The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17
O'SULLlVAN THE WINNER.
CAPTURED AMERICAS ALL-AR0UND
CHAMPIONSHIP HoNoRs.

CHlMPIoNsHIP HoNoRS.
Ions, New Engiands Chsmpio,, Failed 70
Qaanfy-Osuiiivs tho OpIy Competitor
60 Q.siiry-won on the Last Jump with
Not Fraction OF IN Inch to Spnre-An
Interestine Con est-Previous vvinsers.
The eighth individual athletic champion
ship OF America was held at Travers Island
yesterday afternoon. Tho New York Athletic
Club founded the competition in 1885 and
Transferred 1t to the Amateur Athletic Union
In 1889
Biz prominent athletes were entered for the
1892 honors: II. II. Morrell and @. Schwegler.
New York A. c.: F. W. Gofr. Manhattan A. C.:
]. ]. Mooney and NJ. OSullivnn. Xavier A. A..
and u. Long. Boston A A. The latter is the
all-around champion OF the New England As
ISOLATION OF the Amateur Athletic Union.
There were ton events. and tho order OF
competition and standards were as follows:
One-hundred-yard run. IL y seconds; putting
16-pound shot. 80 feet: running high jump.
feet: half-mile walk. minutes 30 seconds:
throwing l6-pound hammer. 95 feet; pole
vault for height. \ feet q inches: 12O-yard hur-
die race. 20s seconds: throwing 56-pound
weight - feet: running broad Jump. IL feet:
one mile run. minutes 40 seconds.
First place In each competition entitled
competitor to five points. second place to
three points. an third place to one point. the
contestant scoring the greatest number OF
points to 10 declared the winner OF the cham
pionship.
Under the conditions an athlete failing to
reach the standards In any three OF the ten
competitions became disqualified. and any
points which he scored were declared void.
an the record OF each event in which he
aOOro0 points made exactly III lie
had not com peted.
On public form Long should have won the
cha mpionship, nut, ns told in THE Sun last
week. all-around competitions AFRO uncertain
affairs. and th" very thin. predicted as likely
crAckatasks vi tn. competition fa ed to, quail
~. and OEu!llvan. z rank outsider. shot to
All six men quaiMed in the opening event
schwcgler viii iis ct drink tart was first
at ,y yardS was the van by two
cinch for Schwegler. and no eased up near the
enish. winning oy four feet with Mooney. who
ond. and Morrell third, by y foot. Time, 10 rs
seconds. Goff was, fourth. Long nth. and
Q,SuIIIvan sixth Al qualified in ;; o seconds.
OSulltvAn LeatinR the game by one-hith OF a
The following event. 1G-round shot, wa.
but Long won 70 with IS feet Inches. osuiiisan
kseond with 81 feet INCHES; sGhwsfe Ell th "a
FEET inches, Iooqps nth With y feet i
inches. while Morrel! scored the. 'rst disquali-
ncaton. putting the weight 81 let inches.
three inches short OF the qualification. 81 feet.
bio cempett!on Long and dofr Clearing feet
inch and dvided rs and Ss second POINTS. four
Zach bosuySn t99k thid point VIZ fet
inches. and schwsEler and Mooney y 9nsil,ei
have divided points at about 5 fact inches, rs
hsl'.Rile walk, Loqr SchwesleE. 0'su!Iivan,
seconds, Goff being s.econ in 4 minutes 20 AS
seconds. Long was third IN minutes 80 sec
onde; and might easily have come IN the
Ter Was fourth osSIVan '9 fiith and Mooney
sixth. Tho latter pair strolled around. finish
n EveyHody 1 but q osuivan ie down the
SSuccsedins event. throwing tn l3.ppund
WITH SeT IKE Ya se but
could not get the missile further than 81 feet
~ inches; Just two inches snort Of qualifying.
gusted the Bostonian. and he walked off the
Held although having hut two dislualifica;
third. with % feet II INCHES: Mooney got i
inches, and ScEweglCr was a poor last, with 81
=, The knTAle race race was decided IN heats on
secon's. and i vidr1 the eight points for first
and secon' oHui'ivnn was thirt in ~ -
Mooney wn, leading at The second hurdle. hut
fell and did not qualify. Srhweglcr might
i have Uni he'd third. out did not understand
Three men tied for role-vault honors and
divide tie points; taking hre" each. nn'su..
Ivan. Moon y. and frhwcgl"r cleared 81 feet
ter not gullify nc, As N'suIiyan cleared The
chrered. r he was looked upon sure Win
nor; This was G' r. second 81 qualification,
t and as ne Vas c"an 70 , in the weight
AZ exI ected. al! but o'Suiyan failed in the
66-pound weight composition. and this made u
Of the big lrishman: O'Sullivans throw was
q feet 5, inches Mooney was second with
20 feet ! inch: Cor third. with IL feet .
Inches, and Morrcll, last. with poor Is feet 5
inches.
Con won tho broad jump with 20 feet ~
inches; hrwGler tlird with 20 feet /. inch;
USulivan inst escaped disqualification and
vsn n.a two fest and nu he
started f"r his last jump the crowd pressed
closer a. out the Juml I'M. place. He got n
bad take,oir. and everybodT, thought he
is feet. Judge Swan ran the tape slowly
through his hard and the black mark ri Is
feet rested on tine edge Of the inke.oif. giving
eighth Of IN inch t" SPAR. for lie would Ger
tainly have failed to reach the standard in the
Harry MorrcN won the one milo run in easy
fashion in > minutes 81 p seconds. schweg-
Ter second in 5;3I. Goff third in 'b:.iS 20.
Mooney did not Irnlfy, nnd oSul!ivGn. hav-
O'Spllyan Wa drrlnr"d tho winner. and re-.
lion e in Who be- o "t"rteh Ole oTerwis". The
points sc"C"d ly he men were all, wed, ire
tpertiya OF the 'mb"r 81 disuualilontions !.
The referees tnbIe showed the following
score: