The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-25
TRACK AND
FIELD EVENTS.
Fourth Invitation Field. of
the Olympics.
Five Thousand People Witness Well-Contested
Athletic Games-Clever Juvenile Box
ers and Wrestlers

The largest gathering that has ever been
assembled at an athletic meeting on this
Coast was present yesterday at the fourth
Ladies day" outdoor games held I'M der
the auspices OF the Olympic Club at the lat
ter's handsome outdoor grounds.
When the gong sounded for the first event
there was not seat unoccupied in the
grand stand, and many ladies and gentle
men had to seek good vantage positions on
the margins Of the track, where chairs had
been provided by tho management
During the afternoon a fog accompanied
by chilling breeze swept over the grounds,
which compelled those who were without
overcoats to seek the sheltered side of the
enclosure. The games were frst-class, and
much credit is due President Harrison and
his assistants for the quick and prompt man
ner in which they were disposed Of The
foil wing is the result of the afternoon S
pastime.
1oo-YARD HANDICAP RUN.
The first event was 1Oo-yard handicap run.
Starters-D. Winter u. c.. yards; James
White "a. A; A. A. 81, yards; +. E, Hare
good second. Time, 10 80 sec
Second beat-Startefs: A. Mahoney 20. Co.
34 yaLdS; NJ; l.. Esplnosa %. O. yards; Il.
{. Stats "a. A. c., yards. Won by Mahoney,
Espno~a second; Time, 1914 sec.
In The final. Winter White, Mahoney and e.
pinOsa started. Ii was grand finish; blanket
would have covered all the men. II was won by
Winter OF the University, who broke The tape
about two inches in advance OF White. Time,
1Ol4 sec.
One-mile bicycle race handicap-tIrst heat
Starters: b. f. Lund "a. \. CO. 80 yards; w. l..
Thompson (B. Z. W., 70 yards; FRANK Waller
"a A. Co. 20 yards: V. II. WosseTmaU o. CT 10
ond. Time 2 mia. 56 2-5 sec. The Bay CITY
representative was nowhere.
Second heat-StartetS: Walter Foster "a. B..
CO. scratch; j. A Goodeil (Ohertal Club 10
yards. Won handlly by Foster. Time. min
5i2 sec.
The starters for the final heat were Lund, Wal
Ter, Foster aud GOOdell. In tie tHrd lap Waller
tried. by 4 great burst OF speed. to pass Foster
and 10 so doing took a header. Foster. thinking
that Waller was closing up on him, also made q
mlscue and took header into a flower patch.
The race was won by Lund Goodell second.
lime, min. ~ sec.
IO0O.yards handicap run-Starters: P. D.
Skiliman %. c.. scratch; F. 5. IN BY Gu. c.
10 yards; II. q. Biankman 20. c., Go yards; II.
Cassidy o. C.). % yard; o. l.. Pickard "A. A. @,
30 yards. SKlman won with ease, Cassidy sec
ond. line, min. "a 40 sec.
PUTTING THE SHOT.
Putting 16pound shot-Srarters: A. w.
york "a. A. A. A. foot; A. Dubbers ~. c.,
scratch: II. ). Hunter "a. A. A. A., l foot; L..
L. Hunt u. e.. scraLchi a. Hoffman o. c., 2
Ell inches, Won by Hunt, distance 81 feet
ga inches; Hunter second with 81 feet.
One-mile walk, handicap Starters: Horace
Coffin %. c., scralchi C. NJ, Yates Jr. o. C.) 40
yards Won by Yates. Time, 8 min. 9Ia sec.
Thiee-quarers OF a mile steeplechase. handl-
cap-Starters: 7. ID. Skillman, scratch; II. G.
Cassidy, 20 yards; j. p. COsgro 10 yards. skill
man dropped out on the fourth lap, leaving his
opponents 10 finish the water jump. The race
was won by C0sgTo easily, with Cassidy second
Time, minutes seconds
300 yard hurdle race, bandicap-Starters: NJ.
l.. ESplnOsa, 81 yards; 5. v Cassidy. scratch; ;
&. NJ. Yates j., 2l yards. Casady cut down his
men before they had gained half the distance
ana finished in jog with Espinosa second.
Time. 1914 seconds.
Throwing 1G-pOund hammer-StaTiers: II. S.
Hunter scratchi A. Dubbers, scratch; G. r.
Morse, 10 feet; V. y. Bakulich. 6 leet. First,
Dubbers, with % feet 212 inches; second
Morse, with % feet A I2 inches.
HANDICAP RUN.
440-yard handicap run-Starters: A. Mahoney,
scfaIch C. X. Morse. yards; ID. Win err, u
yaids. Won By Morse, Winter second. Time,
53 seconds
75.yard sack race, scraich-This contest wa,
between C. NJ. Gates Jr. and j. f. COsgrO. and
was won by the former. Time, IVA seconds.
The exhibition boxing bouts on the turf
were very interesting. f. Paul met II. L.
Fabry in four-round bout, and Ii. Gem
Oar had set-to with w. Ii. Hallett all of
the Olympic Club.
The Juvenile boxers, who very materially
assisted to make the snort interesting, were
w. ID. Leahy and +. Hammer, and Julian
Lippman and Henry Haber.
The juvenile wrestling was also very
snirited. The contestants were Walter
Hogg and j. WoOlrich, E. A. Diggins and
W. Smith. Among the experts who rolled
each other on the grass carpet were G, j,
Wellington and j. II. Harrison, c. Wilson
and }. NJ. Brewer Jr.
The timers of the track events were P G.
Mcintyre, Colonel George c. Edwards. ID.
w. Donnelly and James Jeryis. The ref
cree was W. Greer Harrison.