New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-12
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y, "a, 26 I4ih ST. East,
NEAR UNION SQUARE.
WORLDS RECORDS BROKEN.
EXCELLENT SPORT ON TRAVERS ISLAND.
manly erccrssFr-I, LADIES, DAY OF THE
NEw-YoRK ATHLETIC CLUB-CoNIISIs
,ND WINNERS.

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Between 1000 and 5000 people attended IN" iol'y-
eighth game of the New-lork Athletic club yc'''F"''
afternoon al Travers Island. II was ladcs' day ana
fullv - 800 women poured into the beautiful grounds
Of the club before O'Clock: their coloed sun ""hes
wcrcito he completely surrounding 'nn t'"'N' ANU
they cheercd with handclappng Whenever the n'h-
lctes broke record. The whole crowd broke ou' lh'o
a mighty cheer when II was announced mat 'No
world. records lad been broken. Arrangements for
Transporting the arg. crowd had been made WIN the
New York, New-Iavcn and Hartford Railroad which
,o, fou, express trains direct to fehnm Manor
where the New York Athletic Club had about siAty
stages In waiting TO curry their guests over 10 i'
vers Island. Bufuly one-hnif Of the guests wa'Heu
over in their eaeerncss to see all OF Inc fhhc9 III"
not miss any performances OF their fnVoritc a'He'cS'
Prominent athletes from Harvard. Yale Princeton ana
Columbia competed for prizes encouraged by inc
shouts Of admiring classmntc. Detroit Ph'ladc'-
mia md other cities sent their contingcns Tic
results were I'm some d surprise to the bestlh
formed sporting men,
H. NJ Jewctt Of Detroit who holds the A. A. u.
championship for the 100 yard rum won at 81 Louis
at the last National Championship Games. competed
in the loOyard and 220 yard races. lie 'yon his
fire, race hut in the final OF the 900 yard. Wager
>wayne. r. Of Yale College, outran him In 90 % sec
onds and won handlly The two mile bicycle rae"
was a close and exciting one. and was finally won by
H. r. Davis. OF Harvard. ". c. Downs. the we'll
known quartcrmc runner. had 10 conccdc Fifteen yards
handicap 80 the other entries. J. :. Mitchell, who
nlready holds the worlds record for throwing the
56.pound weight raised the distance from "a feet ii
inches TO 80 feet inches. a. l.. Scwancr, OF the
y. Y. 4. c., broke another worlds record by I'D
inches In the standing high jump George II. Gray
gave an exhibition Of what he could do In putting the
IL and the II pound shot, and both times he broke
the best record. Ills put, will not be rccos
nizcd by the \. y. t. because they were not made IN
actual competition The record for the II pound shot
Is A. feet "a inches and 81 feet IL inches was
The distance Mr. Gray put IL yesterday afternoon ,
80 inches is the record for putting the 2pound
shot, but it put 81 feet inches yesterday.
The reception committee consisted of George ID.
Philips chairman; Dr. y. Mallon Beckwth, Colonel
George NJ smith, J. G. wilson. IT., 4. e. Mills. f. W.
Kcmblc W. r. Basset. J. II. Booth DR.. samuel kc;ch.
". T. Fell. G.. tombstone Bradsh Dr. g. ". Chanlcr.
Barrett IL. Adams, Robert Appleton James d. Fooc,
Henry b. Turner, T. 6. Roosevelt. X. II. COTE. IT..
Hugh II. Baxter, J. F. iastcr ID. II. Gulteras. F. NJ.
Iausling ". a. PUNE, W /. hbVett, DR.. G.. ". Ham
mOnd, J. c. f. Elackhurst, J. ID. Reynolds. Colonel
c. F. Homer. r. L. Wattenberg. X. G. Fisher. IT..
Francis 4. Dugro. William II. Harrison. T. E. ID.
Power, Waldo Spraguc J. q. Prague W. ii. PncSnev.
VI. I. COwpcrthwait W. a. Cable X. H. Dunnng and
f. i. sanger. The officers Of the games Barlow
5. Weeks referee &. W. Carr. J. L. sullivan, j. H.
Booth and W. q. schuyler, judges ut the finish;
T. ii. Downing VI. A. Cunning H. II. Baxter, i. NJ.
tlute ana Eugene tnHnmlD, INSPECTORS, H. IT, butl-
meyer, G. Robinson NJ T.. More. a. \. Jordan W. j..
swan and X. c. Fisher IT, field judges; and e. A.
