Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-25
SPORT At THE PARK
Sans Of Eun Esioy a Day Of
Recreation
WITH GAMES ON The GREEN
La-sy sshirsss coassn.f 90 nosas.
.sa Medals ts.sfsrs 1hess Adnlrtax
fslend- aaa Relatives

The Hihefaisns bad great sssy Al
N.rth Para yesterday They tarnesi
cut m FOIL fofce. aed u.ih fhair guests
f,rnsd al aggtexatioa u fi-asafs s,ek
prs hat not only flied the p4sliion b
eseEitosins bat every otkes buiI,is1g
snd place where seats we're provided
those Nho conid Mt be aecommodatesl
Ia this Uay amused themselves in ether
parts e tbs park There we're al yoffs
Of devices - intsrrst the chsldren. Wills
tbs mea and Dot fsx u the women
Watched the Rsmss TIE chiidrea kept
their e4os Ga the bear. Bruins antics
uers the drawing card with them until a
dariag inshsidnal braved the ps,szibil-
lties Of fall b. walking across the river
ca : Tight wire. Just about this time a
terrific storm made ia appearance and
drove everybody under cover. The gale
va Boo much for the rope walker
AID be WAS compelled 10 retreat
before finishing his return trip.
There was no cod % the fun.
The spors~
Tbs nfst on the program was the
throwing II sixteen pound slcdge.
There we're slssea participants. but Phil
smith eOn by heaying the weight nine
T. four feet The all around jumping
brought out q Number 4 athletic look
ing fallows There were Ciaud Morton.
Charles Sfew4rt. David West. Chris
Nonsman, William e.. Noneman. Fred
Broxmeif. r. q. Cummings. George Rys-
dale. n. l. Perkins. :. v. Mcleod and
Patrick Casey The latter Was pre-
vrnfed from taking part because no
insisted 90 appearing In costume
which the judges considered too Roman
esque. The standing high jump. run
ming high Jump. standing broad jump.
running broad jump. yauiting and hop
ski and jump we're combined IN one.
q gold medal going 20 the one who
scor'~i the most points and a silver %
The next best ). v. Mcleod proved
himself the victor BY two or three points.
With Charles Stewart second. The lat.
Ter i promising young athlete and
Uon the applause of the crowd. He
bestsd Mcleod IN running broad Jump
and IA the hop skip and.a jump.
Won bs the East side.
The tug q war between the east and
west sisie Hibernlans created excite
ment a. well AZ amusement Andy
Doyle - aldcrmanic fame captaincd the
west sisie. consisting OF NJ. Carr. James
Quinn. Daniel Lynch. John Mulan and
John Mitchell II. G.. Shaughnossy,
James Miles. William Fitzpatrick, Den
nis Harrigan and Thomas Harrigan con-
tested for the east side. The east side
pulled the west aide clear OF is feet.
but Andy Doyle declared there was a
foul because several in the crowd helped
Phi Smith succeeded in putting the six
trcn pound shot thirty three feet and
tsn inches: W r. Tabloid second with a
distance q thirty one feet. eleven inches.
The ic0-yard dash was won by = v.
Mcleod IN ten and one halt sfconds
The shoc race Tor boys Mas the funniest
a all About a dozen urchins placed
their shoes IN barrel. Then
They took position about
forty yards hack. Tho barrel was lifted
exposing the shoes IN pile. Tho lads
started and such time as they had
finding their own footgear! The small
est by u them all and the one that
started last. got bis first. put them on
a. Il be had an engagement 20 20 swim
ming and ran back landing first
prize which vas pair n new shoes.
It's name - Herb Caulon. Johnnie
Collins was second. On account Of
darkness the tub face and sack race
were declared on
II eas estimated that there we're 1900
persons AZ the park. Last evening there
Was dance and many remained 10
enoy IL The rain did not seem TO
dampen anybody spirits