The herald., 1894-04-01
VICTOR HEIGHTS VICTORS
AMATEUR ATHLETES WHO DIS
TINGUISHED THEMSELVES.
An Interesting FieId-A Number of
Closely Contested Evsnts-The
winners Make High
Scores.

The Victor Heights Athletic club held
their field day yesterday afternoon. The
day MAS just what it should be for iaet
time. not q breath OF air to hinder
the boys in their efforts.
Mr.. Cook was appointed starter, Will
Edwards and E. O. Johnson were the
time-ksepsrs, and @. Friel, Thomas
Amey and Al Lawson were the judges.
The first event was 50.yard running
dash. class 2, for q gold medal. In this
race thu entries were many, so there was
a necessity for three heats. T. Comport
l. Birumbaum. ]. Spence and George
Lawson started in the first heat. All
were slow on the start, but came we'll up
at the finish. The first to pass the tape
was Birumbaum, with Lawson a close
second, Spence finishing third and Com
port fourth; time, 6 seconds.
In the second heat Lee Payne, Frank
Donegsn. w. Amey and @. Darcy toed
the scratch. Donegan finished first,
Payne second. Darcy third and Amey
fourth; time, seconds.
In the run off, Donegan led Birum-
baum from start to finish, winning the
race and medal; time, As seconds.
Standing broad jump-rhe next event
was the standing broad jump. Those
that took part in this event wsre G..
Houser, G. Lawson, R. Stevens, w.
Amey. &. Lawson won the jump; dis
tance feet. q. Houser making feet
and ii inches.
Running broad jump-In the running
broad Jump there we're entered g. Law
son, ]. Birumbaum, g. Cspps, W.Amery
and G. Darcy. q. Darcy won, making q
Jump OF IL feet and inches.
Fifty yard running dash, class lin
this race there were three starters, viz. :,
G. Capps, R. Stevens and A. j. Murrieta.
A. j. Murrieta won this very easily,
with R. Stevens second and Guv Capps
third time, 35 seconds.
Standing high jump-There were FIVE
entries for the standing high jump. It
resulted in tie between W. Amery and
G. Darcy. Height feet and inches.
The running high jump was won by A.
Murrietta. Height, 3 feet and 21S
inches.
One hundred yard running race,
class l, championship V. H. A. @. and
gold medal-The event of the day was
this race. There were three starters,
viz, A. j. Murrieta, G. Capps and r.
Stevens. They started off beautifully,
and were tie at 80 yards, but as they
neared the tape A. J. Murrieta drew
away from his opponents and came in
drst in IL seconds. Guy -r"~---
Anffh Rhe next heat. with the same run
ners starting, a good start was made,
but Murrieta came in first, making the
d'stance in 10 seconds, R. Stevens sec
ond and Guy Capps third. Murriets
winning two heats, was declared winner
of the race.
One hundred yard running race. class
Q, silver medal-In the first heat the
starters were F. Donegan, LIE Payne, 6.
Lawson, T. Comfort. F. Donegsn won
the heat, with q. Lawson second and
Le Payne third; time, IL As seconds.
In the next heat the starters were l.
Birumhaum, @. Darcy and W. Amey.
Birum baum came in first, with Q. Dar-
cey second and Amey third; time, IL
seconds.
The winners OF the first two heats
now ran. F. Donegan came in first with
Birumbaum a close second; time
0:11 4-5.
Pole vault-There were entered in
this event L. Sturns, G. Houser and j i.
Spence. ]. Spence gave up after trying
to attain 7 feet 8 inches; l.. Stutns
dropped at s feet; Houser cleared this,
making him ths winner.
Running dash, rs yards-In this race
there were four starters, viz, A. Muir
rieta, J. Birambsum. r. Stevens sud F.
D. Donegsn. a. Murrleta came in frsf,
with Donegan second and r. Stevens
third; time, 0:08 45.
Running hop-stsp-jump-J. Birum-
baum, G. Darcsy, g. Gaps and &. Hous-
or tied for the event. j. Birumbaum
won this, making Sc feet Z inches; @.
Darcy made 35 feet.
10 the high kicking, TaVy Compori
won, kicking 7 feet 6 inches.
One of the most interesting events ol
the day was the mile run, free for all
The starters were AL Neig, G. Darcy. Let
Payne and w. Amey. AS the boys strung
out it was evident that they understooc
what they we're undertaking. AT The
first quarter PAYNE was in the lead
Darcy close up, Neis third and Amey I
long distance back. AT the half they
were in the same order. At the three
quarters mark Pay ne and Darcy dropped
out, leaving Neis leading Amey by 10
wards, Then Amey began to close up OF
Neis and passed him about 200 yard
from the finish, making the mile in 40
The boys return their thanks to tn
following for their assistance and dona
tions: M. German, Tufts-Lyon Arm
company, Queen shoe store, j. W. Jew
ell, Mr.. Campbell, Donate Bros. an
Fred McKinnie.