The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-26
CLEVER ATHLETES
Will Meet for the ALL
Around Championship
at Bayonne.
LOCAL WHEELAEN IN TRAINING
For the Scratch Race for Hudson
County Riders-Aquatic
and Bat Notes. i.
LOCAL WHEELMEN IN TRAINING

The arrangement for the amateur carni-
val of sport of the New Jersey A. c. for
Fourth of July have been perfected. The
All Around Championship is creating a
great deal of interest. E, w. Golf, the
present champion, is in very good form and
expects to repeat his victory of last year, al
though it will be a hard tussle for him, as
prominent men from all parts of the coun-
try are coming to endeavor to win national
honors, As the scoring is to be ion by per-
centages, the contestants will have to go
through the ten events, which are as follows
and in the order given:-100 yards run,
putting the 16-pound shot, running high
jump, $50 yards walk. throwing 16-lb. ham,
mer, pole vault for height, 100 yards hurdle
ten flights 5 #. lin. high, throwing 81. Id.
weight for distance, running broad jump
and 1 mile run.
The open athletic events that will be
given during the day, so as to enable the all
around men to take a much needed rest are
as follows:-100 yards run, go yards run,
440 yards run, $50 yards run and 3 mile run,
all handicap. Bicycle racing will form an
important feature, and special interest Will
be taken in the two mile scratch race, open
only to residents of Hudson County. This is
in reality a championship affair. The other
events will be a one mile open handicap race
and a two mile open handicap, both open to
riders of Glass A only. For these events
handsome gold, silver and bronze medals
will be given.
The final event will be a grand game of
of baseball between the New Jersey A. C.'s
champion team and a team from the Jersey
City A. c. During the afternoon the finals
of the mems singles and doubles tennis tour
nament will be played.
HE NOTES.
Tho South Orapoe Eie1d C1uh will have
open games on July 4. Their quarter-mile
track has been widened to "a feet and the
ends banked five feet, II is now in perfect
condition. The track is very fast and is
perfectly safe. A new cinder straightaway
has been added and will be used for the 100
yards dash and the 100 yards hurdle. Judg-
ing from the number of applications that
have been made for blanks a large entry list
should be received. The handicap entries
are:-100 yards, 300 yards, 12O yards hurdle,
and one mile walk. Scratch events-44O
yards novice and obstacle race. Bicycle
events-Mile novice. one and two mile handi-
cap. half mile scratch and scratch team
race.
The managers of the Metropolitan Dis
trict A.A. U. met last night, with President
James E. Sullivan in the chair, The Treas,
urer reported a balance of S27S.94. Richard
Behrens, E. c. Peshia, A. +. Daily, John
Mazreinska and C. W. Sibree were rein
stated. J. J. Rooney and I. ]. Brennan re-
signed from the board.
The novices who had such an uncomfort-
able experience at the Decoration Day games
of the New Jersey A c. filed a protest
against the action of Referee w B. Curtis.
The referees ruling was sustained, four dele
gates voting in the negative,
The board discussed various schemes for
reviving public interest in games, and
finally resolved that its delegates be re-
quested TO apply to the A. A. U. for special
LEGISLATION TO give banners at open games
to the clubs scoring the most number of
points, the value of such to be limited
to so"
Secretary Wood was withdrawn as dele
gate of the Standard A. c., and m~omentarily
resigned his pen. He was then put forward
as a delegate to the Union A. c., and
promptly reelected to the Secretaryship of
The association.