The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-24
ATHLETIC ARENA
Cables Will install a Treasurer
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Columbia Enters a Team.
The Cable Athletic association will hold a
special meeting this evening to install John
Clancy as Treasurer. Edward Murphy, who
held the Office for several terms and had
given entire satisfaction, was forced to
resign as his business will absorb so much of
his time that be cannot properly attend TO
the duties of club treasurer. His successor
is a popular young man and will make a
CAPITAL officer. Refreshments will be served
after the meeting.
The Cable A. A. will nave open games
and a picnic at Caledonian Park On Memoir
ial Day. The athletic feature will be inter
esting, as many clever athletes have sent in
their entire. Among the competitors ares
J. Moran. S. A A. c.; &. Bowman, Wayne
A. c.; w. Glossy, Dauntless a, c.. Leib-
gold, P. A. c.; N. Werle, West Side A. &C.
A. Love, W. s. "A. c.; r. Doyer, Barry A.
A; John Cannon, Hoboken A. G.; Harry
Thompson. Roboken a. c.; Neil Smith, Fl.
A c.: ID. Corcoran, Spunk A. c., and Dan
McMahon, Cable A. a.
The college team relay race that Is to take
place at the New Jersey A. C. games on
Decoration Day is causing a great deal of in
terest among the different colleges. Har-
ward, Yale and University of Pennsylvania
have entered what they consider their
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ton has been rife as to which one of the trio
would prove successful. Harvard Won the
event last year. but as she will this year lack
the services of Garcelon and Merwill, the
followers OF Yale and University OF Pennsyl-
vania believed they had q very good chance
of winning the banner and the gold medals.
Nov, however, comes a surprise as
Captain Dawson of the Columbia College
A. a. has entered a team from Columbian
College. The team is as follows:-W. =. De
Salazar, ". f. Beeklnan, 3. r. Kingsley
and E.. F. Spies. All are very fast runners
and should average the quarter in 81 seconds
per man That they win be an important
factor is evident. 1t goes to show con-
clusively that from now on Columbia Col
Lge win be represented in al the important
meetings and with the energy and push that
is characteristic of New Workers there is no
reason why Columbia should not be in the
front rank in athletics. The college team
race will be the first event on the athletic
programme and will be started at 2:30
Princeton has entered in the sprints D. A.
McNulty, r. Derr, G.. r. Swain, A.. B..
Graves, g.. ID. McCampbell. Hurdle race
DR. r. James, Jr. One mile walk-P. B. len
kins. In the distance runs-J. II. Thatcher,
John Hanlons, d. c. Brokaw, Y. NJ. Nc
Campbell. Harvard has Ia entries, Yale, "a,
and University of Pennsylvania, %, in the
athletic events in addition to their relay
team. and the o.. of ?. has a score of riders
entered IN the bicycle events.
The eighth annual championship meeting
of the New England Intercollegiate Athletic
Association was held under the auspices of
the Worcester Athletic Club at Worcester
yesterday.
Although the track was heavy, New Eng
land Intercollegiate records were broken in
the 120eyard hurdle, where Steve Chase Of
Dartmouth lowered his recoid of last year
from 16 35 seconds to an even 16;
10 the two-mile bicycle, where w.
c. Marmon of the Boston Tech cut
a fifth of a second off the $50 So
made by Z. NJ. Bliss of Amherst lest year,
and in the mile walk where E. F. Houghton
of Amherst lowered by 25 second the time
made by W. W. Gregg Of Amherst in 1891.
F. E. Smith of Brow, under the new rules,
which give the contestant the right to make
a jump with his throw, increased the record
for throwing the 16-pound hammer from 90
feet. 3 1-2 inches made by G. s.. Ellis of
Brown last year to 100 feet 10 inches. Ellis
himself got second place with 5 feet
6 IL inches over his last years
throw. F. w. Marvel, another
Brown man, played havoc with the
running broad jump record Of 3. G. Potter
of Dartmouth, q feet ~ inches. which has
stood since 1891. Marvel cleared % feet 2 Sc
inches, and the men who were second and
third both beat the old record. There were
217 individual entries in the various events.