot acal cf tho sca,ny ~dc Of life has b"n SAILOR ana
q, r,navicsted world. got 'hr>h" ana 'ifc"mhSNi'
,,sd London ~ Young man about town. and then SUD
d.ny took 4; into about year ago I" bccoh
Iunn~ lie 90, limit handicap as noNic"' anu ''
on veal haG worked up scratch. an astonishing !''o''
An and du, i; said. 10 his natural he'he-N '"""
,o ,ss;duor, training. H. bonn in Wales Is twenty
nv Year, OF age aud feet 81 inches lie weighs
,bor, 30 nrunds and looks strong and scuvr
: W PAIN the -te-prchas. Champion, Na'iohsi c">S
.,lv channon and the three and font niles Northern
CO., IT, ,h.np.o.,. hs- proud record OF "t"Sn' w"
~ "a, NAV II, = twcuty.!nilc race held In London
win ,h OBJECT b.atnv tn" e'oid i" which th''" "e'r
thuy.>iv o, III, beat runners in fhsi'ho '"r'e' "e
,,ok ..a ond pac~ and W. H. Nof;o VI 'Oi- ~a' 'o'N
,r, nscc b.a,inc all world i~' oid-. ~i'''i o'
rf.--sl TO. uat distance. The: 49, no twenty ''"
,,,,.,. in America known amateur fame b"l IL II
no,.d Wic Day Will comIet' against PaiF ann MORTON
IN . ,eu.mile iass. Parry il t""nty''N years " 'se
weigh, 1856 pounds. and stand } fe"' -: h'He' ne
.,,,sd running in Iss6 end h2> he'd brilliant cal"'
a. success. since.
! H. IiArdwick the secretary and In"nae"i' Il NOT III
,,suIur Ut present. but has devoted hihs" 70 a'h''
for many YEAR. and the founder " the N-i:"'
,,i, n. will no, com,rtc in any aiilotic 'Ont'>:,
- ,hi. country a. he expects to haN" his hands 'uIi
taking care Of thu Ic.t Of til" men.
The team will tonight for Montreal wh'- 'h'v
49,, ,.r ns, in the Canadian Champion hip esnc- on
v.o,.r,.r - Tho zone. with the Ps-tinv Athlete
,lnl OF ST. Louis will tax" pac" - considerable
was raised TO having the meet on hundd' 1h'
srord Harr-ys entertained hv u" N"hat''h' '''
.,,,,ny and will make their home while ~ this 'hr
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