The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-01
ROOME'S HOT PACE
Monte Scott to Break
the Four and Five Mile
Worlds Records.
K. of L. LABOR DAY GAMES
William Barry Will Organize a
New Gaelic League-Baseball
Gossip.

At the close of the first days racing
in the Good Roads Tournament at As
bury Park on Thursday, referee Sterl-
ing Elliot addressed the audience and
offered a prize of a pair of gold mount
ed opera glasses to anyone who could
prove that he understood the programme.
Whether it was the fault of the printer
or the compiler hat the programme
was so badly arranged, no one seems
to know. AT any rate a Philadelphia
lawyer would have been required to
e it properly. Even Fred
Burns, who had more experience in the
athletic line than any other man living,
became confused when he tried to eN-
plain where TO ind the events of the
day. But yesterday there was a change,
and a corrected and more intelligable
programme with the events in conseeu-
tive order made its appearance. This
improvement was greatly appreciated by
the audience. The attendance yesterday
vas a trihe larger than on h opening
day and those who attended had the
pleasure of witnessing the1 finest days
sport that has ever been given in this
State. The racing was of the A No. /
order. Two worlds records were smash
ed, which is the finest record of any
meet this season in the United States.
WORLDS RECORD SMASHED.
The first worlds record to go was in
liz V IillC Mass - AIMING 49,
starters were John S. Johnson, the flyer
Fred j. Titus, the Callahan brothers,
of Buff&lo;. H. H. Maddox of Asbur!i
Park, Muliken of Baltimore, Kennedy
of Chicago, and w. F.. and c.. N. Muir,
ply. Harry Tyler was entered but did
not start. E. F. Muller of Vineland,
and C. E. johnson of Cleveland acted
were done in average time, but on the
fourth mile the cracks let themselves
out With John S. Johnson in the, van,
--l. TT~Al ~ - T1,.xT nincn Cnnnn6 tho
four miles was done in 10 minutes and
ten seconds, which broke the competition
| worlds record for that distance, of IL
minutes, u LIS seconds.
The five miles was covered in II min
utes, 81 3-5 seconds, twelve and 35 sec
onds behind the worlds record. At the
breaking of the four mile record by the
Glass B men, the audience was furnished
with the biggest kind of a surprise. Rae.
| ing men consider the Asbury Park track
as not being conducive to fast time, and
Che assertion that a worlds record
| would be made on it would have been
ridiculed.
ANOTHER RECORD GOES.
The real surprise of the day was fur
nished by the Glass A men in the five
| mile Metropolitan District championship
In this race Darmer, Shafto and Rooms
of the Hudson County Wheelmen start
| ed. The pacemakeFS were J. Baldwin, ].
Harrison and II. Hawthorne. Monte Scott
| of the Plainfeld Wheelmen, was in the
van. His wheel was interlocked by tha!
of Roome, and in this position the two
| nounced as the time for the first mile
2 minutes and t~wenty-nine seconds, G
econds faster than Class 3 mile) tn
fat man in the front row Of the grand
| stand threw up his hat, and the audi
ence gave a low, long whistle. Tin fo'
the two miles, 4 minutes and 81 seconds,
| announced the timers, and the fat MAJ
| racers. Scott and Roome were still clos
together, and leading the other racers
Dar1ner and Shafto found things gettinf
warm and dropped out. The three milo
\ were covered in Z minutes, q 35 sec.
! onds. and when this time was announced
the fat man began to yell, record boys
up the cry. At the fourth mile, Scot
was still in the lead with Roome but :
few inshes behind. when the latter, find
ing the pace too hot: dropped out: Tn
Il SIS seconds, which badly wrecked Glass
BIS worlds record, made but a few
| months before.
ROOME's PLUCKY RACE.
| credit of breaking it with Monte Scot
IS Roome, and although he did not finisl
At The Asbury Park track. The an
nounoement CT the time for the fou-
miles made the fat man bance a horn
pipe, while everyon in the audience ros'
and cheered as plucky Monte Scott start
ed for the fifth mile, and the world:
record for the distance Darmer jumped
in and helped him along by pacing tbs
last mile. Scott crossed the finish lin:
the worlds amateur record of u min
ntes and Is seconds F. E. Doup of tn
Kings County Wheelmen was second by
three yards; G.. B. Cobb, Jr, of the Har
.lem Wheelmen finished third about five
Yards behind Coup. Scott was met at thu
1nisb' line by a large crowd of clubmaie'
shoulders of two of them. This was thu
last event on the programme and it wa
4 fitting close to a great day:
The only accident of the afternoon o.
rurred in the last lap of the 1--WE mil,
Glass L race.
The tire on c.. H. Callahan's from.
wheel slipped off the rim while turn.
ing the last corner, and he was thrown
heavily tc the ground. G. M. Murphy
who was close behind ran into Gala
han ard also fell. c.. E.. Ganse ran Over
in the track with a thud that could b.
heard in the grand stand. None of thu
fallen men were injured. The othe'
record smashed was the half-mile tract
by e.. C. Smith of the N. Y. A. G. Ray
Mcdonald of New York rode an ex
hibition half-mile paced by Bald an
Larry adiS,,t iyi end * s eoye1sa t asta d,Isfhee Il !
new record.
The only prize captured by the Hudson
County Wheelmen representatives yes
terday was the gold watch charm, val
ued at SIS, the third prize in the two
mile handicap Glass A. Walter Rocmt
accomplished the trick. Fred Shafto Sc
cured third place IN the first heat an
rode in the final. Darmer did not aualif,
for the infial. Roome would a v wol
the two milefClasss raceeihad he no
been lpocketed. Hestwas kept ava il
the rear, and only broke away on the las
turn before the finish. Down the home
stretch he amt like a whirlwind, tn
audience cheering like mad. One by on
he passed the riders who a pockete,
/ him, and two yards. from the finish HI
Jumped into third place. He was but on
foot behind second nan n four fee
behind the WHINE If the finish had beef
at the next turn he would have Woi
i easily. Darmer was d trihe off yester
day, and did not ride in his usual form
THE SUMMARY.
Following are the summaries
One mile novice, won by G.. L. Decker
Of Boonton; J. P. Rogers, Asbury Park
7sgonda' m ana +; y y e aeaon Mewark thifo
Two mile handicap, Class A. Fir
yards; w. G. Roome, H. c. w, 3
yards, second; Fred Shafto, H. c. W:
1e5 yards, third: and w. Darmer, "A
seconds.
Asbury Park, $50 yards; e. A. Bofinge1
Newark, 80 yards, second; Ray Dawson
Bontoon, 100 yards, third; and w. j
Blake, Riverside 100 yards, fourth;
Newark, 1850 yards; G. A. Church, Cheste
100 yards; George Smith, N. Y. A. G.
scrtch, third; and F,~E, Doup, Brooklyn
$50 yards, fourth.
Final heat won by W. j. Sims: E. A
Bofnger, second; and Walter Roome
third, Time s. minutes z seconds.
Two third mile open Glass B, secon
man in fastest heat to go in fina1, an