The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-08
JERSEYS CHAMPIONS
They Will Compete at the
Worlds Championship
Meeting at Chi
Cago.
SCOTS BOXING TOURNEY
Nancy Hanks TrOts a Fast Mile
Baseball and Athletic
Notes.
SCOTS BOXING TOURNEY

The eyes OF all athletes ara now turned
toward Chicago. and. without doubt. the
meetings which will be held there next
week will be the greatest ever held In
America. New Jersey will be well re-
presented and it will be surprising II they
fail to bring home a few Worlds cham
pionship medals. The New Jersey A c.,
one OF the most active athletic orGaniza-
tons In the East ern States. will send Its
best men. Fred Puffer, who holds the
worlds records In the hurdle events, is
In fne form and he will no doubt win
the events that he competsS in. Willie
Day. the greatest runner that America
has ever saen. is also training faithfully
for the games. The only man that ne
need fear is Tommy CJnneff.
who defeated him Labor Day
at Bergen Point. Connect is In
breaking form. Day. however, is capabl,
of holding his own and he will give the
Irish champion a close race. GoH. the
ex-Manhattsn A. C. athlete who now
wears the N. ]. A. C. sash. jumped
within a few inches of the worlds record
on Labor Day, aud he will give Roeber.
of St. Louis, the worlds champion, y
close contest. Ernie Hjertberg. who
holds the indoor record for one mile. will
also compete in all the long distance
races. He is running In good form aud
ought TO secure q place ia one OF these
events.
The arrangements for the meeting have
been perfected, and q special Anlatenr
Athletic Union train will leave New YORK
City on Monday. over the West Shore
Railroad, from the foot of Frankltn street,
North River. at 1918 A. NJ. arriving in
GNhfaA-@ ~ &hA no-~Apn GFanaf .
early the following afternoon. Officials.
athletes and members of athletic clubs
who propose to make this trip, ace re-
guessed TO communicate with Mr.. James
4. Sullivan. who shall be pleased to give
them all Information as to rates. etc.
The hotel arrangements in Chicago will
be In charge of Mr.. h. S. Cornish of the
Chicago A. A at No. lbs Michigan ave-
nue., anu athletic clubs are requested to
forward to him at once the nulnbsr they
propose to have, and he will see that
suitable arrangements are maize for Lheir
comfort.
The committee has selected the follow
ing gentlemen to manage the games, aud
as they are all experts, the work should
be done well,-Referee; Barlow s. Weeks,
New YORK A. c.; Inspectors, w. P.
Wightman. Cleveland A. c.; II. McMt-
Ian. A. G. S. N; F. K: S~searns. Detroit
A. c.; John Stell. n; I. v; FL Doug
A. C.; Alex. Grant, Columbis A. G.;
Judges &c finish. W. II. Simpson. n. A.
A. o.; j. Harder. N. A. G.. o.: j. Ii.
Booth. New York A c. Field judges,
weights-Wflliam j. Swan. New YORK
A. c.; George Rhodes, Pastime A. c., 81.
Louis; S. b. Hunt. New York A. G.
Field judges, jumps-A. A. Jordan, New
York A c.; A. G. Bowling, Suffolk A. c.;
s. Steinmetz, Columbia A. c., Washing
ton: NJ. A: Cunning, Acorn A 4. Tinle-
kespers-J. H. Abssl, Jr;. New York &C;
Wendell Baker. New York A.. c.; Nj
Bishop. New York A. c.: j. G. Lathrop
Harvard College; ]. C. Spaeth, Acorn A.
A; c. c. Hughes, N. Y. City; E. JsWen~
deI. University A. c.; A. NJ. Sweet. Nd.
A. q. Judge of walking, A. A. Jordan;
ClerK of Course, R. P. Russell, Suffolk
A. c.; Assistant Clerks Of Course.
John 7. Norton, N. Y. City: +.
HslIoraD, Boston Mass. Assistant
Clerks of Course. jumping. A. ". Rider,
Clipper A. c.; A. V. Paul. Allegheny
A. A. Assistant clerks OF course. track
&C. E. Knoblock. New York A. c.; E.
a. Henderson,, PittsDurg A. q. Track
scorers-W. j. Linehan. Riverside A. c.:
h. 3. Adams. Worcester A. C. Scorers,
weignts-E. H. Lamb, New Haven A.
ri ian1 2. <. r Hall G.ry II. G On. fssseIs
Boston A. A. Marshals-H. H. Love.
Rochester A. c.; Charles Hilton, Detroit
A.. c.; A. z. Childs. Bank Clsrks'A. A.;
Charles p. Montell, Baltimore; NJ.
Remington, N. Y. City; j. Null
laly, Cathedral a. A.; j. j..
Walsh, Pastime A. G.. Referee of
cycling-C. H. Luscomb, Chief Consul
State of New York. Umpires of cycling
II. W. Gerould, Chicago A. A; William
p. Byrne, Chicago G.. c.; j. d. Moors-
head, Chicago A. A.; F. o. Cloyes, Chi.
eago; j.. W. h. Collins. Philadelphia.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Harvey, N. Y. City.
Official handtcapper-E. G. Carter, Net
ropolitan Association,