Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-11
ATHLETES SHOW THEIR SKILL.
Yale Men Who Are to Go to England
Appear In New York Contests.

The ffty-second annual games Of the
New York Athletic Club were held at
Travers Island. near New York. Saturday
afternoon. Unusual interest was attached
to the games by the competition Of Yale
men who are to go to England shortly to
meet the oxford cracks.
The Yale men were Capt o. A. Hickok.
E. H. Cady. J. A. Morgan, A. Pond, G. F..
Sanford and L. p Sheldon, and a number
Of lesser lights. Pond and Sheldon. how
ever, were the only Yale winners the for
er winning the 44O-yard handicap and
the latter the 220-yard hurdle handicap.
The one-mile relay race was most ex-
citing; and resulted in the breaking of the
record, the time being minutes ~ 2-5 Sec
onds. The previous record was 3 minutes
% 40 seconds, held by Harvard
The race was between the Boston and the
New York Athletic Clubs. The first pair to
run were H. c. Hubb New York, and T. F
keene. Boston. Keene finished one yard
ahead. The race was then taken up by F.
Rowe Boston. and s. X. Gerard. New
yard ahead. Next came George Sands, New
York. and F. w. Lord, Boston. Sands
finished six yards ahead
p. W. Allen. New York. and S. W. Mer-
rlll, Boston, then came on to finish. Mer-
rill strove hard and reduced New York's
lead to three yards at the finish. Putting
the sixteen-pound shot was Interesting on
account of o. A. Hickok, captain of the
his intercollegiate record of forty-two feet
made two weeks ago. by nine inches This
Is far ahead of the oxford record
IN throwing the sixteen-pound hammer
Hickok increased his record made at the
intercollegiate games from LIB feet 8 inches
to 12o feet l inch.
Summaries:
seventy-fve yards dash GinaD-E. w.
Seidler, New York A. c., 8 feet won; A.
Pond. Yale, 4 feet, second; l.. NJ. Lawson
:O7 40 e'
One-mile relay race, New York and Bos-
three yards. Time, minutes % 2-5 sec
onds. Record. 3 minutes % As seconds.
One-mile bicycle race for members of ~
Y. A. c. who have not ridden a mile under
three minutes-H. X. Byrd won; W. G.
Douglass, second: c. E. b. Lawrence third
Time. 2 minutes 40 3-5 seconds.
Standing high jump tscratch)-A. p.
Schwaner. New York, won. feet IL L.
inches; L. P. Sheldon, New York, second,
! feet 10 IL inches; A. Darlington, ST
George and l.. C. Baker, New York, tied
for third. at feet Ia inches. Parting ton
Eight hund,e ed and eighty yards run
(scratch)-Charles Fitzpatrick, New York,
Won; s. Scoville, jr., New York, second; r.
Rowe. New York. third. Time. 2 minutes
1-5 second.
One hundred and twenty yards hurdle on
turf (scratch)-Stephen Chase New York,
won; d. B. Hatch, Yale, second; Z. H.
Cady. Yale, third. Time, 10 seconds.
One-mile walk (handcap)-L. Liebgold,
New Jersey, 20 seconds, won; T. w. Let
sen, New York. Is seconds, and F. Bunnel
Yale, Is secoi DIS, tied for second. Time,
Ga 3-5 S: Liebgold, Pastime Athletic
Club. scratch, finished fourth in GAO.
Two-mile bicycle race. class A handcap)
i. A. Powell. New York, no yards. won (;
w. ]. Enrich. College City. N. Y. $50 yards,
second; HI. K. Byrd, New York, 100 yards,
third. Time, SAB.
Running high lump Ohandicap,-w N.
Harrison, New York, inches, 5 feet 3-4
inches; ]. H. Reilly, Institute Boat Club, G
inches. feet "a inches; j. H. Kern, In
stitute Boat Club. inches, 5 feet o ga
inches. This tied the men for first.
Throwing sixteen-pcund hammer (scratch)
j. s. Mitchell. New York, won, distance
13S feet inches; o. A. Hickok, Yale, sec
ond, 125 feet l inch; G. Chadwick Yale,
third, 100 feet 9 IL inches
Running broad jump (scratch)-E. w.
Goff, New Jersey, won, % feet 1-2 inches;
L. p. Sheldon. Yale. second, 22 feet z
inches; n. l. Blur. Columbia, third. 81 feet
1 IA inch.