The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-11
WON BY ONE POINT
Athletic Kings Songs De-
feated the Iron Cross
Teams.
Y. NJ. C. A. OPENED IT'S GROUNDS.
-
But the Home Team Was Beatcn--
Handball, Wheel and Bat
Notes.
Y. NJ. C. A. OPENED IT'S GROUNDS.

The athletes of the Iron Gross of st. Johns
Protestant Episcopal Church and the Kings
Sons of the Lafayette Methodist Episcopal
Church met in competition on Saturday af-
ternoon at the West Side Driving Park. An
audience of 500 witnessed the interesting
contests. The Iron Cross team had the lead
by eight points when the eleventh and last
event (the mile race was called. The Kings
Sons won the three places, made nine points
and Won by a single point. The totals were:
Kings Sons. so: Iron Cross, IS. e. v.
Dryer of the Kings Sons gathered the larg-
est number of points. He had a total OF -,
or nearly one-half the team total. He was
first in two events. was second in four events
and third in one contest. The first man was
given 5 points, the second man 3 and the
third man was allowed /. Beggs and Ward
We're the heaviest contributors tothe Iron
Gross teams points. They each made IL.
The other Iron Cross contributors swere:-
Voorhis, 8: Lehman and Wieting, each 5;
Higgins, 4, and. Seeley, 3. The Kings Sons
who made points in addition to Dryers line
total were:-Nutting, s; Williams, 5; Foulkes
and Hendricks, each 4; Dickson, 3; Keller,
2, n kl~ingenberg, /. s Il
The first event was the 100 yards dash.
E. y. Dryer, ks, was first in liz seconds;
r. Beggs, &c. was second, and F. Keller,
ks, was third Points, K. S. 6; LC.S
Putting S-ib shot-G. 3. Nutting, ks.
first, 4S #, 215 in; E.V Dwyer, AZ it, z in;
J. A. Dickson, 80 it., 2 in. Total points,
ks. Is; &C. 3.
$50 yards run-E. Lehman, I.C., first in 2
min. u sec. j. Foulkes, Jr., ks second;
F. Keller, ks, third. Total points, ks,
10: I.C., s.
Throwing 12-lb. hammer-E. V. Dwyer,
ks 50 #; II in. G q. Nutting, KS, 81
#. j. A. Dickson, ks, "A it. Total points,
x S. 2S. C.. &
Running high jump-W. J. Ward, L.C.,
St: E. '. Dryer, ks, 4 #. 10 in; w.
Higgins, &c, Aft. 5 in. Total points, ks,
20 yards dash--R. Beggs, &c, first in
Sc seconds; E. V. Dwyer, Ks, second;
j. A. Dickson, K. s., third. Total points,
Z. s., 81: &c. 70.
Running broad jump-T. Wieting, &c,
16 #. IL in: R.. Seeley, &c. IL fts e.. w.
Klingenberg. ks, Is 1T in. Total points,
KS. So; l. c., u.
40 yards hurdle racer. Beggs, &c,
first in 10 seconds, w. Higgins, I.C., second,
and C.. II. Voorhis, &c, third. Total points,
&c, IS: ks, 36.
Running hop, step and jump-W. j. Ward,
&c ! C g g # u 3 IN; =; v < P~yssE & + IS Is 50 it it,
Total points, &c, Al; K. s., 40.
Pole vault-C. H. Voorhis, I.C., Z #. 8
in: w. j. Ward, LC., 6 it. 9 in; E. V.
Dwyer. KS. q #. Sin. Total points, l. c.,
20; KS, IL.
One mile run-W. Williams, K. S., was
first in 5 min. 10 sec. &. Hendricks, K. S.,
was second, and J. Foulkes, Jr., K. S., was
third. Total points-K. S., 50; j. G., 40.
The officials were:-Keferee. G. Y. Gilbert,
n. Y. A. c.; Judges, W. II. Mattocks, J. c..
a. c.. and H. c. Londerburgh, Y. N. c. A.:
Timers, Il. A.. Garland, J. c., and G.. w.
Dickson, X. s.; Measurers, G. E. Coombe,
K. s., and Fl. Wiltshire, J. c.; Starter, G.
II Smith. X. s.. Announcer. George Logan.
The Iron Gross was first in / events. second
in + and third in 2 events. The Kings Sons
were first in 4 events, second in and third
in y events.