The morning call., 1890-06-01
A TIiLETIC.


Olympic Boys Are Happy-Generosity OF
New York Club.
Inc championship games are over, ana ihe
Olympic Club is still the proud possessOr OF tile
championship colors. The Berkeley University
athletes made a splendid attempt to capture the
colors, but they were deficient In good material.
OF course, the Olympic Club had a great adVan-
tage over its opponents In having such good
men as Schii1erstein, Purcell and Jervis TO fight
It's battles. The former is one OF the best all
round amateur athletes in the world. He IS
among the sprinters who have The best on record
or l00-yards racing. In ong-dlsiance jumping
his record Is within fraction of the best. Schf-
fersten is also very good high jumper. Purcei
is famous as being Il champion al-round athlete.
lie is gond al hurdle racing, jumping, pole
Ing, lghtpultiBg, hammer-thtowlng etc. Jer-
Wis won easily the walking events and estaD-
lished Coast records. He has successfully con-
tested In English champ ionship games against
some OF the best English pedestrians. If the
olympic Club WAS stripped OF these meu the Uni
yefsily athletes would certainly have won the
day. their representatives took several sec
onds and thlrds.
II was rather unfortunate that the day was so
very unpleasant. the track master states that
IL was the most dsagreeable weather lie had eX-
pefieDced slnce he was appointed 10 look after
the grounds. The wind was greatly against the
runners. In The hurdle races men We're appoint
ed TO look after the fences and Keep them from
tumblmg over The track was not fast The
cinders cupped under The feet OF the spriniers,
and it is doubtful if the cinderpa VIII be IN
condition Tor last speeding until next winters
rains soak through the bed.
The thlfd Sheffield handicap. under the auspices
of the California FoOt-raclng Association, VIII
take place on sunday, June 9Th. The entries
will not close until 10 o'clock OF that day. There
are thirty entries already and more are coming
IN. Harry johnson, the champion runner OF The
world may :un 10 break his record The track
at Central Park has been nicely improved for
practice.
certainly deserving OF much praise for assuming
the liabilities OF the defunct National Amateur
Athletic Association Of America. The clubs
generosity Is well Known on both sides OF the Al
ldutic. EXl enSe has never entered into question
when any enterprise was on foo, and its liber-
alty in sending abroad Americas crack athletes
10 meet Great Brilaln's amateur champions Is
still flesh III the public mind.
One OF the athletes or the NJ. A. Z. in letter
to The CALL says:
1t Will be remembered that the National Associa-
ton Of Amateur Athletes passed out of existence
last August, leaving behind large Indebtedness in
the shape OF unpaid bills, record medals and the
championship prizes OF the N A. A. A. AS last
meeting in October, 1888, which had never been
given TO the winners. Altogether, the obligations
must have gone into the Thousands.
The NJ. A C. was one of the members of the N A.
A. a. A, but in way, morally or legally RESPONSE
bic for its liabilities, and credit tors and athletes had
OF course, given up all hope OF ever receiving their
due But the Board of Governors alter fully CON
sidering the matter few evenings ago. to the
conclusion that lnaSmuch as the Manhattan A. C..
was the prtucjpa supporter OF the Old association il
might be out of place for the club, in its great
prosperity, to assume the liabilities OF the N A A.
A. A, and q committee consisting of President
George w. Carr, >. j. Cornell, WIIiiam j. swan,
Eugene van Shaich and L. a. Ware were instructed
to ascertain the Indebtedness and prsHare a full re-
port for the board to pass upon. Th4J Will be
attn etc sensation and joyful one to the winners
OF the 1887 championships.
The board was formally notified of the intention
OF Sidney Thomas, the English champion
country runner, to return home. / his resolution
Is caused principally by his mothers Illness al
though IL is an open secret that he has long been
dshearteued by his poor showing in this country.
lie almost inyinciDle in England, but for eli
matte other reasons he has been unable to come
anywhere near his English form He gained host
OF friends by his open manly manner, nd the regret
has been widespread that he could not do himself
justice.
Mr.. walton Storm sails for Europe June 3d. and
Lincoln stuart, the newly elected Governor VIII
Treasurer until the Alderman s return.