Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-05
EAURELS IN FRANCE.
The American Amateur Athletes
Capture Lots Of Prizes.
LUTHER CARY AGAIN TOTHEFRONT
he Wins the Sprint Event, Defeating Some
French Champions.
sLAvIN READY TO FIGHT SULLIVAN
1nr CABLE TO THE DISPATCH ]

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PARIS, July 4-After the exhibition that
Cary and Remington made of the British
| athletes at Manchester last week, it is not
to be wondered at that they took fright and
| refused to travel across the channel, and
took their chances of winning few second
or third prizes. This made it rather hard on
the French athletes, but they turned out
very strongly and their neighbors, the Ger
mans and the Belgians, sent the best men
they had so as to make showing. The Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Racing Club of
France went to the trouble of fencing their
grounds. They then laid out a track which
measured 4s5 meters, and cut the grass down
SO that it resembled velvet. carpet. The only
trouble was in selecting the events. The
walkers were ignored, and both Lange and
Nicol remained behind. Little Joe Queck-
berner Accompanied the team. He was also
disappointed at being shut out of the show.
The Frenchmen, however, asked him to give
an exhibition of his prowess, and so well did
he acquit himself that they will present him
with special prize.
Quite a Famous Crowd.
The crowd that gathered on the grounds,
which are situated at the extreme end of the
Bois du Boulogne, was truly representa-
tive one. Nearly all the Americans residing
in Paris occupied seats on the grand stand
-
them were Mrs. Russell Anson, Mrs. Mckay,
Whitelaw Reid, Theodore Tilton and Nat
Goodwin. Leslie Buce, with Mrs. General
Logan and Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Logan
drove out to the grounds in a four-in-hand.
Miss Andrews, of Youngstown, o., was one
of the party. Ralph Delmore. Louis Baker,
Tony L. Hamilton ane wife, Frank Sanger
and wife, Henry Darien, A. II. Candy, W.
Fitch, of Milwaukee, Dr.. Sherwood, Mrs.
Clark, Mrs. Fernando Jones, Napoleon Ray,
General Greaves, Consul General King, Mr..
and Mrs; Andair Mrs; Sevan, Mr. and Mrs.
Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes, Senator
Jake Cantor, and the daughter of Judge Nc
Carthy, Count and Countess Sertzces, Baron
College boys, who split the ears of the
Parisians with their famous war-cry, which
was shouted whenever young Mapes did
anything out of the way, were also present.
The programme contained nine events In
the first, which was over ITO meters, or Ill
yards, Cary was called upon to compete
against seven Continental athletes. He won
his heat very easily in IL seconds, and in the
trial heat he reduced the time to 10 40 Sec
onds, r. De Sevallos second, about II yards
to the bad. Malcolm Ford carried off the
hurdle race, which was over the same dis
tance. His time was l6 seconds.
Beat the French Champion.
R. Cavally of Paris, the French champion,
was third to the American. The half mile
run went to H. L. Dodman, Manhattan
ond. Time, 2 minutes 10 seconds. H. L.
Hallock did grand performance in the rum
ming high jump. He cleared 5 feet II inches.
and almost got over feet. Malcolm Ford
was second.
The first reverse that the Manhattan men
got was in the running broad jump, when
Victor Mapes, of Columbia College, won at
% feet B inches. The ground was too hard
for him to extend himself otherwise new
record would have been made. Malcolm
Ford took second prize with 10 feet 2 inches.
Only two athletes competed in the pole
vault They were Eugene Van Schaick, who
has charge of the American teanl and Hal
lock. The pole was SO slender that the con-
testants feared TO trust too much to it in
case it should break. Van Schaick won at
6 feet 10 inches. HallOck got feet inches
The quarter-mile run was a very easy
thing for Mortimer Remington, who won in
30 As seconds, with r. De Sevallos second in
81 seconds Six came out for the 1,645-yard
champion, ran great race until the last 100
yards, when Roddy spurted and won by four
yards. Time, minutes and 20 seconds.
One of the Best Features
of the meeting was the weight and hammer
of Queckberner. His put with the
l6 pound shot was 80 feet III inches. He
threw the 55-pound % feet inches. The
hammer throwing caused the ladies to
shrek, as they thought the iron missile was
going among the crowd of people. One of
the committee asked THE DISPATCH repre-
sentative if he thought some trees 500 feet
distant were in no danger. After the games
were over both NJ. Gondinet, President of
the running club, and Whitelaw Reid made
speeches to the athletes, and in the evening
Mr.. Reid gave the American athletes re-
ception at his house. The team will remain
in Paris until Tuesday, when they will re-
turn to London to prepare for their contests
at the London Athletic Club sports on Sat-
urday.
Some dissatisfaction has been expressed
at the way the programmes have been
mapped out, QueckDerner, Lange and Nicol
having very little chance to show their real |
form. A. B. George, W. 7. Young and L. |
Sayre have gone home. They are on the
and it is said that their sudden re- |