Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-31
THE MEDAL WINNERS
w. B. Gard Wins the Hun
dred Championship.
ID. L. Burke Breaks Two Coast
Records.
McAleer Wins the All-Round Cham
pionship.
Club Records Beaten by Gard, Ben
jamin, McAleer, Flammer and
Howard.

As predicted in the columns of the
HERALD the sixth annual field day OF
the Los Angeles Athletic club was a
brilliant success, athletically, socially
and financially. About $500 people
assembled at Agricultural park yester-
day afternoon to witness the contests of
speed and endurance. Many ladies
honored the sports by their presence
and lent eclat to the occasion. The
grand stand was filled with spectators
who appeared to take the liveliest in
terest in the proceedings. The grounds
were lined with carriages and equipages.
The Seventh Infantry band performed
during the afternoon.
THE OFFICIALS.
The officers OF the day we're;
Referee, s. B. Dewey.
Inspectors, j. S. Thayer, +. II. Lid
dell.
Finish judges, G. H. Pike, J. D..
Wiley, F. x. Parker.
Field Judges, M. T. Spencer, A. Solano,
A. Campbell, w. f. Kennedy.
Timers, G. w. Williamson, G. L..
Arnold, Al. Lindley.
Judge of walking, j. S. Thayer.
Starter, A. G. Way.
Clerk of course, A. L. Doyle.
Scorer. w. S. Boyd.
Marshall, John Brink.
Assistant, f. j. Cook.
Committee of arrangement, S. b..
Dewey, chairman; r. w. Pridham, q.
L. Arnold, G. II. Pike, AL, Lindley, j..
S. Thayer.
Needless to state, these gentlemen did
the best in their power to have every
thing come off satisfactorily. Complaint
was made about the long waits, but this
was in great measure unavoidable.
COAST RECORDS BEATEN.
Saturday, May 30, 1891, will be great
day in assisting and building up athlet-
les in Southern California to the stand
ard. The HERALD announced that club
records would be smashed, and they
were smashed in good style, and Los An
geles is rapidly securing records which
will compare favorably with other cities
where amateur athletic sport is fostered.
Two coast records were lowered by d. l..
Burke, namely, in the one-half mile bi-
cycles and the rone-half mile safety.
cred by the following young athletes:
-
yard /; w. B. Gard, "a 3.5 seconds in the
220-yard dash; B. A. Benjamin, 20 1-5
seconds in the 120.yard hurdle race
Paul Flammer, 80 feet 1917 inches in
putting the 16-pound shot; Thomas
McAieer, 8 minutes 9 2-5 seconds forsthe
mile run Thomas McAleer, minutes
ii 4-5 second for the one-half mile run,
and CIV. Howard, 55 seconds for the
quarter of a mile run.
A SPLENDID SHOWING.
This is a great showing for one day.
The programme contained the best on
record at the different games; also the
Pacific coast records. A comparison of
the Los Angeles records with these is
hardly fair.
In the first place all the world s records
were made under the most favorable
circumstances. Everything favored the
athlete. Some of the Pacific coast rec
ords given would not bear close analysis
In the early days Of amateur sport the
officials who presided were not very
particular, and today several men are
credited with performances made with
a mild cyclone at their back.
RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND.
Quite the reverse was the case yester-
day. The runners had the wind against
them, especially in all the races up to
Quarter OF mile. A conservative esti-
mate would make Cards 10 4-5i in the
club hundred equivalent tol015 seconds,
with the conditions favorable The
writer claims that Gard could yesterday
have run the hundred from the finish to
the start in 101a seconds. The 220-yard
race was run against lively breeze,
and was as good as 231a seconds on the
Olympic track at San Francisco.
CHAMPION GARD.
The sports yesterday served to intro
duce several undeniably good men--men
far ahead OF any ever seen in Southern
California. w. B. Gard, the SON of
United States Marshal Gard, covered
himself with glory by his brilliant
series of victories yesterday over well
tried and fast runners. In short, young
Gard was the surprise party of the after
noon. He was considered the rankest
outsider in the hundred yard dash.
Several days before the sports, the story
was told in athletic circles that Marshal
Gard had promised his son $1,000 if he
won the hundred yard championship of
Southern California. "The old man is
SAFE Young Gard hasn't any show of
winning" was the universal reply Of the
athletes when told about the offer. The
result showed that Gard possessed more
speed than he was given credit for, and
he won his races in good time, stamping
him as one Of the most promising run
ners in the state. His victories were
very popular with the spectators and he
won all three races entirely on their
merits. In every case he showed to be
the best man in the race, notwithstand-
ing that an attempt was made to detract
from his win in the 1O0-yard
open by claiming that he beat
the pistol. With the exception of Ben
jamin, Gard proved himself to be the
quickest man in getting off the mark,
and that is why some people think he
got the best of the send-off. Assuming
that he did, he beat his field in the Sec
ond hundred race fair and square, rum
ming the hundred one-fifth OF second
better than the preceding one.
M GRITTY MALEER
Tom McAleer proved himself to be
great athlete Yesterday. His victories