The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-31

| Merit Burt break the one uilIc FeCosu va
the west at GriswOld park yesterday. he
| lowered his own time aud that OF the
state and placed Kansas at the head OF all
| the states west of the Mississippi river
with a one mile record OF 2:2O1 The
FACE was the last event on the program. a
one mile handicap with four prizes. The
! entries were Burt at scratch, u. A. Max
well of Winfield and Harry Fehleisou
at 30 yard mark, Charlie Williams at III
and Frank Root, Charlie Higgison, {. Ia.
Wilson and H. d. Higgison at 170.
| In the first half the lead men were very
even, while the chasers gained steadily
and finished the half about two rods apart.
The second half was intensely Interesting.
| Fehleison shot ahead, then Maxwell and
| then Burt Maxwell got too close to the
edge, jumped the track and withdrew.
ing like Hercules and moving like the
| wind He crossed the tape in 2:201z, fol-
lowed by Root, II. d. HiGgisou and
Harry Feheison in succession.
This was fou- seconds faster than his
| former time and within six seconds of the
worlds time. The prizes were, first, SO
| gold watch; SECOND, $50 badge; third. 80
| bicycle snndries, and fourth. bicycle shoes.
| The first event OF the day was just as in
| terest;ne, a one-haif mile handicap for
! three prizes. NJ. II. Burt was at the
scratch, Maxwell at the 20-yard mark,
| Burt Millison and Fehleison at s.; Will
| Jams. so; Charles Higyison and Root, IS,
| and Wilson, 50. The time of the contest
WAS 1:G4 ).
The first prize, a s25 gold watch was
won by Harry Fthleisou, who displayed
some of the prettiest riding of the day.
He slipped past his competitors and
pushed down the last eighth with speed
which pleased and excited the crowd aud
drew forth round after round OF applause.
Frank Root took second and won the
silver cup while the bicycle shoes went to
Msxwell of Winfield.
Mliison, Root, H. ID. Higgison and
Fehieison, ran mile race OF the go class
A SI2 pin was won by the last named and
bicycle foot brake 10y Root. MiIlisOn was
third. Time 23i SIS.
The half mile exhibition with Grant
knepple's running horse. IA pace maker
was Enthusiastically cheered by the spec
tuors as it showed the speed OF the cycilst
by comparison TO that of toe horse. The
time made, 1:05 3-5 WAS not, however, "a
lowering OF any record. The horse Was
not allowed {, run his full speed.
The onehalf mile-l:2 20 class was loaf
through three OF the four-eighths, as each
rider WAS playing tor position In tue finish.
Maxwell won the inside and lead, and
though Fehleison tried hard TO beat by
his double spurt he had lost too much
ground in the first Of the race and could
only scratch tie plucky Winfield boys
hind wheel. They were followed 10y H. ID.
Higgison and Frank Root. Time, 1:3i.
the first prize WAS IL SO silver cup, the sec
Oud bundle carrier.
The judges for the races were L. B.
Mathews, L. L. Warburton. Ii. w, Nc
Coy; the timers Charles Fechheimer, l..
A. Willis, Charles Mosoacher, W. W.
- ia.
Bartlett; referee, Thomas Shaw; and UNI
pires. Fred Filkins. \. j. Waterbury and
Alex Glass. Fenieison's band furnished
the choicest kind of music for the occa-
sion.
BASKET BALL GAME.
Just after the second race yesterday af-
ternoon two clubs from the y. NJ. &. A.
contested for victory in a game of basket
ball. Two bushei baskets were placed on
two poles. one of which was at either end
of rectangular field, and the following
sides lined no 10 try their hand at putting
"a ball two feet in diameter inUo their oppO-
nents' basket, aud keeping their opponents
from putting the same ball IN their own
basket:
Casad's nine-Forwards: Dyer, Taylor,
Cromer, Camien; centers: Casad, Grit
fifth. Schwartz; backs: Dawson, Davidson,
Means.
Parker's nne-Forwards: W. Parker,
Webb Coen, Jones; centers: u. Parker,
Moore, Smith; backs: Gehring, Hassig,
Woodward.
j. 4. Leinrand Was umpire and B. B.
Shea and c. L. Caswell were referees.
In this game goal counts three points
and an error counts one point for the OBJ
posing side. No one is allowed TO hold
player. strike with shut hand, play out Of
bounds OF run with the ball. and conse-
quently such spasmodic scram blng aud
tumbllng, INTERVIEWING of arms and
tanging up of legs and scratching aud
head humping could be found in no o;her
game not even foot ball.
Tie ball seemed as If bewitched and
through the two halves of the game kept
bouncing and bounding through the air,
flying backward and forward, rolling be-
tween legs aEd slipping away from the
hands of its pursuers. But twice could il
be forced Into the desired baskets, though
often raising the hearts and enthusiasm
OF the gaAers by nearly doing so. VIII
Parker put il there once aud Il. Griffith
the oth her time.
The score stood to ) III favor of Parker's
nine Each side made three points b.
goal and the other points We're secured by
the opponents making errors.