Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12
In THE FRONT AGAIN.
Americas Amateur Athletes Do Great
Things and Surprise LOndoners.
REMINGTON'S VERY FAST SPRINT.
He Runs 100 Yards in Even Time and Cary
Wins Championship Race.
OTHER INTERESTING ATHLETIC EVENTS
rBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. I

LONDON, July 11.-There was o great turn
| out at the London Athletic clubs grounds at
| Stanford Bridge to-day to see the Manhattan
| team, but hundreds were disappointed be-
| cause Luther Cary, the Princeton student,
| did not compete. He had gone to the North
| to compete for the championships Many
Londoners say that Cary fears to stand the
test of London timekeepers, but after the
wonderful showing Of Mortimer Remington
| in the 100-yard race and quarter mile, the
| carpers are silenced. Many marveled when
| they saw Remington run the hundred in
| even time to-day, and say that if Cary can
| give his club mate three or four yards start
| in 100, he must be the greatest sprinter the
| world has seen not even excluding Harry
| Hutchins.
There is a story behind every non-appear-
ance at the Stanford Bridge. When the
London Athletic Club first proposed their
field meeting Cary said he would run in a
100-yard race if it was.a scratch event. This
was promised him and he was satisfied. A
few days afterward it was announced that
the race would be a handicap, and Cary noti-
fed the London Athletic Club that he would
not compete.
He Went for Big Honors.
He sent his entry to the northern cham
pionships and then the London club altered
their event to scratch race, but Cary would
not start. Now the Londoners want Cary to
run an exhibition hundred, and he will be
asked to give the Cockneys a show.
The London games not only brought ont q
fine attendance but it was purely a repre-
sentative meeting of Londons best amateur
athletics. In the 1c0 yard handicap all the
Americans excepting Cary entered. Rem
ington was on the scratch He did not start
in the first heat. j. S. Boldly, yards start
ran unplaced to E. K. HouseNLondon Athlet-
ic Club, in the second heat, time 121a seconds.
the third heat and H. Dadman. yards, did
not start in the third heat. The final was
won by A. S. Turk, 8 yards start, Ia seconds.
In the long jump Malcomb Ford, with 20 feet
inches, was second to b. G. Green, with 20
feet inches, and in the high jump HallOck
cleared feet, winning first prize. c. W.
Harvard, London Athletic Club and the eX-
champion, was second with feet II inches.
Ford entered but did not jump. Ford was
also an absentee in the hurdle race which
was won by C. Harvard. The latter started
Is yards behind scratch and won in 1SH
seconds
In the 600 yards run, Dadman, 6 yards,
was not placed. w: B. Willis, 40 yards, won
was also unplaced. Dadman failed to get a
place in the three-mile run. +. G. Strange
winning in 15:l514. Sid Thomas, was third in
1920 Is.
The Best Things Done
at the meeting were Remington's 100 yards
in 10. He won his first heat in :10L. E. K.
House won the SocOnQ neat IN 10 70. In the
final heat Remington ran away from House.
Remington won the quarter mile race in
:49 Do He did AGO yards in "A, and $50 yards
were won in ~ %, which now forms the
English record. Besan was second and
Roddy ran unplaced to his club mate.
Queckburner also did great things with the
weights. He threw the regulation hammer
12S feet ~ inches and hurled the 56 pound
weight 90 feet 215 inches, wiping
out DavId's record of 80 feet "
inches Nicoll accomplished a wonderful
feat. After he mile walk in London he and |
Harry Curtis made 40mile railway journey |
and took part in a two-1nile walk at Green |
hithe. Both were unplaced, but NicoIl did |
better than IA minutes IS seconds for the |
distance, and Curtis did IA minutes 50 sec |
onds. For the London Club walk Cur |
tbs, had walked the mile in 6 min
utes SO seconds, winning, with Nicoll |
second in minutes ~ seconds. |
Lang was third in 6:52. Ford left London |
after the game and will be a |
passenger on the steamship Umbria. The |
team will compete at Salford Manchester,
on Saturday next, after which they will go |
by express to Queenstown, embarking for |
America on Sunday.
At the Durham championship meeting
Luther Cary won the 100-yard run in 10 10 |
seconds, but he could not get better than
third in the 220-yard handicap. The track
was very rough and fully quarter of
second slow.