New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-23
WITH WINGED FEET.
THE NETWORK ATHLETIC CLUB MEN
LIVE Up TO THEIR EMBLEM.
THEY DASH ALONG THE TRAvERs ISLAND
TOMMY" LEES sPRINTING-M MITCHELL
BREAKS A WORLDS RECORD.

TRACKS WITH THE FLEETNEss OF MERCrRY
TOMMY LEES sPRINTING- MITCHELL
BREAKS WORLDS RECORD
The hfty-thlrd annual fall games OF the New-York
Athletic Club. with handicaps. were he'd yesterday
Travers Island. Il was ladies day" and the
crowd Almost great that Of the week
before. everybody with the foot of Mercury dangling
conspcuous.y from convenient button. brass
band discoursed sweet music At the eastern end OF
the field and orchestra Of strings assisted on the
club veranda-a welcome diversion at the more try
ing moments OF the mile walk and the ten-mile run
Several yachts In the estuary had dressed ship for
the occasion and there gala appearance every
where. The various contests followed one another
with unusual smOo;hness. thanks to the efforts or
President Barlow 5. Weeks and Captain II H.
Bascher. a idea Of the timer John ii. Abes
jr. proved OF grea, service In time-takng. Each
timer supplied with a sinai coupon pad bearing
his letter and a distinguishing co.or. AT the end or
contest Ii was his duty enter the time twice, as
he got II. on a page especially marked Tor each
contest. tear off the lower end and turn ii in This
method oby.ated the confusion and delay involved
in "A comparison OF watches.
The features OF the day the breaking Of a
worlds record by j. :. Mitchell in putting the &C.
pound weight Orton's work in the seep.echase, :
Llebgod's mile wax, several Of the runs, and, OF
coursn. the running OF Tommy" Lee. No account
Of Travers Island IL complete without some mention
Of that IL is Ike some beautiful piece OF mechanism
that grows better with
The hun1red-yard run was In three heats and
final. Of which the second heat and the final were
the most Interesting The second heat we'll
contested battle between Lee and Sands. They we're
first and second in the final. too. with II. 5. Lyons
thlrd-an y y A. G. men Tommy" easily
with A lite to spare. though he had 70 give bo'h
his competitors five and onehaf yards Great things
had been expected from Fitzpatrick in the thousand
yard run. but h finished third. Perhaps his thirty
A., shar
too much FOR him. stephen Chase had the hundred
and-weniy yard hurdle al his own by the time he
hal topped over the eighth gate
The two-mle steeplechasc was the OF
mingled amusement at all the runners In general
and admiration for Orton In particular The water
ump was ten feet across and four feet deep. with
a Formidable hurdle in front Of H. In the course
OF the first lap Walsh subjected himself to total
Immersion and fJr the rest OF the race was
lamcntably impede 10y wet clothes. The swash-
ing OF In his shoes could be heard "A hundred
yards Walsh took his bath regularly. accom-
| panied by long roulade from the band az he APP
preached. and a anal ,nump Orton surmounted
every obstacle with Incredible ease and finished in
nne form. as behitei his role OF champion;
j. < Mitchell. who has the distinction OF having
broken the only record yesterday. was scratch
| In the 55-pound weight and put II 80 feet 10
Inches. The broken record was Of his own make.
in The ew-Jerscy Athletic club games Of October.
iNa Ills form - thl1 ana me i@pour mn hammer
/ doiefn procession. which even the two bands could
! not make quite vcly.
/ Following are the contests and the winners:
acknowledgment run, handicap-Won bY T. l.
Lee s CO. serSe9 me 10 b. s yaTGs ih iTS
ii :. Lyons \. y. l. C., ~, yaras w.. -.
WasS < G 90 'g yaas "" mc min S
;ccsn% i &nigy = :S,5 a. 50 yards third
| one hundred and t~enty-yari hurdle. handicap,
Won by chase. y, Y; a, c. scratch time u IS
mira. T. II Caiy. y. Y. 4. G.. scratch.
One-mie bicycle race. Class tscratch!oWon by
second Fiji Il L. Howard y Y. A. c; third h. Daw
'V %ne e, walk handicsp,wcn by $. Liebgold
| J RYAN p \. e. IS seconds third. d. Fox. p. A
son''e 'iSep,chSs' T. c9 lam, n nIr
?, u sec. second. +. Hjer'sberg y. J. a. c.. third
one.Sf it'T mfe 6arie race scra.ch-won by r G
runer, \ J. A, e.: tms,, :! - sec second, f.
II c2ay rum H G i9fa Sy '4a'f ee
4 g t.me q i,s &C. See2nd n $ Lyons y y
Two ni : bicycs race. class A. hqniicap-wyon by
ln re- II iee"' S @ s23 81 ya! sS''''A
SIo,yarl run. hahl!cap. Won by F. Duer; =. A. e..
0vsrPeck j., G. 20 yards; third. II. s. Lyons.
y !. \. G, 10 yards .-.,- " 49,.
Tt q csfre rus S@eP 8 %a
; ;s4 i rn Ea' St sqssrGn H. and n y
''l Ranni - XIX Jump hsndc.p- Won by f, ".
GGT n second "fh G csay 'niiua Jump" en-
inches. third. "; r BaI,annl = "A c. inches
Running broad Jump handlcap-won by J..
second r T. Lyons. y. y 4 G.. inch; third NJ
| l.. Halpn. y. 7. A. G.. II. In.
Standing broad jump. handicap Won by T. Stat
| terry. Xaver 4. a. inches: distance 10 feet sec
| oni. A. T. schwaner. y. Y a. G.. scratch. third. L.
| J.. sheldon y. Y. a &.
Throwing l6.pound hammer. handicap-won by J
s. Mitchell. y. Y. a G.. scratch. distance. li0 IT.
| ~ IN. second H. G Davis. y. J. a. c.. 50 feet;
| third. G. Wuttrich. r. A. G.. 20 feet
| Putting iG-pound shot handicnT-Won by j. ".
| Huntington. r a: G., II. in distance. IS r. 81,
| in : cot
7. slattcry. Xavier A. A.. : IT, sin
Throwing ss-pSuna weisht. handicapuWon. BY j.
IN: second G; Wut,rch. +. a. C.. IT, In: third
Il. G. Davis. y. J. 4. <.