Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-05
THE RECORDS WERE SMASHED.
A Great Day at Riverside fol-
Amateur Athletes.
Burke of Los Angeles Breaks Two
Coast Records.
Splendid Contests of Athletic SkiIl-Rea
Maynard Wins the Quarter and
Charley Howard the 100 and
ssO Yds.-Records Cut.

witnessed yesterday by 5000 people
They were grand success. The bes
athletes in Southern California CON
peted for the handsome prizes, and tn
sport eclipsed any thing ever seen i
this part of the country. The gran
stands were packed with the wealt
and beauty of San Bernardino county
while the brass band enlivened wit
selections during the waits.
Southern California records wer
smashed in nearly every event and
couple of coast records were lowered
The Los Angeles athletes did splendidly
capturing first and five seconds. TIL
Los Angeles boys made their head
quarters at the Rowell hotel and anon,
those registered from this city wer
Paul Flammer, Art Guthrie, John Win
der, Fred Maynard, E. A. Donahoo, T
O. Naramore, jr., Jim Bethune, El
Cook, E. Budget and w E. Tyler.
Burke covered himself with glory b,
winning the mile and three-mile safety
races and lowering the coast records il
both instances. Burke was in granC
settle. Charley Howard captured the
the hundled and twenty-five yard races.
The Southern California record was
lowered to l034 seconds in the hundred
Rea Maynard, a son of DR.. Maynard
proved himself frst-class man by cap
turing the quarter mile in the good time,
81 seconds. Chapman also distin-
guished himself and Stewart did we'll to
capture second prize in the mile safety
race.
Whittemore, Stanford student,
showed to be a first class athlete, and
he lowered the Southern California rec
ord very materially in the hurdle race.
The track, which is quarter OF a
mile, made of red soil, was as hard as
an asphalt sidewalk.
The officers of the day did their ut
most to have everything pass off salts
factorily, and they succeeded. The fol-
lowing gentlemen officiated:
Games committee-Wm. Mclean, F.
M. Heath, ]. S. Castleman, j. E. Bea-
mer, Robert Bettner.
Referee-Mr. Van Louven.
Inspectors-C. 0. Albire, Fl. Hawes,
W. B. Lyon, j. M. Johnson.
Judges at finish-F. B. Devine, F. NJ.
Heath, j. E. Beamer.
Field judges-W. A. Correll, S. J..
Castleman, A. w. Bruner.
Timers-H. 7. Hays, G. @. Trow-
bridge, HI. j. Doolittle.
Starter-E. r. Cook.
Clerks of the course-Robert Bettner,
Paul Flammer.
Scorer-R. F. R. Strange.
Marshal-Geo. w. Dickson.
Announcer--W. G. Mott.
The Los Angeles delegation gave three
cheers for Riverside at the conclusion
of the sport and the Riversiders re-
turned the compliment. The following
is summary of the games;
ONE MILE SAFETY 3:10 CLASS.
William Ruby, first.
Joseph Wilson, second.
George Rice, jr., third.
Time, 2 :55 As.
This race was spiritedly contested
from start to finish. Ruby and Rice
rushed off in the lead at the crack OF
the pistol. The quartette was punched
at the end of the first lap. Wilson
challenged Ruby ON the second lap, but
the latter was not to be denied and
shook off his opponent and was never
headed, winning cleverly. Wilson beat
Rice for the second prize.
100-YARD DASH, oPEN-FINAL HEAT.
G. V. Howard, Los Angeles Athletic
club, first.
B. Benjamin, Los Angeles Athletic
club, second.
H. @. Head. Santa Ana, third.
Time, 10 seconds.
There were eleven starters in this
event and in consequence it was run in
heats. G. S. Dole, CIV. Howard. B.
Benjamin, G. A. Harlin, Bert Newcomb
and F. HI. Edwards started in the first
heat. The start was very ragged one,
Benjamin getting off in the lead and
Howard in the rear division. Benjamin
won and Howard had to run for his life
to get second place. The time was 10 2-5
seconds. In the second heat C.P. Paw,
HI. G. Head, A. H. Harlin, E. o. Drown,
r. E. Alcorn toed the mark.
G. P. Pawn won, with III. G. Head
second, after a hot battle down the
stretch. The time given out was 10 2-5
seconds. The first aud second in each
heat came out to run in the final. Ben
jamin and Pawn were both penalized a
ward for starting before the pistol
cracked. A capital start was effected
and smashing race followed. Harlan
dashed to the front, but was soon col
Jared bv Benjamin. A ding-dong race
ensued. Howard came up with one oi
his celebrated rushes, and won by three
feet, Benjamin just beating Harlan FOL
the second prize.
100-YARD RUN-BOYS UNDER Ia.
Charles Waite, Riverside, first.
Norman Dole, Riverside, second.
John Codd, Jose Lugo, Edward Mills
and Rex La Rue also started. Time
1245.
Waite, who was much bigger than hi
competitors, won very easily.
HALF MILE HEAT-sAFETY.
First heat. All the others Withdrew
but A. l. Stewart, of Los Angeles, an
L. w, Fox, of Cotton. This was grea
contest, and was won by Fox after ho
finish in 1925, which wac With
three-ffths of a second of the coaf
record.
Second heat-Both men layed UP th
! fret quarter, but every foot of groun
was gallantly fought on the last laI
| The duo came down the stretch workin
for all there was in them and the crow
cbeered when they dashed under til
wire locked together. Stewart won /
about six inches and the judges 60 al
nounced. Time, l :38 l-5.
Final heat-The deciding heat was
battle royal. Turning into the stra;gl
for the final rally, Stewart had sever
wards the best of it, but Fox came |
with a brilliant squirt, and after ha
tussle gained the verdict by very lit
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