The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-24
THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
THE POSTPONED CONTESTS AT
WAKE FOREST YESTERDAY.
The University Defeats Oak Ridge
U.N. {. and W. r. Teams To Play
Here NeNl Week.

Here Next Week.
Rain prevented the field sports Fri
day afternoon at Wake Forest. They
were completed yesterday. +. R. Tull's
ore hundred yards dash in 10 seconds
is the best record of the contest. The
best inter- collegiate record for the
same event up to 1890 was 10 10 sec
onds, by c. H. Spruill (Yale), and
last year L. II. Cary (Princeton), }, in
10 seconds. Have We doubts?
100 yards dash, E. R. Tull, 10 sec
onds; standing high jump, J. J. Young,
feet 81 inches; pole vault, B. A. JUS
tice, 8 feet inches; mile walk, j. A.
Mason, minutes 81 seconds; running
high jump, R. E. Major, 5 feet 81
inches; throwing lS4-pound hammer,
R. 0. Fry, Ga feet; one mile
run, J. E. Yates, minutes 3Sk
seconds /; standing broad jump,
d. M. Prince, 10 feet ! inch;
440 yards dash, j. H. Gore, 63a sec
onds; running broad jump, f. V.
Howell, 19 feet; 10 yards hurdle,
E. R. Tull, 123 seconds; 100 yards
dash, (second heat), A. NJ. Yates,
lO3 seconds; high kick, W. J Borden,
7 feet a inches; throwing baseball,
f. V. Howell, 10S yards. Besides
these there were novice races, potato
races, class flag races, &c, &c. Prof.
Carlyle delivered the medals.
The University Of North Carolina
hold their annual Field Day sports
tomorrow. The events will be about
the same as those above. About 25
men have been in training for the past
month.
1t is a pity that Wake Forest,
Trinity and the University do not Or
ganize a Track Athletic Association
and hold meeting in Raleigh about
the first of May every year. There
was once such a movement on foot
but it has not yet realized.
=, The University won from Oak
i Ridge yesterday 7 to 4. The game
5 was postponed from Friday. The game:
at Winston were also postponed unit
: Wednesday and Thursday of this week
}, The University plays the next day
Friday. 29th, in the city of Raleigl
e with Wake Forest. Wake Forest ha
!. played two games both with Oak Ridg
t winning the first in eleven innings
+ to anil loosing the second l5-lO
l. University has played two-winnn
y one from Guilford College A.
Il and yesterday Oak Ridge, Z to 4
II Wake Forest plays no more game
D. until Friday, while the Universit
ei plays with the strong Winston team
le which must necessarily help their bal
ID ting. With Wake Forests usual luc
a and a short hours ride, against tear
At tired with ''nunting leather in VIII
OF ston and an all day ride, the bettin
D. should be about ev IN.
New York VS.. Washington.
} ByTelegraph to the State Chronicle
'e New YORK, April 23.-The oper
- ing baseball game of the league Sc;
'o son at the Polo grounds was witnesse
~ ~ by 1852 persons to-day, the New Yor
~, ,u team having Washington for their O
- ponents. There were two gam
u. :, played. In the first game "Cyclone
: Rusie kept the Senators pinned dow
very tight. with the exception
the seventh inning, when singl
r. by Hardy, Richardson, McGui
ry and Dowdy felded their on
ost run. Knell was effective until tt
no sixth when the home league began
he pound his delivery and thereafter h;
en- the game easily won. The Senate
managed to bunch their hits on IS
yer King" in the I'd game and won
Tvs exciting and close contest. Bo
nd teams played a fine game in the fie
On Mission of Mercy.