The evening world., 1894-05-26
One RECORD BROKEN.
Hickok Throws the l6-lb. Ham
mer 1913 Feet 8 Inches.
Track at the Oval Bad for Running
and Walking.
Yale a Favorite with Those Who
Are Betting.
special to The Evening WORLDLY

ternoon trains brought a steady stream
Of people here from the CITY and n lon,
nrocsssion he.an 60 s,a - ,ho go
nil road leading from the Norris Dock
station to the pretty green-turfed in
closure NJ tho ton ~ tha c,ir
AT z O'Clock there were about l,5OO peo-
pie on the field. The pin zzas Of the
handsome c~,rh-ho,sa a, tho wo., ara ~
n""'soine CLUBHOUSE at 'he west emu OF
the oval had been taken possession Of
by a number Of private parties. where
tbs ,adIas u,oui, Nv - ~
. "ou'u We p'o.ee'eu os lhe
Others, regardless Of the threatening as
pect of the weather. had seated them
selves upon the lawn along the little
% ,ha ' trao. A sa,m, a''una .ne YVES. s,ds
the grand stand The N Iatte "' wos fa nnu
well filed, but the open stands were de-
serted
' Rr,s,t hits =, oo,or ,.r. ~, ,,0r ,,o
dark blue of Yale, the crimson OF Har-
ara ard ,ha ,a,,an, an, .,nn,. n.i.al
.aru ana tne se''o~ ana black OF Prince
the dark green background of the trees
and lawn;
iump and brood t,mn ware upder NAV
and tins attended, snme iinternst n :
spectators already on the ground while
waiting for the decisive contest to be-
The competitors in the vor,ous events
were ont FOR nra lice iimhering I'M their
joints, and Young men in sorgeously
pers trotted about the aeld 10 take The
kinks out of their legs ms "@'u i" ''Ne '"e
II was still dismal and cloudy. with
shine, as the clouds would part only to
| come together again and make things
gloomier than ever,
II was evident however, that the black
cinder track was imoroyine in condition
every minute
at ought to be in first-class condition
for the later events" said biz Jim Sui
'If the rain only holds on"
Inspector Coniin and Capt. Ryan had
a force of about IO policemen In and
about the grounds.
Some of the prominent athletic men
who were seen on the field were Charley
Hughes. Sam King, the ex-Princeton
booth, George A. Avery. Charley III.
Mapes. Charley Sheriff.. Jack Anderson,
j. White, Aieck Jordan. A. b. Coxe.
| the famous Yale weight-thrower Spald-
Ing de Garmendia' Ferris s.. Thompson.
H II; s; Wlil'a sns F. W &, P 3; Wright Bob
sprint We're run Of this morning
There were seventeen entries. and the
W ien NOT ot" Be n rum u mtr itIhp This 'a afte eral. H"'e"
The first heat was won by .Hildreth.
o oaLa and " Wa or r S,Ds U saHepsa of Of Penn sen-
The second heat was won by Marshall,
Harvard, second, and Chubb. Yale,
third. Merrill. Harvard: Jordan. Yale
and Freeman, University OF Pennsyi-
order or".r' n an,ede' The tin time e" was H Is s.5 .n No Ne
other track events were contested this
morning.
The trial heats in the loO-yard were
last night had softened the track again
which had been rolled hard Yesterday
makinx il very heavy ''" ~
.ning. nam and 'a q d sns d Mhs e%'h had an" besun to
fall. Oriy a Few persons besides the
oflcers OF the d%y, referee. Judges and
various College teams nse we're at The oval
c cons mHs ht WSS,c eS W were not 5he st Prr,ed% untii
after II o'clock.
and shot WHITING contests were also he
gun this morning, but the successful
Competitors for tie finals had not been
The nfseiaIsp Of the dav are as follows:
Referred. w. r, Curtis. n. Y, A.. G:
Judges, c. F. Mathewson. L. A.C.: Mai.
ia g. timers q Q Hughes q a.
Reed N Y &c: r. StoiI, n. 7. a,
O.: F.. NJ. Wood. b.. A. A.; measurers,
bann RAh'. scorars n q Carter
va. g. A Peverelily a. IA -; viii
lam II, Rocap. c. f. see,ey; Judge Of
walking. Frank p. Murray: clerk OF
w. d Bostwick r.. Il. Moneypenny L.
A. stuart; announcer, Fred w. Burns;
starter George d. Turner.
MA .,a... ,.a
m he reduced To Ave in number before
The finals this afternoon, There were
eisht men in the trials for throwing
um alIowad three throws
h 1--WE selected TO COMPETE in the
6nais with their best throws. were as
follows: W. o. Hickok, Yale, ls feet Q
i HrnL ish e, ffe eet a. incbes. W 9 Chad.