The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-09-20

There was Joy at the Columbia Athletic
Club last night when the news came from
Baltimore that the clubs representatives had
won several leading prizes The news was
bulletined in the reading rooms and cheers
were Justify given for the winners. During
the evening as members who had been to
Baltimore returned the enthusiasm became
greater and "Don't You Hear Them Bells'
resounded through the corridors. The win
ners wearing the colors of the G. A. G. were
Robert Dodge, in the 440 yards run; John
Rainier, ir., in throwing the sixteen-pound
hammer, and Z. Warren Day In, throwing the
ffty-six pound weight. There was large
contingent of c. A G. men in Baltimore to
witness the races and they made things noisy
when victory came their way.
The games which were the first annual ones
for the championship of the Atlantic Division
of the Amateur Athletic Association took
place at Union Park under the auspices of the
Baltimore Athletic Association. There was d
large attendance. The crowd from Washing
ton numbered several hundred, nine-tenths of
whom belonged to the Columbia Athletic
Club, though the Y. NJ. c. a. also had large
delegation present. The G. A. C.'s carried off
the honors for Washington as the Y. NJ. c. a.
only won q second in the 100 yards dash. II
was splendid meeting and everything was
successfully carried out, though no records
were broken. The results were as follows:
Running broad jump-T. T. Connell, W.
A. o., first; E. Ramsdell A. G. s. N, sec
ond; G. S. Amwake, A. G. S. N, third. Dis
tance, 90 feet III inches,
One mile ordinary bicycle-W. w. Taxes,
a. c. S. n, first; w. c. Seeds, w. A. c., sec
ond; }. Il. Draper, A. G. S. N, third. Time
minutes 20 3-5 seconds.
Two hundred and twenty yards run-E. s.
Ramsdell, A. G. S. N, first; c. T. Buchholz,
Y. NJ. c. A., Philadelphia, second; A. l..
Whitaker, Y. VI. G. A., Philadelphis, third.
Time, % as seconds.
Pole yault-W. S. Rodenbaugh, a. Z. s. N,
first; y. r. Cline, Y. NJ. G. A, Philadelphia,
second;J. NJ. Dashiell, G. a G., third. Height
10 feet.
Throwing the 56-pound weight-E. W. Day,
second; j. D. Lahey, A. G. S. n, third. Dis,
tance, "a feet inches.
I. Rainier, jr., G. A. G., Washington; j. d.
Lahey, a. c. s. N. Philadelphia second; E.
w. Day, c. A. c., third. Distance 105 feet
inches.
Putting the 16-pound shot-James Kane,
ir., A. {. $. ~, first; j. D. Lahey, a. c. S.
N, second; E. w. Day, C. A. c., third. Dis.
tance 33 feet II! inches.
440-yards' run-R Dodge, G. A. c., first;
j. S. Williams, a. c. S. N, second; F. 81.
Lee, Y. NJ. C. A., Philadelphia, third. Time
IS seconds
one-mile safety bicycle-W. w. Taxes, A.
c.. N, first; w. c. Seeds, w. A. c., Will
mington Del, second; F. NJ. Dampman, A.
G. 5. ", third. Time, minutes 12 seconds
120-yards hmdle-L. C. Lewis, A.-C. s. N,
first II. T. Harding, Y. NJ c. A, Washing
ton, second; W. Roberts, Y. NJ. c. A., Phila-
delphia; third. Time, II seconds.
Oue-mile run-W II. Morris, Y. M. C. A.,
Philadelphia irst; NJ. A. Boyd, Y. NJ. c. a,
Phiadelphia, second; H. w. Schlichter, A. c.
s. N, third. Time, 4:44.
Ore-mile walk-C. F. r. Bates, w. A. c.,
firsi: W. J. Hagan, Y NJ. c. A.. Philadel-
phis, second; c. FL. Buckley, A. c. S. N,
third. Time, 7:36 3-5.
100-yard run-E. S. Ramsdell, A. G. S. N,
firs'; II. L. Harding, Y. NJ. G. A., Washing
ton, second; Q. S. Amwake, A. G. S. N.
third Time, 10 2-5.