Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-09

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| billiard and pool tournaments in the clnb-
house, and various other events designed to-
| keep up the interest OF the members, and
when next season opens, it is expected that
| the A. "A. A. will enter the arena with the
largest list of stars in oil: lines in this part
Of the State. go. -
The ladies at Coraopolls have just finished
tennis tournament. It was drawn out over
long period, but it afforded the members
Of the Coraopolis Tennis Club an immense
amount of amusement. The ladies who con-
tested for the prizes were Misses Ada Will
son, Lille Ferree, Emma Konkle, Sadie
Ferree, Cora Watson and Miss Ferguson
Miss Lille Ferree won first prize, and Miss
Sadie Ferreel second. : Miss Konkle secured
the consolation. The prizes were two pounds
OF candy, frst; one pound of candy, second,
and case Of. pertumery,. consolation. 1t
was merely,a forerunner of greater things to
come next season. The .Coraopolis club has
turned itself into a social club for the win
ter, and its members will enjoy many a
pleasant dance before its courts are again
ready for use. The first dance will take
place on the evening Of November 4.
The recent A. A U. championshi in
Manhattan Field, New York, did not bring
forward many new men. 1t was expected that
Harry Jewett, of Detroit, would carry of
first honors in the 100 and 2O-yard dashes,
and he did. Some say that he made one
fifth better time in the 100-yard dash than
was allowed by the judges and two-fifths
better in the 220 dash. In addition to his
sprlnting Jewett is somewhat of an all
round man. He first came into prominence
as the maker of new running hop, step
and jump record of A feet 8k inches, which
was broken shortly afterward by j. b. Con.
molly, of Boston. His other performances
are running high jump feet 10 inches;
running broad jump, 81 feet Ak; 16-pound
shot, 35 feet sal; he weighs about 10, is six
feet tau, and magnificent specimen of the
ideal athlete.
Theo Luce is an athlete from the Detroit
Athletic Club who has come into prom
lnence in the past year in the pole vault.
He won both the Canadian and National
champiohships last year at 10 feet and 10
feet 81. Luce is but 10 years old, but he
managed to defeat. all the older vaulters at
the a. A. U. meets with record of IL feet
inch.
George T. Grav, of the New York Atb-
letic Club, is another athletic wonder whose
fame will always live, for no amateur can
touch him in putting the shot. He made
his first appearance at the Canadian cham
pionships held at Toronto, Canada, In '85,
while yet lad, and astonished everyone
by defeating the bulky Barry, who out
weighed him by nearly 80 pounds, and win
ming his first medal Gray in 1888 won
English and Irish championships, and the
the worlds record by a put Of 43 feet IL
inches. His best record is 46 feet ~ inches,
and that is not considered his limit, but at
the A. A. U. he only made 43 feet inches.
Harry Morrell. of the New York Ath-
letic Club, is the most recent addition to the
champions OF this country, and his muscu-
lar development is the handsomest of them
all. He is symmetrical object lesson of
the great value of all-round athletic work.
He began his athletic career in 1889, and
has competed successfully in almost every
distance from 1000 yards down to 100
He won the Y. NJ. G. A. all-round indi-
vidual championship at every attempt, and
has taken prizes at rope climbing, three
legged racing and putting the shot. Hurd-
hing had not received especial attention
from him until November /, 1890, when
from the two-yard marx he ran away from
Copeland in the 220 hurdles at the indoor !
games of the Manhattan Athletic Club
Last year at the national championships
held in st. Louis he won the 900 hurdles in |
:25 1-5. At the Canadian championships a |
week or so ago he won the high hurdles |
120 yards) in :l5 4-6, equaling the worlds |
record Of H. L. Williams, but at the A. A. |
A. meet he finished second to F. c. Puffer,
who broke the worlds record in the 120 |
yards.
For weeks past the wheel world has been |
doing little but talk Of the wonderful per-
formance of J. S. johnson, . comparatively
unknown rider of Minneapolis He first as
tonished the cyclera by riding a mile In
PAN and followed it up day or two later |
by. riding mile from flying start in |
1:56 1-5. Just before this he rode quarter
in :26 3-5 and a half in :55k Since then