Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28
BEAT THE BRITISHERS.
Luther Cary Runs a Fast Race Among
the English Amateurs and Wins,
OXFORD TO ROW HARVARD'S CREW
Grant White Matched to Give John Kramer
Three Yards Start in 100.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY
rBY CABLE TO THE p1srATcH.]

|
LONDON, June 27-Rain well nigh ruined
everything at the amateur athletic cham
| pionship games at Manchester to-day and a
| steady downpour of three hours converted
| the beautiful enclosure into regular swamp.
| The outlook was SO bad that the Executive
| Committee hesitated for q long while
whether to postpone the meeting or not, and
| just rs they were on the point of setting the
games back till Monday the rain stopped
and the sun came out. This brought tho
people from Cottonopolis in thousands, and
at least 5000 paid the high tariff of 80 cents
and rs cents during the afternoon. The sod
den state of the track played havoc with
the American contingent, only four of them
showing up prominently. Three scored wins
right out, while another had to divide hon
ors with an Irish athlete.
The star performance of the day were
Luther Cary's running in the 100 yards race
and Harry Curtis seven-mile walk. Cary
frightened D. Basan London Athletic Club,
in the third heat of the sprint, which he won
in 10 As seconds. Had Basan run him out 1t
is almost certain that the American would
have done ten seconds, as the wind had
dropped and then the track had not been
cut up. Cary had a very easy thing of it in
the final heat; but he ran through at his best
pace despite the half gale that was blowing
against him. The watches recorded 10 1-5
seconds, which experts say is quite equal to
81 seconds on a good day and track. He
came in for IN ovation when he broke the
tape. Mortimer Remington, Manhattan
Athletic Club, won the second heat of the
sprint in 10 2-5 seconds, but he did not start
in the final heat
q A. B. George, H. L. Dadman and J. s.
Roddy, all of the Manhattan Club, started in
the halfmile run, but failed to get places, w.
j. Holmes winning the event in 2:C0 4-5 &.
A. h Queckberner, the American hammer
thrower, won the prize for this event with
179 feet 10lI inches, which is within 1A inches
of W; JIM. Barrys record. Had little more
care been exercised in the measurement the
American would have been declared some
inches ahead of the record. An old t1pe
measure was used, and by actual test it had
stretched three inches. Barry was third to
Queckberner with lis feet inches. These
positions wereTeversed in the shot putting
contest, which Barry won with 40 feet s
inches.
10 inches. Both H. L. Dadman and Eugene
Sarre, Manhattan Club, were entered in the
hurdle race but failed to start, d. d. Bulger
Dublin University, winning in l6 2-5 seconds.
A. b. Georges eXertionS were so severe in
the half-mile race that he would not start in
the mile race, which was won by j. kibble-
white in minutes Is 35 seconds. The pole
jump went to r. Watson, IL feet inches
Tom Ray was third at 10 feet inches
or the Americans entered in the quarter
mile race there were Mortimer Remington,
Eugene Sarre, H. L. Dadman, J. S. Roddy
and Luther Cary. Only Remington and
Roddy started and the first named had
picnic. He won the first heat i'll 81 40 sec
onds and took the final in 81 seconds. He
played with his antagonists like cat does
mouse. Ii. L. Hallock was so unfortunate
as to knock the bar down in the high jump,
when it stood at feet 81 inches. He was
then tied with Arthur Wilkinson for second
place.
7. Jennings, Cambridge University. won
the purse at feet 81 inches. w. 7. Young
started in the four-mile race, but A. B.
George was an absentee. W. H. Morton, who
ran i'll New York with the Stafford Har-
riers, won in 20:53 35. The sever mile was
disastrous event for the Americans, ,as L. d.
Lange was disqualified in the first mile, and
Z. L. Nicou could only get third to Harry
Curtis, English champion. His time was
4:00 Is. Nicoll's time was 56:34 10. The
broad jump was also an unfortunate one for
the Manhattanites, as Malcolm Ford, could
only tie ID. Bulger, Dublin, at 20 feet inches.
The etwo-mile steeple chase was won L. w.
Parry, Spartan Harriers.