Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-04
A GREAT FIELD MEET.
The East End Gymnastic Club Covers
Itself With Glory.
THOUSANDS AT THE SPORTS.
How the Points Were Won BY the Different
Associations,
l.. c. LEWIS WINS THE SPECIAL MEDAL

l.. c. LEWIS WINS THE SPECIAL MEDAL
The greatest event of the season, in the
amateur world, the second annual open
meeting of the East End Gymnastic Club,
yesterday afternoon, was in every way the
acme of success, financially, as well as
athletically. The gates were opened at 1
o'clock In the afternoon, and from that time
until long after the sports had commenced
there was a crush waiting q chance to get
In. Every car, and there were extras on,
was crowded, and hundreds came on foot to
swell the throng
over, and there were some odd
hundreds who had purchased tickets
from the members beforehand. Extra
seats had been provided and these were
filled and there were fully a thousand peo-
pie who stood during the long afternoon
and watched the proceedings with interest.
About half of the audience was composed
of ladies and they were as enthusiastic as
the members of the various organizations
which were well represented.
Eyerytring Moved Smoothly.
The fact that sort of disnute had arisen
as to which of the two organizations, the
"Three A's'' or the East End Gyms, would
score the most points added to the interest,
for it was plainly evident that the rivalry
had extended to the men entered in the
contests, and that each intended to do
his best. There was no delay
other than that necessary to rest
m nf
were entered in SO many OF the contests that
it was impossible to keep moving as fast 8
would have been the case had there been a
different set of men Tor each event. As it
was, however. the officers doubled up sew
eral events. Thus while the wheel races
were on the hummer was thrown; the broad
and the high jump were sandwiched in 80 as
to shorten the programme. The result was
that Notwithstanding the large entry list
and the long programme, the last event was
finished be ore it was dark.
Tho omciais OF the Day
Tho officers of the day are deserving of
great deal of praise for the excellent man.
ner in which they performed their duties.
They were:
RefereeaJ: W. Kelly; Jr.: E. 4. A.;
Branard 4. A. A.. F: M.ddsn, Y. Nj. c. c.;
HG~s4a GTas9 snfy A. e1F1Sf e Z H pard f & e.
A.; Thomas II; Cameron, A. c. S. N: E. c. Nc
STimers-J. P. Hyndman, E. E. G. c.; John
eiPp, +: T. !; G.; +; NJ. Preston. E. E E: E. g. G.;
E. Y T. Sys5d W g. e NJ E u6assT s e.
c.; A. G. Borland. L. E. G. G.
scorers-J. Carothers, E. E. G. c.; j. A. Wells,
Z T.. u. G.
Announcqr-E. f. Kehew, E. EGG
Rs94ss RaFs4sJ Of e. BsrDGuI w JF NcoEn F. Fl
Starter-George Smith.
Events That Won applause.
The first event on the programme was the
10O-yard dash which required eight heats
and the final to finish. E. D. Bachelor ran
well in the first heat, breaking the time in
10 As seconds. E. V. Paul, who has not been
well for several days, won the second heat,
but in the finals he'dropped out. A peculiar
feature of the first lew heats of this race
was that each was won in 1045 seconds
The fifth heat was slow and was taken by
Pyncnew fom scratch in II l-5 seconds
Arensberg won a place in the finals by de-
feating bravo and Sterrett in 10 3-5 seconds
from the 5-yard mark, but in the first heat
of the finals he was beaten by Batchelor,
who won the final from Lyons in 10 1-5 see
onds.
An East End Gym representative c. A.
jarrett, also won first in the hammer throw,
with "Three A" man, l. D. Morris. second. |
don, did not throw.
Without doubt the bicycle races were of
more interest to the audience than the other |
events. They brought out more applause,
and at the finishes of the heats the greatest |
enthusiasm prevailed. The first heat in the |
mile resulted disastrously tor two OF the
riders, who might have had u chance In the
final. W. c. Moore, in turning the second |
curve, fell and Paul Nelson, who was close
behind, ran over the embankment in an
attempt to get around Moores wheel Both
had started ITO yards in advance of A. L. |
Banker, who had nearly caught up to them |
and 1t would have been a very close finish. |
As 1t was Banker won over Eccles, the only
man, with ease. Later on Hep
pinstall fell in turning another curve of the |
track and was out of the race. This left |
the final OF the mile bicycle between Banker,
Lange, King and Eccles, and they finished
in that order. Banker had to catch
and then he finished, winning by few feet
with ease. The two-mile race ended
less excitingly. Banker won his heat with
ease and in the final wasspitted against saw
age and Addy, the latter of whom had made
II very pretty race in the first heat. A time
limit of six minutes had been placed in this
but Banker, who had complained of not
feeling we'll quit in the second lap, and the
race was won by Lange in a very exciting
finish in which he showed to good advan-
tage.
Two Pretty Hurdle Races
The hurdle races were among the prettiest
events of the day, as we'll as the most inter-
esting, from the fact that they contained
such men as Lewis c. Lewis and L. f. s.
Pynchon, of the Athletic Club of the Schuyl-
kill navy. The men kept well together
nearly the whole Of the 120 yard hurdle, but
at the stretch Pynchon forged ahead and
won by few inches. In the go yard hurdle
though, Lewis, the scratch man, overlook
those in advance from to IL yards and
won with ease. Both were very clean races
In the pole vault in which there were but
two starters Pynchon won with casn and
tnen he gave an exhibition clearing the
pole first a feet and then at . ieet inches
with loot or more to spare. He was cheered
to the echo.
Paul won the running high jump very
prettily. He had recovered from his runs
ana easily actually cleared leet 511 inches.
1t was in the hop. skip and jump, how
ever, that the injustice of the handicap |
was shown. The winner with his handicap
beat the worlds record and it was expected |
that the scratch man would beat him. Who |
ever was responsible Tor the handicaps in |
this event expected too much of the scratch |
men, for ali of the first three men with |
their hnndcaps went over the record held |
OF As feet inches.
The Points Earned by the Clubs.
There was some very pretty running in |
the half and mile runs and in the dashes and |
several of the heats were very exciting at |
the finish. |
association was as follows:
Athletic Club OF the Schuylkill Navy...........2o
Athletic Association. ...........O |
Manhattan Athletic Club b.........................3
Y. Nj. G. A. OF Washington. ................u
Keystone nicycle Club......
East End Gyms ...............T
The special diamond medal to the best all
around athlete was awarded to Lewis z. |
Lewis, of the A. c. S. N, and the other |
medals were given to their winners at the