The morning call., 1891-08-30
ATHLETIC.
The Olympic Club May Be Represented

ATHLETIC.
The Olympic Club May Be Represented
at st. Louis.
James Jervis says that he has retired
from the cinder track for good.
c. NJ. Yates Jr. is thinking seriously of
giving up walking for running, and is now
trying short and middle distances.
1t is thought that Bob McArthur's knee
will be well enough for him to participate
in the sSo-yard event on September 9th.
With Macarthur, ToOmy. Espinosa. Skill
man, McCRw and Cassidy in the SS0-yard
event the race should be corker. Skillman
has improved more than any of the others.
and II handicapped from his record should
win the race, with Toomey close second.
Genial Fred Redding. who has once more
donned the spikes, IS making the cindcrs fly.
This official Handicapped timed him few
evenings ago when he was going at top
speed. Sufficient to say that Reddin6 will
have to run fast in the next handicap he
enters to win prize.
Roy Gallagher should win the 120-yard
race, as he has improved wonderfully since
the last field day. Some of the knowing
ones would not be surprised to see him run
100 yards better than 10 2-5 seconds. If
Gallagher continues practice there is mate
rial in him to make wonderful good man.
1t is barely possible that the Olympic
Club may be represented in the one-mile
event at the American championship meet
ing at st. Louis on October Sd. There is a
very promising lOng-dstance runner,
member of the Olympic Club now a resi-
dent OF New York, who, it is thought. can
get down TO 4:30 in a trial spin, which
should be good enough for place at least
at St. Louis.
The $50 and $50 yards events at the Clan
Frazer picnic at Shell Mound Park on Sep
tember 9th. for amateurs, have been abol-
lShed, as II was impossible for the athletes
participating in the Olympic Club games on
the same day to appear at Shell Mound
sooner tEan 8 o'clock, and this was con-
sidered by the clan as being too late for
such important events.
An English writer has the following con-
corning the Sheffield handicap: The Shelf
field handicap, which was run off Saturday,
August 1St, and Monday. August Sd, was
rather tame affair compared with some of
its predecessors. The absence of Harry
Hutchins from the affair, and the failure of
any of the Yankee contingent to make any
good showing had good deal TO do with the
matter. J. Tatterkall (S5A yards start won
by yard. with J. Jennings SS9A yards
starO second, two yards in front Of j.
Broad (oS94 yards START. Tsttersall is said
TO have run his full distance Q17A YARDS in
shade better than y seconds.
There are now six frst-class teams entered
for the international tug-of-war at the Pa
vilion on October 24tn Considerable rivalry
has already sprung up between the Scottish,
English, Canadian aud Irish teams. and
some betting has already been done, which
slightly fayorS the sons of old Scotland,
owing to the fact that they have had the
greater experience in this line of sport. 1t
was thought that it would be almost mat
ter Of impossbIlisy to organize a French
team, but letter which Manager McNeill
received on Monday from French athlete
states that he would have such team in the
field, settling perhaps all doubts on that
point The first prlZe-S5GO-is a nice sum
of money to contest for, and should be suf-
firient inducement TO bring a large number
of contestants TO the scratch.
The following programme of events will
be carried out by the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic CLUB of Portauds Oregon, on Sep
tember Doth: 100-yard run; 220-yard run;
440-vard run; SS0-yard rue one-mile run;
one-mile walk; two-miie bicycle race l20-
yard hurdle race, 10 flights, feet inches
high; 220-Sard hurdle race, 10 flights feet
inches high; pole vault; running high
jump; broad jump; putting 16-pound shot;
throwing 16-pound hammer The club ex-
tends a cordial welcome to all athletic as
sociations on this Coast to send representa-
tives, and. it being its first outdoor games,
an organization such as the Olympic of this
city should have at least one man TO repre-
sent it.
Paul Ellis %. C.) is considered one of the
coming sprinters by many athletes. Dutton
of the Academic Association, who, it was
thought, had promising future, never
amounted to very much. 1t will be remem-
beTed that T. G. O'Kane could run as fast
when he was juvenile as he can to-day,
and the same may be the fate of Ellis, as he
has shown no better time than O'Kane or
Dutton. Another maiden brought out on
the same day as Ellis was Hancock. He
may not be phenomenal sprinter, but
there is one thing certain-he will make the
high jumpers on the Coast hustle to beat
him in the next championship.
Speaking of the well-known amateur pc
destrian of England, the Turf, Field and
Farm says: An additional attraction to the
games this fall will be the appearance of
Harry Curtis, the English amateur cham
pion walker, who, although ineligible to
compete at the Metropolitan Championship.
will be a contestant at the 81. A. c. carnival
Of sports, September 18th. He comes TO
America with record as a fair walker and
also very speedy one, but it remains to be
seen whether his style will be allowed by
American judges. In England he mas given
G. l.. Nicoll twenty-five yards aud beating
at one mile, and NicOll says of him: Curtis
is one of the best walkers | ever saw, and he
is bound to become big favorte here.
Both Lange and myself thought that we
could outioot him, but we changed our
minds when we saw him go. He is a flyer.
In my opinion neither Holske nor Arm i
strong, neither Meek nor Merrill or any
other of our famous amateurs was ever as
good as Curtis. He Will win in any COM
giving our best men a start"
The following table of fast times, as pub
llshed in Clark's Horse Review, will be
found somewhat interesting as reference. /
1t would be a piece of information, how
ever, to many lovers of boating II it was
stated who r9wed single boat in Sol and
where the performance was done. AS to
the bicycle record, readers of this paper were
under the impression that the bicycle had
been propelled a mile by an Englishman in
2:l6. The Review SAYS:
The fastest mile run by a railroad train was
made in 5014 sec.
The fastest mile made In rowing In a single
boat took min. l sec.
The fastest mile ever made by a running horse
was run in min 80 y sec.
The fastest mile by man on a tricycle. was |
made In min. 40 2-5 sec.
The fastest Time on snowshoes for mile is
recorded al min 1894 sec.
i he best time for Il mile by man on a bicycle |
Is recorded at min. sec.
The fastest mile ever made by man SWIM |
ming was done in+25 min 81 sec.
1he fastest mile ever accomplished by a man |
walking was made In min. % sec.
In running tile fastest mile made by man was |
accomplished IN 4 min. 1924 sec.
1he fastest mile by a trOttiug horse was made |
In min. S3l sec.
The fastest mile by pacing horse was wiggled
IN min. GA sec.