The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-10-16
A YEAR AMONG AMATEURS.
n MANY NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
MADE ON THE TRACK n FIELD

MADE ON THE TRACE AND rAh1D"
R~odenbnueh's vauitias ana Sweeney
High Juupipr Were the Surprises OF tss
s~en.on-Seyerai Records Touched By the
Weight Tkrowcrs nud Jun'pers.
All important nxturos in the schedule o.
amateur tract; and field games are now de
cidod. and tho season may be REGARDED as
practically over. Whether the spirit OF anna
tcurism has Improved with ago fs . question
on wh!chthero ie q wide divergence OF opinion.
but as far rs physical rrowcss 10 concerned
,,,ro Is convincing evidence Of progress In
almost cvor7 branch. In running the general
Improvement was gratifying. and although
few records were altered. several were
e1ualled. and many performances not anect.
ing .ie record figures were OF sunicisnt merit
rs TO deserve comment.
At BOSTON. Feb. 70. l. B. Bloss ran twenty
yards in . AS seconds. This Is the. first In
stance OF IN accredited record for the dis
TANGO. and shows how fast an expert con start
and get up speed. Dloss also covered forty
yards in 4 90 seconds. eclipsing the record BY
q fifth OF q second.
Tho recognized amateur and professional
record Of 0 40 seconds for 100 yards has held
its own against the ~feotest runners OF tho
year, but was twice placed in jeopardy. J. Il.
Hcnpton won the amateur championship OF
Now Zealand on Feb. 6 In the same time. while
II. Jowett, running from scratch In a handicap
at Cleveland. Aug. 10. Was nlso returned as
winning in o As seconds. Tho record value
OF tic latter performance was discounted by q
stron: faYor!ng breeze and comparatively In
experienced timers.
Ono hundred and nifty yards Is an unusual
| distance in this country. and none OF the
| specialists went for {. H. Sherrills record Of
II seconds. made at Hamilton Park. Conn.,.
Juno Is. 1883. c. q. Woods world record OF
14S seconds. made nj London. July 81. 1887.
was twice cquallcd by ]. II. Moneypenny In
an invitation handicap at Tho sports OF Jesus
College. Cambridge. During tho opening
heats on Fob. ~. Moneypenny is said ~ have
bocn favored by n light breeze. whilo in The
nnnl heat on March !. o fresh wind was with
him. and his remarkable duplicate perform
snco will hardly receive official recognition.
In tho 22O.yard championship at Manhattan
Field. Oct. /. Harry Jewott. In both tho rrcllm-
mary and final heats. coualled the worlds rec.
ord Of 81 As seconds. standing to the credit
of Luther Cary. {. G. Wood. England. aud ".
T. MACPHERSON. New Zealand. A week previ-
ously. ut the Canadian championships in Mon
trcal, Jcwett was credited with running the
distance round u curve in " 3d. seconds.
This. il ncccpted. will be the worlds record.
In addition to the usual number OF watches.
All electrical timiE: apparatus was in use. and
this is said to have recorded II 95-1OO Sec
onds. Wager S#uyne. who. unfortunately. was
absent In EUROPE during tho recent champion
ships. won tho 220-yari Intercollegiate cham
pionshir on May IS in ~ seconds.
W.. [. Downes was confidently looked to fora
successful onslaught on the 1uarter-mils
record. but he rarely appeared. save In scratch
races. and no ono turned UP good enough 10
make him go faster than so seconds. He won
fl, national ohm D,yitpc chin In fhia TINA nj
Manhattan Field. Oct. ]. with G strong wind in
his teeth Tor the last lao yards. Also the
luhrtor-m'ie nt lraSero lsiand. June H. ana
tho METROPOLITAN char pioaship.
w. c. powncs's and Lon Myers's twin record
OF minute IA 70 seconds for 600 yards was
not approached here. hut at London. Sent. -.
= {. pseai" lre@e III. rns'jsh record b, Gov:
eg'Hc ths distance III ! minute ], 40 seconds.
Having his OPPONENTS distancci a long way
.. ~ WV ..''' " 'oN",u "
nH,sn' an" ms circumstance VII! probably
nI';,;1 LIS cam 20 ,;e j'.''ssh reso:..
.n".. -. io".n . aos.",o I'm iali,
m'is rnisS was :e".:a.sy regretted, MS scsord
r'rre,onta;iys None 1.-THE flyers annEoached
AT Manhattan Field. May -. II. l.. Turner won
the sso-yu-d Intercollegiate Championship in
/ minute 5o4.5 seconds. Two days later on
tho same track no rovcred the distance in l
nin rn', ...i' ~ =. ~. II te'topol'
'''h '"~tAli"hshin IN : minutes ID seconds.
and on Oct. l tho National Championship in l
minute Is 80 seconds. At Trayers Island,
- =, ', ,:,:S"N 80 iS"np'
June ii. Il. ]. billings. Jr.. won tho half mile
in | minute 80 4-5 seconds. and at tho Cana
dian CErmpionshins. Montreal {. q Val
IsNn,. n",n 49, 20 ~ val
'ToH ; ''lne was | minute % 80 SECONDS.
no;lin: unusual was dono either hero or in
Ei':'and. Inc "n' mile itself developed no
runner who succeeded in giving tho old estab-
iiSrc Should 30 cXssIteG. as at boston. Te ab''iias. Is.
minutes - IS seconds II, H,ar,Ihesrr n mIa
Showed uneTrcrtSd form at recont o,f d %op
,ir,.s- # Montreal Semut =. he rot mittE.n
lit. 6 yards Of &. II. orion ior tho CANADIAN M,dinin
Ni,unn;tan in,rjj' o. / h. w,s DS Suepu1I, AZ
To- the same wirnsri IN 1 inut"s37 IL ss,nnJJS
nnJ 1T in.t T M ~ nu u 3hsconus.
tr:.ck, with ffseen Yards start. he r ran s awaS
finu 0rton in / riinntss 81 WY
was wsH' ce crn n W =. : u ni.iu.e s.sL If a., rst1 fna s,o IL
an ;n.ym,ric,c 70 roniH as Ir1Ii',o LOT Sucn
'h " ~ Nr'lNN'.o ~ 80 'ikbll " VIII IL