The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-06-08
ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Exhtbttton. A Large Crowd WitneHse
the Sports. The Warren Club Lead Ii
the Numbero OF Points.
The Warren Athletic Club, never Il
tho least discouraged because the,
happened to have bad weather for thei
field exhibitions, have them regularl,
all the same, rain or shine. and ol
Saturday they had the best they eve
held. Yet they had rain to contsn,
with, but contrary to the usual Gus
tom the rain came at the closing ul
instead OF at the commencement;e ;evel
then it did not come Ia sufiicien
quantities to Interfere with the sports
A large number, not less than thou
sand persons, were present to enjo,
the sights, and the greatest interes
and enthusiasm was manifested. The
whole program was gone through
with, and every thing passed of pleas
antly amidst the plaudits OF the large
laudience.
The sports opened by a $50 yards
dash for club men only. There were
six starters. Lewis Hance came In IL
1871 seconds and Joseph Hall was sec
ond,
The second event was 100 yards
handicap dash In fonr heats. The win
ner In the final was. d. G. Clegg, A. @
s. N, 6 yards handicap, first In 10 81
seconds; w. b. Chichester, @. A. c.,
second; F. W. Crew, A. d. Y. NJ. @. A.,
third.
Third event one-mile bicycle, ordi
nary handicap was won byW. G. Seeds,
w. A. O., in 5 minutes 8 As seconds
Clarence A. Elliott W. W. O., second.
The 440 yards run, handicap on ac-
count Of threatening rain was all run
In one heat, II. q. Langdon, N. Y. A. c.,
coming In first in So rs seconds and
II. II. Alcock. A. @. S. N, second.
There were only two starters in the
half milo run open only to members
Joseph Hall won In minutes % 2-5
seconds; j. II. Klund. second.
The one mile handicap walk open to
all. was an exciting contest. It took
five times round the course to make
the mile. There were five starters, and
Lloyd Coils N. Y. A. @. scratch came
in first in z minutes 2-3 seconds; @.
II. Buckley 20 seconds handicap came
in second.
A 800 yards dash handicap open to all,
was run In two heats. The winner OF
the first heat d. G. Clegg. A. @. S. N,
is yards handicap; ". b. Chichester O.
A. O.. with 0 yards handicap, second.
In the second heat Frank Morris A. D.,
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was first, and Il. w. Lloyd, 8 yards
handicap, second. In the finals, b. G.
Clegg won in 20 2-5 seconds, W. B.
Chichester second.
Tho two mile bicycle race for the
championship OF Delaware was the
most exciting event of the dayand was
greeted with round after round of ap-
plause as one wheelman passed the
other. There were only three starters
and they were the well known Will
mington wheelman W. @. Seeds, b. Il.
Nc Daniel and q. A. Elliott. Ten times
round the course these three wheel
rounds kept close to his competitors
but never passed them until the tenth
round when lie made tremendous
spurt and won the race in 6 minutes
and 40 seconds. Elliott camo in sec
ond.
The 500 yards run, scratch was all
run in one heat, and was very excit-
ing race. 1t was won by Il. L.Sarre. NJ
A. c., in 81 Is seconds; Murdo Mac
kenzie, A. D. Y. NJ. q. A., second.
The one-mile run, handicap, had
seven starters, and was won by A. S.
Russell, A. ID. Y. NJ. @. A., 65 yards,
handicap, in 4 minutes, 81 seconds;
Il, L. Boyer, A. z. s. N, second.
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was another exciting event. Those
starting were W. e. Seeds, +. C. Elliott,
W. II. Mackrille, b. Z. Mcdaniel, @. A.
Elliott $50 yards handicap, won in @
minutes seconds, and f. Q. Elliott,
with 1870 yards handicap, was second.
| The 100 ynrds dash, scratch for the
championship of Delaware and the
Bates Challenge Cup, was also an excit-
ing event. The contestants We're all
members Of home clubs. The winner
was Lewis Hunce, W. A. O., in 11I1s sec
onds, with Irving A. Chandler, Y. NJ.
q. A., second.
The half-mile run, handicap, had 10
starters and was very close race. 1t
was won in rpinutes, seconds, by
W. II. Morris, "a colored member OF the
A. j.. Y. NJ. G. A., scratch; II. w.
/ Schlichter, s yards, second.
| The field events OF the day were no
| lessinteresting than the course. There
were eight entries in the running high
jump handicap. 1t was won by Y. II.
Loiland, w. A. g., with an actual jump
OF feet 8 "a inches, to which Is added
his handicap Of inches Lewis Nc
Cali was second with an actual jump
OF feet p inches. with handicap OF
| & inches. The highest actual jump
was made by l.. +. II. Pinchon, A. q. s.
N. scratch, of feet AZ inches.
The running broad jump was won
by William Schlief A. d. Y. NJ. c. A.,
handicap IA inches, with jump OF 10
1 feet, 9% inches. Thomas 4. Connpli,
W. A. c., was second with an actual
Jump Of 20 feet l-5 inch, handicap A
| inches.
III the handicap pole vault the en-
tries were j. X. Shell, A G. S. NJ,
scratch; J. Schneitzer, Philadelphia. II
inches handicap, and G. l.Swayne, sc
| A. A., inches. Schneltzer's large
handicap is explained by the fact that
| he is only about IA years old and was
only feet tall. SehneitZer won by an
actual vault of 8 feet 101I inches;
| with his handicap, making o feet l0%
/ inches; Swayno was second.
| The days contests resulted in 27
| points for the w. A. c.. 22 points for
/ Inc A. G. $. N. Is points for the A. D.
/ Y. NJ. @. A.; 10 points for the n. Y. A.
e.; 9 points for the g. A. q. and 8 points
i for the NJ. A. G.
| The following We're the officers of
/ the day,to whom the greatest credit Is
accorded for thniI fairness and impair
tiality:
| Reieree-W. j. Kurtz, w. A. C.
| Track iudGes-F. IL. Taylor, Y. NJ. C..
! A.; w. NJ. Williamson, W. A. C.; A. j..
Nnidermaier, w. A. G.
/ lime keepers George Goldie, N. y.
+ A. c., Harry $. Shcfwin, w. A. T.; Sam
/ uel StMametz, q. A. G.
lnspectors-Dr q. Il. Root, 1st Regi-
mcnt A. a.; David kenneally, w. A. [.
4 lhOmns Kane w, A,C,