Reed VI. Bishop. J. &. >pach, T.. j. Wendell and Rob
ert stoll, tmckccpcrs
The contests 10Oylrd run. 12oyard hurdle
race 22O.yard rum mile walk 40 yard run, 400
ward hurdle race, womile bicycle race one mile run,
obstacle race. running high jump, puting 1Gpound
shot, Running broad Jump, throwing lG-pound hammer,
standing high Jump, and throwing j6pound weight.
These are the winners lOO-yari run (scratchD, six
starters First trial heat won By W. II. Icaton with
NJ T. IIapln second umc-lO 10 seconds. Second
trial heat won by H. NJ Jcwctt. Detroit ~ C.: George
schweglcr second: timc-1035 seconds. Final heat
won by H. NJ. Jcwcti. George schwcslcr second. W. H.
Ieaon third tlmc--1O 10 seconds.
IaOyard hurdle race (scatchl-Won by Lewis G..
Lewis A. &. :. "; II. r. Harding, NJ. A. c., second
time, 10 4-5 seconds.
8sOyard run (scrdtch)-Won by II. T.. Billings. jr..
y. Y. \. C.; :. v Wnslow second, and W. H. Morris
third: time. / minute 504-5 seconds.
a2Oyard run tscratcht-Flrs tra' heat won by
Wager swaync, ir Yale University VI. L. Iialpn sec
ond time, % 20 seconds. Second tra, heat won by
IL. NJ Jewctt; W. II. Ilcaton second; time. % 30
seconds. Final heat won by Swaync In an exciting
finish Jcwct, was second by feet, and lIapn third
time, 30 30 seconds.
onem mile walk (landlcnp)-Won by Thomas W.
LctsOn 23 sccordS W. II. Meek, Col. A. c. go sec
ondsD. second and F. Il. Eis Pasmc \. e. (3j
tcccnds), third time, minutes IL 40 seconds.
4iO-yard run (scratch)-Downs gave the other
starters II yards ana by 10 more from H. H.
Billings. IT,; ". c. ~. liuicimln, third; time, 80
seconds.
30 yard hurdle race (scratch)-won By l.. c.
Lewis. G"oige schuyler, second and H. II. MOrrcll.
third time 20 IS seconds.
Two-mc safety bicycle (handicap)-WOn by
Il. II. Davis go YARDS by ya.d5 from ". c. stevens
of the King County Wheclmen $50 yards; ". ;.
Campbell. VI. H. c. 80 yari-). third nine starters.
one mile :un handicapj, twenty startcrs-Won
by NJ. \. Bcyd, Philadelphia !. NJ. {. y. 90 yards;
H. Jscnc N2o yards, second: and \. &. William
Yale 4. A. go yards, third time, 4 minutes - "a
seconds.
Obstacle race, one fifth mile (scratch ten starters
Won BY u. q. Woodruff, y. !. \. g.; ". Ii. White,
Acorn ~ A.. second. aud II. &. smith, &. A. c.,
third time. minute a ID Seconds.
Running high jump (,cgatchl-Won by VI. F.
sweeney, Y \. A., with jump Of feet H. l..
Il1lloca and \. Nickerson tied for second place al
3 ,cet IL inches, and the place the toss
by lIa.Ock.
Putting the I6pound shot (scratch)-Won by George
r. Gray. distance 4j feet Il inches; j. ;. Mitchell
second with pnt Of IL feet IL inches G. Coughn
third, IS icei II inch.
Throwing the lG-polnd hammer (scratch-won by
Coughlin second III feet inches. and d. c. Davis
third. 1oJ iec,.
Throwing the 5G-pounI weight scratch)--won BY
J. :. Mitchell. " \. ~ G.. distnncc - ieot u inches,
breaking the words record by inches: G. CoughliD
second and George X. Gray third.
Running broad Jump scratch twentv-tw entries
and seven starters-WOn by f. w. Con- 80 feet IL
inches; j. J. Morley. ~ feet . inches second, and
George Schweelcr, 30 feet . IL inches third
Standing hugh Jump (scratch)-Tho worlds record