Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-29
ARE YOU ALL READY?
THE FIELD DAY SPORTS OF THE LOS
ANGELES ATHLETIC CLUB.
The Athletes Prepared to Break Club
Records-A Splendid Field of Starters
and Exciting Contests Promised.

The very much anticipated sports of
the Los Angeles Athletic club take place
tomorrow afternoon at the Agricultural
park. The interest developed in these
contests is something unprecedented in
the history of amateur sport of Southern
California and the directors are hopeful
that the general public will show their
appreciation by turning out by the thou
sands. There will be no charge to the
grand stand and the field day officers
will see that the spectators get an unin-
terrupted view of the games.
Nothing is discussed at the club
but the chances of the different candi-
dates. The open hundred yard dash for
the amateur championship OF Southern
California promises to be very exciting
event. All the entries have a host OF
supporters and it is confidently predicted
that the club record of eleven seconds
will be beaten.
W. B. Gard las been training faith
fully and promises to be a dangerous
factor in the race. He was a medal
winner at the recent sports of the uni
versity OF San Jose.
Il. Bettner, of Riverside, is an unde-
niably good man and holds the club re-
cord of II seconds.
Percival is best known to bicycle
fame, in which department OF sport he
has won many laurels. He is showing
up splendidly as sprinter, however.
and the man who beats him will about
land the medal.
Thomas McAleer is known to be very
speedy and his friends are confident of
his ability to breast the tape first. He
is a very pretty runner and apparently
has had considerable experience on the
cinder path.
Barney Benjamin was formerly a
member OF the Olympic club, of San
Francisco. During the years 1888, 1884
and 1885 he competed in nearly all the
amateur games held in San Francisco,
and showed himself to be fair all
around man. 1t is over four years since
he has taken part in athletic sports, but
as he is still quite young, he should at
least show up as well as when he was in
his teens.
p. Ward is very fast. especially for
the first part of the journey. He has a
very sore hand, however, which is liable
to prevent him from contesting. The
race is very open one, and all the con-
testants will in all probability be close
up at the finish.
The mile run promises to be race
worth seeing. There are no less than
nine competitors. They are from all
known about the merits OF the majority
of the contestants. 1t will be no easy
task to pick the winner in this race.
Tho hicunla Ya oao will bo uvorth oo,y,n
a distance to see. Burke, the Ingle-
wood flyer; Shrode, the Monrovia cy-
clone, and Allen, the Los Angeles whirl-
wind, will battle for supremacy both in
in the half and the mile bicycle races.
The half mile safety will bring together
r. Woodwork, Singleton, w. A. Tufts,
+. Koen and d. S. Burke. Tufts has
made some excellent trials. Bob Wood
worth has also reeled off some very fast
quarters.
The jumps promise to bring out some
good men, and several of the contestants
expect to break the best previous club
records.
The athlete securing the greatest num-
Der of points throughout the competi-
tion will be awarded the elegant medal,
emblematic of the all-round champion
ship of Southern California. The medals
and officers badges are now on exhibi-
ton in the window of Stoll & Thayer.
Secretary Thayer has arranged the
order of the events as follows: 10O-yard
open; half-mile, bicycle; 1OO-yard, club !;
hurdle race; putting shot; 220-yard
dash; running wide jump; l mile, bicy-
Gle; / mile run; hop, step and jump |
mile walk; half mile run; high Jump !;
half mile, SAFETY one-quarter mile run.