, 1891-11-24
ATHLETICS IN 81.
A Season Notable for Many
Broken Records.
wHATTHEC CHAMPIONS HAvE DONE

Outdoor Sports In the West
The season for outdoor athletics has prac
tically ended. 1t has been a remarkable
one in many respects. Several worlds rec.
ords hsve been broken, and there has been
a notable increase in the west of interest
in athletic sports.
The Western Association of Amateur
Athletics held their first championships on
Sept. q. The championships of the cen
trail association Of the Amateur Athletic
MO were decided at Detroit July 4, and
the national championships at st. Louis
on Oct. 3. These three meetings have I'M
doubtedly given a great boon to sport in
the west.
At the local championships two men
won national honors, viz, Il. Luce, of the
Detroit Athletic club, who won the pole
vault and Reber, of the Pastime Athletic
club of st. Louis, who accounted for the
broad jump. Thu club of which Mr.. Reber
is a prominent member is largely RESPONSE
BILE for the interest taken in athletics in
st. Louis.
Owing to the abolition of the Bailey,
Banks and Biddle trophy, the struggle be-
tween those old rivals, the New York
Athletic club and the Manhattan Athletic
club, for the greatest number of points was
not so keen as in former years, but the
honors were once again carried off by the
NJ. A. c.. The wearers of the CHERRY
Diamond" did splendid work during the
season and carried their emblem to the
front in England, France and Canada as
well as in the United States.
+. l.. Sarre, Manhattan Athletic club,
broke the first record of the season by run
ming 44O yards over ten hurdles Q It. 8 in.
high in IS IS seconds, which he accom-
plished Mayo. May 8, at st. Louis, c.. S. Re
her, Pastime Athletic clab, jumped % IT..
3%in., supplanting A. +. C~opland's record
of % #. 3& in. At the Princeton college
games, May 9, Luther II. Cary broke the
75 yards record, doing z 3-5 and supplant-
ing the old record Of Z As seconds. May 10
j.. r. Finlay. of Harvard, broke w. L.
Coudon's record for the 10 pounds hammer
from n standing throw. hurting the missile
los II. o in. May %, ut Cambridge, Mass, j.
p. Lee. of Harvard, broke the 2a0 yards low
hurdle record Of 25A seconds, held by him
self, covering the distance in "a 4-5 sec
onds. May 80, at Staten Island, H. Morrell
and @. 5. Busse, in an attempt TO beat the
three legged record of 90 seconds for 10
yards and 1917 seconds for 100 yards, sue
ceeded In doing 3-5 and l2 2-5 seconds. re-
spectively.
May 30 the intercollegiate champion
ships were decided and many fine per-
formances accomplished. l.. II. Cary, of
Princeton, won the 100 yards in 10 seconds
and the go yards in 81 As seconds, which
equaled the worlds record held by c.. q.
Wood, of England. Another fine perform
ance was accomplished by Shattuck, of
Amherst college, in the quarter, who es-
Uablished a new intercollegiate record Of
40 IS seconds. II. L. Williams, of Yale,
won the 100 yards hurdle race in the ex-
traordinary time of 10 45 seconds, which
is a worlds record. In the broad jump
Victor Mapes, Columbia college, cleared
% It. 11M in, which Is now the intercol-
legiate record. Early in June Luther II.
Cary twice ran 100 yards in As seconds,
once at Lawrenceville on grass and again
on the university grounds at Princeton.
The mex important event in the athletic
world was the departure of the Manhattan
Athletic club athletes for Europe. They
won no less than twelve championships
while abroad, Cary and Remington prov
ing themselves invincible.
June IS, at the New York Athletic club
games, j. S. Mitchell threw the 10 pound
hammer 1888 #. 10L in, ~supplanting the
former record OF 1888 #. 8 in, made by him
self Oct. 10, 1889. E. Hjertberg won the
mile run from scratch in Am. 27s., and in the
broad jump +. c. Puffer, New Jersey Ath-
Leslie club; L. Barnes, New Jersey Athletic
CluDt III ' lCIOE AhhptSt SOluLnDlu COIltkt,
all cleared over % feet, and A. Nickerson
won the high jump with the fine perform
ance of g #. II in. Il. Edwards, N. J. A.
c., also cleared over O feet. At Detroit,
July4, C. S. Reber broke his own worlds
record for the running broad jump, Great
ing a new one of % It. 81 in.
Sept. l2, at the Manhattan Field, the first
annual championships of the Metropolitan
association were held. j. S. Mitchell,
n. Y. A. c.. established new figures for
the 10 pound hammer, his best throw being
139 IT. . in. The same athlete also broke the
record for throwing the SO pound weight,
~supplanting c. A. J. Queckberner's record
OF 39 #. 10 in. with 80 #. 81 in. George r.
Grey, n. Y. A. C., put the 10 pound shot 40
#. 4 in, thereby beating the old record of 40
#. 2H in. made by himself at the Manhat-
tan Athletic club fall games of 1890. Other
notable performances were the 40 yards
run won by NJ. Remington in 40 40 sec
onds. T. p. Connects mile in Am. 90 2-5s.,
A. +. Copland's 1915 seconds for the high
hurdles and A. Nickerson's high jump OF
q feet.
The Manhattan Athletic clubs carnival
of sports, which too place Sept. 8, was the
occasion of many fine performances. l.. II.
Cary won his heat in the 100 yards in o As
seconds. w. G. Dohm won the half mile
AphA 90 ~ II DfLNHst bLtlCbg Dthtluk
the American and coming within 4 second
of the worlds record held by F. j.. Cross, of
England. In the mile T. p. Connect equaled
the American record Of Am. 81 2-5s., held by
w. G.. George. II. L. Curtiss, the cham
pion walker OF England and the fairest
fast walker ever known, won the mile
walk from scratch In 6m. 96s., his time for
the quarter mile-lm.~ 23s.-being the best
on record for that distance. In the high
jump II. l.. Hallock, NJ. A. C., cleared 6
#. u in. G. r. Grey put the 16 pound shot
40 #. "a in, breaking the record made by
himself the week previous. The SO pound
weight record was also broken by Mitchell,
his new figures being "a #. 81 in.
Sept. 10 at Baltimore the first champion
ship games of the Atlantic association of
the A. A. u. were held and some good all
around performances accomplished.
Sept. 25, at Toronto, the Canadian cham
pionships were decided. In the 22O yards
run II. Jewett, Detroit A. c., broke the
Canadian record, covering the distance on
a loose curved track in % 15 seconds, a
very fine performance. The writer OF this
article won the mile in Am. "a 2-5s., which
broke the Canadian record of Am. 20 4-5s.
made by himself Mt Montreal in 1890. c.
A. j. Queckberner established a new
Canadian record of 1871 #. 81 in. with the
l6 pound hammer, AS also did j. S. Mitchell
With cha =. Mound ,,.aifybt ~. ,a.p, n go, 80.