The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12
SWAYNE DEFEATS JEWETT.
THE GREAT WESTERN RUNNER BEA TEN
BIZ TALES CRACK.
TIL, New York Athletic Clubs Games .
big suceess-It Was = Reoord-bre.hi.s
Day schwsner's Remarkable Jump =
5000 Spectators Eco Rare Sport ut tho
New York's Beautiful Island Home.

Athletic Clubs forty-eiChth games yesterday
afternoon. Travers Island was in full summer
bloom. never looked more lovely. and had q
magnificent day to display its beauty. When
the q. 900 spectators. the major portion Of the
gentler SEX settled themselves on the sloping
green embankments surrounding track and
fold q picture was presented that could not
fail to charm tho most inartistic eye. The
thousands OF ladies in their elegant costumes.
their escorts blending in with the gay -colored
attire privileged In summer. the dark-green
forest as a background. with the blue waters
OF Long Island Sound ripping In the sunshine
almost at the very edge OF the track. all COM
bincd to make a sight that will be an agree
able memory for many days.
The brilliant assemblage witnessed some
rare sport or the seventeen events on tho
card all were scratch but two. bringing the
cracks In training together. This resulted in
light fields. but what was lacking In quantity
was made up In quality.
Tho athletic feature Of tho day was the
standing high jump of schwnner the Winged
Foot crack. clearing S feet 81 inches at the
difficult pastme This broke S. s. Crooks
worlds record OF 5 feet IL inches. and 1t is
safe to predict that Schwaners figures will re-
main ut the top for many years. unless he
should manage to tumble them himself 1t
was p wonderful .,i d; athletic aohevemsnt
Dig Jim MltCuell luuulReu In u llttlB record
breaking Of his, own. hurting the So; pound
Tcghs So FEET dsls thereby sYpplantnc
1871 and is starting out promsinely on his
Some time ago the Amateur Athletic Union
decided not to accept record. breaking per-
petitions. The rule. was framed to prevent
ambitious athletes from going to Laurence
vile rother back woods regions and emerging
n n ar
in the woods. This law work cd harshly for
champion George Gray yesterday afternoon.
ords fairly in exhibitions but which will not
count because. technically. they were not
:, He put the twelve; pound shot So feet inches.
the pss Ss feet hs
The attraction Of the day was the meeting OF
Swayne"t Yale. and Harry Jewett. the. won:
derfui Western athlete; present 1Oo.yard
OF Canada. Swayne had been delayed by the
SS The il ass xhS js%s ssufSSd ed
final heat Of, the 220-yard run. ,swayne
Ind the %, inside vJewett the outside posi-.
has two turns and to- make matters equable
the tn, sGr d, run in lanes and are PLACED In
side or rail runner is on scratch. and the 9TH
ers have starts him. the outside
ncrs make the big turn for home. when he
comes up rapidly; gaining the ground he gave
covers 220 yards to an inch
EFT being, a . to 1 favorlte in some wacers
mde This was caused ss By the easy canteT In
beating Jewett's time one-ftf Of s'. second COM n
Jewett was quickest away when starter See
hn pa nd hnr lfNny
.,Jewett wins in a walk; "shriekHd ono official
sWay"e s upn apd an
r%y get
as he raced along. The thousands went wild
s saf sts T int the M
and his long stri de shortened. The ungainly
intercollegiate champion never wayered. and
the line. He hns had lit q practice work the
steadiy in Detroit. Eut good judges say that
in swayne he will meet his master at the COM
f.wis: iPth,iiladelrh!a crack hurdler. defeated
champion. in the, high hurdle race. and also
Ter, and Morrell. Tho times In both races would
indicate that the Philadelphian was fortunate
Champion DowHes made his IS first first appear
a2ce this season in the quarter. mile His
trial WOTk nau Uten SO kOOQ CnnC not y runner
would enter the lists against him. Not desir-
Ing walk.over he offered to give all corners
stride carried him away rapidly. finishing
When runner breaks the two-m minute mark
for "A hall mile he is entitled to admission into
NJ new Yorks d
Morris. the colored 7. H. G. <. runner from
Philadelphia. came on to walk away with the
in
recko 9 to meet Walter Dohm. but the cham
pion has not got to form yet. In Billings he
little ieow let tho colored man max. the pace
ioreOo yards. cunningly shielding him self from
spond ' to any great degree Winslow. Billngss
made iss Grsat after that being
ably the best Of Handicapped Carter in the mile
cqaskne in g. Yt ya5GS ash In the
the New Jerseys W ran game race for second
pTTfSs re- s it'd aSe 9 spRf eh eSy
as the summaries will show. and In Mitchell,
aad haze
The summary Of tho day 8 sport is as follows:
TRACK EVENTS
..sosd p Sss 'A"''
,nId s By
t RSTHSs yards g s?Ie!e B u nas
IInl5:mi's Eur!Won BY H. T. Billing, Jr,;NYHG,;
third Ims mln M%tt %
seconds.
c. A, Phindelpha. h5 yards; II. Jaehns. \. y A. 9,
third. Time, 4 ininutes 20 80 seconds.
::ss$s; ( O. :: ..;sa;:
One.hundred andtwenty yard Hurdle Race-:won by
NJ 4 G.. second; H. H. Morrell n. VA. c. third. Time
Two hundred and twentyy.rd Hurdle Race-won by
L. C. Lewis A. c. s. y, iladeiphia; George schweg.
Ter. c. second. H. H. Morreli. n. a, C., third.
Time. 81 4 . seconds,
II. Davis \. Y. A. g 10 yards W. c. Stoves. Kings
County wheelmen. 40 yards, second; ". 5 campbell
NJ A. C.. 80 yards. third lime. minutes ~ 3 sec.
Gnda - -
II. White, Acorn A. A. second: H. q. Smith. T. A. &.
third.
FIELD EVENTS.
Running High jumpLWon by NJ, J. sweeney, = "A,
with feet. H. l.. llRllock. NJ A. C. and A. MEX -rson
\ y A. tied Tor second place with O feet II inches