Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-18
ATHLETES JUST. FOR Fun
Sport Furnished by Sturdy Young Men for
the Pleasure it Affords.
SATURDAY O0lNGS AT Y. NJ. C. A, PARK
Some worthy Work Done by tho Boys at
the Grounds sYesterday-Good BAH Gamo
Between the Associations and
the Mail Carriers.

large ana enthusiastic CrOWu JilhJ Hlleu Iilc
grand stand at the park to overfowing and |
occupied all available space in the long row |
of carriages of all descriptions that lined the
railing along the west side OF the bicycle |
track.
These field days are something OF nov |
city, in that they are not designed to pro-
mote sport as it is generally recognized,
represented by professionals or semiprofes-
sionas, but are intended to gratify all who
desire to participate in any gentlcmanly
sport as individuals simply and solely for the
fun of the thing and the attendant
exercise. Professionals are not likely
to find there anything to in
duce test of their powers, as no purses are
or will be offered, but the park will furnish
an abundance of pure and unadulterated
sport of the harmless kind. Every Satur-
day will find u number of ambitious young
athletes on the grounds ready to compete
for supremacy in all kinds of athletic games
and sports of n similar character to the pro-
gram that was offered yesterday.
Everything moved as If by clockwork, ana
each number on the program was called just
on the dot as arranged for beforehand, caus-
ing no tedious waits, but on the other hand
| calling forth highly complimentary express
| sions regarding the management. Ihe
| Young Mems Christian association band,
| new musical organization, appeared in pub
the enjoyment OF the afternoon. 1t now
| numbers a dozen pieces, and the member
ship is constantly growing, promising before
| the opening of another season to be as large
| as any of the musical organizations OF the
| city.
Test, of Physical Prowess.
The result of the various tests of strength,
| agility and skill on the program yesterday
afternoon was as follows:
Hitch and kick Entries-E r. Morgan
| Mrf' ~ MORGAN
| touched the mark at eight feet ten inches.
| The tumbling was solely an exhibition,
no points being scored, and was highly
creditable to the participants Messrs Reid,
Meyers, Vail, Murray, Tuffield, O'Neill and
Steinhauser.
The pole vaulting brought out w. r.
Nicholas +. T. Mcdonnell, II. l.. Mckelvy
and T.. r. Morgan. Nicholas captured the
honors, clearing at eight feet six inches.
Tennis was next on the program, and the
doubles playing were Young and Fosbenner
against Cullingham and Battin. They did
not finish their work until late in the after
noon, the latter pair winning by the follow
ing score: Ga, SO.
Morgan, Volkardt, Schepp Nicholas, Pleak,
Mcconnell and Sheldon connected for the
honors in the high jumping contest, and
Morgan walked away with the plum, clear
ing the string ut five feet five inches.
The horizontal bar work was another lot
of pretty exhibition work, no scoring being
! done. Vail Tufcld Dale Henry and Mich
feats that elected liberal applause.
Wood. Chambers Mcconnell. Schell Nor
gan, Nicholas and Sheldon started IN the
lO0-yard dash and once more Morgan scored
victory, this time i'll eleven seconds.
Some Bicycle sprinting.
The quarter-mile bicycle race brought out
Pixley, Holton, Condor, Mulhall, Borglum,
Gully and Potter. They rounded the four
lap track at a pace that spoke well for the
new oval course and for their own pedaling
t-yxr rntfrl
ondS.
Woods, Osborne, Montgomery, Chambers
Schell, Anderson and McEwing lined up for
the half mile run and scratched dust at a
| lively rate for two minutes and forty Sec
t onds, when Wood crossed the line with the
rest of the pack close at his heels.
The same field of bicyclers glided out for
! another whirl around the track, this time
for half mile dash which Condor captured
as before, this time in 1:l5
!. Five minutes later, Barnum, Allen, Mul.
hall, Sancha, Gully, Condor, Borglum and
Daxon tackled the mile dash, and the foul
= time spin around the Level elhpse delighted
+. the crowd immensely, bringing back the
a good old days when thousands nightly
shrieked themselves hoarse at the Coliseum
over the performances of Jack Prince, Ton
Eek, Ashinger and "the soldier" Barnum
showed clean pair of heels to the field, anG
q finished the mile at rafting clip in 3:0(
fiat.
AT 4 O'CLOCK came Jne Dali game, DetweeI
= the mail carriers and the assassination
i nine. They were variously attlred in mul
n tiplicity OF uniforms, but the friends of tn,
i, players professed to recognize them as fol
lows:
Young Mems Christian Assocation-Ab
bott, L. l., catcher; McKelvey, third; vii
kens, short; Waltemeyer, right; Tuffield
left; Morgan, center; Gibson, second; Angel
"a first; Burns, pitcher.
Mail Carriers-Tracy, left Rollins, short
g McGreiyy, second; Ticknor,, first; Brady
. third Ahmanson, center; Herslop, right
o Graham, catcher; Hogue, pitcher.
: Defed the Conscientious Scorer.
y A conscientious effort was made to keel
&c the official score, but the supply Of scor
y cards was insufficient to chronicle all the
e. plays and lack of plays. "Spud" Farris
# umplred, and allowed the fun to continu
y until his conscience began TO trouble him, a
: it always does just about meal time. Whe
o it began to prod him so that he couldn'
n stand it any longer, he solemnly declare
10 the twenty-seventh man out and broke 70
the nearest car. The gatekeeper tipped
II penny to decide the game, and declared tina
p the ASSASSINATION" boys had won by u scor
Vi of 10 to 9. Not soul disputed IL, and tn
le ununiformly uniformed young men put OF
$. the clothes that know them in the dali
in walks of life and went home happy.
Of Next Tuesday evening at 1:3O the attrat
C, tion at the park will be game of baske
It. ball, and another crowd is booked. 1t ma
is be stated TO the animated that basket ba
40 Is 1OOt Dali Win the p"lnclpal 1OOJ IA
feature left out. Tackling is barred and tn
h., participants can reasonably hope to escar
er being manned or disfgured for life. Th
be goals are baskets mounted on twelve foe
be poles at either end of the grounds and tn
Ne game is full of interest and players froi
he start to finish.
ng Tomorrow afternoon Hon. Charles A. Cos
ne will deliver an address at the open air NEE
at ing at the park. Good music will be in a
US tendance, although the association band wi
ey not be present, owing to the nonarrival
Is expected music from New York. All al
ed invited to attend.
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nd Y. NJ. ATHLETES.
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